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The Golden Knights have dominated the San Jose Sharks to an historic level in the regular season. Since becoming a franchise, Vegas has racked up an incredible 30-2-5 record against their former rival and they added to it in a big way last night.

The matchup is so lopsided that the facts from it don’t even seem real.

**These are regular season only. Playoff games are not considered.**

Last night’s 7-2 win was VGK’s 10th straight win against the Sharks. It is not the longest win streak they’ve had against SJS. That was 11 between December 2019 and March 2022.

The Sharks have never beaten Vegas twice in a row.

The Golden Knights average 4.00 goals per game against San Jose. They average 3.17 against all other teams.

San Jose averages 2.14 against Vegas, 2.81 against everyone else.

Last night, the Golden Knights outscored the Sharks 5-0 in the 1st period, which extended the 1st period score to 53-16 in 37 games.

VGK have held the lead at the end of the 1st period in 23 of the 37 games. San Jose has held the lead after the 1st in 3.

The score between the two teams is 150-80, a differential of +70.

The next closest opponent is Anaheim at +49. San Jose’s best is +35 vs LAK.

The Golden Knights have never lost in regulation at the SAP Center. They’ve also never lost in New Jersey, Ottawa, or Seattle (indoors).

They’ve played 18 times in San Jose, while just 8, 7, and 7 in the others, respectively.

VGK’s 30-2-5 record against San Jose extrapolates to a 144-point regular season.

The Golden Knights have been favored in 29 consecutive games against the Sharks, including at least -200 in 10 straight.

The largest VGK have ever been favored is -600. Vegas won 5-0 that night (11/10/23).

On the San Jose’s 97 power play opportunities, they have outscored the Golden Knights by just 5 goals (13-8).

VGK are +26 on their 125 opportunities.

VGK have scored 5 goals or more against San Jose 13 times in 37 games (35%).

The Sharks have scored 5 just once (2.7%)

The Golden Knights have played the Sharks on the second night of a back-to-back 11 times. VGK are 10-0-1.

This accounts for 21% of all VGK wins when on zero days rest.

The Golden Knights’ team save percentage against San Jose is .925.