NHL Full Game | San Jose Sharks vs Vegas Golden Knights | NHL – Pre-season | September 22, 2025

NHL Full Game | San Jose Sharks vs Vegas Golden Knights | NHL – Pre-season | September 22, 2025

VEGAS TO CALIFORNIA CONNECTION BY YOUR SOUTHERN NEVADA TOYOTA DEALERS. TOYOTA. LET’S GO PLACES AND BY INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH. TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER. THAT’S THE POWER OF WE. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US AS THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS OPEN THEIR PRESEASON SCHEDULE AT SAP CENTER TODAY AGAINST THE SHARKS. OF COURSE, THE VGK LAST YEAR HAD A LOT OF FIREPOWER UP FRONT IN THE REGULAR SEASON. THESE WERE THE FIVE PLAYERS THAT REACHED AT LEAST 20 GOALS LAST YEAR. AND FOR BRETT HOWDEN, THOSE 23 WERE A CAREER HIGH. FOR HIM, THE BEST REGULAR SEASON OF HIS CAREER. AND HE’S DOWNSTAIRS WITH DARREN BRETT. >> QUICK TRANSITION FROM THREE DAYS OF PRACTICE INTO GAME ACTION. WHAT HAS ALLOWED THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF SKATES TO GET YOU PREPARED FOR TONIGHT? >> I THINK JUST GETTING OUR TIMING BACK, GETTING GETTING BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS. OBVIOUSLY WHEN CAMP STARTS THE SKATES START TO GET YOU KNOW, FASTER AND QUICKER. SO I THINK WE HAD A GOOD THREE DAYS OF GETTING PREPARED FOR THIS FIRST GAME. >> HOW DIFFERENT IS YOUR APPROACH TODAY COMPARED TO YOUR FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE LEAGUE? >> YEAH, IT’S A LOT DIFFERENT FOR SURE. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MORE CONFIDENT AND YOU KNOW, JUST COMING IN, TRYING TO GET PREPARED FOR THE SEASON AND TRYING TO USE THIS THIS GAME TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A STEP TO GET READY FOR THE REGULAR SEASON. >> ENJOY GAME ONE OF THE PRESEASON. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS. >> DAVE. >> DARREN, THANKS VERY MUCH. FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE REGULAR SEASON IS GETTING THROUGH THE PRESEASON FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. AND THEY OPEN IT IN SAN JOSE AGAINST THE SHARKS. YOUR OPENING FACE OFF IS COMING THE N KNIGHTS BROADCAST NETWORK IS PRESENTED BY PALMS CASINO RESORT AND YAAMAVA’ RESORT AND CASINO. PRESEASON OPENER. GOLDEN KNIGHTS AND SHARKS. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. EXCLUSIVELY TODAY ON NIGHT TIME. PLUS, KAI UCHACZ AND PHILIPP KURASHEV ON THE OPENING FACE OFF. AND WE’RE UNDERWAY FROM THE SHARK TANK. EACH TEAM IS REQUIRED TO HAVE EIGHT VETERANS IN THEIR LINEUP FOR EXHIBITION GAMES. VETERAN STATUS MEANS YOU COULD HAVE PLAYED 30 GAMES LAST SEASON OR 104-YEAR CAREER, SO SOME OF THE VETERANS IN THE LINEUP TODAY, OF COURSE, BRETT HOWDEN KEEGAN KOLESAR ON THIS LINE TO START THE GAME WITH KYLE UCHACZ JEFF SKINNER, ONE OF THE VETS FOR SAN JOSE, ALONG WITH PHILIPP KURASHEV TYLER TOFFOLI IN THE LINEUP TODAY AND SOME VETERAN DEFENSEMEN AS WELL. NICK LEDDY JOHN KLINGBERG AND VINNY DARNAY. TONIGHT’S LINEUP, SPONSORED BY INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS THROUGH CENTER AND KAEDAN KORCZAK WRIST SHOT ON TURNED AWAY BY ALEX NEDELJKOVIC AND PHILIPP KURASHEV WILL START IT OUT. SPENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS SIGNED A ONE YEAR DEAL IN THE OFF SEASON. GAINSLEY VEGAS LINE, SQUEEZED ON THE WALL BY JACOB MEGNA PUCK AROUND THE BOARDS TO TYLER TOFFOLI ALEXANDER HOLDS WITH THE BODY ON HIM, DUG OUT ALONG THE FLOOR BOARDS BY QUENTIN MUSTY AND NOW KORCZAK GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR KORCZAK. SHANE, YOU MENTIONED WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES ON THE BACK END FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS AND SAID SIGNED HIM TO A NICE CONTRACT THAT WILL KICK IN NEXT SEASON. WELL, I THINK HE’S THE GUY THEY WANT TO SEE PLAY. HE’S AT THAT AGE NOW TO REALLY STEP UP HIS GAME AND HE NEEDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. HE’S GOING TO GET IT. LAST YEAR FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS, HE WAS UP WITH THE TEAM ALL SEASON, PLAYED IN TEN GAMES AND STARTED FROM EARLY OCTOBER. DIDN’T PLAY FOR A WHILE, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THEN WAS IN THE LINEUP AGAIN RIGHT BEFORE AND AFTER THE FOUR NATIONS, OF COURSE, WAS INJURED. A SHEA THEODORE MATYAS SAPOVALIV IN THE SAN N RAPHAEL LAVOIE CUTTING THE NET. ZIPS IT OUT TOP. DAVIES MOVES IT ACROSS. DYLAN COUGHLIN LETS IT RIP. TURNED AWAY BY NEDELJKOVIC AND HE’LL COVER THE REBOUND. DYLAN COUGHLIN IN HIS SECOND TOUR OF DUTY WITH THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS, HAD A GOOD CHANCE FROM THE POINT, BUT ALEX NEDELJKOVIC HAD SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF SEASONS WITH PITTSBURGH BEFORE COMING TO SAN JOSE IN THE OFF SEASON AND CARL LINDBOM, WHO HAD A GOOD YEAR LAST YEAR WITH HENDERSON, EXPECTED TO SPLIT THE DUTIES TODAY WITH JESPER VIKMAN. BUT LINDBOM GETS THE CALL TO START THIS ONE AND LOTS OF POSITIVE HEARING ABOUT LINDBOM IS LIKE SEASON LAST YEAR WITH HENDERSON AND, YOU KNOW, NOT A BIG GOALTENDER LIKE YOU SEE A LOT AROUND THE NHL NOW, BUT SMALL, QUICK, EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT MOVES WELL IN THE NET, VERY TECHNICAL AND CLEAN IN HIS STYLE OF PLAY. LAVOIE WINS THE FACE-OFF. BACK TO THE POINT TO JEREMY DAVIES. AND NOW THE PUCK SENT IN DEEP JONAS RONDBJERG LOOKING TO MOVE IT PULLS UP IN THE CORNER, DROPS IT OFF A LITTLE FURTHER FOR SAPOVALIV AND A CUT HIS WAY LOOSE FROM NICK LEDDY, WHO CAME OFF THE WAIVER WIRE FROM ST. LOUIS. IN THE OFF SEASON, THE VETERAN DEFENSEMAN LEDDY AND RONDBJERG TO THE CORNER. LAVOIE TRYING TO SPIN FREE. HE’LL CARRY IT OUT HIGH. A BUMP ON THE PLAY BY A COUPLE OF SHARKS FORWARDS, INCLUDING OSTAPCHUK DAVIES HOLDS IT HERE MOMENTARILY, BUT NOW THE SHARKS WILL GAIN POSSESSION AND COLE CLAYTON AT THE CONTROLS EARLY ON. NO SCORE. THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS LANDED THE ONLY TWO SHOTS OF THE GAME AS ANTHONY VINCENT TIPS IT IN FROM LONG RANGE. PAVOL REGENDA SWINGS IT AROUND THE NET AND THE PUCK TO THE NEAR BOARDS. JACKSON HALLUM A LOT OF SPEED. SIGNED AFTER HIS THIRD YEAR PLAYING AT MICHIGAN. PUCK UP THE WALL OVER THE HEAD OF HALLUM. HELD INTO LINE BY JOHN KLINGBERG. WRIST SHOT BLOCKED. HALLUM LOOKING TO MOVE IT. STRIPPED OF THE PUCK OUT HIGH. HERE’S JIMMY HUNTINGTON. HE’LL DROP IT OFF FOR REGENDA AND LINDBOM WITH THIS FIRST SAVE OF THE GAME. BRAEDEN BOWMAN TO START IT OUT FOR THE VGK DRIVING WIDE SOFTLY. FEEDS IT IN DEEP AND JOHN KLINGBERG BACK TO GET IT. HASN’T PLAYED A LOT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AT BOTH OF HIS HIPS RESURFACED AND DID PLAY SIGNIFICANT TIME IN THE PLAYOFFS IN KLINGBERG FOR EDMONTON LAST YEAR. PLAYED 19 PLAYOFF GAMES, THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT TRIP TO THE CUP FINAL. YEAH, CERTAINLY HEALTH HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR HIM. MAINSTAY AND A STAR OF THE DALLAS STARS ORGANIZATION FOR A LONG TIME. LOOKING TO GET BACK TO THAT POINT. HE MENTIONED THE ONE YEAR DEAL HE SIGNED HERE IN SAN JOSE. THEY’RE ADDING A LOT OF VETERAN PRESENCE TO THEIR BLUE LINE SINCE THOSE EIGHT YEARS IN DALLAS. THIS IS THE FIFTH TEAM FOR KLINGBERG. SINCE THEN. ANAHEIM, MINNESOTA, TORONTO, EDMONTON AND NOW SAN JOSE. PUCK LOOSE IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE AND GOLDEN KNIGHTS LOOKING TO FLIP IT IN DEEP. AND THEY DO LUKAS CORMIER DRIVING IN FROM CENTER BACK COMES PHILIPP KURASHEV FOR SAN JOSE. HE’LL SCALE IT AROUND THE GLASS . WILL SMITH, WHO HAD 18 GOALS AS A ROOKIE LAST YEAR TRYING TO KEEP IT ALIVE ALONG THE BOARDS IN THERE, ALONG WITH QUENTIN MUSTY. NOW PUCKS IN AROUND THE FAR WALL AND DAVIES BACK OUT TO CENTER. ICE. DICKINSON WILL LOB IT IN BATTLE FOR POSSESSION IN DEEP, AND DYLAN COGHLAN COMES AWAY WITH THE PUCK FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. COLE SCHWINDT THROUGH CENTER, ALEXANDER HOLTZ IN DEEP. REINHARDT TRYING TO PLAY IT. PORZAK WITH A WRIST SHOT DEFLECTED HIGH IN THE AIR. NEDELJKOVIC LOVES IT AND COVERS IT AND HE’LL HOLD FOR THE FACEOFF. JUST ABOUT 5 MINUTES INTO THE GAME. OH, LOOK AT HEAD COACH BRUCE CASSIDY AND KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT. DAVE, COMING INTO THIS, ONE OF THE THINGS FOR BRUCE CASSIDY IS STARTS SINCE HE’S TAKEN OVER HERE BEHIND THE BENCH FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS, AND THEY WILL START THE SEASON REALLY WELL AND HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL IF YOU COME OUT OF THE GATE RED HOT AND DONE. A LOT OF THAT IS THE WAY HE DESIGNS HIS CAMPS. THEY GET RIGHT INTO IT. THIS IS THE FIRST GAME, BUT THEY’VE BEEN HAPPY THIS YEAR WITH THE EXECUTION AND PACE THEY SAW THROUGH THE FIRST THREE DAYS. HE WAS ASKED YESTERDAY TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AS HE CHANGED THE APPROACH TO CAMP AND HE SAID NO, WHY WOULD YOU. AND THEY’VE HAD BUT YOU KNOW, WE WATCH IT RIGHT FROM THEIR OWN END OUT AND KIND OF TAKE IT ZONE BY ZONE. AND IT’S BEEN ENORMOUSLY EFFECTIVE . SHARKS ON THE MOVE. GOOD CHANCE COMING DOWN THAT LEFT WING AND A GOOD SHOT ON FROM MICHAEL MISA THAT SECOND OVERALL PICK IN THE DRAFT BACK IN JUNE. AND A GOOD CHANCE FOR THE 18-YEAR-OLD NOW HOLDS UP HIGH. LITTLE TURNOVER, GOOD PRESSURE HIGH. AND THEN IT’S MISA. YOU MENTIONED ALREADY A TON OF ELITE PROSPECTS HERE IN SAN JOSE WITH CELEBRINI, SMITH AND NOW MICHAEL MISA THE SECOND OVERALL PICK THIS PAST DRAFT, 134 POINTS IN THE OHL, INCLUDING 62 GOALS. MVP OF THE LEAGUE LAST YEAR AND A PENALTY OFF THIS FACE-OFF, THOUGH, AND IT’LL BE TO THE SHARKS. >> NUMBER 11 OF THE MINOR PENALTY FOR. >> IT’S IGOR AFANASYEV THAT GOES OFF FOR SAN JOSE AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS WILL GO TO THE FIRST POWER PLAY OF THE PRESEASON. I’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE PENALTIES. RIGHT OFF THE FACE-OFF AS LAVOIE GETS TRIPPED UP COMING OUT TO THE POINT. SO LOOK AT THE SOUTHERN NEVADA TOYOTA DEALERS INSTANT REPLAY AS THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS WILL GET THEIR FIRST POWER PLAY OF THE GAME. WELL, THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS HAD THEIR BEST POWER PLAY EVER LAST YEAR. THIS POWER PLAY IS SPONSORED BY ADAM KUTNER, AFANASYEV OF THE BOX AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS ON THE MAN ADVANTAGE. AND BEN HUTTON. PENALTY WILL START IT OUT, DROPPING IT OFF FOR ALEXANDER HOLTZ. >> SHARKS. >> NOW INTO THE SAN JOSE NEDELJKOVIC TO PLAY IT. AND RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE OF THE ICE. AND IT’S CLEARED OUT OF THE ZONE BY KURASHEV. SO HUTTON HOLTZ HOWDEN KOLESAR AND BRABENEC THE POWER PLAY UNIT FOR VEGAS. HUTTON PULLS UP, SWINGS IT AROUND FOR KOLESAR. HE’LL DROP IT BACK OUT HIGH FOR HOLTZ AND ACROSS. NOW FOR HUTTON HEAVES IT DOWN LOW HOWDEN CENTERED. IT , HIT A SKATE AND DEFLECTS ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN THE ICE. AND BEN HUTTON SAID BEN LAST YEAR PLAYED JUST 11 GAMES FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. HE PLAYED FIVE IN NOVEMBER, ONE IN MARCH, FIVE MORE IN APRIL WENT FOUR MONTHS BETWEEN THOSE GAMES IN NOVEMBER AND MARCH. PUCK OUT OF THE POINT FOR CORMIER UCHACZ MOVING IT DOWN LOW. SAPOVALIV CENTERED IT AND LAVOIE PUT IT OFF THE OUTSIDE OF THE NET . QUICK FORMING PASSING PLAY BY THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS AND A GOOD LOOK FOR RAPHAEL LAVOIE. NOW A REALLY GOOD PUCK MOVEMENT. SAPOVALIV OFF THE GOAL LINE RIGHT TO BOWMAN AND THEN OVER TO LAVOIE, WHO HAD THE GREAT CHANCE. THE KNIGHTS STILL ON THE POWER PLAY FOR 25 SECONDS AND CORMIER STARTING IT UP. ICE. IMPORTANT YEAR FOR LUKAS CORMIER IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS THREE YEAR ENTRY LEVEL DEAL . PUCK IN DEEP CORMIER GET INJURED LAST YEAR. FIRST DAY OF TRAINING CAMP FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS AND MISSED SIGNIFICANT TIME. DIDN’T PLAY A GAME UNTIL MARCH AS THE PUCK OUT OF THE POINT. HERE’S LAVOIE WRIST SHOT BLOCKED. KICKS IT ACROSS. BOWMAN WILL SURVEY THE SCENE. PENALTIES UP AND THE SHARKS AT FULL STRENGTH. CORMIER KEEPS IT IN PUCK AROUND THE BOARDS . LAVOIE SHOVELS IT DOWN AND TAKEN AWAY BY KLINGBERG . BUMPED BY UCHACZ. HELD IN BY SCHWINDT. KORCZAK A LONG WRIST SHOT AND A GLOVE SAVE BY NEDELJKOVIC. OVER 7 MINUTES. TICKED AWAY IN THE PRESEASON OPENER FOR THESE TEAMS. ONE OF THE BETTER LOOKS ON THE >> WELL, NO SCORE BETWEEN THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS AND THE SHARKS. LOOK AT COLE SCHWINDT IN HIS FIRST FULL CAMP HERE. PICKED UP ON WAIVERS LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER, AND CAME IN AND MADE AN IMPRESSION. REAL DEPTH PLAYER FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. PLAYED IN 42 GAMES. HE GOT HIS FIRST CAREER GOAL, CAME IN AN EMPTY NETTER IN VANCOUVER. THE WITH THE SHRINKER LOOKING TO HAVE A STRONG CAMP AND HE IS ON THE ICE TO TAKE THIS DRAW. GOT TO BE MUCH MORE SETTLED FOR HIM TO SHANE. HE CAME OFF THE WAIVER WIRE FROM CALGARY RIGHT BEFORE THE SEASON LAST YEAR. GOT IN TOWN THE MORNING OF THE SEASON OPENER AND SO MUCH DIFFERENT DEAL FOR HIM. HE WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS. THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS LINEUP. IT APPEARS TO BE PRETTY SET FORWARD AND DEFENSE, BUT HE’S GOING TO BE THE EXTRA FORWARD. WHO’S GOING TO BE THE EXTRA DEFENSEMAN. AND COLE SCHWINDT MISSED SEVEN WEEKS DUE TO INJURY LAST YEAR, BUT DID GET BACK. HE ENDED UP PLAYING IN THE FIFTH GAME OF THAT EDMONTON SERIES, A FIFTH AND FINAL GAME OF THAT ROUND TWO LOSS TO EDMONTON. SCHWINDT OUT FRONT HERE, STRIPPED OF THE PUCK BY MISA AND NOW TYLER TOFFOLI SENDS IT IN LED SAN JOSE WITH 30 GOALS LAST SEASON. FOURTH TIME HE’S HIT THAT MARK. WE GET ANOTHER PENALTY. THIS WILL BE A HOOK IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE AND IT IS THE AFOREMENTIONED COLE SCHWINDT. >> VEGAS NUMBER 22 AT THE MARNER CONNELLY FOR HOOKING. >> NO SCHWINDT TO THE BOX. SO HE’S HAD THE FIRST POWER PLAY OF THE GAME. THAT WILL BE THE SHARKS, WHO GO TO THE MAN ADVANTAGE AND. TAKE A LOOK AT THE PENALTY. RIGHT IN FRONT IS RIGHT AFTER SCHWINDT HAD THAT CHANCE AND NOT MUCH OF A HOOK THERE. IT’S KIND OF ONE HAND ON HIS STICK. HE GOES MISA WENT DOWN AND WE’LL SEE HOW THE PENALTY KILL LOOKS HERE. THEIR FIRST KILL OF THE GAME. NOW THE VGK SHORTHANDED AND THEIR PENALTY KILL, SPONSORED BY CIRCUS SPORTS. SPORTS BETTING THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. WRIST SHOT DOWN. LOW HIT TO FOLEY. HE’LL HOBBLED AS A PLAY. HEADS BACK TO THE SAN JOSE END. >> SHARKS ARE ON THE POWER PLAY. >> JOHN KLINGBERG STARTING IT OUT. GOLDEN KNIGHTS PENALTY KILL IS HOWDEN AND KOLESAR WITH KORCZAK AND HUTTON HUTTON IN THE CORNER. PRESSURED BY TOFFOLI. NICE FEED TO KOLESAR WHO SENDS IT DOWN THE ICE. REAL NICE PLAY BY BEN HUTTON. JUST AWARENESS THAT THE WALL WAS TAKEN AWAY UTILIZING THE MIDDLE OF THE ICE AND A GOOD PICKUP BY KOLESAR TO CLEAR IT. JEFF SKINNER SIGNED A ONE YEAR DEAL TO COME TO SAN JOSE IN THE OFF SEASON, CLOSING IN ON 1,100 GAMES IN HIS NHL CAREER. KLINGBERG TO DISH IT BACK MISA TO SMITH WILL SNAP IT AROUND THE BOARDS. HE PLAYED 9 MINUTES IN A SCORELESS FIRST MISA LOST IT AND KOLESAR MOVES IT BACK TO THE SAN JOSE LINE. TOFFOLI PASS INTERCEPTED JACKSON HALLUM ON THE MOVE, UP-ICE BEATS IT IN THE MIDDLE. A SHOT OVER THE NET. PRETTY GOOD. LOOK OUT HIGH KNIGHTS HAD A CHANCE. SHORTHANDED COLE REINHARDT WITH THE OPPORTUNITY SET UP BY HALLUM. COUGHLIN GETS A STICK IN ON MUSTY AND REINHARDT BANKS IT OUT HALLUM INTO THE OFFENSIVE END, CUTS TO THE MIDDLE. A SHOT BLOCKED . GOOD WORK BY JACKSON HALLUM SO FAR IN THE PENALTY KILL. SAM DICKINSON SENDS IT IN BUCHMAN ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BOARDS AND DIDN’T CONNECT WITH ANYONE IN A TEAL UNIFORM. 15 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK RUNNING ON THE PENALTY TO SCHWINDT AND COLLIN GRAF STARTS IT OUT. HERE IS SAM DICKINSON 91 POINTS LAST YEAR PLAYING FOR LONDON IN THE OHL, SECOND AMONG ALL LEAGUE DEFENSEMEN IN SCORING. ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE HIGH PICKS, 11th OVERALL PICK IN THE DRAFT TWO YEARS AGO. KURASHEV MOVES IT ACROSS TO DICKINSON, WHO CENTERS IT AND MUSTY SHOT DENIED BY LINDBOM AND APPEARED. A GOAL ACROSS QUENTIN MUSTY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND LINDBOM HE GOT IT OR NOT, BUT HE CERTAINLY MADE THE EFFORT TO COME ACROSS. DIVING HEAD FIRST, BUT A LOT OF BODIES THERE MAY HAVE STOPPED IT BEFORE IT GOT TO THE NET . JAYCOB MEGNA KEEPS IT IN NOW. HOLTZ ACROSS HOWDEN PUTTING IT TOWARDS THE NET OR CHECK IT. PUCK DOWN LOW AS HALLUM AND BACK COME THE SHARKS AND REGENDA . PASS BLOCKED. HELD INTO THE LINE BY VINNY DESHARNAIS. HUNTINGTON IN DEEP. AND DROP IT OFF. WRIST SHOT WELL OFF THE MARK FROM ANTHONY VINCENT. LEDDY FOR HUNTINGTON SHOVELS IT DOWN LOW. THAT HIT A LEG AND WENT WIDE AND HOLTZ WILL DIG IT OUT FOR THE VGK. ALEXANDER HOLTZMAN. THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON WITH VEGAS LAST YEAR, THEY HAD A TWO MONTH STINT IN HENDERSON BEFORE HE WAS RECALLED LATE FOR THE FINAL FOUR GAMES OF THE REGULAR SEASON IN CAMP ON A PTO. SEE IF THEY CAN WORK OUT A CONTRACT GOING FORWARD. HALLUM INTO THE OFFENSIVE END. THEY SNAP IT IN A LITTLE FURTHER, WENT BY THE STICK OF BOWMAN. BATTLE ON THE WALL AND ZACK OSTAPCHUK MOVES IT OUT. NOW. GRAF. AND JEREMY DAVIES STARTING IT OUT. SHOTS ARE 4-2 FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. 17 DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS BEGIN. SEASON NINE HOME OPENER OCTOBER THE EIGHTH AGAINST THE L.A. KINGS. BACK TO BACK FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. RIGHT OFF THE BAT, IT’LL BE AT SAN JOSE THE NEXT NIGHT, KELLY MCCRIMMON POINTED OUT THE OTHER DAY, SHANE, THAT REGULAR SEASON HAS NINE FEWER DAYS IN IT. EVERYTHING’S EVERYTHING’S COMPACTED NOW. OF COURSE THEY GET THE OLYMPIC BREAK THIS YEAR IN FOUR NATIONS. LAST SEASON, NEDELJKOVIC TO SQUEEZE. AND THAT’S HOW IT’S GOING TO BE EVERY OTHER YEAR. IT SEEMS NOW IN THE NHL WITH THESE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS. HAVE OUT, MAN. IS IT THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY OR STAR TREK? >> NO SCORE IN THE FIRST AND GOLDEN KNIGHTS FANS HERE IN SAN JOSE AND GOLDEN KNIGHTS WILL HAVE EXCLUSIVE GIVEAWAYS FOR FANS ATTENDING THEIR FOUR PRESEASON GAMES AT T-MOBILE ARENA, INCLUDING A VGK HAT, SCARF, SOCKS AND A CROSS-BODY BAG. TICKETS FOR THE PRESEASON ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AT VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS.COM. AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS AND SHARKS. COMBINED FOR SEVEN SHOTS SO FAR IN THE FIRST PERIOD, THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS HAD SOME GOOD LOOKS, BOTH COMING ON SPECIAL TEAMS. I’VE HAD A COUPLE OF GOOD LOOKS ON THE BACK HALF OF THAT FIRST POWER PLAY AND PENALTY KILL. REINHARDT HAD A REAL GOOD PLAY OR CHANCE OFF THAT FEED FROM HALLUM SHORTHANDED. BRETT HOWDEN COMING IN TO TAKE THE FACE OFF AGAINST MICHAEL MISA. GOLDEN KNIGHTS CONTROL IT. HUTTON FEEDING INTO THE MIDDLE. TIPPED BY UCHACZ BLOCKED A MAZE OF PLAYERS IN FRONT . HUTTON FINDS KOLESAR PUTS IT THE KORCZAK WRIST SHOT AND NEDELJKOVIC CLEAR VIEW OF THAT LONG RANGE WRISTER AND NEDELJKOVIC HOLDS IT FOR THE WHISTLE. WELL, IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT SHOOTING FOR STICKS IN FRONT, TRYING TO FIND LANES THAT ARE OPEN TO GET PUCKS TO THE NET AND OF COURSE, THAT SHOT NOBODY IN FRONT. BUT EARLIER IS A GREAT PLAY BY BEN HUTTON. JUST SHOOTING FOR THAT HIGH TIP UP FRONT. A COUPLE OF CHANCES AS NEDELJKOVIC THE BUSIER THE TWO GOALTENDERS EARLY IN THIS GAME, SAID 40 GAMES LAST YEAR FOR KAEDAN KORCZAK WITH THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS AND INCLUDING PLAYOFF GAME. GAME ONE OF THE SERIES AGAINST EDMONTON AND ALEX ANGULO WAS UNABLE TO GO. KORCZAK STARTS IT OUT. OUTLET PASS ON THE MONEY TO KOLESAR. HE’S BUMMED OUT BY LEDDY NOW. UCHACZ SQUEEZED ALONG THE FAR WALL AND MUSTY STARTS IT OUT FOR THE SHARKS. SENDS IT IN BEHIND CORMIER. MEGNA PLAYS IT UP THE WALL. HERE’S GRAF LEDDY THROWS IT TOWARDS THE NET. GRAF TO KEEP IT IN. HOWDEN BATTLING FOR IT. SKINNER TO DARREN DICKINSON WRIST SHOT ATTEMPT AND A NICE SAVE MADE BY LINDBOM. BATTLE ALONG THE WALL. UCHACZ. AND NOW KOLESAR WILL SETTLE IT DOWN. OH GOOD. SAVE BY LINDBOM AND A NICE PLAY BY HOWDEN IN FRONT. TYING UP A STICK DEFENSIVELY DID NOT ALLOW SHARKS HAVE A CHANCE ON THAT REBOUND. THE TIP BY AFANASYEV ON THAT FAR WALL. NOW RONDBJERG SHOT DEFLECTED OUT OF PLAY BY DARREN. UNDER 6 MINUTES TO GO IN THE FIRST. >> LATE ARRIVING FANS HERE IN SAN JOSE. BEAUTIFUL DAY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO SEE THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS AND THE SHARKS. THEIR EXHIBITION OPENER. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS BROADCAST NETWORK IS PRESENTED BY PALMS CASINO RESORT AND YAAMAVA’ RESORT AND CASINO. MENTIONED A CHAIN AND THE NUMBERS BEAR IT OUT. GOLDEN KNIGHTS HAVE HAD TERRIFIC STARTS OUT OF THE GATES IN THE THREE YEARS UNDER BRUCE CASSIDY, AND LOOKING FOR MORE OF THE SAME THIS YEAR. WELL, CERTAINLY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT’S PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION. THE EXPECTATIONS THEY HAVE AND A LITTLE MORE BREATHING ROOM THROUGHOUT THE SEASON WHEN YOU CAN START AND BANK POINTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. CERTAINLY EARLY IS ADVANTAGEOUS. TO SAN JOSE IN LAVOIE POKE-CHECKED AWAY BY DARREN. A DROP PASS TO SAPOVALIV RONDBJERG MATYAS SAPOVALIV AGAIN LAVOIE FEEDS IT IN THE MIDDLE. TAKEN AWAY BY SKINNER. A HIGH LOB TO CENTER ICE. SAPOVALIV TO MOVE IT OFF. SKINNER. LIFTS THE STICK OF RONDBJERG AND BACKHANDS IT IN. DAVIES IN DEEP. UPENDED AS HE PLAYED IT NOW JONAS RONDBJERG . SIXTH YEAR NOW ON THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS ORGANIZATION. LAVOIE WAS GOING TO THE BENCH. RONDBJERG WAS TWO. HE PLAYS IT INSIDE THE SAN JOSE END AND APPROACH. FIVE MINUTES TO GO IN THE FIRST. LINE OF SCHWINDT, ALONG WITH HOLTZ AND REINHARDT OUT THERE FOR VEGAS. AND HERE IS COLE SCHWINDT. REINHARDT STEAMING IN HIS SHOT, BLOCKED AWAY DOWN LOW BY CLAYTON KORCZAK SWINGS IT BEHIND THE NET. TAKEN AWAY BY CLAYTON AND RINKWIDE. FEED ON THE MONEY TO REGENDA. SNAPS IT DOWN THE GLASS. HUNTINGTON IT RIGHT BACK AROUND THE NEAR SIDE, BUT REINHARDT TO TAKE IT AWAY FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. NOW THE SHARKS, WITH POSSESSION AND CLAYTON DEEP IN HIS OWN END, PUSHING IT AROUND CAGNONI TO CLEAR. AND HERE’S MEGNA. KNIGHTS WILL HAVE THEIR HOME PRESEASON OPENER TUESDAY NIGHT. THE L.A. KINGS HALLUM DROPS IT MEGNA WRIST SHOT SAVE NEDELJKOVIC BRABENEC CENTERED IT OFF THE SKATE OF HALLUM. NOW MISA SWINGS IT AROUND THE BOARDS. TOFFOLI CHIPS IT UP. ICE MUSTY REGAINS THE LINE AND A FIELD ACROSS. JUST OUT OF THE REACH OF MISA, A KIND OF A HAIR BEHIND HIM AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS IN TRANSITION THE OTHER WAY. CORMIER HALLUM FOR CORMIER AND A BUY A LITTLE TIME. FEEDS INTO THE SLOT PICKED OUT OF THE AIR AND KLINGBERG BANKS IT OUT FOR THE SHARKS . PILE UP ALONG THE NEAR BOARDS. KAI UCHACZ ASCENDED IN. NOW GRAF PASS OUT OF THE REACH OF MISA. HE’S IN A BATTLE WITH UCHACZ. WORKING DEEP BY DAVIES TO FEND OFF A FORECHECK AND MOVE IT OUT. REAL GOOD BODY POSITION BY DAVIES. A LOT OF THEM TAKE THE BODY AND THEN MAKE THE PLAY FOR THE BREAKOUT. COGHLAN MOVES IT DOWN THE BOARDS. TAKEN