Florida Panthers at San Jose Sharks

Thu, Oct 1, 2026 · SAP Center at San Jose · 2026–27 Regular Season

Florida Panthers

3 – 4

Final/OT

San Jose Sharks

The San Jose Sharks beat the Florida Panthers 4–3 in overtime on Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at SAP Center at San Jose. Will Smith scored twice; Eetu Luostarinen scored twice. Yaroslav Askarov made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
FLA	0	1	2	0	3	26
SJS	1	2	0	1	4	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	14:20	SJS	EV	Mason Marchment (1) · wrist	Unassisted	0–1
2nd	05:52	SJS	SH	Will Smith (1) · wrist	Macklin Celebrini (1)	0–2
2nd	10:37	SJS	PP	Will Smith (2) · slap	Macklin Celebrini (2), Luca Cagnoni (1)	0–3
2nd	17:10	FLA	PP	Eetu Luostarinen (1) · backhand	Lars Eller (1), Aaron Ekblad (1)	1–3
3rd	05:01	FLA	EV	Eetu Luostarinen (2) · tip-in	Dmitry Kulikov (1), Anton Lundell (1)	2–3
3rd	05:18	FLA	EV	Matthew Tkachuk (1) · wrist	Sam Bennett (1)	3–3
OT	03:14	SJS	EV	Luca Cagnoni (1) · wrist	Will Smith (1), Macklin Celebrini (3)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:40	FLA	Brady Tkachuk	fighting	5
1st	07:40	SJS	Jacob Trouba	fighting	5
1st	11:35	SJS	Darnell Nurse	cross checking	2
1st	19:02	FLA	Seth Jones	interference	2
2nd	01:55	SJS	Kiefer Sherwood	high sticking double minor	4
2nd	07:07	SJS	Mason Marchment	slashing	2
2nd	09:50	FLA	Sam Bennett	hooking	2
2nd	12:33	FLA	Uvis Balinskis	roughing	2
2nd	12:33	SJS	Collin Graf	fighting	5
2nd	12:33	FLA	Uvis Balinskis	fighting	5
2nd	13:34	SJS	Luca Cagnoni	interference	2
2nd	15:44	SJS	Darnell Nurse	cross checking	2
3rd	19:42	FLA	Niko Mikkola	roughing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: FLA 4.00 · SJS 2.90 · xG% FLA 58.0

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	1		16:28	25
19	Matthew Tkachuk	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	1		22:47	20
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0		21:33	28
9	Sam Bennett	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	50.0	20:49	25
15	Anton Lundell	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	3	0	68.8	20:43	27
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1		17:28	22
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	53.3	14:57	21
3	Seth Jones	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1		27:43	28
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	40.0	23:33	25
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		22:42	29
8	Brady Tkachuk	L	0	0	0	-2	5	4	5	1	100.0	19:37	24
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		17:14	23
6	Radko Gudas	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	3		13:31	20
26	Uvis Balinskis	D	0	0	0	0	7	1	3	1		12:52	19
95	Sandis Vilmanis	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		12:19	17
16	Aleksander Barkov	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	50.0	9:15	11
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		6:03	12
14	Bokondji Imama	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		5:16	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Akira Schmid	OTL	32	28	4	.875	63:14

San Jose Sharks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
71	Macklin Celebrini	C	0	3	3	+1	0	7	0	1	50.0	22:57	25
2	Will Smith	C	2	1	3	+2	0	3	1	0		20:09	24
42	Luca Cagnoni	D	1	1	2	+1	2	3	0	3		21:17	24
27	Mason Marchment	L	1	0	1	0	2	4	3	0		12:44	19
65	Jacob Trouba	D	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	1		22:35	27
21	Alexander Wennberg	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1	55.6	21:44	29
5	Nolan Allan	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1		20:44	27
7	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		19:46	26
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	3		17:55	23
25	Darnell Nurse	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	5		17:07	24
51	Collin Graf	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	25.0	16:48	21
23	Barclay Goodrow	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		14:09	19
44	Kiefer Sherwood	L	0	0	0	0	4	1	8	0		14:01	20
41	Ivar Stenberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	13:35	16
92	Igor Chernyshov	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		12:13	17
77	Michael Misa	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0	45.5	11:34	16
63	Zack Ostapchuk	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		11:29	18
73	Tyler Toffoli	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		9:24	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Yaroslav Askarov	W	26	23	3	.885	63:14