San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights

Tue, Dec 23, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

San Jose Sharks

2 – 7

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 7–2 on Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. Mitch Marner scored twice. Carter Hart made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SJS	0	1	1	2	23
VGK	5	1	1	7	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:46	VGK	EV	Brett Howden (6) · snap	Braeden Bowman (7), Reilly Smith (4)	0–1
1st	09:07	VGK	PP	Mitch Marner (8) · wrist	Noah Hanifin (9), Pavel Dorofeyev (9)	0–2
1st	11:37	VGK	EV	Colton Sissons (2) · wrist	Keegan Kolesar (5), Brandon Saad (4)	0–3
1st	14:57	VGK	EV	Tomas Hertl (15) · snap	Pavel Dorofeyev (10)	0–4
1st	18:34	VGK	EV	Mark Stone (8) · backhand	Ivan Barbashev (15), Kaedan Korczak (4)	0–5
2nd	06:49	SJS	EV	Macklin Celebrini (19) · snap	Tyler Toffoli (14)	1–5
2nd	18:50	VGK	EV	Reilly Smith (5) · slap	Kaedan Korczak (5), Braeden Bowman (8)	1–6
3rd	05:22	VGK	EV	Mitch Marner (9) · wrist	Mark Stone (21), Ivan Barbashev (16)	1–7
3rd	08:04	SJS	EV	Collin Graf (10) · wrist	Tyler Toffoli (15), Alexander Wennberg (16)	2–7

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:58	SJS	Shakir Mukhamadullin	slashing	2
1st	12:13	VGK	Zach Whitecloud	interference	2
1st	12:23	SJS	William Eklund	high sticking	2
2nd	08:02	SJS	William Eklund	tripping	2
3rd	14:44	SJS	Mario Ferraro	roughing	2
3rd	20:00	VGK	Ben Hutton	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: SJS 2.30 · VGK 3.74 · xG% SJS 38.1

San Jose Sharks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
73	Tyler Toffoli	C	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	15:24	21
71	Macklin Celebrini	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	62.5	20:04	19
21	Alexander Wennberg	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	1	40.0	17:38	24
51	Collin Graf	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0		17:26	22
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	2		21:22	25
38	Mario Ferraro	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0		20:44	26
85	Shakir Mukhamadullin	D	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0		20:02	24
3	John Klingberg	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		19:58	22
4	Nick Leddy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		19:46	23
72	William Eklund	L	0	0	0	-1	4	5	1	1		19:09	21
6	Sam Dickinson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18:22	22
92	Igor Chernyshov	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		16:50	18
23	Barclay Goodrow	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		13:37	18
10	Ty Dellandrea	C	0	0	0	-3	0	0	2	0	54.5	11:38	19
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		11:20	15
63	Zack Ostapchuk	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	58.3	10:41	15
56	Ethan Cardwell	R	0	0	0	-4	0	1	0	0		9:48	16
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-4	0	0	1	0		9:02	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	Alex Nedeljkovic	L	10	7	3	.700	45:03
30	Yaroslav Askarov	L	16	12	4	.750	14:57

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	1		20:19	23
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	0	2	2	0	0	5	0	0		17:26	20
93	Mitch Marner	R	2	0	2	+2	0	5	1	0	14.3	16:53	18
61	Mark Stone	R	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0		15:48	18
19	Reilly Smith	R	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	0		13:56	16
42	Braeden Bowman	R	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	1		12:31	15
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	1		11:34	17
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	1		21:23	24
48	Tomas Hertl	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0	42.1	17:52	21
21	Brett Howden	C	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	0	61.5	15:47	17
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		14:19	18
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0		14:16	18
10	Colton Sissons	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0	60.0	13:03	18
17	Ben Hutton	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	1		20:29	25
5	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	4	3		19:26	22
26	Alexander Holtz	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	18:13	19
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0		17:30	23
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		17:15	21

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
79	Carter Hart	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00