Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks

· National Hockey League

Vegas Golden Knights

28-9-3

Final
4 - 2

San Jose Sharks

13-24-6

Stone leads Golden Knights past Sharks 4-2 for 3rd straight win

Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose Sharks: Game Highlights

Zach Whitecloud, Victor Olofsson and Tomas Hertl also scored to help Vegas extend its winning streak to three games. Shea Theodore had two assists.

William Eklund had a goal and an assist for San Jose. Timothy Liljegren also scored.

Olofsson gave the Golden Knights a 3-1 lead on a power play at 1:10 of the third period. His ninth goal came on a slap shot from the circle off a backhand pass from Jack Eichel.

Liljegren's power-play goal trimmed it to 3-2 at 10:41, but Hertl sealed it with an empty-netter.

Vegas goalie Ilya Samsonov made 20 saves. Sharks netminder Alexandar Georgiev turned back 38 shots.

Takeaways Golden Knights: Vegas has won nine of its last 10 games and 13 of 15.

Sharks: After opening the calendar year with two consecutive wins, San Jose lost for the ninth time in 11 games.

Key moment Sharks forward Fabian Zetterlund was called for slashing with three seconds left in the second period. The penalty set up Olofsson’s pivotal goal.

Key stat Stone’s goal was his 100th with the Golden Knights, and it came in his 300th game with the team. Stone eclipsed 600 career points Saturday in a 3-1 win against Buffalo. Vegas' captain has three goals and four assists in three games against San Jose this season.

Up next Vegas hosts the New York Rangers on Thursday. San Jose plays at Utah on Friday.

Regular Season Series

VGK wins series 3-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 8:39	Mark Stone Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Shea Theodore (28), William Karlsson (11)
Goal	1st Period 10:08	Zach Whitecloud Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Brett Howden (6), Keegan Kolesar (9)
Goal	2nd Period 9:49	William Eklund Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Collin Graf (2), Alexander Wennberg (12)
Goal	3rd Period 1:10	Victor Olofsson Goal (9) Slap Shot, assists: Jack Eichel (42), Shea Theodore (29)
Goal	3rd Period 10:41	Timothy Liljegren Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: William Eklund (22), Fabian Zetterlund (16)
Goal	3rd Period 18:40	Tomas Hertl Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Mark Stone (24)

Statistics

VGK		SJ
19	Blocked Shots	15
25	Hits	28
5	Takeaways	4
42	Shots	21
1	Power Play Goals	2
1	Power Play Opportunities	2
100.0	Power Play Percentage	100.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
34	Faceoffs Won	17
66.7	Faceoff Win Percent	33.3
14	Giveaways	10
2	Total Penalties	1
4	Penalty Minutes	2

San Jose Sharks Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Cam Lund, C	Out	Sep 13
William Eklund, LW	Day-To-Day	Sep 9
Carey Price, G	Injured Reserve	Sep 5
Vincent Desharnais, D	Day-To-Day	Jul 28
Mario Ferraro, D	Day-To-Day	Jul 28