Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers (89) makes a touchdown pass against the Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Greg Newsome II in the first half at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sun Nov 2, 2025 (AP News photo)
Las Vegas Raiders podcast Rich Perez:
#1 Neither the Jacksonville Jaguars (5-3) or the Las Vegas Raiders (2-6-1) didn’t give up in this one as this one went into overtime in a nail biter at Allegiant Stadium.
#2 The Raiders defense towards the end of the game spent some 39 minutes in the second half and with six minutes left in the game the Jaguars made several attempts to break the one and got it with Jags quarterback Trevor Lawrence got the ball into the end zone going up with 3:24 in overtime 30-24.
#3 Raiders quarterback Geno Smith threw a two yard touchdown pass to Brock Bowers to get the Raiders back up again to tie it up 30-29. The Raiders lose it in overtime when the Jaguars blocked a two point conversion at the one yard line when the ball was batted on a Smith conversion pass for Tre Tucker.
#4 It was a great game for Raiders tight end Brock Bowers with 12 receptions and three touchdowns huge effort by Bowers and the Raiders to win this game but fell short right at the end of the ball game.
#5 Up next for the Raiders it’s Thursday Night Football on Nov 4th in Denver. The Broncos are coming off a win and improve to 7-2. The bright side of coming off this overtime loss it gives the Raiders a very short time to recover and start thinking about Thursday night against the Broncos.
The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate their second consecutive World Series victory winning the 2025 Fall Classic against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Sat Nov 1, 2025 (AP News photo)
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By Amaury Pi Gonzalez
In a World Series for the ages, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in seven games. The Dodgers have now won three titles in six years (and nine overall). Not easy to do in baseball today, with an expanded postseason, consistency in winning is more difficult.
The 2025 Dodgers were the favorite to win this year’s World Series since Spring Training, and they did. It took them 169 baseball games to accomplish one of the most difficult titles in any top professional sports league.
The last MLB team to win consecutive World Series was the New York Yankees, who won 3 in a row (1998-2000). The Dodgers were the first repeat champions in 25 years. This team set a new franchise record for attendance in 2025, becoming the first team in franchise history to surpass 4 million fans in a single season. Total 4,012,470 fans.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto won the Most Valuable Player of this 2025 World Series with a historic performance, pitching 2 2/3 scoreless innings in game 7, sending the game into extra innings, just one day after he threw 96 pitches to earn the win in game 6.
After Yamamoto won game six, he went to the training table, not to the Hotel like the rest of his teammates. He won two games of the four to give the Dodgers the victory. This whole World Series is worthy of a Hollywood movie, with the seventh game as the last few minutes for the conclusion, as they went into the 11th inning, a go-ahead homerun by Will Smith (the catcher) Saturday, much more popular than Will Smith (the actor) in Los Angeles, with main character Yamamoto (playing himself with sub-titles on the screen) the pitcher who pitched on zero rest.
The 11th was the First and Last time the Dodgers took the lead to win it all by a 5-4 final. There have been 22 World Series Game sevens won by the visiting team (like the Dodgers); however, the home team still has the overall edge in Game sevens, with 19 wins over the 22 for the road team The Parade for the World Champion is scheduled for this Monday, November 3, at 11 a.m. in downtown Los Angeles, which began last night with thousands of fans on the streets, some cars doing doughnuts, though it seemed a peaceful celebration.
The Dodgers announced the parade will be followed by a ticketed event at Dodger Stadium. Overall, the New York Yankees have won 27 World Series, followed by the St Louis Cardinals with 11, and the Oakland A’s and Boston Red Sox with nine each, also the Los Angeles Dodgers with nine, the San Francisco Giants with eight, the Cincinnati Reds with five, and the Pittsburgh Pirates with five.
