Sharks at Golden Knights game 26: Lines, game thread and how to watch

The San Jose Sharks hit the road for a quick one-game trip to Las Vegas. After playing the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 regulation win that included some scrapping, the Sharks hopped on a plane and headed out to Sin City. While it’s a quick turnaround for the Sharks, the good news for Team Teal is that the Vegas Golden Knights are also on the second half of back-to-back games, so aside from the travel factor, both teams should be equally fatigued.

The revenge factor should add extra motivation for San Jose to win this game. The two teams opened San Jose’s season at SAP Center in October. San Jose was leading well into the third period until a fluky bounce beat Alex Nedeljkovic to tie the game. Then there was that misplayed puck in overtime that led to an easy overtime winner for Vegas. It was a brutal way to start the season after such a promising start for the Sharks.

This is the second of four meetings between Vegas and San Jose. They will play again on Dec. 23 and Jan. 1, 2026.

With Yaroslav Askarov taking the win in yesterday’s game against the Canucks, we expect to see Nedeljkovic in the net for the Sharks tonight. This could be a good chance for Ned to get some redemption that he’s looking for as well.

As for Vegas, the Golden Knights lost 4-1 at home to the Montreal Canadiens yesterday. Mark Stone scored in the third period, but it was very much too little too late for Vegas. The Golden Knights currently have a 10-6-8 record with 28 points in the Pacific Division. Don’t look now, but the Sharks have a 12-10-3 record with 27 points. They’re ranked fourth and fifth in the Pacific as of this morning.

Jack Eichel is the team’s top scorer with 31 points in 24 games. Eichel and Pavel Dorofeyev share the team goal-scoring lead with 11 goals apiece. With Adin Hill injured, Akira Schmid and Carl Lindbom have been sharing the net. As if you need another reason to hate the Golden Knights, that’s going to change on Dec. 1, when the team is expected to recall Carter Hart from the AHL. But since we’ll see either Schmid or Lindbom tonight, we can only hate them a little bit. Schmid is 9-2-4 this season with a 2.51 goals against average and .896 save percentage. Lindbom is 0-4-2 with a 3.16 goals against average and .872 save percentage. Schmid played last night, so Lindbom is likely to play tonight.

San Jose Sharks lines tonight

With Yaroslav Askarov playing last night, look for Alex Nedeljkovic in the net tonight. There will be changes on defense, no surprise that Dickinson will be sitting since he played last night and it’s the second night of back-to-back games. It also sounds like Vincent Desharnais is injured. San Jose Hockey Now’s Sheng Peng reports the following lines:

Forwards
Tyler Toffoli — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Alexander Wennberg — Adam Gaudette
Philipp Kurashev — Ty Dellandrea — Collin Graf
Barclay Goodrow — Zack Ostapchuk — Ryan Reaves

Defense
Dmitry Orlov — Timothy Liljegren
Mario Ferraro — John Klingberg
Nick Leddy — Shakir Mukhamadullin

Goaltenders
Alex Nedeljkovic
Yaroslav Askarov

Vegas Golden Knights lines vs. San Jose Sharks

As for the Vegas Golden Knights, Vegas Hockey Now’s Hannah Kirkell reports the following lines. We also expect to see Lindbom start in the net.

Barbashev—Eichel—Bowman
Holtz—Hertl—Dorofeyev
Marner—Howden—Stone
Reinhardt—Sissons—Kolesar

McNabb—Theodore
Hanifin—Whitecloud
Hutton—Korczak

— Hannah Kirkell (@h_kirk6) November 29, 2025

Forwards
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Braeden Bowman
Mitch Marner — Brett Howden — Mark Stone
Alexander Holtz — Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Cole Reinhardt — Colton Sissons — Keegan Kolesar

Defense
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Ben Hutton — Kaedan Korczak

Goaltenders
Carl Lindbom
Akira Schmid

How to watch San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights Nov. 29, 2025

The puck drops at 7 p.m. PT at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Sharks fans can catch the game on NBCSCA or listen on the Sharks Audio Network.

Vegas fans can watch the game on Scripps Sports or The Spot-Vegas 34 in Las Vegas. The radio call is on FOX Sports Las Vegas 98.9/1340 or Deportes Vegas 1460.Be sure to come back here at game time.

You can talk about all the ways you hate Vegas with other hockey fans who feel exactly the same way you do.