Zach Whitecloud, Victor Olofsson and Tomas Hertl scored for the Golden Knights (28-9-3), who’ve gained three straight and 9 of 10. Ilya Samsonov made 20 saves.
“I believed we did a reasonably good job 5-on-5 many of the night time,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy mentioned. “All in all, I felt snug the entire night time. I believed everybody was engaged within the recreation and enjoying the best approach.”
Golden Knights ahead Jack Eichel (9) strikes in on goalie Alexandar Georgiev as Mikael Granlund (64) defends – Photograph by Jack Lima
William Eklund had a aim and an help, and Timothy Liljegren scored for the Sharks (13-24-6), who had gained their earlier two video games. Alexandar Georgiev made 38 saves.
“[We have to] be prepared to start out from puck drop,” San Jose coach Ryan Warsofsky mentioned. “[Our] puck play was mushy. We didn’t execute. We have been mushy to play towards. [In] entrance of our internet, simply not bodily sufficient.”
Mark Stone’s shot hits the again of the web, beating goalie Alexandar Georgiev, to offer Vegas an early 1-0 lead – Photograph by Jack Lima
Stone put the Golden Knights forward 1-0 at 8:39 of the primary interval. Shea Theodore despatched a go from the defensive zone to the Sharks’ blue line, the place Stone tipped it round Cody Ceci earlier than skating in and beating Georgiev five-hole on a breakaway.
“I feel we’ve been discovering methods to attain, we’ve been enjoying the best approach,” Theodore mentioned. “It begins within the D-zone, and I really feel like when that occurs, extra occasions than not, we’re going to be on the great finish of it.”
Sharks middle Macklin Celebrini will get set for a faceoff – Photograph by Jack Lima
Whitecloud made it 2-0 at 10:08. Brett Howden fed Whitecloud in the midst of the ice, and he fought off a backcheck from Macklin Celebrini and beat Georgiev five-hole once more with a wrist shot from the best circle.
Eklund scored a power-play aim to chop it to 2-1 at 9:49 of the second interval. Collin Graf despatched a go from alongside the aim line to Eklund, who buried a one-timer over Samsonov’s glove from the left hash marks.
Sharks defenseman Cody Ceci (4) and Golden Knights ahead Mark Stone (61) struggle for the puck in entrance of goalie Alexandar Georgiev – Photograph by Jack Lima
Olofsson pushed it to 3-1 together with his personal power-play aim at 1:10 of the third interval. He scored with a one-timer from the best face-off dot off a backhand saucer go by the slot from Jack Eichel.
Liljegren acquired the Sharks to inside 3-2 at 10:41 with one other power-play aim. After taking a go on the level from Eklund, Liljegren glided to the highest of the left circle and roofed a wrist shot over the blocker of Samsonov.
Sharks ahead Fabian Zetterlund appears to take a shot on aim – Photograph by Jack Lima
“We scored two targets on the facility play immediately, which we wanted to provide. It hasn’t been ok,” Liljegren mentioned. “So, it was good getting targets from that immediately.”
Hertl made it 4-2 with an empty-net aim at 18:40 after Stone poked the puck away from Celebrini.
Sharks ahead Mikael Granlund appears to make a go – Photograph by Jack Lima
NOTES: The Golden Knights are 14-0-3 all-time on the highway towards San Jose. They’re the second franchise in NHL historical past to earn a degree in every of their first 17 highway video games towards an opponent, becoming a member of the Montreal Canadiens, who did it towards the Vancouver Canucks (21 video games) and Washington Capitals (17 video games). … Vegas’ highway level streak towards San Jose can be tied for the fifth longest in NHL historical past.
Sharks goalie Alexandar Georgiev prepares to cease a shot – Photograph by Jack Lima
Sharks goalie Alexandar Georgiev blocks a shot try by Shea Theodore (27) – Photograph by Jack Lima