The TV audience for the 2025 World Series Game 7 was expected to surpass 2020 20 million viewers in the U.S. alone. This makes it a very high-profile game, but official numbers for the specific event have not yet been released. One source indicates that Game 7 of the 2025 Finals averaged 16.4 million viewers. Another source mentions that every other 2025 World Series game has averaged over 11 million viewers
Quote Don Drysdale: “Hey, skip, bet you wish I was Jewish today too”. This was said to his manager after a poor pitching performance in Game 1 of the 1965 World Series which was played on Yom Kippur. Sandy Koufax is the most famous Jewish baseball player, an incredible player who made the iconic decision to skip Game 1 of the 1965 World Series.
Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.
While in the Bay Area, great food and great prices. 998cuba.com
San Jose Spartans defensive linebacker Quincy Likio (91) is excited with the direction of the game against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors at CEFCU Stadium in San Jose on Sat Nov 1, 2025 (photo by San Jose State University)
By Ryan Hannagan
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Behind a dominant passing performance from quarterback Walker Eget and a three-touchdown effort from running back Steve Chavez-Soto, San Jose State held off Hawai’i 45-38 on Saturday night in the annual Dick Tomey Legacy Game.
The win snapped a two-game losing streak for the Spartans and marked their second straight home victory over the Rainbow Warriors. It was also the first time since 2013 that San Jose State had three receivers eclipse 100 receiving yards in the same game.
Eget continued his hot streak, completing 20 of 40 passes for 458 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions. The Spartans’ offense exploded for 630 total yards, including 533 through the air.
Hawai’i opened the scoring on its first drive, marching 73 yards in nearly seven minutes before Cameron Barfield punched in a 1-yard touchdown run. The Spartans quickly responded with a 37-yard pass from Eget to Danny Scudero, setting up Chavez-Soto’s first touchdown of the game to tie it 7-7 late in the first quarter.
The second quarter belonged to San Jose State. Eget connected with Chavez-Soto for a 20-yard score to take the lead, and running back Lamar Radcliffe added a 1-yard touchdown run to extend the advantage to 21-7. Scudero then hauled in a 50-yard touchdown to make it 28-14 before a late field goal gave the Spartans a 31-14 halftime lead.
Hawai’i came out firing in the third quarter, cutting the deficit to 31-21 with a quick touchdown. The Spartans immediately answered as Eget hit Scudero again for a 62-yard strike. The Rainbow Warriors wouldn’t go away, responding with a 2-yard touchdown run by Landon Sims to make it 38-28 entering the fourth.
Hawai’i continued to fight back in the final quarter, narrowing the gap to 38-35 with a 20-yard touchdown pass. San Jose State, however, regained control when Chavez-Soto powered in his third touchdown of the game, sealing the 45-38 victory.
Eget said the team was prepared for Hawai’i’s late surge.
“I mean we expected a dog fight, especially in the fourth quarter,” Eget said. “It’s hard to win football games, just being able to stay on the attack, our offense just not stopping, continuing to move the ball. I think that’s the biggest point of emphasis that we talked about this week — just being able to finish, just being able to stay on the attack. I think Coach Ken did a great job with the last few drives, play calls. Even though it got close for a little bit, we expected that. We’ve been talking about just winning in the fourth quarter.”
Scudero led all receivers with 215 yards and two touchdowns on seven catches, while Chavez-Soto finished with 53 rushing yards and three scores. Radcliffe added 97 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries.
For Hawai’i, quarterback Micah Alejado threw for 367 yards and three touchdowns, connecting with Jackson Harris six times for 134 yards and two touchdowns.
San Jose State improved to 3-5 with the win, while Hawai’i fell to 6-3. The Spartans will look to extend their winning streak to two when they take on Air Force next week for more conference play.
Team Statistics:
First Downs: Hawai’i 22, San Jose State 26
Total Yards: Hawai’i 496, San Jose State 630
Turnovers: Hawai’i 1, San Jose State 0
Time of Possession: Hawai’i 33:10, San Jose State 26:50
Notable Individual Performances:
SJSU QB Walker Eget: 20/40, 458 YDS, 2 TD
SJSU RB Steve Chavez-Soto: 10 CAR, 53 YDS, 3 TD
SJSU WR Danny Scudero: 7 REC, 215 YDS, 2 TD
SJSU WR Kyri Schoels: 5 REC, 109 YDS
Hawai’i QB Micah Alejado: 31/46, 367 YDS, 3 TD
Hawai’i WR Jackson Harris: 6 REC, 134 YDS, 2 TD
Hawai’i RB Landon Sims: 13 CAR, 57 YDS, 1 TD
With the victory, San Jose State honored the late Dick Tomey’s legacy by putting on one of its most complete offensive performances of the season.
