Vegas Golden Knights chase eighth straight win over San Jose Sharks
San Jose Sharks meet Vegas Golden Knights at SAP Center at San Jose, Sunday 2:00pm (NHL). Vegas Golden Knights have won the last seven against San Jose Sharks.
The big picture
San Jose Sharks come in 29th on the ladder; Vegas Golden Knights are 8th. Vegas Golden Knights are the side higher up the table.
San Jose Sharks are 7–11 in NHL 2026-27, averaging 2.5 goals for and 3.6 against.
Vegas Golden Knights are 11–7 in NHL 2026-27, averaging 3.3 goals for and 2.8 against.
Form
San Jose Sharks have won one of their last five and most recently lost to Minnesota Wild 1–4.
Vegas Golden Knights have won three of their last five and most recently beat Detroit Red Wings 2–1.
San Jose Sharks have lost their last four.
Head to head
These sides have met 53 times on our records since 2017: San Jose Sharks 15, Vegas Golden Knights 38.
Last time out (2025-26), Vegas Golden Knights won 7–2 at SAP Center at San Jose.
Vegas Golden Knights have won the last seven against San Jose Sharks.
Biggest margin between these two: Vegas Golden Knights by 7 goals in 2017-18 (7–0).
Players to watch
For San Jose Sharks, watch Macklin Celebrini (7 goals, 11 assists in 2026-27) and Will Smith (6 goals, 5 assists in 2026-27).
For Vegas Golden Knights, watch Mark Stone (10 goals, 9 assists in 2026-27) and Tomas Hertl (7 goals, 5 assists in 2026-27).
Milestone watch
Tomas Hertl is set to play game 1,000.
At SAP Center at San Jose
San Jose Sharks have won 7 of their last 18 at SAP Center at San Jose.
The deeper numbers
San Jose Sharks haven't beaten Vegas Golden Knights at SAP Center at San Jose since 2022-23: 6 meetings there since then.
Vegas Golden Knights have won their last 6 games at SAP Center at San Jose.
What the numbers say
On form, ladder and history, Vegas Golden Knights go in as clear favourites.
Written automatically from Lineball's own match and player database. Not betting advice.