AWAY BY AFANASYEV. KLINGBERG MOVING IT OUT. AFANASYEV . AND NOW WE’LL OSTAPCHUK MOVES IT UP AHEAD FOR HOWDEN A LITTLE REDIRECT KOLESAR A GOOD WORK BY DICKINSON TO STRIP HIM OF THE PUCK. GRAF THROWS IT IN OFF THE BACK GLASS. BATTLE FOR POSSESSION IN DEEP OSTAPCHUK RNA AND NOW DICKINSON LOST IT TO HOWDEN. THE ONE HANDS IT OUT. 2:30 TO GO IN THE FIRST HUTTON WITH A STEAL AT CENTER ICE AND IT ROLL OFF HIS STICK. TO BANK IT OUT HUTTON SWINGS IT TO CENTER THE HAND PASS. 2:17 TO GO IN THE FIRST. AND NOW A WORD FROM YOUR SOUTHERN NEVADA TOYOTA DEALERS. >> DEAR UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT, YOU ROAM ON PATHS CALLED IMPOSSIBLE. ON A LEGEND. TOYOTA TRUCKS, TOYOTA. LET’S GO PLACES. >> NO SCORE IN THE FIRST FACE-OFF IN THE VEGAS END. OH, A LOT TO LIKE HERE FROM THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS IN THIS FIRST PERIOD. THEY HAVEN’T GIVEN UP MUCH AT ALL. SO THAT ONE PLAY WHERE CARL LINDBOM HAD TO DIVE ACROSS. NOT SURE THAT GOT THROUGH THE NET, BUT YOU HAVEN’T GIVEN UP MUCH TRYING TO CREATE MORE AND SAID A LOT OF THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THEY’VE PLAYED IN A REAL COMPETITIVE GAME. YOU SCRIMMAGE IN THE SUMMER, YOU GET YOUR SKATES IN, BUT COME BACK AND TO GET UP TO PACE GAME, PACE , GAME SPEED, IT’S A LITTLE BIT OF TIME . AN AREA THAT KELLY MCCRIMMON MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE WEEK WHEN HAD HIS MEDIA AVAILABILITY. AS YOU KNOW, THE EVALUATION THROUGHOUT THE EXHIBITION GAMES, THROUGHOUT PRACTICES HERE IN THE PRESEASON AND HOW CLOSE ARE SOME PLAYERS TO MAYBE BREAKING INTO THE LINEUP? HOW FAR AWAY ARE OTHERS WHO PUTS THEMSELVES IN THE BEST POSITION TO BE THE FIRST CALL UP WHEN INJURIES INEVITABLY OCCUR? YEAH, NOT PLAYING FOR A SPOT. YOU’RE PLAYING FOR A CALL. YOU’RE NOT PLAYING FOR A CALL. YOU’RE PLAYING TO SHOW. YOU KNOW HOW YOU’VE GROWN YOUR GAME. THERE’S ALWAYS SOMEONE WATCHING. LAVOIE IN THE CORNER BATTLING A COUPLE OF SHARKS. CHIPS IT BEHIND THE NET, HUSTLING AFTER IT IS CLAYTON CORMIER GLOVES IT DOWN. HE’LL BACKHAND IT IN FROM LONG RANGE. OUTLET PASS ON THE MONEY TO ANTHONY VINCENT. WRIST SHOT AND LINDBOM GOT A PIECE OF THAT. KURASHEV JUST HOPPING ON. SHIFTS INTO BEHIND THE NET. TAKEN AWAY BY DYLAN COGHLAN TALKING WITH DYLAN COGHLAN THE OTHER DAY. SAYS OZZIE, DIFFERENT FROM HIS TIME WITH THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS, HE’S PUT ON 10 POUNDS OF MUSCLE. PLAYED IN 88 GAMES FOR THE VGK, INCLUDING A CAREER HIGH 59 A FEW YEARS AGO. 1:00 TO GO IN THE FIRST PERIOD. SPONSORED BY CREDIT ONE BANK. STARTING IT OUT AS SKINNER WILL SMITH INTO THE OFFENSIVE ZONE AND TAKEN AWAY BY HALLUM. COGHLAN UP THE BOARDS. JAKUB BRABENEC TO MOVE IT OUT. KLINGBERG WITH THE LEAD PASS OVER THE STICK OF KURASHEV. IT’S GOING TO BE AN ICING ON SAN JOSE AND GOLDEN KNIGHTS WITH AN OFFENSIVE ZONE DRAW HERE. CLOSING IN ON THE FINAL HALF MINUTE OF THE PERIOD . ONE GUY WE TALKED ABOUT WITH WILL NICHOLS, JACKSON HALLUM AND THE SPEED HE HAS, HE LEADS SPEED . WE SAW ON THAT LAST SHIFT HIS ABILITY TO GET UP THE ICE AND PUT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TRYING TO FIND OFFENSE IN HIS GAME, DEVELOPING TO THE PRO LEVEL. HAD A HAT TRICK LAST YEAR AGAINST BU FOR REAL. THOUGHT I’D THROW THAT IN THERE. YEAH, I DON’T I DON’T THINK THAT’S POSSIBLE, BUT CERTAINLY WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT HIS SPEED AND HIS EVIDENT HERE IN THIS GAME. AND JACKSON HALLUM BOUNCED BACK LAST YEAR, HAD A KNEE INJURY EARLY IN HIS SECOND YEAR IN MICHIGAN, A KNEE ON KNEE HIT ANOTHER, PLAYED NINE GAMES. AND WORD IS HE’S COME BACK EVEN STRONGER FROM THAT. ABLE TO BUILD UP HIS LOWER BODY. SIGNED A TWO YEAR DEAL IN APRIL TO TURN PRO AFTER HIS THIRD YEAR WITH THE WOLVERINES. KORCZAK WITH UNDER 10 TO GO. SCHWINDT REINHARDT IN DEEP. A LITTLE BUMP FROM QUENTIN MUSTY. THAT’S IT. NO. EACH TEAM WITH A POWER PLAY . NEITHER TEAM SCORED ON. AND OBVIOUSLY. AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS AND SHARKS HEAD TO THE LOCKER ROOM SCORELESS AFTER ONE IN THE PRESEASON OPENER. OH, GOOD. FIRST 20. I FELT IT GOT BETTER AS IT WENT ALONG, WHICH IS NATURAL IN THESE SITUATIONS THAT BOTH SIDES WILL GET BETTER AS THE GAME GOES ALONG, AS THEY’RE DONE. THE FIRST PERIOD OF PLAY SCORELESS, NINE FOR THE SHOTS IN FAVOR OF THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. NO SCORE AFTER 20 MINUTES COMING UP ON THE INTERMISSION REPORT, DARREN DOWNSTAIRS WILL CHAT WITH JACKSON HALLUM AND THEN DARREN AND DARREN WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE OPENING PERIOD OF THE FIRST PRESEASON GAME. FOR BOTH OF THESE TEAMS HERE AT SAP CENTER ON THIS YA’ RESORT AND CASINO. YOUR VEGAS TO CALIFORNIA CONNECTION BY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARTY TAVERN. CATCH ALL THE VGK ACTION NEAR YOU AND BY YOUR SOUTHERN NEVADA CHEVY DEALERS TOGETHER. LET’S DRIVE THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS AND THE SHARKS WITH ONE PERIOD IN THE BOOKS HERE. THEIR FIRST EXHIBITION GAME. SO THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS ARE GOING TO PLAY SEVEN OF THESE, INCLUDING THREE AGAINST SAN JOSE. THEY’LL BE BACK HERE ON FRIDAY TO SEE THE SHARKS IN PRESEASON ACTION. ONCE AGAIN, WE’RE ALWAYS YOU LOOK FOR PLAYERS THAT MIGHT PIQUE YOUR INTEREST HERE IN THE EXHIBITION GAMES. SHANE, WHO CAUGHT YOUR EYE IN THE FIRST PERIOD? >> WELL, MATYAS SAPOVALIV, I REALLY. >> LIKED HIS GAME IN THAT FIRST PERIOD. AND THIS IS AN INTERESTING GUY. HE WAS DRAFTED IN 2022, IN THE SECOND ROUND, 48th OVERALL. BUT HE’S A BIG BODY. HE’S AT 6’4″, 200 POUNDS. AT 21 YEARS OLD, YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE PLAY INSIDE. MADE THAT TO LAVOIE. I THOUGHT THAT LINE HAD A COUPLE OF GOOD CHANCES. THIS IS HIM IN FRONT, HAS A LONG STICK, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH PEOPLE AROUND THE ORGANIZATION. THEY JUST SAID LAST YEAR, HIS FIRST YEAR PRO WITH HENDERSON, HE JUST KEPT GETTING BETTER AND BETTER, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU PROJECT A PLAYER LIKE THAT? HE CERTAINLY A RELIABLE, SMART 200-FOOT PLAYER, KIND OF THINK OF A BIG CENTERMAN LONG STICK, RELIABLE DEFENSIVELY. JUST NOW, YOU KNOW, CAN WHERE CAN HE TAKE HIS OFFENSIVE GAME HERE IN THE SECOND YEAR PRO AND CONTINUE I THINK THE BIG THING FOR A GUY LIKE THAT IS JUST CONTINUE TO EVOLVE HIS GAME, GET BETTER AND BETTER. SO ONE OF THE GUYS THAT STOOD OUT IN THAT FIRST PERIOD HERE, AS WE GET SET FOR PERIOD NUMBER 2, TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STATS. SPONSORED BY PALMS CASINO RESORT AND RESORT AND CASINO. EACH TEAM HAD A POWER PLAY, CAME AWAY EMPTY. THE EDGE AND SHOTS TO THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS, CARL LINDBOM AND ALEX NEDELJKOVIC. PERFECT. IN THAT FIRST PERIOD, YOU MENTIONED SHANE TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE AROUND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. THEY USE THE KIND OF THE AQUA. YEAH COMPARISON A LITTLE BIT WITH MATYAS SAPOVALIV BIG GUY, LEFT HAND SHOT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT SIMILAR GAMES. AND IF HE IS GOING TO MAKE IT IN THE NHL, IT MIGHT BE IN THAT SORT OF A ROLE. AND STILL YOUNG, RIGHT. STILL DEVELOPMENT THERE FOR HIS GAME. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY AT THAT LEVEL THEY WANT TO YOU KNOW IT’S GOOD TO HAVE THAT DEFENSIVE KIND OF MINDSET TO YOUR GAME EARLY ON AND THEN TRY AND BUILD THE OFFENSE IN. AND WE’LL SEE IF THAT HAPPENS. AND THAT’S THAT’S PART OF WHAT THEY DO HERE. MANAGEMENT. YOU KNOW THEY EVALUATE AND THEY PROJECT WORKING THESE PLAYERS D. AND THEN IT’S ON THOSE PLAYERS TO GO OUT AND CONTINUE TO GET BIGGER FASTER STRONGER, MORE DEVELOPED. SECOND PERIOD ABOUT TO BEGIN. SO THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS ARE TALKED ABOUT IN A REBUILDING THEIR FOURTH LINE. AND TWO THIRDS OF IT ON THIS LINE AND THE EXHIBITION OPENER EXPECTED TO BE CENTERED BY COLTON SISSONS, DARREN AND DARREN TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW ADDITIONS TO THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS AND OBVIOUSLY MITCH MARNER, THE MARQUEE NAME. BUT LOOK AT SOMEBODY LIKE A COLTON SISSONS. ALSO JEREMY LAUZON BOTH CAME OVER IN THE OFF SEASON. HERE IS BRETT HOWDEN. HE’LL START IT OUT KOLESAR OUT TO HUTTON HIS DRIVE. IT’S TURNED AWAY DOWN LOW. UCHACZ BUMPED OFF THE PLAY BY KLINGBERG. I KNOW BRUCE CASSIDY MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY HE FEELS LIKE THAT TRIO SISSONS HOWDEN AND KOLESAR REALLY COULD BE A FORECHECKING FORCE FOR HIS TEAM AND SOME LOOKING TO BUILD ON THIS YEAR AS THE PASS FROM KURASHEV ACROSS IS JUST OUT OF THE REACH OF KLINGBERG, WHO JUMPED INTO THE RUSH. BRING PRESSURE, RIGHT? AND YOU GOT TYPEKIT LINE THAT CAN BRING ENERGY TO THE TEAM. YOU KNOW, KIND OF SHIFT MOMENTUM IN GAME. SKINNER KNIFING HIS WAY IN, SHOT A SAVE LINDBOM. JEFF SKINNER APPROACHING HIS 16th SEASON IN THE NHL. EIGHT YEARS OF CAROLINA SIX IN BUFFALO LAST YEAR IN EDMONTON . CORMIER PULLS IT OFF THE WALL TRYING TO SHAKE LOOSE FROM KURASHEV, BACKHANDS IT IN FRONT LOOKING FOR SCHWINDT GOT THE PUCK UP THE WALL BY DICKINSON AND MUSTY TO CHIP IT OUT, AND AN ICING ON SAN JOSE EARLY IN THE SECOND. WELL, SAN JOSE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH IN THE FIRST. A COUPLE OF GOOD LOOKS HERE EARLY IN THE SECOND AS SMITH TO KERKHOF LOOKING BACK DOOR TO KLINGBERG AND A REAL GOOD STICK. SEE BEN HUTTON GETS JUST ENOUGH OF THAT PUCK TO DEFLECT IT OUT OF THE WAY. KLINGBERG AND THEN THE OTHER ONE SKINNER A LITTLE MOVE TO THE OUTSIDE, QUICK SHOT AND LINDBOM ABLE TO TURN THAT AWAY. AS WE LOOK AT THE SOUTHERN NEVADA TOYOTA DEALERS INSTANT REPLAY. OFFENSIVE ZONE DRAW FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. SAPOVALIV ON IT. KURASHEV KICKS IT TO THE CORNER, TAKES IT AWAY FROM RONDBJERG. AND HERE IS TOFFOLI TO BANK IT OUT. COGHLAN AND A ANGLE MUSTY OUT OF THE PLAY. COUGHLIN COMES AWAY WITH THE PUCK AROUND FOR LAVOIE UP THE BOARDS BUT NOT OUT. HELD IN BY MISA. TRYING TO GET OUT AGAIN. NOW OUT AT THE POINT ALONG THE WRIST. SHOT AND GLOVED DOWN BY LINDBOM. IT LOOKED FOR CAGNONI FROM THE POINT, BUT CARL LINDBOM HAD A GOOD LOOK AT IT. AND I MENTIONED EARLIER SHANE HIS, YOU KNOW, HIS QUICKNESS IS HOCKEY SENSE FOR LINDBOM. AND YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY MENTIONED DUSTIN WOLF, THE SIMILAR STATURE IN CALGARY THAT HAD A REAL GOOD YEAR LAST YEAR. OH THIS IS AN EXAMPLE HERE. CAGNONI DOES A REAL GOOD JOB TO CHANGE ANGLES. LOOK AT ALL THE BODIES IN FRONT. AND LINDBOM DOES A GOOD JOB TO FIGHT THROUGH THAT TRAFFIC. GET EYES ON THE PUCK AND MAKE THE GLOVE SAVE AS IT ALLOW A LOT OF REBOUNDS. ABLE TO GOBBLE UP PUCKS. BRUCE CASSIDY SAYING THE OTHER DAY, YOU KNOW, A PUSH FOR WHOEVER IS GOING TO BACK UP AIDAN HILL. OF COURSE YOU’VE GOT. AKIRA SCHMID WHO WON THAT BACKUP JOB REAL LATE LAST SEASON FROM ILYA SAMSONOV AND BACKED UP HILL IN THE PLAYOFFS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE’LL SEE HOW THAT UNFOLDS HERE AS THEY GET AN EYE TOWARDS THE REGULAR SEASON. WELL AN IMPORTANT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PRESEASON GAMES. YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE. WHAT’S THE VALUE. WELL CERTAINLY IT’S DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT GUYS. BUT YOU MENTIONED LINDBOM SCHMID THOSE TWO GUYS, YOU KNOW, YOU COME IN HERE, THEY WANT TO PERFORM WELL WHENEVER THEY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GRAB HOLD OF THE NET. SCHMID HAD A BETTER STINT WITH THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS THAN HE DID, AND HENDERSON HAD A BETTER SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR BACK AFTER THE YEAR WITH HENDERSON, THEN PLAYED WELL ENOUGH TO WRESTLE AWAY THE BACKUP JOB FROM SAMPSON OFF LATE IN THE REGULAR SEASON INTO THE PLAYOFFS . GRAF INTO THE OFFENSIVE ZONE, FLINGS IT ON NET. LINDBOM GOT A PIECE OF IT. NOW IN DEEP OSTAPCHUK CIRCLES TO THE BOARDS, PLAYS IT OUT TO THE POINT CAGNONI TO MOVE IT TO OSTAPCHUK LEANED ON BY HUTTON AND BRABENEC TO TAKE IT AWAY FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. HALLUM SWINGS IT OUT. HERE’S BRAEDEN BOWMAN ON THE MOVE, RUNS IT IN DEEP. HE HEADS OFF FOR A CHANGE AND COLLIN GRAF ON IT FOR THE SHARKS. SAN JOSE, CONTINUING ITS REBUILD, MENTIONED A LOT OF HIGH PICKS. MACKLIN CELEBRINI NOT IN THE LINEUP TONIGHT. A REIGNING ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. WRIST SHOT DEFLECTED UP AND OUT OF PLAY 3:30 INTO THE SECOND. AND NOW A WORD FROM NOCKEBY INJURY LAW. >> THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. WHEN WE WORK WITH VGK IT’S NOT A SPONSORSHIP. IT’S MORE LIKE A PARTNERSHIP. AND IT’S ALL ABOUT WINNING. >> NO SCORE HERE IN THE SECOND, ENSURING THE SHARKS FINISHED LAST IN THE LEAGUE THE LAST TWO YEARS. 