Final · January 11, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : VGK 32 — SJS 20 · SAP Center at San Jose
Three stars
VGKGame statsSJS 
- 32Shots on goal20
- 53 %Faceoff win %47 %
- 2/4Power play0/5
- 10Penalty minutes8
- 19Hits21
- 11Blocked shots15
- 24Giveaways11
- 4Takeaways5
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | 13 | 10 | 9 | 32 |
| SJS | 9 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
Season seriesVGK 4 – 0 SJS
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← VGK 7 / 32 / 412 / 20 / 34 SJS →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
Jack EichelVGK · 07:19Assists : Ivan Barbashev, Jeremy Lauzon1 – 0▶ Watch
Collin GrafSJS · 09:33Assists : Jeff Skinner1 – 1▶ Watch
Pavel DorofeyevVGK · 10:57 · PPAssists : Tomas Hertl, Mark Stone2 – 1▶ Watch
2nd period
- Jack EichelVGK · 04:19Assists : Mark Stone3 – 1▶ Watch
Tomas HertlVGK · 11:00 · PPAssists : Mark Stone, Pavel Dorofeyev4 – 1▶ Watch
Zach WhitecloudVGK · 12:25Assists : Tomas Hertl, Noah Hanifin5 – 1▶ Watch
Alexander WennbergSJS · 16:29Assists : Timothy Liljegren, Tyler Toffoli5 – 2▶ Watch
3rd period
Shea TheodoreVGK · 17:03Assists : Tomas Hertl6 – 2▶ Watch- Tomas HertlVGK · 18:59Assists : Pavel Dorofeyev, Noah Hanifin7 – 2▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 03:09VGKNoah Hanifin — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by William Eklund
- 09:54SJSTimothy Liljegren — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Jack Eichel
- 18:48VGKPavel Dorofeyev — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Collin Graf
2nd period
- 07:11VGKJeremy Lauzon — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Macklin Celebrini
- 09:33SJSSam Dickinson — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Jeremy Lauzon
- 13:05SJSWilliam Eklund — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Zach Whitecloud
3rd period
- 01:13VGKJack Eichel — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Tyler Toffoli
- 09:11VGKCole Reinhardt — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by William Eklund
- 09:28SJSTyler Toffoli — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Jeremy Lauzon
Box score
Vegas Golden Knights
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. EichelC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 17:00 |
| C. SissonsC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 15:49 |
| P. DorofeyevR | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18:25 |
| R. SmithR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17:03 |
| C. ReinhardtL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:53 |
| A. HoltzR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 11:36 |
| B. BowmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:59 |
| T. HertlC | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15:35 |
| I. BarbashevL | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 09:59 |
| K. KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12:51 |
| M. StoneR | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17:44 |
| M. MarnerR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 21:40 |
| Z. WhitecloudD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19:02 |
| J. LauzonD | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20:26 |
| K. KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:26 |
| N. HanifinD | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:24 |
| B. HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 |
| S. TheodoreD | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23:05 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. Lindbom(W) | 18/20 | 90.0 % | 59:57 |
| A. Schmid | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. WennbergC | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 21:06 |
| B. GoodrowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10:56 |
| C. GrafR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13:13 |
| J. SkinnerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12:15 |
| Z. OstapchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:34 |
| M. CelebriniC | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 23:53 |
| W. EklundL | 0 | 0 | -4 | 3 | 1 | 22:41 |
| T. ToffoliC | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 17:19 |
| M. MisaC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:43 |
| A. GaudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 09:56 |
| P. RegendaL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 12:33 |
| I. ChernyshovL | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 16:37 |
| J. KlingbergD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 21:48 |
| S. DickinsonD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| D. OrlovD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 21:52 |
| V. IorioD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:18 |
| T. LiljegrenD | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 18:55 |
| M. FerraroD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:15 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y. Askarov(L) | 25/31 | 80.6 % | 58:49 |
| A. Nedeljkovic | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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