2 announcements before puck drop tonight. 1) Our Discord server is open for new members now until Wednesday. We only open it a few times a year, so now is a great time to join. https://t.co/8xqWTScPkG 2) SinBingo remains open. If you haven't requested your card, do it.

Excellent job blocking shots by the VGK PK there. Bunch of different players used on that one too.

Thrilled to have award winning photographer @John_Winkopp join our Interplanetary Life Event! 20 industry experts cover everything from Propulsion to Food Production, and our iLife Gallery, first in an ongoing series, will feature 12 of John's best shots. 1 of 12...

William Karlsson's career high in PIM is 22. He has 4 in 4 periods so far this year. That one seemed extremely soft.

Marner is going to give Stone a run for his money for most takeaways deep in the opposing zone. That one was nasty on Orlov.

Puck management issues have been a bit of an issue. Really bad giveaway there by Marner. Not the kind of play Cassidy tolerates.

Beautiful take by Howden. Just kept skating towards the goal, no one stopped him, and he stuffs it home. 4th line has been VGK's best tonight. (Which isn't surprising considering the makeup of the 4th line they are playing against)

ESPN+: Brutal

A few moments later, SJS gets three whacks at a puck right out in front of Schmid and VGK have allowed the first goal yet again. All 7 preseason games and now both games to open the regular season. 1-0 SJS

Sharks appear to be looking to throw everything to the net and get bodies there when the puck is arriving. VGK are going to have to be good in front of their own goal.

VGK lineup for the second game of the regular season. Ben Hutton in for Noah Hanifin. Hanifin was injured late in OT last night. Barbashev-Eichel-Marner Saad-Hertl-Dorofeyev Smith-Karlsson-Stone Howden-Sissons-Kolesar McNabb-Theodore Hutton-Whitecloud Lauzon-Korczak Schmid

Akira Schmid leads VGK onto the ice at the SAP Center. Making just his 4th ever start as a Golden Knight.

Kerry Bubolz has departed the VGK organization. He began as the President and COO in 2016 but was moved to a role as "chief civic affairs and government relations officer" this summer. He announced today he is no longer with the organization.

#SJSharks lines at 1st morning skate of regular season, will confirm if Misa or Dickerson will play shortly: Kurashev-Celebrini-Smith Eklund-Wennberg-Toffoli Skinner-Dellandrea-Graf Goodrow-Gaudette-Reaves Leddy-Klingberg Ferraro-Liljegren Orlov-Mukhamadullin

VGK are looking for their 8th consecutive win against San Jose tonight, all as at least -200 favorites. VGK have covered the puckline in 6 of the last 7, however this is the shortest moneyline since March 2023 when VGK lost as -195 favorites. @WilliamHillUS

Those two 3rd period goals from the Eichel, Marner, Barbashev line were so nice, I wrote an entire article breaking them down. Enjoy... https://t.co/g0T3r1Xghp

Let's talk about Opening Night 2025

Eichel, Marner, and Theodore played 4 shifts for at least 2:30 total a piece in OT. More than half of the OT session they were out there. That's gonna end in wins more often than not.

"Take care of the puck better. Cost us 2 maybe 3 goals. That's regular season where people are hunting you harder. The breakdowns are very correctable." -Bruce Cassidy

The Golden Knights are now 141-3-3 when scoring 5 or more goals. The last time they lost when scoring 5+ was on March 9th, 2025... against the Kings. They are 6-1-1 against the Kings, 135-2-2 against everyone else.

Periscope will go live after Cassidy's presser.