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Sharks and Golden Knights at puck drop during the preseason game at SAP Center in San Jose, CA AP Photo

By Fernando Abarca

SAN JOSE, CA— The team was not feeling it tonight in a tough 2-1 loss against Vegas.

This was not a typical Friday night for the Sharks; the team released a couple of big pieces of news for the upcoming season. The team revealed a new center ice logo and a brand new jersey celebrating the 35th anniversary, incorporating a taste of the past and present.

However, the San Jose Sharks had their second warm-up game against the Golden Knights, in a game where the Sharks took the lead but were unable to maintain the momentum and pace of the game.

The Golden Knights played a team where their star players didn’t have any kind of presence; they were mostly future prospects for next season.

For the Sharks, there are lots of positives to take. Dimitry Orlov opened up the scoring with a power-play goal, and first wearing a Sharks uniform. Yaroslav Askarov made a total of 27 saves, highlighting a great performance. Michael Misa and Sam Dickinson saw some ice time, but tonight was not a good night to shine as the team was very much outplayed.

Cole Schwindt and Lukas Cormier scored the two goals for the visitors, and one of them was a power-play goal.

Coach Ryan Warsofsky spoke to the media after the game. “We have to go back to basics. We have to demonstrate the importance of the NHL’s competitive level, and that’s something the players have to understand. There are only 20 spots available,” Warsofky said

Clearly, the statement the coach wants to convey is that the preseason is not to be taken lightly, every game matters, and every step will dictate what comes next in the regular season.

The team will fly to SoCal to play against the Anaheim Ducks on Monday Night for their third game of preseason.

San Jose Sharks left wing Jeff Skinner (53) congratulates goaltender Alex Nedelijkovic (33) after the Sharks win over the Vegas Golden Knights in NHL pre season action at SAP Center in San Jose on Sun Sep 21, 2025 (San Jose Sharks X photo)

By Michael Roberson and Vince Cestone

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks (1-0) began the 2025-26 NHL Pre-Season on a good note, with a 3-0 victory over recent rival Vegas Golden Knights (0-1), inside the SAP Center.

Despite not showcasing the high profile Macklin Celebrini, who was absent due to illness, the Silicon Valley fish still prevailed against their Sin City guests. Both teams were stingy on defense in the first period. Both goalies survived a power play, and multiple shots on goal.

San Jose had four legitimate shots at the net, to no avail, while Vegas more than doubled (9)the Sharks’ scoring opportunities, with same no net result, 0-0 after 20 minutes of action. The only real action in the initial period was a hooking penalty by Vegas’ forward Cole Schmidt, and San Jose’s forward Egor Afanasyev was punished or tripping.

The second period had some scoring action during its 20-minute stretch. The Sharks had 12 shots on goal, with two hitting the back of the net, while the Golden Knights reduced their attempts by four (5), with none lighting the lamp.

San Jose defenseman John Klingberg converted a power play “wrister” (7:18) early in the period, to break the ice in the scoreless battle. With less than a minute left in the second, forward Jeff Skinner tipped in a shot to putting the home team up 2-0 (19:14). That remained the score at the second intermission and 40 minutes of regulation play had elapsed.

The final period also seemed to be heading towards another scoreless 20 minutes; however, forward Tyler Toffoli had other plans for the third stanza. He maneuvered himself around the defenders and capitalized on the pulled goalie.

At the 19:17 mark of the game and period, Toffoli put the biscuit in the open basket, and put the Sharks up 3-0 over VGK. As the seconds ticked off, the Sharks accomplished an impressive shutout win inside the Tank.

“The real experienced teams jump on teams in the second period with the changes, the long change. So we really wanted to make that a focus…that translated to some goals.” Stated Sharks’ head coach Ryan Warsofsky

San Jose’s next preseason game will be a rematch versus the very same Vegas Golden Knights at the Tank, Friday, September 26 at 7 PM PT. Vegas will next be in action Tuesday, September 23, as they host the Los Angeles Kings in the Silver State.

William Eklund celebrates the first goal of the night by the Sharks in front of 10,802 in attendance tonight at SAP Center on Tue Jan 7, 2025 (Sharks Media)

Golden Nights Snapped Shark’s Winning Streak at SAP Center Tuesday night with a 4-2 win.

Before the game even started, The men in teal knew it would not be easy. After two consecutive wins in a row, it seemed the team finally got some chemistry to start the year. The Golden Knights, a team that is a contender for the next Stanley Cup Playoffs showed the real dominance over the Sharks, a dominance that has been carried out for years.

