SAN JOSE – John Klingberg and Jeff Skinner each scored and goalie Alex Nedeljkovic completed with 24 saves to earn a shutout because the San Jose Sharks beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 on Sunday within the preseason opener for each groups.
Tyler Toffoli assisted on Klingberg’s second interval energy play objective added an empty-netter with 42.2 seconds left earlier than an introduced crowd of 11,613 at SAP Middle.
Klingberg’s energy play objective on the 7:18 mark of the second interval that gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead.
Michael Misa, taken second general by the Sharks on the NHL Draft in June, took the faceoff to start out the ability play and Toffoli retrieved the puck to the proper of the Golden Knights’ web. He then despatched it to the purpose for Klingberg, who skated towards the center of the ice earlier than his shot acquired previous Vegas goalie Carl Lindbom.
Skinner’s objective with 46 seconds left within the second interval got here on the finish of a reasonably passing sequence.
Will Smith took management of the puck contained in the Golden Knights zone and despatched it throughout the ice to Sam Dickinson, who carried the puck towards the Vegas web, skated round a defenseman and fed an open Skinner for a tap-in objective.
Toffoli’s empty-net objective got here after Misa gained a faceoff within the Sharks’ zone. Quentin Musty then tapped the puck again to Dickinson, who flipped it into the impartial zone. Golden Knights defenseman Dylan Coghlan couldn’t calm down the puck earlier than Toffoli tipped it forward of him and scored into the empty web.
Klingberg and Skinner, who performed with the Edmonton Oilers final season, each signed one-year contracts with the Sharks as free brokers in July, the identical time Nedeljkovic was acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2028 third-round draft choose.
Nedeljkovic made 9 saves within the first interval and 5 within the second towards the Golden Knights, whose roster was principally void of NHL regulars, with ex-Shark Tomas Hertl and marquee offseason addition Mitch Marner not making the journey.
Nedeljkovic preserved the shutout late within the third interval, as he stopped a breakaway shot by Alexander Holtz.
Misa, a roster hopeful who was making his NHL preseason debut, was considered one of a handful of Sharks prospects within the lineup on Sunday. Becoming a member of him had been Dickinson, who additionally could be on the Sharks’ opening night time roster on Oct. 9, winger Musty, middle Zack Ostapchuk, and defenseman Luca Cagnoni.
“Their skill level, their ability to create offense goes without saying, whatever league they’re in,” Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky stated of Misa and Dickinson earlier than Sunday’s recreation. “I want to see them play without the puck. I want to see how they defend. I want to see how they manage their shifts, how they manage the game, those sorts of things. So it will be a good challenge for them.”
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