San Jose Barracuda forward Zach Ostapchuk (#63) reacts after scoring a goal on Ontario Reign goalie Phoenix Copley (#29) during the Cuda’s 4-2 win over the Reign at Tech CU Arena on Saturday NOV 1, 2025. (San Jose Barracuda)
by Marko Ukalovic
The San Jose Barracuda rebounded nicely after a very poor performance the night before in a 4-2 victory over the Ontario Reign on Saturday evening at Tech CU Arena.
San Jose snapped it’s two-game losing streak and won for just the second time in their past six games. Ontario lost for the just the second time in its past six games.
The Barracuda (3-5-0) drew first blood defenseman Jack Thompson scored his first goal of the season at the 8:07 mark of the first period. Ethan Cardwell, who was back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch the night before, picked up the primary assist and Lucas Carlsson received the secondary helper.
Zach Ostapchuk doubled the Cuda’s lead with a short-handed goal late in the opening frame. Ostapchuk skated in a breakaway and beat Reign goalie Phoenix Copley with a wrist shot for his second goal of the season at the 15:05 mark.
Ontario (5-3-1) cut their deficit in half when Martin Chromiak scored his third goal of the season just past the halfway mark of the second period at 10:23. Glenn Gawdin and Joe Hicketts set up Chromiak’s second goal in as many games.
The teams traded power play goals in the third period. Quentin Musty regained San Jose’s two-goal lead when he buried a shot past Copley for his second goal of the season at the 7:34 mark. Colin White and Cam Lund were credited with assists. Then Taylor Ward answered with fifth goal of the season at the 16:07 mark to bring some late game drama.
However, 63 seconds later, Pavol Regenda shut down any Reign attempt at a comeback when he scored his first goal of the season to seal the deal for San Jose with 2:50 remaining in the game. Filip Bystedt had the only assist on the play.
Cuda goalie Gabriel Carriere stopped 27 of the 29 shots he faced to earn his first win of the season. Copley made 26 saves on 30 shots in the losing effort.
GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-2 on the power play. Ontario went 1-for-3.
The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Musty 2) Ostapchuk 3) Thompson.
UP NEXT: San Jose starts a five-game road trip when they take on the Ontario Reign on Tuesday November 4th at 7:00pm at Toyota Arena.
BERKELEY, CA–Saturday in the ACC was a day of surprises and upheaval. Steady Virginia again stubbornly refused to be part of the drama.
Playing another tight, tense game, the No. 15 Cavaliers extended their win streak to seven by beating host Cal, 31-21 with a late fourth quarter finish. The win gave Virginia their longest win streak since 2007 and left Cal one win short of bowl eligibility with three games remaining.
“This is go time,” UVA coach Tony Elliott said. “This is where we got to be trying to to prime up and get rolling on all cylinders. It was important for them to get off to a fast start and put together some drives and score some points.”
Elliott’s group took a 10-0, first quarter lead, scoring on their first, two possessions and held on as Cal sliced their lead to a field goal on three occasions. Chandler Morris, who threw for 262 yards, and J’Mari Taylor with 105 yards rushing led Virginia offensively without committing any damaging mistakes.
Cal got outplayed up front on both sides of the ball, committed the game’s only two turnovers, and were unable to overcome an 80-57 disparity in the number of offensive plays each team ran.
“We were never able to capture that momentum,” coach Justin Wilcox said. “The play count gets out of whack. And ultimately that cost us the ballgame.”
Cade Uluave, Cal’s leading tackler and defensive leader departed early with a hand injury. His replacement, Aaron Hampton and defensive tackle Aidan Keanaaina were exemplary in Uluave’s absence, but couldn’t force the visitors out of their comfort zone.
