National Hockey League

FINAL
Vegas Golden Knights 3
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San Jose Sharks 1
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SAP Center at San Jose

Match Report

Golden Knights' 3 PP goals spoil Sharks home debut, 3-1

— Jonathan Marchessault scored the first of Vegas’ three power-play goals and the Golden Knights spoiled San Jose’s first home game in nearly a year with a 3-1 victory over the Sharks on Saturday.

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Team Stats

VGK SJ
10
Blocked Shots
15
23
Hits
27
10
Takeaways
9
26
Shots
25
3
Power Play Goals
0
5
Power Play Opportunities
3
60.0
Power Play Percentage
0.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
35
Faceoffs Won
24
59.3
Faceoff Win Percent
40.7
5
Giveaways
7
5
Total Penalties
7
10
Penalty Minutes
14

Top Performers

VGK

  • Marc-Andre Fleury G GA 1 · SA 25 · SOS 0
  • Jonathan Marchessault RW BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0
  • William Karlsson C BS 1 · HT 0 · TK 1
  • Chandler Stephenson C BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0

SJ

  • Martin Jones G GA 3 · SA 26 · SOS 0
  • Logan Couture C BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0
  • Tomas Hertl C BS 0 · HT 2 · TK 2
  • Dylan Gambrell C BS 4 · HT 0 · TK 0

Head to Head

VGK leads series 1-0

Injuries

San Jose Sharks

  • Igor Chernyshov Injured Reserve
  • Alexander Wennberg Injured Reserve
  • Quentin Musty Injured Reserve
  • Kyle Keyser Injured Reserve

Vegas Golden Knights

  • Carter Hart Day-To-Day
  • Parker Wotherspoon Injured Reserve

Play by Play

  1. Missed 19:50 3-1
    Brent Burns 3rd
  2. Missed 18:07 3-1
    Reilly Smith 3rd
  3. Penalty 16:58 3-1
    Nikolai Knyzhov 3rd
  4. Missed 15:09 3-1
    Max Pacioretty 3rd
  5. Penalty 10:53 3-1
    Alex Tuch 3rd
  6. Penalty 9:46 3-1
    Logan Couture 3rd
  7. Penalty 9:46 3-1
    Reilly Smith 3rd
  8. Penalty 9:46 3-1
    Evander Kane 3rd
  9. Missed 7:30 3-1
    Nick Holden 3rd
  10. Goal 6:45 3-1
    Chandler Stephenson 3rd
  11. Penalty 5:32 2-1
    Nikolai Knyzhov 3rd
  12. Missed 0:39 2-1
    Evander Kane 3rd
  13. Goal 18:39 2-1
    Tomas Hertl 2nd
  14. Missed 14:10 2-0
    Timo Meier 2nd
  15. Missed 13:37 2-0
    Nick Holden 2nd
  16. Goal 9:56 2-0
    Mark Stone 2nd
  17. Penalty 9:17 1-0
    Brent Burns 2nd
  18. Missed 9:00 1-0
    Ryan Donato 2nd
  19. Missed 3:28 1-0
    Mark Stone 2nd
  20. Missed 19:17 1-0
    Nicolas Hague 1st
  21. Penalty 15:33 1-0
    Zach Whitecloud 1st
  22. Penalty 14:00 1-0
    Evander Kane 1st
  23. Penalty 14:00 1-0
    Ryan Reaves 1st
  24. Goal 13:13 1-0
    Jonathan Marchessault 1st
  25. Missed 11:49 0-0
    Matt Nieto 1st
  26. Missed 11:40 0-0
    Cody Glass 1st
  27. Penalty 11:30 0-0
    Evander Kane 1st
  28. Missed 10:14 0-0
    Marcus Sorensen 1st
  29. Missed 10:02 0-0
    Brent Burns 1st
  30. Missed 9:51 0-0
    Timo Meier 1st
  31. Missed 6:38 0-0
    Ryan Reaves 1st
  32. Missed 6:36 0-0
    Jonathan Marchessault 1st
  33. Missed 6:14 0-0
    Timo Meier 1st
  34. Penalty 3:23 0-0
    Zach Whitecloud 1st
  35. Missed 1:05 0-0
    Zach Whitecloud 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 3-1
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 3-1
    3rd
  3. Missed 19:50 3-1
    Brent Burns 3rd
  4. Face Off 19:40 3-1
    Tomas Hertl 3rd
  5. Stoppage 19:40 3-1
    3rd
  6. Takeaway 19:07 3-1
    Mario Ferraro 3rd
  7. Shot 18:47 3-1
    Reilly Smith 3rd
  8. Shot 18:18 3-1
    Alex Pietrangelo 3rd
  9. Hit 18:15 3-1
    Mario Ferraro 3rd
  10. Missed 18:07 3-1
    Reilly Smith 3rd
  11. Takeaway 17:45 3-1
    Brent Burns 3rd
  12. Blocked 17:39 3-1
    Evander Kane 3rd
  13. Face Off 16:58 3-1
    William Karlsson 3rd
  14. Penalty 16:58 3-1
    Nikolai Knyzhov 3rd
  15. Shot 16:58 3-1
    William Carrier 3rd
  16. Shot 16:22 3-1
    Reilly Smith 3rd
  17. Giveaway 15:47 3-1
    Mark Stone 3rd
  18. Blocked 15:23 3-1
    Alex Pietrangelo 3rd
  19. Missed 15:09 3-1
    Max Pacioretty 3rd
  20. Face Off 14:54 3-1
    Chandler Stephenson 3rd
  21. Stoppage 14:54 3-1
    3rd
  22. Face Off 14:44 3-1
    Logan Couture 3rd
  23. Stoppage 14:44 3-1
    3rd
  24. Giveaway 14:20 3-1
    Logan Couture 3rd
  25. Blocked 14:10 3-1
    Kevin Labanc 3rd
  26. Face Off 14:04 3-1
    Logan Couture 3rd
  27. Stoppage 14:04 3-1
    3rd
  28. Hit 13:42 3-1
    Marc-Edouard Vlasic 3rd
  29. Shot 13:31 3-1
    Ryan Donato 3rd
  30. Giveaway 13:26 3-1
    Alex Pietrangelo 3rd
  31. Shot 13:18 3-1
    Mario Ferraro 3rd
  32. Face Off 13:10 3-1
    Patrick Marleau 3rd
  33. Stoppage 13:10 3-1
    3rd
  34. Shot 13:09 3-1
    Zach Whitecloud 3rd
  35. Shot 12:27 3-1
    Alex Pietrangelo 3rd
  36. Hit 12:22 3-1
    Evander Kane 3rd
  37. Shot 12:18 3-1
    Brent Burns 3rd
  38. Face Off 12:06 3-1
    William Karlsson 3rd
  39. Stoppage 12:06 3-1
    3rd
  40. Shot 12:05 3-1
    Brent Burns 3rd

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