Two goals, one by Mark Stone and one by Zach Whitecloud, were enough in the first period to turn the tide for the home team. There was still a lot of hockey left, but it looked like the victory would go to the visitors.

In the second period, a power-play goal by William Eklund raised hope for those in attendance at the SAP Center on Tuesday night. And so we went into the second intermission of the game with a slim 2-1 lead.

Things would start to get complicated in the third period when Victor Olofsson made it 3-1, a score that seemed to continue to advance. At minute 10:41 of the game, Timothy Liljegreen made it 3-2 over the Golden Knights. The game was about tying it.

Two goals, one by Mark Stone and Zach Whitecloud, were enough in the first period to turn the tide for the home team. There was still a lot of hockey left, but it looked like the victory would go to the visitors.

In the second period, a power-play goal by William Eklund raised hope for those in attendance at the SAP Center on Tuesday night. And so we went into the second intermission of the game with a slim 2-1 lead.

Things would start to get complicated in the third period, when Victor Olofsson made it 3-1, a score that seemed to continue to advance. At minute 10:41 of the game, Timothy Liljegreen made it 3-2 over the Golden Knights. The game was all about tying it

Time was ticking away and the opportunities to make it 3-3 were fading away, as the result of an empty net, the Golden Knights scored the fourth of the night with a slap-shot from Tomas Hertl, who wore the colors of the Sharks a while back.

With this result, San Jose has not recorded any wins against the Golden Knights in the current 2024-25 campaign.

Now the team will try to move on, and get another win this time on the road against Utah Hockey Club this Friday night.

Tomar Hertl laps around the ice during his tribute video at SAP Center in San Jose during his return as a Golden Knights player on Dec 27, 2024 (Photo by Golden Knights Media)

The San Jose Sharks are back at the Tank to close out 2024 with a series of seven games at home with a very special one among those nights

By: Fernando Abarca

SAN JOSE, CA –– After all the Christmas noise, celebrations, and much more, having the guys back in town is always nice after their trip to Canada. On their last road trip, they played Edmonton and Vancouver, performing well and showing good hockey, but they could not convert in the game’s final instances, losing by one goal in both games.

Vegas is coming Red Hot, winning four of their last five games.

The game also had a different taste as former Shark Tomas Hertl made his return to the tank for the first time after being traded to Vegas early this year. Before puck drop, the team prepared a tribute showing on the jumbotron some of the most remarkable moments of his stint with the Sharks. A standing ovation that was well-received.

In the first period, The 2023 Stanley Cup champions struck first and took advantage of the poor defensive labor to retrieve the puck with a shot on goal by Noah Hanifin, assisted by Victor Olofsson, making it a 1-0 for the Golden Knights.

The building was noisy as the Sharks tried to find ways to score with lots of shots on goal and back and forth hockey.

Late in the first period, Shakir Mukhamadullin made it even with a powerful shot deflected against the boards to give some joy to the fans.

Before the end of the first period, the young San Jose star Macklin Celebrini was sent to the box for a penalty against Jack Eichel for Hooking.

During the second period, The Sharks completed dominated with intensive chemistry, intensive unity, and aggressive hockey. Not to mention the outstanding performance from both San Jose and Vegas goaltenders, again. the chemistry between Smith and Celebrini seems like a good pairing every time they are on the ice.

The Golden Knights scored first in the second period, with Mark Stone putting the second for the Knights.

The Sharks quickly recovered from that goal and showed heart by scoring two goals by Will Smith and Tyler Toffoli, assisted by Macklin Celebrini and Mikael Grandlund, taking the lead by 3-2.

The momentum did not last long, In the third, the Vegas Golden Knights showed why they are top of the standings. Brayden McNabb and Jack Eichel helped the Knights put two more shorthanded goals in favor of the visitors in less than a minute.

It was not enough, four minutes later, Pavel Dorofeyev sealed the fifth one for the Knights. The Teal clearly showed themselves vulnerable, lacking depth, and lacking ideas for execution, errors that cost them the good game they were having.

Tense moments and fights took place in the final minutes of the game. In a 4 4, the Golden Knights took advantage to close the night with six goals and completely ruin a night that the Sharks seemed to have dominated and controlled.

Clearly, it is a loss that certainly hurts.

The Teal is back at home tomorrow night against the Calgary Flames.