Cal’s offense again was too one-dimensional as the running game wilted and quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele simply couldn’t be flawless and lead the Bears from behind. With Cal trailing 24-21 in the game’s final minute, Sagapolutele threw his second interception, and it was returned 35 yards for a game-sealing touchdown by Kam Robinson.
“On defense it was the third downs, offense we had a couple we didn’t quite connect on,” Wilcox said. “Ultimately against a team like that, you have to make those and we didn’t do that.”
Kendrick Raphael had a frustrating afternoon as Cal’s leading rusher scored three touchdowns, but was held under 50 yards on the ground. Raphael’s high point was being on the receiving end of tight end Mason Mini’s 42-yard touchdown pass that cut Virginia’s lead to 17-14 after halftime.
The Bears visit Louisville next Saturday with the Cardinal in the thick of the conference’s championship game chase after the ACC’s two teams with Top Ten rankings, Georgia Tech and Miami, fell in upsets. The Bears have lost two straight after starting the season 5-2.
Stanford Cardinal wide receiver CJ Williams (3) falls into the end zone while the Pitt Panthers cornerback Rashad Battle (15) and defensive back Kavir Bains-Marquez (23) couldn’t put the stop on Williams. It was one of two touchdowns for Williams at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto on Sat Nov 1, 2025 (Stanford Cardinal photo)
By Michael Roberson
STANFORD, Calif. — The Stanford Cardinal (3-6, 2-4 ACC) discontinued their perfect home record, with a 35-20 defeat to fellow Atlantic Coast Conference foe Pittsburgh Panthers (7-2, 5-1) on a sunny Saturday afternoon battle in Palo Alto.
The Cardinal started the game with possession of the ball. That turned out to be not as advantageous as originally anticipated. Their drive lasted a little over two minutes, before turning the ball over on downs. A fourth down attempt was denied in their own territory (35).
The Panthers wasted no time with that early gift. They parlayed that into a touchdown in less than two minutes. Freshman QB Mason Heintschel tossed a 17-yard TD pass to junior WR Kenny Johnson. The Quaker State visitors took the lead by seven, 7-0. The Cardinal needed something to happen on their second drive.
Stanford did respond with a scoring drive of their own shortly thereafter. Senior kicker Emmett Kenney booted a 39-yard FG. That conversion brought the home team within four, 7-3. They would unexpectedly receive the ball back to the offensive side.
Pitt’s possession ended abruptly when they fumbled and turned over the ball 2 1/2 minutes into their drive. Instead of increasing their advantage, they gave Stanford the opportunity to take over the lead.
The Cardinal did just that, with hopes of keeping their undefeated streak at home alive and Coach Reich’s interim season. In less than a minute upon snatching the ball from their guest from the Keystone State, redshirt-senior QB Ben Gulbranson launched a 35-yard TD pass to senior WR C.J. Williams. Stanford was on top by three, 10-7. Although there was nearly 6 1/2 minutes left in the quarter, that lead lasted to the end of the first quarter.
Four seconds into the second quarter, Pitt’s sophomore WR Deuce Spann scampered into the endzone from four yards away. The Panthers regained the lead by four, 14-10. They had the ball back in their collective hands less than a minute later, due to a Gulbranson interception. Pittsburgh did not capitalize on that particular turnover.
Just under 10 minutes left in the half, Gulbranson threw another INT to their feline opponents, Nearly eight minutes later, Pitt was on the scoreboard again. Heintschel lofted a five-yard TD to redshirt-senior WR Raphael “Poppi” Williams Jr. to increase their margin to 11, 21-10. That almost was the score at recess, but something else transpired.
Kenney came through at the whistle, with triple zeroes on the scoreboard, he booted a 45-yard FG. At halftime, Stanford closed the deficit to eight, 21-13.
With a one possession lead, Pittsburgh was starting the second half with the ball on their side. Unfortunately for them, their time with the pigskin was short lived. Although, later in the stanza, the Panthers did add more points to their total.
