Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks

Sun, Jan 11, 2026 · SAP Center at San Jose · 2025–26 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

7 – 2

Final

San Jose Sharks

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 7–2 on Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at SAP Center at San Jose. Jack Eichel scored twice; Tomas Hertl scored twice. Carl Lindbom made 18 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–20.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	2	3	2	7	32
SJS	1	1	0	2	20

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	07:19	VGK	EV	Jack Eichel (15) · wrist	Ivan Barbashev (20), Jeremy Lauzon (7)	1–0
1st	09:33	SJS	EV	Collin Graf (12) · wrist	Jeff Skinner (7)	1–1
1st	10:57	VGK	PP	Pavel Dorofeyev (17) · wrist	Tomas Hertl (19), Mark Stone (24)	2–1
2nd	04:19	VGK	EV	Jack Eichel (16) · snap	Mark Stone (25)	3–1
2nd	11:00	VGK	PP	Tomas Hertl (17) · wrist	Mark Stone (26), Pavel Dorofeyev (15)	4–1
2nd	12:25	VGK	EV	Zach Whitecloud (2) · slap	Tomas Hertl (20), Noah Hanifin (15)	5–1
2nd	16:29	SJS	EV	Alexander Wennberg (10) · wrist	Timothy Liljegren (8), Tyler Toffoli (19)	5–2
3rd	17:03	VGK	SH EN	Shea Theodore (6) · wrist	Tomas Hertl (21)	6–2
3rd	18:59	VGK	EV	Tomas Hertl (18) · slap	Pavel Dorofeyev (16), Noah Hanifin (16)	7–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:09	VGK	Noah Hanifin	tripping	2
1st	09:54	SJS	Timothy Liljegren	tripping	2
1st	18:48	VGK	Pavel Dorofeyev	slashing	2
2nd	07:11	VGK	Jeremy Lauzon	holding	2
2nd	09:33	SJS	Sam Dickinson	slashing	2
2nd	13:05	SJS	William Eklund	cross checking	2
3rd	01:13	VGK	Jack Eichel	high sticking	2
3rd	09:11	VGK	Cole Reinhardt	hooking	2
3rd	09:28	SJS	Tyler Toffoli	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: VGK 4.47 · SJS 2.34 · xG% VGK 65.6

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
48	Tomas Hertl	C	2	3	5	+3	0	4	0	0	73.7	15:35	19
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	1	2	3	+1	2	3	0	2		18:25	17
61	Mark Stone	R	0	3	3	+1	0	2	1	2		17:44	20
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0		20:24	28
9	Jack Eichel	C	2	0	2	+2	2	7	1	0	42.9	17:00	20
27	Shea Theodore	D	1	0	1	+3	0	2	0	2		23:05	27
5	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	1	1	+3	2	1	4	1		20:26	25
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2		19:02	27
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0		9:59	14
93	Mitch Marner	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	40.0	21:40	22
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0		17:03	18
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	46.2	15:49	23
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2		15:26	19
17	Ben Hutton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:06	15
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	5	0		12:51	19
26	Alexander Holtz	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		11:36	17
42	Braeden Bowman	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		10:59	15
23	Cole Reinhardt	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0		9:53	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Carl Lindbom	W	20	18	2	.900	59:57

San Jose Sharks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
21	Alexander Wennberg	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	50.0	21:06	22
37	Timothy Liljegren	D	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	1		18:55	25
73	Tyler Toffoli	C	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	0	50.0	17:19	19
51	Collin Graf	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		13:13	16
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0		12:15	15
71	Macklin Celebrini	C	0	0	0	-4	0	1	0	1	52.6	23:53	20
72	William Eklund	L	0	0	0	-4	2	3	1	1		22:41	21
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	2		21:52	24
3	John Klingberg	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	1		21:48	20
22	Vincent Iorio	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		17:18	20
6	Sam Dickinson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	2		16:47	18
92	Igor Chernyshov	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0		16:37	21
38	Mario Ferraro	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		14:15	18
84	Pavol Regenda	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		12:33	17
77	Michael Misa	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	44.4	11:43	15
63	Zack Ostapchuk	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33.3	11:34	17
23	Barclay Goodrow	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0		10:56	16
81	Adam Gaudette	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	66.7	9:56	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Yaroslav Askarov	L	32	26	6	.813	58:49