19 WINS, 20 WINS, BUT WITH THAT YOU GET A LOT OF HIGH PICKS. THINK ABOUT CELEBRINI AND SMITH NOW. MISA THE SECOND OVERALL PICK IN THE DRAFT BACK IN JUNE. WE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF SURROUNDING WITH SOME MORE VETERAN PRESENCE AROUND THEM. ONE OF THE GUYS THEY HAD LAST YEAR, TYLER TOFFOLI, WHO HAD A TERRIFIC YEAR, SCORED 30. SO KIND OF MENTOR FOR THE CELEBRINI AND SMITH FOR TOFFOLI. HIS THIRD STRAIGHT 30-GOAL SEASON, FOURTH TIME HE’S DONE IT IN HIS CAREER. HOWDEN TURNS IT UP. ICE CUT OFF OF THE LINE BY LEDDY PUCK LOOSE IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE. COMES RIGHT BACK TO LEDDY AND HE WINDS IT IN LINDBOM DIGGING IN, FINDS IT. HERE’S MEGNA PASS. MADE IT UP AHEAD TO KOLESAR. HOWDEN TO THE BOARDS ANGLED OUT OF THE PLAY BY LEDDY CORMIER KEEPS IT ALIVE. HOWDEN OUT HIGH. FINDS DAVIES WITH A WRIST SHOT BLOCKED BY KLINGBERG AND BACK. THE OTHER WAY COMES REGENDA. HE’LL PLAY IT IN. SO DAVIES WITH SOME ROOM, BANKS IT UP TO KOLESAR, WHO TIPS IT IN DICKINSON RIGHT BACK THE OTHER WAY QUICKLY FOR SAN JOSE. SKINNER ON THE MOVE DOWN THE WING AND A CENTER IT BLOCKED BY CORMIER REINHARDT DROPS IT OFF. SMITH ON THE FORECHECK FOR THE SHARKS MISA IT OUT IN FRONT TO KURASHEV AND A GOOD STICK BY CORMIER TO POKE IT AWAY FROM HIM. NOW CORMIER BACKHANDED THROUGH SKINNER SECOND EFFORT. GOT IT TO SCHWINDT . KOLESAR BANKS IT OUT. PUCK BATTLE IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE. SKINNER EMERGES, CRISSCROSSING WITH SMITH LOOKING FOR A TRAILER, BUT REINHARDT PICKS OFF THE PASS . AND NOW DICKINSON BACK THERE FOR SAN JOSE , THE 19-YEAR-OLD AND 11th PICK OVERALL IN THE 2024 DRAFT. FIRST SHOT DEFLECTED WIDE OFF THE RNA AND CORMIER IS STARTED BACK FOR VEGAS. PASS. DIDN’T MAKE IT UP AHEAD. PICKED OFF SHOT SAVE MADE BY LINDBOM. HE DENIED MUSTY CORMIER DIDN’T GET ENOUGH ON THAT PASS AND IT TURNED INTO A GOOD SCORING CHANCE FOR SAN JOSE. THAT’S A TURNOVER ON THE BREAKOUT AND A QUICK DEVELOPING PLAY. GREAT LITTLE PASSING OF SMITH LITTLE BACKHAND. KIND OF SETS UP MUSTY TO WALK INTO THAT ONE TIMER RIGHT IN THE PRIMARY, RIGHT ABOVE THE HASHMARKS. GREAT JOB BY LINDBOM AND MENTIONED EARLIER. NO REBOUND QUICKLY FOLLOWS THAT UP EARLIER. A LITTLE COLLISION AT CENTER ICE AND UCHACZ KIND OF CAME ACROSS. CAUGHT HOWDEN HIS. HE GOT TANGLED UP WITH ANTHONY VINCENT OF THE SHARKS. QUENTIN MUSTY YOU HAD THAT CHANCE. ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE HIGH PICKS FOR SAN JOSE. FIRST-ROUND PICK 2 YEARS AGO. 30 GOALS IN 33 GAMES LAST YEAR. PLAYING FOR SUDBURY IN THE ONTARIO LEAGUE. BROKE HIS HAND AND MISSED A COUPLE OF MONTHS. COST HIM A CHANCE TO PLAY IN THE WORLD JUNIORS FOR CANADA. SAPOVALIV MOVING IT DOWN LOW. LAVOIE CENTERS MEGNA TO MOVE IT A LITTLE FURTHER. TAKEN AWAY BY CLAYTON, NOW MISA UP AHEAD AND MUSTY FEATHERS ONE OUT. JAYCOB MEGNA WINDS IT IN FROM CENTER. ICE. PUCK LOOSE TO THE NEAR WALL, TAKEN AWAY BY RONDBJERG AND A PULL AWAY FROM MISA FINDS LAVOIE TRIED TO THREAD THE NEEDLE, BUT IT’S BLOCKED IN FRONT BY CLAYTON TRYING TO FIND SOME DAYLIGHT. BACKHANDS IT UP FOR MUSTY. TAKEN DOWN BY COUGHLIN. PINCHING DOWN THE BOARDS. MISA CAN’T CLEAR BOWMAN TO BACK OUT IN FRONT TO BOWMAN COULDN’T PULL THE TRIGGER NOW HUNTING A WRIST SHOT. BLOCKED TYLER TOFFOLI RACING UP ICE TRYING TO GET A STEP ON COUGHLIN. TOFFOLI WITH A CHANCE AND LINDBOM AND A SHOULDER ON THAT. MISA CENTERS TOFFOLI GLOVES AND A SAVE LINDBOM. AND NOW THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS WILL PUSH IT UP. ICE HALLUM LEADS THE CHARGE. SKIP IT INTO THE CORNER. TAKEN AWAY BY KLINGBERG OFF THE GLASS. IT’S TIPPED OUT TO CENTER BY OSTAPCHUK. PACERS PICKED UP HERE IN THE SECOND PART. HAS SOME CHANCES THOUGH. OFF TURNOVERS AND LINDBOM HAS TURNED A COUPLE AWAY HERE. IT’S BEEN A LOT BUSIER IN THE SECOND PERIOD THAN HE WAS IN THE FIRST. FOR THE GOALTENDER OF THE KNIGHTS CARL LINDBOM LAST YEAR, 38 GAMES WITH THE ZSC PUCK DOWN LOW, OSTAPCHUK JAMMING IT ON GOAL. LINDBOM HOLDS THE SHORT SIDE AND WE GOT A PENALTY HERE. IT’S GOING TO BE INTERFERENCE AND IT’S >> AND. >> WELL, ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION WILL HOST A VGK GALA COMING UP AT FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER THE SECOND. EVERYONE INTERESTED IN THE EVENT. IT IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY. GREAT EXPERIENCES. YOU CAN RESERVE YOUR SPOT ONLINE RIGHT NOW AT VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS. COM VGK SHORTHANDED. NOW FOR THE SECOND TIME TOMORROW, DOWN BEHIND THE NET, BEN HUTTON IS GOING TO GET THE STICK AND AFANASYEV AND CALL IT INTERFERENCE. HE’S KIND OF COLLIDE AS ONE GOES. THE PLAYER AND BEN HUTTON TO THE BOX. SO SECOND POWER PLAY OF THE GAME HERE FOR SAN JOSE. SHARKS DID NOT HAVE A SHOT ON THEIR FIRST POWER PLAY. PUCK DOWN. SHARKS EMERGE WITH POSSESSION AND JOHN KLINGBERG WALKS THE LINE ALONG . WRIST SHOT SCORE. JOHN KLINGBERG DIDN’T TAKE LONG ON THE POWER PLAY. 7 SECONDS OFF THE FACE-OFF WIN. IT’S 1-0. SHARKS . WE TALKED ABOUT JOHN KLINGBERG COMING IN AND INJURIES THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT WHEN YOU THINK OF BACK WHEN HE’S AT HIS BEST WITH SAN JOSE, THIS IS WHAT HE DOES SO WELL. HIS ABILITY TO WALK THE LINE, IT’S RIGHT BACK TO THE POINT. WATCH. HEAD UP WALKS. WALKS. SEES A LANE. ONLY KNOWS WHERE HE’S GOING TO PLACE THAT SHOT. ABLE TO RIP. THAT JUST KIND OF FLOATED IN. ELEVATES IT. IT GOES RIGHT TO THE TOP CORNER. PAST THE BLOCKER. LINDBOM AND THE SHARKS ON THE POWER PLAY. JOHN KLINGBERG GIVES THEM A 1-0 LEAD. 7:18 OF THE SECOND. JOHN KLINGBERG GOT HIMSELF A ONE YEAR, $4 MILLION DOLLARS DEAL TO COME TO SAN JOSE TO BOLSTER THEIR DEFENSE CORPS IN THE OFF SEASON. REINHARDT WITH A WRIST SHOT, TURNED AWAY BY NEDELJKOVIC. NOW LEDDY ABLE TO PLAY IT UP AHEAD, TIPPED OUT OF THE ZONE OFF AFANASYEV GOT IT OUT. HOLTZ FLIPS IT RIGHT BACK IN. OSTAPCHUK SNAPS IT AROUND. CUT OFF BY SCHWINDT PASS IT IN THE MIDDLE FOR HOLTZ. WENT BY HIM AND OUT TO CENTER ICE. >> JOHN KLINGBERG. >> SCHWINDT RINKWIDE TO HOLTZ. BACKHANDS IT ACROSS. OUT OF THE REACH OF REINHARDT. 7-18 AND KLINGBERG WILL MOVE IT TO CENTER. ICE CORMIER CHIPS IT BACK THE OTHER WAY TO HOLTZ. SEVEN TOFFOLI WITH A LONE ASSIST ON THE KLINGBERG GOAL. THE FIRST OF THE PRESEASON MISA THE SECONDARY ASSIST SAID IT ALSO STARTED WITH A FACE-OFF WIN BY SAN JOSE IN THE OFFENSIVE ZONE. NOT LONG AFTER THAT, THE PUCK WAS IN THE BACK OF THE NET. KEEGAN KOLESAR TO CENTER PASS UP AHEAD TO HOWDEN, WHO HAS A STEP AND A GOOD SWEEP. CHECKED BY DICKINSON HOWDEN SCHWINDT CRASHING INTO THE END BOARDS. LOOKS TO BE OKAY. REAL GOOD DEFENSIVE PLAY BY DICKINSON THAT LONG REACH JUST LOOKED LIKE HOWDEN WAS GOING TO BREAK FREE AND ALL ALONE. PASS OUT TO THE POINT FOR DICKINSON NOW. DARREN ACROSS VINCENT LOOKING BROKEN UP. KOLESAR GOT THE STICK IN AS HE TRIED TO SHOOT IT. AND DARREN BACK INSIDE HIS OWN END. SHARKS ARE ONE OF THREE TEAMS HE SUITED UP FOR LAST YEAR. STARTED IN VANCOUVER, THEN WENT TO PITTSBURGH AND EVENTUALLY TO SAN JOSE. HE’S IN A CUP FINAL WITH EDMONTON HERE. BEFORE THAT. GETS IN AROUND THE WALL BY CAGNONI. SMITH CURLS INTO THE MIDDLE, FEEDS IT INTO THE SLOT AND HUTTON WITH A GOOD STICK TO POKE IT AWAY. NOW BACK TO CENTER ICE. CAGNONI. PHILIPP KURASHEV DRIVING IN, DROPS IT BACK TO SKINNER ACROSS THE SMITH, BUT HE MISSED THE NET. THE ONE TIME THAT QUICKLY DIDN’T APPEAR TO GET A LOT ON IT. KURASHEV TRYING TO JAM IT OUT IN FRONT. HUTTON HOLDS TIGHT. HALLUM SHOVELS IT OUT IN BOWMAN GETTING THEIR FIRST CAGNONI IN NOW BOZAK TO DROP IT OFF FOR HUTTON. AND HUTTON WILL BUY A LITTLE TIME. FINDS KORCZAK ACROSS TO JAKUB BRABENEC WHO FIRES IT IN NEDELJKOVIC AROUND THE WALL AND QUENTIN MUSTY TO MOVE IT OUT. PASS TAKEN AWAY THOUGH BY DYLAN COGHLAN. BOWMAN SENDS IT IN NEDELJKOVIC. HAS A GOAL TO HIS CREDIT IN HIS CAREER. NEVER SHY OF ON HANDLING THE PUCK. CAGNONI FLIPS IT OUT AND DAVIES HUSTLING BACK. HE’LL TURN THE PLAY OFF ICE FOR VEGAS. SOME GOOD SPEED THROUGH CENTER DRIVING WIDE. PULLS UP CAGNONI WITH AN EYE ON HIM. LAVOIE IN THE MIX. TWO MISA PLAYS IT UP THE BOARDS AND TOFFOLI CAN’T QUITE CLEAR. IT’S HELD IN BY SAPOVALIV NOW. MUSTY TO MOVE IT OUT. HERE’S NICK LEDDY MOVE THROUGH CENTER. BROKEN UP IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE. SAPOVALIV THE FIRST ONE IN FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. PROTECTS IT ALONG THE WALL. CUT OFF BY CAGNONI AND MUSTY. CLEARS CORMIER HUSTLING BACK. WILL START IT OUT. LEAD PASS UP AHEAD. HOLTZ STICKS IT IN AND SCHWINDT IN DEEP. BLADE PENALTY ON THE SHARKS. PUCK TRICKLES BACK TO THE ZONE. BRETT HOWDEN THE EXTRA PLAYER ON RIGHT NOW. WILL DROP IT OFF FOR LUKAS CORMIER AS LINDBOM HAS GONE TO THE BENCH FOR THE TIME BEING. SCHWINDT THROUGH CENTER ICE FIRES IT IN. AFANASYEV TOUCHING IT WILL STOP. PLAY. LET’S SEE IF THE CLINT. SEPTEMBER IS COACH OF THE YEAR. BEAUTIFUL TROPHY HERE. THIS. >> LOOK AT MICHAEL MISA THE PENALTY BOX FOR THE SHARKS SAN JOSE WITH A ONE NOTHING LEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE CALLS. HE MAKES CONTACT WITH CARL LINDBOM RIGHT IN FRONT. TRIPS UP THE BIGGEST NETMINDER. AND THAT’LL LEAD TO THE SECOND POWER PLAY OF THE GAME FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. AND LINDBOM HAS IT HALFWAY THROUGH THE GAME COMES OUT. JESPER VIKMAN WILL COME INTO NET FOR VEGAS, SO HE SEES HIS FIRST ACTION OF THE PRESEASON. YOU SEE, MOST OF LAST YEAR WITH TAHOE, MAYBE THE NIGHT MONSTERS, HE GOT IN THE THREE GAMES WITH THE HSK AND IN THE PLAY THE SECOND HALF OF THIS ONE TONIGHT, THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS ON THE POWER PLAY FOR THE SECOND TIME. KOLESAR ON THE SLOT, SWINGS IT OFF TO HOLTZ. GOLDEN KNIGHTS LOOKING TO TIE IT. JAKUB BRABENEC HOLDING BACKHANDS IT DOWN FOR HOWDEN . HOWDEN TRYING TO CUT IN FRONT AND A TRICKLE OFF HIS STICK, AND IT’S CLEARED BY REGENDA. BEN HUTTON DROPPING IT OFF FOR BRETT HOWDEN 23 GOALS A YEAR AGO, A CAREER HIGH FOR HIM . KURASHEV BACK TO GET IT. THERE AND DIDN’T GET A LOT ON THAT CLEARING ATTEMPT. HOLTZ ACROSS FOR KOLESAR INTO THE MIDDLE. IT’S BRABENEC HUTTON THE LONG WRIST SHOT TIPPED SAVE MADE BY NEDELJKOVIC ABLE TO REACT TO THAT REDIRECT AND THE PUCK WENT OUT OF PLAY. REFEREES A LITTLE SHAKEN UP HERE TOO. ALONG THE NEAR SIDE AND TREVOR HANSON GOT THAT CLEARING ATTEMPT AND FROM THE VETERAN NICK LEDDY WENT OFF HIS BACK AND UP INTO THE NETTING. AND IT WAS A SHOT FROM THE POINT. HUNT DOES A GOOD JOB. YOU CAN SEE THERE’S THAT OPEN LANE WITH HOWDEN IN FRONT. AND HERE’S LEDDY TRYING TO CLEAR THAT PUCK AFTERWARDS. THAT’S WHERE IT WENT OFF. THE OFFICIAL. HANSEN. SAPOVALIV WINS THE FACEOFF. HE’S UP FRONT ALONG WITH THE UCHACZ AND BOWMAN. LAVOIE AND DAVIES COMPLETE THE POWER PLAY. BOWMAN