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San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights

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Howden scores twice as Golden Knights win 7-3 and hand Sharks ninth straight loss

San Jose Sharks vs. Vegas Golden Knights: Game Highlights

William Karlsson, who missed the first eight games with an undisclosed injury, had a goal and an assist in his season debut for Vegas. Tanner Pearson, Jack Eichel and Pavel Dorofeyev also scored for the Golden Knights, and Ilya Samsonov made 24 saves.

Mikael Granlund, Nico Sturm and Luke Kunin scored for San Jose while Vitek Vanecek made 35 saves.

Takeaways San Jose: The Sharks became the first team in NHL history to go winless in its first nine games in consecutives seasons. Per Stathead, only 10 teams have opened the season winless after 10 games, including last year's Sharks team that didn't get its first win until its 12th game.

Vegas: For the first time in his 12-year career, Tomas Hertl stepped in for an opening puck drop against the Sharks. Hertl spent 11 seasons in San Jose before being traded last March. Hertl finished with two assists, stretching his point streak to three games (3 goals, 4 assists).

Key Moment After Granlund’s goal pulled the Sharks to 3-1 in the second period, Vanecek gave the Knights back their momentum when he raced out of his crease for the puck. But as he dove for it, Karlsson beat him to the poke, then retrieved the puck, skated back around, and buried it to restore the three-goal lead midway through the period.

Key Stat Howden became the 13th Golden Knights player to record a multi-point game this season when he scored his second goal of the game. Karlsson became the 12th when he scored his goal earlier in the game.

Up Next The Golden Knights host Calgary on Monday, while the Sharks play at Utah.

Regular Season Series

VGK leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 1:57 Tanner Pearson Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: William Karlsson (1), Alexander Holtz (2)
Goal 1st Period 3:47 Jack Eichel Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Mark Stone (12), Alex Pietrangelo (10)
Goal 1st Period 16:46 Brett Howden Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Tomas Hertl (5), Pavel Dorofeyev (2)
Goal 2nd Period 10:13 Mikael Granlund Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: William Eklund (5), Mario Ferraro (1)
Goal 2nd Period 11:10 William Karlsson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Pietrangelo (11)
Goal 2nd Period 19:26 Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: Shea Theodore (7), Mark Stone (13)
Goal 2nd Period 19:41 Nico Sturm Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 11:10 Mark Stone Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Eichel (12), Ivan Barbashev (5)
Goal 3rd Period 13:29 Luke Kunin Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Fabian Zetterlund (1)
Goal 3rd Period 17:07 Brett Howden Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Pavel Dorofeyev (3), Tomas Hertl (6)

Statistics

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16 Blocked Shots 13
35 Hits 17
6 Takeaways 6
26 Shots 42
0 Power Play Goals 1
2 Power Play Opportunities 4
0.0 Power Play Percentage 25.0
0 Short Handed Goals 1
0 Shootout Goals 0
26 Faceoffs Won 27
49.1 Faceoff Win Percent 50.9
7 Giveaways 12
4 Total Penalties 2
8 Penalty Minutes 4

Game Information

T-Mobile Arena

Location: Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 17,686 | Capacity:

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 10 4 22 2
Los Angeles 9 6 21 3
Vancouver 8 3 19 3
Calgary 8 6 19 3
Edmonton 8 7 17 1
Seattle 7 8 15 1
San Jose 5 9 13 3
Anaheim 5 8 12 2
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