National Hockey League

FINAL Thursday, October 1, 2026
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San Jose Sharks 4
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Match Report

Luca Cagnoni scores in OT in the Sharks' season-opening victory over the Panthers

— Luca Cagnoni rocketed a shot off goalie Akira Schmid at 3:14 of overtime and the San Jose Sharks opened the season with a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night.

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Team Stats

12
Blocked Shots
21
41
Hits
24
3
Takeaways
9
26
Shots
32
1
Power Play Goals
1
6
Power Play Opportunities
4
16.7
Power Play Percentage
25.0
0
Short Handed Goals
1
0
Shootout Goals
0
31
Faceoffs Won
23
57.4
Faceoff Win Percent
42.6
15
Giveaways
20
6
Total Penalties
7
18
Penalty Minutes
22

Top Performers

FLA

  • Akira Schmid GA 4 · SA 32 · SOS 0
  • Brady Tkachuk BS 1 · HT 5 · TK 0
  • Anton Lundell BS 0 · HT 3 · TK 0
  • Sam Bennett BS 0 · HT 3 · TK 0

SJ

  • Yaroslav Askarov GA 3 · SA 26 · SOS 0
  • Alexander Wennberg BS 1 · HT 1 · TK 0
  • Macklin Celebrini BS 1 · HT 0 · TK 1
  • Ivar Stenberg BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 1

Recent Plays

  1. 3:14 · OT Game End
  2. 3:14 · OT End of OT
  3. 3:14 · OT Luca Cagnoni Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Will Smith (1), Macklin Celebrini (3)
  4. 2:48 · OT Matthew Tkachuk shot blocked by Macklin Celebrini
  5. 2:39 · OT Mason Marchment Backhand Wide Right
  6. 2:18 · OT Macklin Celebrini faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  7. 2:18 · OT Hand Pass
  8. 1:55 · OT Alexander Wennberg faceoff won against Sam Reinhart

Highlights

00:49 Mason Marchment scores goal vs. Panthers Watch on ESPN 00:55 Will Smith scores short-handed goal for San Jose Sharks Watch on ESPN 00:32 Macklin Celebrini lights the lamp Watch on ESPN 00:15 Eetu Luostarinen tallies goal vs. Sharks Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

SJ leads series 1-0

Injuries

San Jose Sharks

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

Florida Panthers

  • Jacob Markstrom Injured Reserve
  • Brad Marchand Injured Reserve
  • Aleksander Barkov Injured Reserve
  • Jonah Gadjovich Injured Reserve

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