CAN REALLY SHOOT IT. HE’LL FEED IT DOWN THE SAPOVALIV UCHACZ COULDN’T QUITE HANDLE THE PASS AND HUNTINGTON CLEARS IT OUT. BRAEDEN BOWMAN ON HIS POWER PLAY. PUCK REALLY COMES OFF HIS STICK PAST AND A ELITE LEVEL SHOT SHOT RELEASE. THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR GOALTENDERS TO PICK UP OUT FOR A MINUTE TO GO IN THE MAN ADVANTAGE. LAVOIE FINISHING HIT ON VINCENT. SAPOVALIV STARTS IT OUT UP AHEAD FOR LAVOIE PENALTY AND THEN. YEP. THAT’LL END 4-4 FOR. 21 SECONDS OR 22 BEFORE THE SHARKS GET THEIR THIRD POWER PLAY. A LITTLE MIX UP ON THE CHANGE. IT’S ON SAN JOSE. OH, IT’S ON SAN JOSE. EXCUSE ME. YES. IT’S GOING TO BE A TWO MAN ADVANTAGE FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS HAD POSSESSION. I KNOW I’M WITH YOU. EVERYBODY. IT’S EARLY. MISTAKES ARE HAPPENING AS SMITH WILL SERVE THE BENCH MINOR. AND IT’S A FIVE ON THREE FOR VEGAS FOR 22 SECONDS. OFF THE DRAW. HERE’S HUTTON DOWN TO BRABENEC. HUTTON WALKS IT OUT HIGH BRABENEC SHOT TURNED AWAY BY NEDELJKOVIC AND PUT A GLOVE ON IT. THE NETS LOOSE BEHIND HIM. AND IT ENDED UP KIND OF ON TOP OF NEDELJKOVIC. STILL SOME TIME TO GO IN THE FIVE ON THREE. HOWDEN PARKED IN FRONT BRABENEC TRYING TO FIND A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM THERE. LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS UNDER THAT LEFT ARM OF NEDELJKOVIC BETWEEN THE GLOVE AND THE PAD. IT JUST KIND OF CAUGHT THE BOTTOM OF HIS LEFT ARM AND THEN HOWDEN TRYING TO GET TO THAT REBOUND AS NEDELJKOVIC ABLE TO PUT A GLOVE ON IT AS IT COMES OFF THE BACK WALL . JAKUB BRABENEC HAD, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, HAD A REALLY GOOD CAMP AND DIDN’T CARRY OVER INTO A REAL STRONG SEASON FOR HENDERSON. THEY’RE HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN HE DO THIS? HE’S HAD A COUPLE OF GOOD CAMPS, HASN’T LED TO A SEASON. MAYBE HE HAD HOPED FOR. BUT PERHAPS A DIFFERENT STORY THIS YEAR. HOLTZ WITH A WRIST SHOT. NOW HERE IS BRABENEC OUT HIGH TO HUTTON SHOT DEFLECTED OUT OF PLAY. THE FIRST PENALTY UP MISA IS OUT OF THE BOX. STILL A MINUTE. 37 TO GO AND THE BENCH. MINOR BEING SERVED BY WILL SMITH. ALSO SOME TIME TO WORK HERE FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. GO BACK TO FIVE ON FOUR. SAID THAT LAST SHOT BY HUTTON DEFLECTED OUT OF PLAY. SO UNABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON QUICK FIVE ON THREE. YOU MENTIONED BRABENEC DID A GOOD JOB THERE . WINNING THE DRAW. SO IMPORTANT IN THAT SITUATION. TRY AND CREATE A CHANCE LATE WITH THE TWO MAN ADVANTAGE . KAI UCHACZ WINS THE DRAW. HAD A REAL GOOD ROOKIE TOURNAMENT RECENTLY IN DENVER. DAVIES DROPS TO HIS LEFT, FUNNELS IT DOWN FOR LAVOIE UNDER 6 MINUTES TO GO IN THE SECOND LAVOIE ACROSS TO BOWMAN. PULLS IT DOWN FOR SHOT. THE BALL OFF THE SKATE TO UCHACZ. LAVOIE CUTTING INTO THE CORNER. HE’LL WORK IT AROUND FOR BOWMAN OUT SAPOVALIV PASS. DAVIES OPEN HIS SHOT. BLOCKED. AGAIN TO GET A PIECE OF THAT BOWMAN ON THE WALL. FEEDS IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. UNDER A MINUTE TO GO IN THE POWER PLAY FOR THE VGK SAPOVALIV CENTERING PASS BLOCKED DOWN LOW BY CLAYTON AND HE JUST PLAYS IT INTO NEDELJKOVIC WANTING A WHISTLE AND HE’S ABLE TO GET IT. SEEMED LIKE THAT PUCK WOULDN’T SETTLE NOTHING CLEAN ON THE PASSES OR THE PLAYS LIKE THE LIGHTS WILL SWITCH UP THEIR UNITS HERE. STILL 49 SECONDS. THEY HAD THE PUCK IN THEIR END, BUT JUST A COUPLE OF PASSES JUST NOT CLEAN. OFF THE DRAW. LEDDY DROPPING IT OFF AND IT SENT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE ICE. AFANASYEV GOT IT OUT OF THERE. 35 SECONDS TO GO ON THE POWER PLAY FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. HOLTZ IN THE CORNER IS HOWDEN GOT TRIPPED UP. LOGJAM ALONG THE FAR WALL. HOWDEN DESHARNAIS. OSTAPCHUK MOVES IT AROUND AND LEDDY FEEDS IT OUT. AFANASYEV TO MOVE IT IN. GETTING LATE ON THE POWER PLAY FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. CORMIER FOR KOLESAR DROPS IT OFF FOR HOLTZ NOW. KOLESAR HOLDS IN BEHIND THE NET. PASS BLOCKED DOWN LOW. THE SHARKS PENALTY KILL IS ABLE TO GET THE JOB DONE. SMITH WAS SERVING THE BENCH. MINOR FOR TOO MANY MEN. KURASHEV HAS A STEP ON CORMIER A SAVE MADE LINDBOM VIKMAN A TERRIFIC WORK. KURASHEV. GOT HIMSELF A SCORING CHANCE AND A TOUGH LOOK FOR VIKMAN AND HE TOOK CARE OF IT. FIRST SHOT HE’S FACED CAME IN WITH THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. WERE ON THE POWER PLAY AND THEY DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING COME HIS WAY. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT’S KURASHEV ALL ALONE AND MAKES A HUGE STOP. NOW SKINNER IN THE CORNER AND KNOCKED AWAY BY COUGHLIN. SMITH DOWN THE SKINNER HIS SHOT WIDE OPEN. VIKMAN ON THE GLOVE SIDE. SKINNER ON HIS WAY TO THE BENCH. KEEPS IT IN KLINGBERG. WRIST SHOT FROM CAGNONI TURNED AWAY BY VIKMAN ONLY GOAL OF THE GAME FROM JOHN KLINGBERG ON THE POWER PLAY EARLIER IN THIS PERIOD. MICHAEL MISA TURNING ON THE JETS FOR THE SHARKS. HERE’S TOFFOLI LOOKING. WALKS INTO THE MIDDLE, HIS SHOT TURNED AWAY BY VIKMAN MUSTY WORKS IT LOW TO HIGH . BARONY ACROSS TO DICKINSON. SHOT BLOCKED BY RONDBJERG . KEEPS IT IN COGHLAN UP THE BOARDS HELD IN BY DICKINSON TOFFOLI CENTERS AND MEGNA TIED UP. MISA IN FRONT. NOW MUSTY DROPPING IT BACK TO THE POINT FOR DICKINSON RACING IT DOWN LOW PASS MUSTY WAS BLOCKED. COLE SCHWINDT TAKES THE HIGH ROAD TO GET IT OUT FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS AND SAM DICKINSON. RINKWIDE AND ON THE MONEY FOR TYLER TOFFOLI AND A ROLL OFF OF MEGNA SHOVELS IT AROUND FOR QUENTIN MUSTY. LAVOIE CAN’T GET IT OUT. HELD IN. OUT. HIGH BY VINCENT. VINCENT IN THE CORNER. CAGNONI. AND TO WORK HIS WAY LOOSE AND ROLLED AWAY FROM REINHARDT. PUCK OFF THE END BOARDS FOR HUNTINGTON. KEEP IT MOVING FOR CLAYTON CAGNONI OUT. HIGH SHOT TAG MADE BY VIKMAN WITH A RIGHT PAD AND PUCK STILL LOOSE THE CHANGE MEGNA 2:30 ON THE ICE AND A WRIST SHOT FROM CLAYTON DEFLECTED OUT OF PLAY . THAT’LL GET MEGNA A CHANCE TO GET OFF UNDER 2:00 TO GO IN THE SECOND. GOOD WORK IN NET CLEARING. A DIFFICULT FIRST DAY FOR JESPER VIKMAN. >> LOOK AT JESPER VIKMAN IN. NET TO PLAY THE SECOND HALF OF THE GAME FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS AND LOOKS SHARP SO FAR, INCLUDING THE HIS FIRST SAVE. HE HAD TO TURN AWAY PHILIPP KURASHEV ON A BREAKAWAY AND NEVER EASY COMING IN MIDWAY THROUGH THE GAME. AND I LIKE TO EASE INTO IT. OR MAYBE JUST DO WITHOUT THINKING. YOU GOT A BREAKAWAY RIGHT AWAY. YOU GOT TO MAKE A STOP AND HE’S ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SAVE. OFFENSIVE ZONE DRAW FOR SAN JOSE . UCHACZ AND OSTAPCHUK LEANING IN . BATTLE FOR POSSESSION TO THE WALL. HALLUM UCHACZ. AND IT’S HALLUM THAT GETS IT UP AHEAD TO BOWMAN. KORCZAK PASS PICKED OFF IN THE MIDDLE KLINGBERG THE OTHER WAY. OSTAPCHUK WITH A LITTLE BIT OF OPEN ICE, FLIPS IT IN HIGH AND DEEP, FLIPPED IT IN TO HIGH. THAT JUMPED OVER THE GLASS FOR A WHISTLE, A MINUTE 40 TO GO IN THE SECOND JACKSON HALLUM JOINED DARREN IN BETWEEN PERIODS. SHANE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS DECISION TO TURN PRO AFTER HIS THIRD YEAR UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. HE FELT HE HAD KIND OF ACCOMPLISHED WHAT HE WANTED TO DO FROM A PERSONAL LEVEL, AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL, AND GOOD TIME TO TURN PRO, HE SAID. PRETTY INTRIGUING. HIS SPEED AND WHAT HE BRINGS TO IT, AND HE’S LEARNED TO USE HIS SPEED BETTER HERE. AS HE CONTINUED TO GROW AS A PLAYER AS PART OF IT. RIGHT. YOU’RE DEVELOPING YOUR OVERALL GAME, AND WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU EXCEL IN EARLY, LIKE HE DID WITH THAT, THAT SPEED HE’S ALWAYS HAD. NOW JUST THE TIMING, THE REST OF THE GAME, GETTING EVERYTHING ELSE UP TO THE SPEED OF HIS LEGS AND THE PACE HE PLAYS WITH PUCKS OVER THE GLASS. THE CENTER, 8:00 TO GO IN THE PERIOD. INTERESTING PHRASE THAT KELLY MCCRIMMON USED THE OTHER DAY, SHANE SAID. THE WATER GETS DEEPER AND DEEPER FOR YOUNGER PLAYERS THE LONGER YOU GO INTO TRAINING CAMP, YOU START TO SEE YOUR TEAM WITH MORE FULL LINEUPS, THE OPPOSITION WITH DEEPER LINEUPS AND MORE OF THE NIGHT TOWARDS WHAT YOU’D LIKE YOUR LINEUP TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE SEASON OPENER. AND THAT’S WHY, YOU KNOW IT’S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE PRESEASON HERE IN THESE GAMES, TO KIND OF GET A CHANCE FOR SOME OF THESE YOUNG GUYS TO PLAY IN THIS SITUATION, SEE WHAT THEY ARE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT’S WHERE THEY LOOK AT THEM YEAR TO YEAR. THEY OBVIOUSLY GROW THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, BUT HOW THEY CAN GET MORE AND MORE COMFORTABLE AND SEE WHAT IT TAKES TO PLAY AT THIS LEVEL. COLE REINHARDT ON THIS DRAW. PHILIPP KURASHEV WINS IT, BUT HE’S POKED OUT OF THE ZONE BY COLE SCHWINDT. SKINNER TIPS IT IN JEREMY DAVIES. NOW COUGHLIN AND REINHARDT GAINS THE SAN JOSE LINE. SCHWINDT AND A RETURN. THE PASS GOT BLOCKED AND A PENALTY HERE LOOKED LIKE MAYBE SCHWINDT GOT THE STICK IN ON SMITH. 1 MINUTE TO GO IN THE SECOND PERIOD. SPONSORED BY CREDIT ONE BANK. IT’S A DELAYED PENALTY ON VEGAS. WILL SMITH PULLS UP LOOKING FOR A TRAILER, FINDS DICKINSON WHO SENT IN A TIP, SCORED JEFF SKINNER. NICE PASSING PLAY, ALL DURING A DELAYED PENALTY ON THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. AND IT’S 2-0 SAN JOSE. WELL, SAN JOSE STEPPED UP THEIR LEVEL OF PLAY HERE IN THE SECOND PERIOD. >> AND. >> THERE’S A GREAT PLAY EXECUTED WITH A STRETCH PASS RIGHT FROM THE FAR END. KURASHEV A LITTLE BANK PASS UP TO SMITH AND HE FINDS THE DEFENSEMAN DICKINSON COMING AND MAKES A GREAT PLAY TO THE FRONT. A LITTLE TAP IN HIS SKINNER GETS BODY POSITION IN FRONT. SKINNER YOU SEE HOW HE GETS INSIDE ON DAVIES JUST PRESENTS A STICK. A GREAT PLAY BY SAM DICKINSON AND THE SHARKS GRAB ONE LATE HERE TO GRAB THE 2. NOTHING LEAD. AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE COLE SCHWINDT GOING FOR A PENALTY THAT GETS WIPED AWAY, BUT THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS FIND THEMSELVES DOWN TWO JEFF SKINNER AT 16 GOALS. REMEMBER THE EDMONTON OILERS LAST YEAR? SIGNED A ONE YEAR FREE AGENT DEAL TO SHARKS. LOOKING TO ADD SOME VETERAN PRESENCE UP FRONT WITH A GROUP OF YOUNG FORWARDS, INCLUDING WILL SMITH, WHO HAD THE SECONDARY ASSIST ON THAT GOAL. HE’S ONLY 20, OF COURSE, MACKLIN CELEBRINI COMING OFF A SENSATIONAL ROOKIE SEASON, MICHAEL MISA ONLY EIGHTEEN, DICKINSON, 19 WHO MADE THE PLAY IN FRONT THE SKINNER TIME TICKING AWAY IN THE SECOND. 14 ON LAVOIE INDEED SEALED BY CLAYTON. AND THAT’S IT. AND TWO GOALS IN THE PERIOD. TWO GOALS IN THE GAME FOR SAN JOSE FROM JOHN KLINGBERG AND JEFF SKINNER. ONE ON LINDBOM AND THEN THE MOST RECENT ONE ON VIKMAN O THE SHARKS THE BETTER TEAM IN THAT SECOND FRAME, AND FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS, THIS IS ANOTHER. YOU WANT TO SEE HOW THE PLAYERS CAN AGAINST L.A. AND UTAH AT HOME ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BEFORE BACK HERE ON FRIDAY TO PLAY THE SHARKS ONCE AGAIN AND THEN BACK TO BACK WITH THE AVALANCHE. OF COURSE, THE GAME ON TUESDAY THE 30th, WE WILL NOT BE DOING THAT WILL BE ON TNT. AND THEN, THE LAST TUNE UP, THAT’S WHEN YOU EXPECT THE LINEUP AGAINST THE SHARKS FOR THE THIRD TIME OF THE PRESEASON ON OCTOBER 3rd. UH, IT’LL BE OUR LAST TUNE UP TO DAVE AS WE GET READY FOR THE REGULAR SEASON. