Overview
- Reilly Smith netted the winner 1:24 into overtime after Alex Nedeljkovic skated out to play a loose puck and misplayed it, leaving an open net.
- Jack Eichel tied it with 1:34 left on a long flip that took an odd hop past Nedeljkovic seconds after William Eklund missed two empty-net chances, including a Shea Theodore goal-line stop.
- San Jose had led 3-2 on Philipp Kurashev’s third-period deflection, with Alexander Wennberg scoring on a 5-on-3 and Jeff Skinner recording his 700th NHL point.
- Pavel Dorofeyev scored his fourth goal in two games and Brett Howden added one for Vegas, as Akira Schmid started the back-to-back and made 20 saves.
- Noah Hanifin was out day-to-day with Ben Hutton stepping in, and the result moved Vegas to 1-0-1 and San Jose to 0-0-1 ahead of Saturday’s games against Seattle and Anaheim.