Heintsghel dished a 14-yard TD strike to senior TE Jake Overman, to put the ungrateful guests up by two scores, 28-13. They were not finished with the scoring opportunities; however, the next points addition was provided by the defense.
Freshman cornerback Shawn Lee Jr. orchestrated a 30-yard pick-6 on Gulbranson, giving them a three score advantage, and seemingly total control of the game, 35-13.
About five minutes later, Pitt was on the verge of blowing the game completely wide open, with the ball on the goal line. To the contrary, Heintschel inexplicably threw an ill-advised interception in the endzone, to Cardinal sophomore cornerback Brandon Nicholson. Instead of a touchdown for the Panther, it was a touchback for Stanford.
Gulbranson was replaced by his backup redshirt-freshman Elijah Brown, presumably after throwing three interceptions in three quarters. 35-13 was also the score after 45 minutes of game time.
Less than 10 minutes left in the final quadrant, Deja Vu happened for both teams when the combination of Heintschel and Nicholson in the end zone reoccurred. Another chance to debark the Cardinal thwarted. Nearly six minutes later, the Panthers let another scoring opportunity slip through their claws, when they fumbled near Stanford’s goal line. 21 potential points left on the field, despite the already 22 points advantage.
The Cardinal showed their pride inside Stanford Stadium, with :18 left in the game, Brown hit senior WR C.J. Brown for a 19-yard TD strike and a little salvation. Instead of being down by 43, they were within 15 by the completion of 60 minutes, 35-20.
The Cardinal will next be in action Saturday, November 11 in Chapel Hill, as they face the North Carolina Tar Heels at 4:30 PM ET/1:30 PM PT on The CW Network. The Panthers will be back in Pittsburgh November 16 hosting Notre Dame at TBD.
Milwaukee Bucks Kyle Kuzma (18) commits a foul on the Sacramento Kings Zach LaVine (8) in first half action at Fiserv Arena in Milwaukee on Sat Nov 1, 2025 (AP News photo)
By Barbara Mason
The Sacramento Kings (2-4) played a miserable first quarter trailing 47-36 before turning this game completely around outscoring the Milwaukee Bucks (4-2) in the second and third quarters before tucking this game away in a nail-biter in the fourth quarter 135-133.
This was the Bucks first home loss of the season. The Kings had four of their starters finishing with 20+ points with Zach LaVine leading the way with 31 points.
Game recap: Unlike every game played this season so far, the Kings had a horrible start falling behind 15-2 early in the first quarter. The largest lead for the Bucks was 15 as Sacramento struggled throughout the entire opening quarter.
The Bucks were shooting over 70% from the field and they were seven of ten from beyond the arc for 70%. As the first 12 minutes of play came to an end the Kings trailed 47-36. The Kings were shooting almost 54% from the field but were getting stomped from outside. They had only hit a single three while the Bucks finished the quarter eight of 13. Sacramento had a single turnover in the game in the first quarter.
The Kings had a better start in the second quarter pulling to within six points 49-43 early in the quarter. The Bucks turned that around pulling back ahead by double figures and again the Kings continued to get outplayed trailing 59-45 at the eight minute mark.
The Kings made a push with 4:34 left in the quarter trailing by three points 57-60. Sacramento had really turned things around displaying a lot of confidence going on a nice run and cutting a significant deficit.
The Kings had made defensive adjustments and made this a highly competitive game. Had it not been for some sloppy ill-timed turnovers by Sacramento this game could have been even closer with Sacramento taking the lead into the locker room at the half.
Despite that the Kings had really pulled it all together as the score at the half had Sacramento trailing by a single point 71-70. They had outscored the Bucks in the second quarter 34-24 after getting scorched in the first.
The Kings got the third quarter underway taking their first lead of the game after trailing by as much as 15 points. The Bucks long shots had cooled off and the Kings began to hit shots from beyond the arc.