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STATS THROUGH TWO. SPONSORED BY PALMS CASINO RESORT AND YAAMAVA’ RESORT AND CASINO. THE EDGE. IN THAT SECOND PERIOD TO THE TWO AND A 12-5 FOR SAN JOSE IN THE SHOT DEPARTMENT. AND TWO OF THOSE FINDING THE BACK OF THE NET. ONE ON CARL LINDBOM AND ONE ON JESPER VIKMAN. YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING THE GUYS TOUCHED ON TO SHANE IS NO MORE FITNESS TESTING. WHEN YOU GET TO TRAINING CAMP. I WOULD HAVE LOVED THAT, WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME. BACK IN YOUR DAY. BEEN FANTASTIC. JUST SHOW UP. EXCEPT THEY’RE IN SHAPE NOW. I KNOW THEY NEVER. THERE’S PROBABLY MORE PURPOSE FOR IT BACK THEN. IT SEEMS TO ME THEY NEVER GET THAT FAR OFF KILTER, BUT I GO AS FAR BACK TO WHEN WE REALLY DIDN’T EVEN DO MUCH FOR THE CARDIO AS MORE HOW MUCH BENCH PRESS AND ALL THOSE THINGS WHICH, ARE NON-EXISTENT NOWADAYS. RIP OUT A QUICK SET OF SIX. THIRD PERIOD UNDERWAY . SHARKS UP 2-0. THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST GOAL OF THE PRESEASON. THEY HAD A POWER PLAY, A FIVE ON THREE FOR 22 SECONDS IN THAT MIDDLE PERIOD, CAME AWAY EMPTY. HERE’S UCHACZ HUTTON WRIST SHOT BLOCKED BY KLINGBERG. SECOND CHANCE OFF THE OUTSIDE OF THE NET. HOWDEN IN DEEP SQUEEZED ON THE PLAY BY KURASHEV AND THE PUCK OUT TO CENTER ICE. THEY WANT TO SEE THE RESPONSE HERE FROM THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. FIRST PERIOD. LOST THE LIKE A LOT OF GUYS THE LIKE THE WAY THEY PERFORMED SECOND. I THOUGHT IT WAS SAN JOSE REALLY TOOK OVER. SO KNIGHTS CAN’T GET BACK TO IT HERE IN THE THIRD PERIOD AS HOLTZ LET THAT ONE GO AND IT’S GLOVED BY NEDELJKOVIC. INTERESTING. THE SITUATION WITH ALEXANDER HOLTZ, RIGHT? HE’S A RESTRICTED FREE AGENT , USUALLY INVOLVES QUALIFYING OFFER. AND HE CAME TO CAMP ON A PTO AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS WANT TO BOTH SIDES AND WORK TOWARDS A CONTRACT FOR HIM. BUT FIRST HALF OF LAST YEAR A LITTLE MORE THAN THE FIRST HALF UP WITH THE BIG CLUB AND THEN HAD A TWO MONTH STINT IN HENDERSON BEFORE COMING BACK LATE IN THE REGULAR SEASON. AND THEN IT’S ON HIM. YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITIES. YOU GOT TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT HERE IN CAMP AND IN THESE PRESEASON GAMES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS LINEUP , HEALTH ALWAYS BEING AT A PREMIUM AND THAT’S THERE, THERE’S THERE’S A SPOT THERE FOR A 13 FORWARD. AND WHO WOULD GRAB THAT AS ICING HERE ON SAN JOSE. AND YOU KNOW THAT IS YOU KNOW WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE SHAME. WHAT WHAT DOES THIS CAMP MEAN TO YOU KNOW IT MEANS SOMETHING MUCH DIFFERENT TO MARK STONE AND JACK EICHEL AND MITCH MARNER. BUT FOR SOMEONE LIKE HOLTZ, SOMEBODY LIKE SCHWINDT, RONDBJERG HAS KIND OF BEEN IN THAT MIX OVER THE YEARS. RONDBJERG LACZYNSKI, WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN I DON’T YEAH. THOSE GUYS, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU FALL IN THAT JET, THAT CHART OF CALL UPS OR BEING THE 13th FORWARD OR, YOU KNOW, BEING THAT GETTING THAT TAP ON THE SHOULDER AND BE THE FIRST GUY IN THE LINEUP. IF THERE IS AN INJURY, HERE’S JACKSON HALLUM THE FEED IT IN RACING BACK IS DESHARNAIS TOFFOLI PROTECTS THE PUCK RNA COMING FROM UNDERNEATH FOR MUSTY. HE’LL THROW IT IN MEGNA CROSS OUT OF THE REACH OF BRABENEC. THEY ARE TWO TOFFOLI AND A FEED IT OFF FOR MISA AND CORMIER CLOSE ON HIM AND WENT DOWN INTO THE CORNER BOARDS. MUSTY TRYING TO SPIN AWAY FROM IN DEEP FROM CORMIER. COLE CLAYTON BACK TO GET IT. AND DYLAN COGHLAN LEAD PASS PICKED OFF IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE BY CLAYTON . AFANASYEV TO MOVE IT IN. DAVIS KEEPS IT GOING FOR THE GOLDEN ICE FOR SAPOVALIV. AND NOW LAVOIE THROUGH CENTER ICE. COLLINS PASS INTERCEPTED. GOOD BACK CHECK AND A GOOD STICK BY OSTAPCHUK. MIGHT HAVE HAD RONDBJERG IN THERE ALL ALONE. GRAF HIS SHOT BLOCKED AWAY BY COUGHLIN TO THE BACK GLASS . AND NOW JEREMY DAVIS HAS STARTED OUT. SENDS IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NEDELJKOVIC AND AROUND FOR CLAYTON. HAS BEEN THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN THE AHL PLAYING IN CLEVELAND VIKMAN MOVING IT OFF KAEDAN KORCZAK FOR SOME TIME AND SPACE. HERE’S COLE SCHWINDT MAKES HIS WAY UP THE BOARDS AND BACKHANDS IT IN NEDELJKOVIC SKINNER MOVING AROUND FOR ON THE FAR WALL REGENDA CLEARS BOLTS GOT HIMSELF BACK ONSIDE NOW. GOOD WORK BY REINHARDT TO SCHMID HUNTINGTON THE PUCK. AND THE SHARKS WILL PUSH THEIR WAY TO CENTER. HUNTINGTON BANKS TO THE VEGAS ZONE. TAKEN AWAY BY COLE REINHARDT. HE SQUEEZED RIGHT AWAY BY REGENDA. HUTTON BANKS IT AROUND FOR KORCZAK . IT’S ANOTHER AREA. WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE TOP. THERE’S A LOT OF MINUTES. THEY’RE GOING TO BE 5-4 WITH NO ALEX PIETRANGELO THIS SEASON. KAEDAN KORCZAK IN THE MIX. ZACH WHITECLOUD PLAYING AN ELEVATED ROLE. NOW. THE BOLTS GETTING MORE MINUTES MORE CHANCE AND REALLY LIKE WHITECLOUD LAST YEAR WHEN HE WAS PAIRED WITH HANIFIN, YOU KNOW LIKELY BE PREPARING TO START THE SEASON FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. MEGNA TO CENTER. HE’LL FEED IT DOWN THE BOARDS AND RACING BACK TO SAM DICKINSON. DESHARNAIS COMES OUT OF THE PILE, HERE’S MUSTY WITH A BURST OF SPEED CLOSED DOWN BY CORMIER FEEDS IT JUST OUT OF THE REACH OF KURASHEV. PHILIPP KURASHEV COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, CHICAGO HAD 18 GOALS, A CAREER BEST FOR HIM AND SEVEN LAST YEAR. UCHACZ OFF THE GLASS AND OUT HOWDEN GLOVES. IT A LITTLE BUMP FROM CLAYTON BACK THE OTHER WAY COMES MUSTY NOW TYLER TOFFOLI TRYING TO CUT TO THE INSIDE A BACKHAND AND A SAVE BY VIKMAN. NICE MOVE BY TOFFOLI VIKMAN SHUT IT DOWN. TYLER TOFFOLI’S GOT QUICK HANDS AND WATCH THIS LITTLE MOVE TO THE INSIDE. DRAG AROUND KOLESAR WHO’S PLAYING THE DEFENSE ON THAT PLAY? QUICK BACKHAND AND VIKMAN DOES A GOOD JOB. SQUEEZES THAT LEFT ARM DOWN. ABLE TO HANG ON. A GOOD CHANCE FOR THE SHARKS TO EXTEND THE LEAD AS WE LOOK AT THE VETERAN TYLER TOFFOLI, THE IMPACT HE HAD LAST YEAR, ALL OF THESE YOUNG STARS HERE IN SAN JOSE, THERE’S 30 GOALS LED SAN JOSE A YEAR AGO. HALLUM TRYING TO PULL FREE JAMS IT UP THE BOARDS BOWMAN CUT OFF BY CAGNONI. AND NOW JEREMY DAVIES WITH SOME ROOM. COGHLAN TO THE RED LINE. AND IN AND NEDELJKOVIC WILL LEAVE IT. DAVIES WRIST SHOT BLOCKED. NEDELJKOVIC UP THE BOARDS. PUCK RICOCHETS BACK TO CAGNONI AND NOW CLAYTON. THEY’LL MOVE IT OFF TO GRAF. DAVIES SQUEEZED HIM. COGHLAN ZIPS IT UP AHEAD. BOWMAN REDIRECTS IT TO BRABENEC, BUT IT JUMPS OVER HIS STICK. COLLIN GRAF STREAKING DOWN THE WING. COUGHLIN WITH THE COVERAGE DEFENSIVELY AND HE GOT OUT OF THE PLAY BY DAVIES. KLINGBERG AT THE POINT. HE’LL PLAY IT OFF ON THE NEAR BOARDS. LEDDY AT THE POINT NICK LEDDY APPROACHING HIS 16th SEASON IN THE NHL. LAST FOUR WITH ST. LOUIS. BOY PICKED UP BY THE SHARKS ON WAIVERS IN EARLY JULY . DAVIES PROTECTING THE PUCK, FINDS RONDBJERG GOES RIGHT BACK TO DAVIES IN THE CORNER. IT’S TIME. HE’LL FLIP IT OUT AND LEDDY TRACKS IT DOWN. LEDDY MISSED SIGNIFICANT TIME LAST YEAR. HE DIDN’T PLAY MUCH FOR THE BLUES. A LOWER BODY INJURY MISSED FOUR MONTHS. THEY HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO TRY AND SHORE UP THEIR BLUE LINE. LOOK AT LEDDY AND KLINGBERG AND DESHARNAIS THAT ARE ON THE LINEUP TONIGHT. ALSO CARRIERE DMITRY ORLOV TO COME OVER THE VETERAN DEFENSEMAN SAPOVALIV OFF TO LAVOIE SHOT SAVE MADE BY NEDELJKOVIC 16 FOR 16 AND NET >> I MENTIONED IT SHANE AND ALEX PIETRANGELO NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY THIS SEASON. HE LED THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS LAST YEAR AND HE’S LED THEM EVERY YEAR SINCE. COMING TO VEGAS AS A FREE AGENT A FEW SEASONS AGO. SO OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OTHER PLAYERS TO FILL WHAT IS GOING TO BE A VERY SIZABLE VOID ON THAT BACK END. WELL, ZACH WHITECLOUD IS READY FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. YOU KNOW, WATCHED HIM LAST YEAR. HE’S SEEN THE DEVELOPMENT HE’S HAD. HE’S READY TO TAKE A TOP FOUR ROLE. HOW GOOD HE WAS WITH HANIFIN WHEN THEY WERE PAIRED TOGETHER. AND THEN KAEDAN KORCZAK IT’S YOU KNOW FOR HIM TO GET THAT CHANCE FOR HIM TO BE THE CONSISTENCY AND A FULL NHL SEASON. WELL, AND ALSO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THEY ACQUIRED NOAH HANIFIN AT THE DEADLINE THAT WAS BIG WITH AN EYE TOWARDS HE WAS GOING TO BE THE NEXT NUMBER 1 DEFENSEMAN. LABEL IT ONE A, ONE B WITH HIM IN SHEA THEODORE . HOLTZ ON THE WING AND NOW SCHWINDT LOBS IT OUT. REINHARDT GETS BUMPED DOWN, TURNED IT OVER, GAVE IT TO WILL SMITH WRIST SHOT OVER THE NET. HUTTON GOT A PIECE OF THAT AND OVER THE GLASS AND OUT OF PLAY. 12:37 TO GO IN THE THIRD. WELL, FANS, BE SURE TO WATCH THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS ON NIGHTTIME PLUS FOR FREE DURING THE PRESEASON, INCLUDING THIS GAME TONIGHT. IT’S AN EXCLUSIVE TONIGHT ON NIGHTTIME. PLUS, THE FREE TRIAL INCLUDES SIX MORE OF THE TEAM’S SEVEN PRESEASON GAMES AHEAD OF THE 2025-26 SEASON. SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TRIAL RIGHT NOW BY GOING TO NIGHTTIME PLUS.COM. FIRST SHOT FROM CLAYTON, BLOCKED BY UCHACZ. NOW DRIVE OVER THE NET, RIPPED OVER THE NET BY CAGNONI. OVER THE HEAD OF VIKMAN. KOLESAR WITH A STEAL. BURCHARD GIVING CHASE. HOWDEN CLOSED ON HIM AND THEN SPRUNG IT LOOSE AND KOLESAR IT SHOVED DOWN ALONG THE BOARDS . HIT FROM CLAYTON. TRY TO WORK IT OFF FOR UCHACZ. PASS BLOCKED BY THE SKATE OF CLAYTON. SHARKS WILL PUSH IT OUT. THERE’S SMITH. CORMIER GOLFS IT BACK THE OTHER WAY. NICK LEDDY JUST HOPPING ON. WILL PICK IT UP DEEP IN HIS OWN TERRITORY. JUST HAVING TROUBLE GENERATING A LOT OF SHOTS HERE. THEY HAD NINE IN THE FIRST PERIOD. JUST SEVEN SINCE THEN. KLINGBERG GIVES IT TO BRABENEC, GAINS THE BLUE LINE, WRIST SHOT OFF THE GLOVE OF NEDELJKOVIC. LEDDY LOOKING TO MOVE IT OUT. SECOND EFFORT. GOT IT OUT AND LUKAS CORMIER THERE FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS . BOWMAN UP AHEAD TO BRABENEC. FEEDS IT ACROSS THE SLOT AND BACK. THE OTHER WAY COMES MISA MUSTY THROUGH CENTER ICE WITH TOFFOLI. DAVIES STOPS HIM IN HIS TRACKS. HALLUM REDIRECTS IT TO BRABENEC. HE FLIPS IT IN DEEP . 9 MINUTES OFF THE CLOCK. IN THE THIRD, THE GOALS CAME IN THE SECOND FOR JOHN KLINGBERG ON THE POWER PLAY AND THEN JEFF SKINNER AT EVEN STRENGTH WITH UNDER A MINUTE TO GO IN THE MIDDLE PERIOD. BATTLE IN THE CORNER. NOW WORKING LOOSE. SPORTS 3-2 GRAF POKE-CHECKED AWAY BY COUGHLIN BACKHANDS IT UP AND OUT AND THERE TO MOVE IT OFF. DICKINSON FOR ON THE FAR WALL. OSTAPCHUK. GRAF TRYING TO SPIN LOOSE LAVOIE DIGS IT OUT OF THERE NOW. THE BATTLE ENSUES AGAIN AND DAVIES BANKS IT UP AHEAD. SAPOVALIV. POKE-CHECKED AWAY BY CAGNONI . AT CENTER ICE WILL OSTAPCHUK RIPS IT IN HUTTON BACK TO GET IT JOB PROTECTING THE PUCK, AND HE’LL PLAY IT UP AHEAD TO LAVOIE COLE SCHWINDT. SHOT BLOCKED AWAY. STICK BROKE ON THAT SHOT. ATTEMPT >> WELL, THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS TRYING TO FIND OFFENSE IN THIS FIRST PRESEASON GAME, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO REGULAR SEASON, PRETTY BIG ACQUISITION TO PROVIDE OFFENSE AND MITCH MARNER COMING OVER AND SIGNING AN EIGHT YEAR DEAL. THEY’RE COMING OFF A CAREER SEASON WITH 102 POINTS LAST YEAR WITH THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS, ONE OF THE TOP WINGERS IN THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE AND TOP FORWARDS OVERALL. HE IS AN ELITE, SKILLED OFFENSIVE PLAYER, BUT ALSO JUST MULTI-DIMENSIONAL. FIRST OVER IN PENALTY KILL, FIRST OVER IN POWER PLAY WITH THE LEAFS AND IT’S A LOT OF FUN TO SEE HOW HE PAINTS HIMSELF HERE WITH THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS LINEUP AND MITCH MARNER AND WHOLE CAREER WITH THE LEAFS, HIS HOMETOWN TEAM, FOR DECIDING TO MOVE ON. PRETTY ENTICING TO THINK ABOUT SO FAR, AT LEAST THE TRAINING CAMP. THAT LINE WITH HE AND JACK EICHEL AND IVAN BARBASHEV. WELL, WE’LL SEE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT’S PART OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESEASON TO SEE HOW THAT CHEMISTRY CAN BUILD. AND IF IT’S THERE OR IF THEY MOVE THINGS AROUND. AND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SKILL THEY HAVE IN THEIR TOP NINE, THERE’S A LOT OF KIND OF PLACES YOU CAN INTERCHANGE PLAYERS AND STILL HAVE SUCCESS. COGHLAN OUT OF THE POINT. LONG WRIST SHOT BLOCKED. HERE’S HOLTZ. THROWING IT TOWARDS THE NET. BLOCKED AWAY. DOWN LOW BY HUNTINGTON AND HUNTINGTON. BACKS IT OUT. AND YOU WONDER TO SHANE. YOU KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT AND AND YOU BACK IN YOUR PLAYING DAYS PLAYED IN THE HEAT OF THAT OTTAWA TORONTO RIVALRY IN THE THE MICROSCOPE THAT ALL PLAYERS IN TORONTO FALL UNDER IT CERTAINLY MITCH MARNER WOULD HAVE BEEN PRETTY HIGH UP ON THAT LIST OF WHO WAS FOCUSED ON THE MOST PLAYING FOR HIS HOMETOWN TEAM. COULD HE BENEFIT FROM A CHANGE OF SCENERY AND A FRESH START IN VEGAS? MUCH LIKE JACK EICHEL DID A FEW YEARS AGO? SO, YOU KNOW, AND THAT’S CERTAINLY WHAT YOU HOPE. BUT YEAH, YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE SO THAT THAT YOU KNOW, THERE’S ALWAYS PRESSURE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO PUT ON THEMSELVES TO PERFORM AND DO THE BEST. CERTAINLY NOT ONLY INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS A TEAM. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE. BUT SOME OF THE OUTSIDE NOISE MIGHT MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER. AND AS YOU SAID, KIND OF A FRESH START FOR MARNER HERE WITH THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. PUCK INTO THE SAN JOSE BENCH WITH JUST OVER 8 MINUTES TO GO IN THE PERIOD. THERE’S A LOOK AT BRUCE CASSIDY, YOU MENTIONED HE’S HAD A LOT OF TIME TO THINK ABOUT POTENTIAL LINE COMBINATIONS. AND AS WE DISCUSSED WITH HIM IN THE PAST, AND HE’S MADE IT CLEAR, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES HE GOES OFF PAIRS AND KIND OF INTERCHANGE AND HE CAN KIND OF SEE THAT THE ONE LINE THAT WE’VE SEEN IN CAMP ANYWAYS, HURDLE, SAAD AND DOROFEYEV, THEY HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WHEN THEY WERE FIRST PUT TOGETHER AND STAYED TOGETHER AND, AND KIND OF TWO NEW LINES WITH MARNER ON THE RIGHT, WITH EICHEL AND BARBASHEV AND STONE WITH KARLSSON AND SMITH. THREE PRETTY RESPONSIBLE PLAYERS ON THAT LINE, TO SAY THE LEAST. THEY HAVEN’T PLAYED MUCH TOGETHER HERE. WE’RE TALKING TO MARK STONE THE OTHER DAY, HE AND WILLIAM KARLSSON PLAYED A LITTLE BIT IN THE BUBBLE, WAY BACK WHEN, AND PLAYED ONE GAME TOGETHER LAST YEAR. HALLUM STARTING IT OUT UNDER 8 MINUTES TO GO IN THE THIRD. RACING DOWN THE WING, HALLUM SHOT AND A SAVE MADE BY NEDELJKOVIC. HE CONTINUES TO PITCH THE SHUTOUT. JACKSON HALLUM YOU SEE HIS SPEED EVIDENT ON THAT RUSH? AS WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. HE KIND OF PICKS THIS PUCK UP AND IT WILL JUST PUSH IT FORWARD, GET A LITTLE BIT OF SEPARATION, MAYBE TOO FAR WIDE. DIDN’T HAVE A CHANCE TO CUT INSIDE, BUT QUICK LITTLE SHOT COMING DOWN THAT LEFT SIDE. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SOUTHERN NEVADA TOYOTA DEALERS INSTANT REPLAY. LOOKING HALLUM. SAPOVALIV ON THE FACE-OFF. OSTAPCHUK WON IT FROM HIM. BACK TO CENTER. ICE FOR DAVIES. NOW SAPOVALIV PENALTY HERE ON THE SHARKS. RONDBJERG GOT DECKED ALONG THE FAR BOARDS. INTERFERENCE. >> 63 MINOR PENALTY INTERFERENCE. ZACK OSTAPCHUK TO THE BOX FOR SAN JOSE. >> SO THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS HERE WITH JUST 7.5 REMAINING IN THE THIRD. A CHANCE THEIR FOURTH POWER PLAY. THERE’S A LOOK AS YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF INTERFERENCE ON RONDBJERG PURSUING THE PUCK IS. GOOD CALL INTERFERENCE. BEFORE HE COULD GET THERE, AS GOLDEN KNIGHTS POWER PLAY WILL GO TO WORK. FOURTH OF THE GAME FOR THE VGK YOU MENTIONED THEY HAD A BRIEF FIVE ON THREE IN THE SECOND. AND LOOK, IF THEY CAN GET ON THE BOARD. GOLDEN KNIGHTS , THREE SHOTS ON THE POWER PLAY SO FAR IN THE GAME. HOWDEN WINS THE DRAW AND DAVIES OUT AND GETS IT BACK, JOINED BY UCHACZ AND KOLESAR UP FRONT. THAT LINE TOGETHER. COUGHLIN AND DAVIES. THE POINT MAN. AND DAVIES OUT HIGH, DROPPING IT BACK TO HOWDEN. FEEDS IT TOWARDS UCHACZ. DEFLECTED TO THE NEAR SIDE AND COUGHLIN KEEPS IT MOVING FOR KOLESAR NOW. DESHARNAIS LOOKING TO MOVE IT OUT. CUT OFF BY UCHACZ. HOWDEN DAVIES HOWDEN A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE. HIS SHOT DEFLECTED WIDE OF THE NET AND BY THE OUTSTRETCHED SIG OF COUGHLIN. DAVIES THE OTHER WAY. HOWDEN GAINS THE BLUE LINE NOW COUGHLIN DOWN THE BOARDS DROPPING IT BACK. DAVIES KEEPS IT IN MOMENTARILY AND THE SKATE OF REGENDA MOVE IT OUT. UNDER A MINUTE LEFT ON THE POWER PLAY NOW HUTTON PUCK AROUND THE BOARDS. MADE IT THROUGH TO CORMIER. CORMIER WALKS IT TO HIS LEFT. LONG WRIST SHOT BLOCKED IN FRONT. THAT STUNG CLAYTON. CORMIER AROUND THE HORN FOR HOLTZ. CORMIER STRAIGHT AWAY WITH A WRIST SHOT SAVE. NEDELJKOVIC REBOUND HUTTON SAPOVALIV PUT IT ON NET AND NEDELJKOVIC HOLDS THE FORT. CORMIER HOLTZ SHOT OVER THE NET. CORMIER TO HOLTZ 15 SECONDS ON THE POWER PLAY. BOWMAN WRIST SHOT BLOCKED. HOLTZ OUT HIGH AGAIN WITH A SHOT SAVE. NEDELJKOVIC REBOUND LOOSE. DOWN. LOW. SAPOVALIV COMES AWAY WITH IT. HOLTZ FANS ON THE WRIST SHOT AND GRAF CLEARS AS OSTAPCHUK IS OUT OF THE BOX. SOME GOOD LOOKS FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS, BUT THEY COME AWAY EMPTY. IT’S BEEN THIS UNIT ON THE ICE. SOME REAL GOOD CHANCE. MORE OF A SHOT MENTALITY FROM THE POINT AS CORMIER GETS IT THROUGH. IT’S HUTTON KIND OF SHOVELS IT TO THE FRONT. NOBODY COULD GET A REAL HANDLE ON IT, BUT PUCK RECOVERY KEPT IT ALIVE. ANOTHER CHANCE UP HIGH AND NEDELJKOVIC HAS DONE A GOOD JOB MAKING THAT FIRST SAVE. GETTING HELP. THERE’S A BIG BLOCK BY CLAYTON, THE DEFENDER OF THE SHARKS OFF HOLTZ, WHO HAD A CHANCE. NOW THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS, UNABLE TO SOLVE NEDELJKOVIC SO FAR TONIGHT. KORCZAK AT CENTER NOW. LOOSE PUCK TO GRAF. BOZAK CUTS THAT OFF, TRYING TO MOVE IT UP AHEAD TO LAVOIE, BUT KLINGBERG FLIPS IT IN, GIVES THE SHARKS A CHANCE TO MAKE A CHANGE. THEY ICE THE PUCK AFTER THAT PREVIOUS SEQUENCE TO KEEP THAT GROUP OUT THERE. LAVOIE MOVES IT HALLUM LEAD PASS ON THE MONEY TO BRABENEC FINDS KORCZAK OUT HIGH. HE’LL THROW IT DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER. PUCK KICKS TO THE NEAR BOARDS. KLINGBERG AND NOW MISA AND A PENALTY ON THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. SO KLINGBERG TOOK A SHOT UP HIGH. LAVOIE IS GOING TO GO THE PENALTY BOX NOW FOR VEGAS. KLINGBERG A LITTLE SHAKEN5:02:14. 0:12:7. THE LINE. >> OH THERE’S A LOOK AT KLINGBERG HAS THE POWER PLAY GOAL. OPEN UP THE SCORING FOR THE SHARKS 2. NOTHING LEAD. THEY’LL GO TO THE POWER PLAY. NOW IT’S KLINGBERG TOOK THE HIT FROM LAVOIE. THEY’RE CALLING IT AN ELBOW. AND THEN A TEN MINUTE MISCONDUCT TO LAVOIE. BUT FROM THIS ANGLE YOU DON’T SEE THE ELBOW COME UP. IT’S JUST LAVOIE FINISHING HIS HIT. I THINK JUST KIND OF GETS HIGH. HE CATCHES KLINGBERG PULLS UP. >> AND . >> LEADING WITH THE SHOULDER. EITHER WAY, IT’LL BE A POWER PLAY FOR SAN JOSE AS LAVOIE NIGHT IS DONE. THE SHARKS TRYING TO PAD THE LEAD UP TO NOTHING, SCORED A POWER PLAY GOAL FROM KLINGBERG, WHO TOOK THAT HIT IN THE SECOND HUTTON, RIPPING IT ALL THE WAY DOWN ON NEDELJKOVIC. NOW THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS PENALTY KILLER SCHWINDT AND RONDBJERG UP FRONT AND THEY’RE JOINED BY KORCZAK AND HUTTON KLINGBERG DROPPING IT BACK FOR SMITH. THE TRAILER GAINS THE BLUE LINE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SPEED AND GARY’S IN DEEP THERE, WORKING LOW TO HIGH AND OVER TO THE POINT BY SKINNER TOFFOLI SMITH. PENALTY NUMBER 36. TOFFOLI HOLDING. 2 MINUTES FOR ELBOWING. MISCONDUCT. . SMITH TRYING TO FEATHER ONE IN FRONT, SWATTED AWAY BY HUTTON PUCK LOOSE DOWN LOW. TOFFOLI PASS. DIDN’T CONNECT OR SMITH’S PASS DIDN’T CONNECT WITH SKINNER. KLINGBERG. NOW FOR MISA LONG WRIST SHOT FROM KLINGBERG HITS SKINNER. MISA CURLING OUT HIGH. SMITH’S RETURN PASS BLOCKED BY RONDBJERG TRYING TO BANK IT TO HIMSELF, BUT MISA GOT IN HIS WAY TO SLOW HIS PROGRESS. GOOD STICK BY RONDBJERG ABLE TO BREAK THE PLAY UP. JUST COULDN’T BREAK FREE AND MISA. SAM DICKINSON. AND CAGNONI MOVES IT ACROSS DICKINSON TO THE RED LINE. SWEEPS IT IN. PUCK AROUND THE BOARDS. KURASHEV LEANED ON BY MEGNA GRAF DIGS IT OUT. CAGNONI WORKS IT OUT. HIGH DICKINSON WITH A WRIST SHOT BLOCKED. THAT STUNG. COUGHLIN. CAGNONI KEEPS IT ALIVE AROUND THE HORN FOR DICKINSON . SHOT BLOCKED BY MEGNA SAPOVALIV COULDN’T GET IT OUT. HIT HIS OWN MAN AND HALLUM MUSTY DYING. SECONDS OF THE POWER PLAY FOR THE SHARKS. DICKINSON OUT TOP GRAF DICKINSON A ONE TIMER BLOCKED BY MEGNA TRYING TO SPRING HOLTZ OUT OF THE BOX. HERE HE COMES. HOLDS IT ALONE AND A SAVE MADE BY NEDELJKOVIC HOLTZ WAS SERVING THE LAVOIE PENALTY AND A CLEAN BREAKAWAY RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX. AND THEN VIKMAN WITH A GLOVE SAVE. OH, FLASHING THE LEATHER OTTO . OH WHAT A SEQUENCE OF PLAYS! THIS IS A GREAT PASS BY MEGNA. HE JUST WAITS, HOLDS, FINDS IT IN GREAT OPPORTUNITY. BIG SAVE AT ONE END AS NEDELJKOVIC STANDS TALL AS HE STOPS HOLTZ JUST WITH THE LEFT PAD AND THE GAME THE OTHER WAY. HE SAID OSTAPCHUK AS VIKMAN MAKES A GOOD GLOVE SAVE. BUT WHAT A CHANCE FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS TO GET ON THE BOARD. HERE’S A LOOK AT THAT LAST SAVE WITH A GLOVE. SAVE VIKMAN ON OSTAPCHUK. WELL, THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS BACK TO FULL STRENGTH AS THEY RUN AFTER HOLTZ STEPPED ON THE ICE TO GET TO FIVE ON FIVE, HE HAD THE CLEAN BREAKAWAY, BUT TIME TICKING OFF THE CLOCK HERE ON THE VGK AS WE APPROACH THE FINAL COUPLE OF MINUTES OF THIS PRESEASON OPENER. SO THESE TWO TEAMS WILL DO IT TWICE MORE AS VIKMAN GOES TO THE BENCH FOR THE EXTRA ATTACKER AND BOWMAN IS THAT PLAYER AS HE JOINS THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS IN THE OFFENSIVE END AND HAS THE PUCK WORKS IT OUT HIGH FOR DAVIES AND AROUND THE CORMIER BROKE A STICK IN HALF. KOLESAR AND A FORCE IT IN THE MIDDLE. BROKEN UP. FLIPPED OUT OF THE ZONE BY REGENDA. NOW AT THE LINE TO CONTROLLING. NOW BACK ON IT AS CORMIER. BILL FOLEY BANKS IT DOWN THE GLASS. SIX SKATERS OUT THERE FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. COLE SCHWINDT . NOW HERE’S HOLTZ PULLS UP. HOWDEN CENTERS COLIN WHITE HIGH WITH A WRIST SHOT TURNED AWAY BY NEDELJKOVIC. >> ONE MINUTE LEFT TO PLAY IN THE THIRD PERIOD. >> FINAL MINUTE OF THE THIRD PERIOD. SPONSORED BY CREDIT ONE BANK DICKINSON WITH A BLOCK CLEARS IT WIDE OF THE EMPTY NET. AND ICING WITH 50.7 TO GO. WE’LL PROBABLY GET A TIME-OUT HERE FROM THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. AND INDEED THAT’S WHAT WILL COME. A COUPLE OF CHANCES GETTING PUCKS THROUGH AS NEDELJKOVIC GOOD SAVE ON COUGHLIN. A LONG RANGE LITTLE WRISTER THROUGH TRAFFIC. THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS CAN GET A QUICK STRIKE HERE. SIX ON FIVE DOWN, A PAIR WITH JUST 50 SECONDS REMAINING IN THIS THIRD PERIOD. THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS WILL UTILIZE THE TIME-OUT. DOM DUCHARME LEADING THE DISCUSSION. >> TIME-OUT LAS VEGAS. >> THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS GET SOME BETTER LOOKS AS THIS THIRD PERIOD HAS GONE ON. THEY PUT TEN SHOTS ON NEDELJKOVIC. NOTHING’S FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET JUST YET. NO GREAT PENALTY KILL LATE AND SAID THAT BREAKAWAY FOR HOLTZ COMING OUT OF THE PENALTY BOX SERVING THE LAVOIE PENALTY AND JUST COULDN’T CAPITALIZE WHEN HE HAD THE OSTAPCHUK CHANCE RIGHT AFTER THAT, THE SHARKS HADN’T HAD A CHANCE. A SHOT ON NET IN OVER 11 AND A HALF MINUTES AND VIKMAN MADE A TERRIFIC STOP TO KEEP IT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS AFTER THE TIME-OUT , SCHWINDT BOWMAN HOLTZ, REINHARDT , HUTTON AND COUGHLIN ON THE ICE. SHARKS WIN THE DRAW. DICKINSON FLIPS IT OUT. TOFFOLI STICKHANDLING THROUGH FOR THE EMPTY NETTER. IT’S 3-0 WITH 42 SECONDS LEFT . TOUGH PLAY. LITTLE BOUNCING PUCK. TOFFOLI THE VETERAN COMING DOWN AND A LITTLE MOVE IS HE PUTS IT INTO THE EMPTY NET . THERE’S THE FLIP AS KIND OF A LITTLE BACKSPIN AS IT STOPS ON COUGHLIN. AND HOW MUCH HE CAN DO THERE. KIND OF STANDSTILL. TOFFOLI PUTS IT IN AND THE SHARKS ICE THIS ONE. FOR THE GOAL TONIGHT. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO WIN GAMES BUT THERE’S MORE TO IT. TALKED ABOUT THE EVALUATION ABOUT JUST A LOT OF THESE GUYS JUST GETTING BACK TO THE PACE OF A GAME. AND YOU KNOW YOU LOOK THE SECOND PERIOD WAS PROBABLY THEY WEREN’T AT THEIR BEST ABLE TO COME BACK HERE IN THE THIRD AND GET SOME CHANCES. YOU LIKE THE FIRST PERIOD A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENED BUT STILL HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO FIND OFFENSE. AND HE DRAWS SOMETHING UP DURING THE TIME-OUT AND LOSE THE DRAW. THAT ALL GOES OUT THE WINDOW. AND TOFFOLI FINDS THE BACK OF THE NET FOR THE EMPTY NETTER AND THAT’S ALL SHE WROTE WITH 21 SECONDS TO GO. SO THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS WILL HAVE SIX MORE EXHIBITION GAMES. WATCH THE TIME TO WORK OUT A LITTLE BIT OF THE RUST BACK HERE FRIDAY AGAINST SAN JOSE. OF COURSE, BEFORE THAT, A COUPLE OF GAMES AT T-MOBILE, INCLUDING TUESDAY NIGHT. L.A. KINGS WILL BE AT THE FORTRESS. >> THIRD PERIOD. SHARKS SCOTT CHERREY. >> RONDBJERG RUNS IT IN. >> AND 13 MUSTY AT 19:17. BATTLE FOR THE PUCK BEHIND THE SAN JOSE NET. >> HALLUM MOVES IT OFF TO MEGNA AND THAT WILL DO IT. IT’S A SHUTOUT FOR ALEX NEDELJKOVIC TURNED AWAY ALL 24 VEGAS SHOTS TONIGHT AND THE SHARKS GRAB THE PRESEASON OPENER. THREE NOTHING OVER THE VGK. THE VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS BROADCAST NETWORK IS PRESENTED BY PALMS CASINO RESORT AND YAAMAVA’ RESORT, AND CASINO. NOW, YOU MENTIONED SHANE FIRST AND THIRD FOR THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. PRETTY GOOD. SECOND, NOT SO MUCH. YEAH, IT WAS THE SECOND PERIOD OF PLAY. HE’S KIND OF GOT AWAY FROM HIM. SAN JOSE WAS THE YOU KNOW, THE OBVIOUSLY BETTER TEAM IN THAT PERIOD OF PLAY. OUTSIDE OF THAT HE LIKED THE FIRST. HE LIKED THE WAY THEY RESPONDED IN THE THIRD. THEY JUST COULDN’T FIND THE BACK OF THE NET AND THE SHARKS ABLE TO SKATE OFF TO THE THREE. NOTHING VICTORY. TWO GOALS IN THE SECOND AND ONE IN THE THIRD FOR SAN JOSE, THEY’RE A GAME CHANGER. ON THE NIGHT IS SPONSORED BY COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER. ALEX NEDELJKOVIC. THEY BROUGHT THE VETERAN GOALTENDER OVER AND HE’S ABLE TO POST A SHUTOUT, 24 SAVES. AS HE STOPS ALL THAT COME HIS WAY FROM THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. AND MAYBE HIS BEST OF THE NIGHT. WAS THIS ONE LATE IN THE THIRD. CHANCE TO GET ON THE BOARD. AS TO THE PENALTY BOX. AND HE STOPPED HIM ON THE BREAKAWAY AND BACK STOPS. THE SHARKS THERE TO THE WIND. IN THIS FIRST PRESEASON GAME 3-0 LEAD A 3-0 VICTORY HERE FOR SAN JOSE TONIGHT AS THEY KNOCK OFF THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS IN THE PRESEASON OPENER. WE’LL SEND IT DOWNSTAIRS. DARREN AND DARREN ARE STANDING BY WITH GOLDEN KNIGHTS HEAD COACH BRUCE CASSIDY. >> THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. BRUCE, YOU’RE SO USED TO EVALUATING GAMES AT FACE VALUE. HOW DO YOU LOOK AT THIS ONE? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT OUR TEAM GAME PLUS EVALUATING INDIVIDUALS THAT I HAVEN’T SEEN A LOT OF. SOME I’VE SEEN A LITTLE MORE THAN OTHERS. SO ON THE SURFACE AS A TEAM, WE HAVEN’T PRACTICED SPECIAL TEAMS. IT SHOWED TONIGHT. SO THAT’S THAT’S ON ME. THAT’S HOW WE PREPARE OUR CAMP IS TO WORRY ABOUT OUR FIVE ON FIVE. YOU KNOW, FUNDAMENTALS. AND I THOUGHT FIVE ON FIVE WE WERE FINE. WE DIDN’T GIVE UP ANY GOALS. THERE WAS A FEW CHANCES, BUT THERE WAS AN EXTRA ATTACKER GOAL. WE JUST GOT BEAT UP BY ICE AND THEN THE POWER PLAY GOAL WHERE WE HAVEN’T PRACTICED A LOT OF THAT. AND I THINK THAT’S AN EASY FIX. WE JUST DIDN’T HAND OFF QUICK ENOUGH. SO THAT PART OF OUR GAME THE DEFENDING FIVE ON FIVE, I THOUGHT OFFENSIVELY WE NEEDED TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE TO GET INSIDE. SOME OF THAT IS YOUNG GUYS NOT KNOWING HOW HARD IT IS TO SCORE IN THIS LEAGUE. AND THAT’S PART OF THE LEARNING CURVE. >> IN THIS GAME. DID ANYBODY STAND OUT THAT MAYBE YOU HADN’T SEEN THAT MUCH OF BEFORE? >> WELL. >> I THOUGHT BOTH GOALTENDERS GAVE US A GOOD CHANCE. I HAVEN’T SEEN A LOT OF EITHER GUY. YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT, I DON’T WANT TO GET INTO INDIVIDUAL PLAY. IT’S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT’S IT’S IT’S HARD. I MEAN, SOME GUYS ARE OBVIOUSLY BETTER THAN OTHERS. I THOUGHT BRABENEC AS THE GAME WENT ON, TRIED TO PLAY WITH THE PUCK. MORE ATTACK, MORE. HAD SOME GOOD SHIFTS THAT WAY. JACKSON HALLUM WAS, YOU KNOW, FOR HIS FIRST PRO GAMES, CHINA USED HIS SPEED OUT THERE. SO SOME GUYS THAT I HAVEN’T, YOU KNOW, THOSE GUYS HAVEN’T SEEN A TON OF I THOUGHT I THOUGHT WERE FINE. >> SOME OF THE YOUNGER GUYS YOU WATCHED IN PERSON A WEEK AGO IN THE ROOKIE TOURNAMENT, HOW MUCH OF A BIG STEP UP DO YOU CONSIDER THIS TO THAT? >> WELL, NOW YOU’RE WITH SOME OF THOSE GUYS THAT ARE THERE, BUT NOW YOU’VE GOT A MIX OF NHLERS, RIGHT? EVEN IF THEY’RE YOUNG LIKE THEY’VE PLAYED IN THE LEAGUE. SO THAT’S THE NEXT STEP FOR THEM. LISTEN, THE MESSAGE TO THEM, YOU KNOW, DARREN IS IT’S A MAN’S LEAGUE IS WHAT IT IS. AND AND YOU HAVE TO PLAY LIKE A MAN. NOW, SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, I SHOULDN’T CALL THEM KIDS ANYMORE. THAT’S A JUST A TERM WE USE. BUT THEY’RE ALL MEN IN THAT ROOM. JUST SOME ARE FARTHER ALONG THAN OTHERS. BUT THAT’S THE CHALLENGE FOR THEM. IF THEY WANT TO PLAY IN THE LEAGUE, IT’S UNDERSTANDING THE PUCK BATTLES. IT’S THE COMPETITIVE SPIRIT ALONG THE WALLS TO TO FIGHT FOR LOOSE PUCKS. AND YEAH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE TALENT, A SHOT, A FOOT SPEED AND IQ AND ALL THOSE THINGS. EVERYONE HAS A MIX OF THOSE, BUT IT’S A COMPETITIVE, YOU KNOW, EDGE YOU NEED OUT THERE TO WIN, WIN PUCK BATTLES. AND THAT’S THE BIGGEST LEARNING CURVE I FIND FOR ALL THE YOUNG GUYS. WE HAD A LOT OF THEM IN THE LINEUP TONIGHT, AND I’M SURE SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN THEY GET IN THERE, THE NEXT TIME, WE’LL UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF IT AND IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET HARDER BECAUSE THE LINEUPS WILL GET STRONGER. SO BUT THAT’S, THAT’S YOU KNOW, THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE UP AGAINST AND THAT’S FINE. I MEAN ALL THESE GUYS WERE THE GUYS IN OUR TEAM THAT HAVE HAD SUCCESS. THEY WERE ALL YOUNG ONCE TOO, AND THEY HAVE TO LEARN THAT. AND THAT’S THE QUICKER THEY LEARN IT AND ACCEPT THAT, I THINK THE EASIER THEIR PATH WILL BE TO BECOME AN NHL PLAYER. >> AND PART OF THAT, YOU LOOK AT SAN JOSE, ALL THE VETERANS DID, THE SCORING, NEDELJKOVIC GETS THE SHUTOUT. IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT? THE VETERANS, IN TERMS OF THE MAYBE MISS UNBALANCED LINEUPS? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME VETERANS TOO, AND THAT WILL BE THE SAME ON TUESDAY. WE’LL PROBABLY YOU KNOW, I’M GUESSING WE’LL HAVE A FEW MORE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU’RE AT HOME. SO THAT PART OF IT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T IT DOESN’T CONCERN ME THAT MUCH BECAUSE HONESTLY THAT THE THE STRONGER THE LINEUP THEY PLAY AGAINST, THE BETTER IT IS FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY’RE UP AGAINST. RIGHT? SO THAT MIGHT NOT SHOW WELL FOR US IN THE SCOREBOARD IF WE DON’T HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME CAPABLE VETERAN AS WELL. AND THAT THAT KIND OF BALANCE ITSELF OUT AS YOU GO HOME AND ROAD. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I SAID, I THINK IT’S GOOD, THE BETTER COMPETITION YOU PLAY AGAINST, IT SHOULD BRING OUT THE BETTER IN YOU, RIGHT? THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT. AND IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN FOR EVERY KID. BUT LET’S FACE IT, EVERY YEAR THERE’S A GUY OR TWO. WE WENT THROUGH IT. I’LL GO BACK TO MY FIRST YEAR WAS PAUL CARTER AND DOROFEYEV. I THOUGHT THEY STOOD OUT A LITTLE MORE THAN THE OTHERS, AND SURE ENOUGH, THEY’RE IN THE NHL RIGHT NOW. SO THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A GUY TO TAKE A STEP OR TWO, AND I KNOW YOU ASKED A QUESTION. I’LL WATCH A LITTLE CLOSER, BUT ASK ME AGAIN AT THE END OF CAMP AND I’LL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO TELL YOU, HEY, THERE WAS TWO GUYS THAT YOU KNOW, NOW ARE IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS AS GUYS. COULD BE THE NEXT CALL UPS WHEN I USE THAT TERM, THE NEXT CALL UP, THAT’S USUALLY, HEY, WHO’S READY FOR THIS? AND WHO’S NOT GOING TO SHY AWAY FROM IT? AND WHO NEEDS MORE TIME AND I SAID THAT WILL SORT ITSELF OUT. >> LEAVE IT ON THIS SUBJECT. TWO GOALTENDERS THAT HADN’T BEEN IN THIS ENVIRONMENT BEFORE HOW DO YOU THINK THEY PLAYED? >> WELL, I THOUGHT LINDBOM WAS VERY GOOD. YOU KNOW, OUR SECOND PERIOD WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH. AND SOMETIMES THE MOMENTUM, YOU CAN’T GET AWAY FROM IT. YOU’RE GETTING PUCKS OUT WITH THE LONG CHANGE AND AND GETTING PEOPLE OUT THERE, AND THEY KIND OF HAD THEIR WAY WITH US A LITTLE MORE. I THOUGHT AT LEAST IN THE THIRD, WE MADE IT MORE COMPETITIVE. BUT I THOUGHT BOTH OF THEM GAVE US A CHANCE TO WIN. YOU KNOW, A GOOD GOAL THAT, AS I SAID, THE SECOND GOAL, THEY BEAT US UP ICE. LINDBOM. WAS SCREENED. AND, YOU KNOW, KLINGBERG HAS DONE THAT TO A LOT OF GOALIES IN THE LEAGUE. HE’S GOT THAT ABILITY TO GET HIS SHOT THROUGH. SO AS I SAID, I THOUGHT THEY BOTH LOOKED FINE, COMPOSED, GOT OUT TO PLAY THE PUCKS. AND SO THAT’S DEFINITELY A POSITIVE. THEY’RE BOTH YOUNG GUYS THAT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE YOUNG GOALIES, WHOEVER IT IS IN HENDERSON. SO YOU KNOW, GOOD ON THEM. >> UNIQUE STOPPING BY AND DOING THIS BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO THE ROOM. APPRECIATE IT. >> YEAH. NO PROBLEM. HAPPY TO HELP. >> THANKS, COACH. BRUCE CASSIDY OFF OF A 3-0 LOSS AGAINST THE SAN JOSE SHARKS. >> COMPETITIVE HOCKEY GAME TONIGHT. JUST PLAY OFF SOME OF WHAT YOU HEARD FROM BRUCE AND THE LOPSIDED LINEUPS. YEAH, THERE’S SOMETHING THERE. BUT HE DID NOT MAKE ANY EXCUSES OR BUY INTO THAT. >> NO, NOT AT ALL. AND HE’S RIGHT. THAT’S HOW YOU GET A BETTER GAUGE ON THE YOUNG PLAYERS WHEN YOU ARE UP AGAINST A MORE VETERAN LADEN TEAM. LET’S BE HONEST, SAN JOSE’S BROUGHT IN SOME VETERANS, BUT THEY’RE STILL GOING TO BE A YOUNG TEAM. BUT YOU KNOW, THEY’RE VETERANS CARRIED THE PLATES. I MEAN, THEY MADE THE DIFFERENCE. >> YOU COULD TELL JUST STANDING RINGSIDE THE INTENSITY AND THE SPEED, THE ACTION, THE BUY IN THAT IT WAS A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN WHAT WE’VE SEEN IN CAMP. EVEN WITH THOSE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE’S. >> THE HITTING. YEAH. I MEAN, WHEN MEL AND I GOT TO SIT RINGSIDE AND THAT THAT IS A BIG ADD. THAT’S A BIG ADDITION TO GETTING READY FOR THE SEASON. ALL THE PHYSICAL PLAY. >> APPRECIATE IT BUDDY. I SEE YOU AGAIN. >> YES. >> YOU TOO. THERE’S DARREN ELLIOTT WITH US ON BEHALF OF DAVE GAUCHER AND SHANE NOTTI. THANKS FOR WATCHING THIS NIGHT TIME. PLUS, EXCLUSIVE FROM SAN JOSE, IN WHICH THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS PLAYED VERY COMPETITIVE FIRST PERIOD. GOT BIT BY A COUPLE BY THE SAN JOSE SHARKS IN THE SECOND. AND THAT STOOD UP TO THE VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3. NOTHING TONIGHT. WE’LL BE BACK WITH YOU FOR PRESEASON GAME NUMBER 2 ON

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