Late Miscues Cost Sharks in Shocking Season-Opening Loss to Golden Knights
Golden Knights won after a late tying goal and an overtime winner capitalized on Sharks goalie errors, marking the Sharks' fourth straight season opener loss, officials said.
- On Thursday night at SAP Center, the Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 in overtime, despite strong early play by San Jose Sharks goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic.
- With 1:34 left in regulation, Jack Eichel's flip shot took an odd bounce to tie the game after Philipp Kurashev redirected a Dmitry Orlov shot past Akira Schmid.
- Reilly Smith scored 1:24 into overtime after a Nedeljkovic puckhandling error, despite which Nedeljkovic made 27 saves in his Sharks debut.
- The San Jose Sharks seemed poised for their first season-opening win in five seasons after killing a late penalty, but bad bounces led to their fourth straight season-opening loss.
- The Golden Knights continue their road trip and play at Seattle Saturday, bouncing back with contributions from Pavel Dorofeyev and Brett Howden while Noah Hanifin is listed day to day.
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Late miscues cost Sharks in shocking season-opening loss to Golden Knights
SAN JOSE – Alex Nedeljkovic was enjoying a stellar debut with the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night before everything fell apart late in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights at SAP Center. The Sharks led 3-2 late in the third period and had an empty net in front of them with less than two minutes to go when William Eklund poked one shot attempt just wide and had another on a wraparound blocked by Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodor…
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