At 9:45 in the quarter this game was tied at 78. At 8:01 the game remained a tie now at 81. At the seven minute mark the Kings took their largest lead of the game 86-83. This game took an unexpected turn when at 4:07 the Kings had a 97-87 lead.
They had gone on a 10-0 run playing at a high offensive level. Doc Rivers took the second timeout of the quarter trying to re-group and put the stops on the surging Kings. Sacramento went on to outscore the Bucks in the third quarter 38-31 leading after three 108-102.
The question now remained, can the Sacramento Kings finish this game? The Kings have seen themselves self-destruct in the final minutes of numerous games this season. After starting this game in terrible fashion they would need to finish the game on a high note, the fourth quarter would be a battle.
Sacramento had led by double figures in much of the third quarter but the Bucks had begun to creep into the fourth trailing by single digits. With 3:54 left in the game, the Kings called a time-out looking to protect their 126-119 lead.
The Kings called another time-out with three minutes left in the game and a slim 128-123 lead. With just over two minutes left on the clock the wheels began to come off for the Kings. They were able to deny the Milwaukee push and were able to finish the game.
The Sacramento Kings held on to win the game 135-133 for their second win this season and it was a great win for the team after so many close games and disappointing fourth quarters.
Domantas Sabonis had a season high 24 points and 13 rebounds, a double double. Zach LaVine had the team high of 31 points and DeMar DeRozan finished with 29 points. Dennis Schroeder had 24 points in a game in which the Bucks shot around 60%.
The Kings had ten turnovers and shot 87% from the line. This was certainly a ray of hope for Sacramento playing three amazing quarters after opening the game on such a sour note. They fought to the end, finished the game and were rewarded with the win despite being the underdogs.
Game notes: The Kings have had a rough start this season. They were in the middle of a challenging road trip taking on the elite teams in the NBA but the win against the Bucks on this trip after losing in Chicago Wednesday was a game where they met the challenge.
They have had hot starts in most of these games, they have led deep into the fourth quarter on occasion but have been unable to finish as their season record indicates. They have a core of seasoned veterans that can get the job done but they have fallen just short in every game they have played with the exception of their one win over the Utah Jazz.
Saturday they took on another of the league’s best, the Bucks at Fiserv Forum and came away with a two point win handing the Bucks their first loss on their home floor. The Bucks are smart, efficient and were highly favored in this game but in the end they couldn’t hold on.
This had been a brutal stretch for the Kings who lost the first two games to start the trip and there are more bumps in the road as this road trip continues but the win against the Bucks was a sweet win for the Kings who never gave up.
Unfortunately for Sacramento Malik Monk will missed Saturday’s game with a personal issue. The Kings leaned on Russell Westbrook, Keon Ellis and Devin Carter in his absence.
Monday night the Kings will finish off this demanding road trip taking on the Denver Nuggets. They will be looking to take the energy and confidence from this win into Ball Arena. Tipoff for this game is scheduled for 6:00 PM.
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San Jose Sharks center Philipp Kurashev (96) takes a shot that goes past Colorado Avalanche goaltender MacKenzie Blackwood (39) for a goal in overtime at SAP Center in San Jose on Sat Nov 1, 2025 (AP News photo)
By Mary Walsh
The San Jose Sharks defeated the Colorado Avalanche in overtime in Saturday afternoon 3-2. Macklin Celebrini and Phillip Kurashev scored for San Jose. Yaroslav Askarov made 36 saves for the win. Martin Necas and Nathan MacKinnon scored for Colorado. Mackenzie Blackwood made 20 saves in the loss. The win ended a 12 game losing streak for the Sharks against the Avalanche.
The Sharks looked outmatched in the first two periods, but the game did not get away from them. After the game, Macklin Celebrini said: “I think we were just asleep at the start. I think, I mean I know I wasn’t playing my best by any means. I thought we just did a good job weathering it.”
A big part of weathering the Avalanche fell to Yaroslav Askarov and his 36 saves. Of his own performance in Saturday’s 1:00pm game, he said: “Today felt great. I wish we would have more like morning games.” He laughed.
