The San Jose Sharks want to and need to prove they’re better than they were last season. One of the ways they can do that is to win game nine against the Vegas Golden Knights. Last season, it took the team 11 games to get the first win of the season, tonight, they can do it two games better.
This isn’t one of those toss up games like the bout with the Anaheim Ducks or the Chicago Blackhawks. The Golden Knights continue to be a good team. Vegas is second in the Pacific Division with a 5-2-1 record and the team is having no trouble scoring. Mark Stone seems to be healthy. He’s second in the league in scoring with 14 points. Jack Eichel is close behind with 13 points and Ivan Barbashev has 11 points. Barbashev is tied for third in the league with seven goals.
This is the first time that Tomas Hertl will face the Sharks while wearing black and gold. Hertl has eight points in eight games, evenly split with four goals and four assists.
While Adin Hill is considered the number one goaltender for the Golden Knights, he’s being outperformed by backup Ilya Samsonov. Samsonov is 2-0-0 this season with a .944 save percentage. Meantime, Hill is 3-2-0 with a .864 save percentage.
According to SinBin.Vegas on Twitter, it will be Samsonov in the net tonight.
Finally, Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore has a shiny new contract. The 29-year-old was set to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, but the two sides avoided any issues by agreeing to a seven year deal at a cap hit of $7.425 million per season.
San Jose Sharks lines Oct. 26, 2024
San Jose Hockey Now’s Sheng Peng is on the road with the Sharks. These are the lines that he’s reporting.
Forwards
Danil Gushchin – Mikael Granlund – Tyler Toffoli
William Eklund – Alex Wennberg – Fabian Zetterlund
Barclay Goodrow – Will Smith – Ty Dellandrea
Carl Grundstrom – Nico Sturm – Luke Kunin
Defense
Jake Walman – Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro – Jan Rutta
Henry Thrun – Jack Thompson
Goaltenders
Vitek Vanecek
Mackenzie Blackwood
Vegas Golden Knights lines tonight
Look for the return of William Karlsson tonight which means Nick Hague will be out. Here’s what SinBin.Vegas reports the lines will look like.
Forwards
Ivan Barbashev – Jack Eichel – Mark Stone
Brett Howden – Tomas Hertl – Pavel Dorofeyev
Tanner Pearson – William Karlsson – Alexander Holtz
Brendan Brisson – Nicholas Roy – Keegan Kolesar
Defense
Noah Hanifin – Alex Pietrangelo
Shea Theodore – Zach Whitecloud
Brayden McNabb – Kaedan Korczak
Goaltenders
Ilya Samsonov
Adin Hill
How to watch San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights tonight
The puck drops at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Sharks fans in the Bay Area can catch the game on NBC Sports California. You can also listen to the radio call with the great Dan Rusanowsky on the Sharks Audio Network through the Sharks app.
In the meantime, Vegas Golden Knights fans can watch the game on Vega’s 34 or stream on KnightTime+. The audio call is on FOX Sports Las Vegas 98.9/1340 or Deportes Vegas 1460.
No matter where you’re watching, be sure to come back here at puck drop to talk about everything happening on the ice and around the league.