Just 30 seconds in to the game, Martin Necas took a shot from the left circle that went through traffic and off the far post. Assists went to Cale Makar and Devon Toews.
Sharks defenseman Timothy Liljegren was on the bench when he was struck by a deflected puck and had to leave the game at 17:05 with an upper body injury. He did not return to the game.
At 18:21, Macklin Celebrini tied it. Tyler Toffoli skated into the zone on the right side and passed the puck back to Celebrini as center entered the zone to take a shot right down the middle. Assists went to Toffoli and Shakir Mukhamadullin.
The Sharks were outshot in the first, 15-6, not getting their first shot until after the six-minute mark.
The Sharks took the lead with a goal from Phillip Kurashev at 4:07 of the second period. That goal made it a three-game goal streak for Kurashev. Assists went to Ty Dellandrea and John Klingberg.
Colorado’s second goal came on a disputed play. Nathan MacKinnon had not yet taken the shot when the Sharks net was knocked from its moorings by Askarov. No one pushed Askarov into the post, so that could be why the goal was not waived off. The goal was deemed an Awarded Goal.
The Sharks were outshot again in the second period, 15-5. They had one penalty to kill and no power plays. In the third period, the shots were a little closer, 9-7 Sharks. The Avalanche took two penalties in the third but killed them both off.
Almost halfway through overtime, Phillip Kurashev scored the OT winner off the rush, shooting past Cale Makar’s stick and sending the puck off the far post and in. An assist went to Alexander Wennberg.
The Sharks next play on Sunday at 5:00 PM PT, hosting the Detroit Red Wings in San Jose.
San Jose Sharks center Tyler Toffoli (73)celebrates with teammates after scoring in the second period against the New Jersey Devils at SAP Center in San Jose on Thu Oct 30, 2025 (AP News photo)
San Jose Sharks podcast Mary Lisa:
#1 How can Macklin Celebrini’s speed and shot‑volume help the Sharks challenge Colorado’s defence and spark their transition game?
#2 With veteran forward Tyler Toffoli in the lineup, how might the Sharks lean on his experience to create scoring chances against a top‐tier team like the Avalanche?
#3 On the back end, how will John Klingberg and his right‑shot defence partner adapt their breakout strategy to match Colorado’s speed and puck‑movement?
#4 What role is likely for newcomer Jeff Skinner in the Sharks’ top‑six, and how might he exploit the Avalanche’s weaknesses near the net or on the power‑play?
#5 Between the pipes, if Alex Nedeljkovic gets the start, what mental and tactical adjustments will he need to make facing a high‐scoring Colorado offence to give San Jose a chance?
Sacramento Kings forward/center Drew Eubanks (19) has the ball rebounded away from him by the Chicago Bulls forward/guard Isaac Okoro in the first half at the United Center in Chicago on Wed Oct 29, 2025. The Kings tip off against the Milwaukee Bucks Sat Nov 1, 2025 (AP News photo)
Sacramento Kings podcast Tony Harvey:
#1 How will Zach LaVine’s scoring ability impact the Kings’ chance to challenge the Bucks’ defense?
#2 With DeMar DeRozan and Domantas Sabonis both in the frontcourt, can Sacramento win the rebound and interior-play battle against Milwaukee?
#3 Given that Keegan Murray is out of the line up against the Bucks today how will his absence impact the Kings?
#4 What role will Dennis Schröder play in orchestrating the offense, and how might his playmaking affect the Kings’ ability to generate quality shots?
#5 With the Kings looking to improve their road performance, how significant is it that they play at Milwaukee’s home court, and which Sacramento players will need to step up under that pressure?
Whether you’re pre-gaming with the Kings or celebrating an A’s win, Cyprus Grille at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena is your downtown go-to.
⚡Craft cocktails? Check. 🔥Game-day bites? Oh yeah. 🏟️Steps from Golden 1 Center? You bet.
Open daily, Cyprus Grille is serving up local flavor with a front-row seat to the action. Stop by before or after the game—or make it your new downtown hangout.
Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.
📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street
Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in.
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