Florida Panthers

2ndin Atlantic · 1-0-1, 3 PTS

Ugh, no.

Florida Panthers lost to the San Jose Sharks

1-0-1, 3 PTS 3 – 4

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Final/OT · Thu, Oct 1

Game Details

SAP Center at San Jose (San Jose) · 17,435 fans · NBC Sports BA, ESPN+, Scripps Sports

Highlights

Luca Cagnoni scores in OT in the Sharks' season-opening victory over the Panthers

Luca Cagnoni rocketed a shot off goalie Akira Schmid at 3:14 of overtime and the San Jose Sharks opened the season with a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:49 Mason Marchment scores goal vs. Panthers

0:55 Will Smith scores short-handed goal for San Jose Sharks

0:32 Macklin Celebrini lights the lamp

0:15 Eetu Luostarinen tallies goal vs. Sharks

Clips play on ESPN

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
FLA	0	1	2	0	3
SJ	1	2	0	1	4

Game Leaders

Florida Panthers

San Jose Sharks

Will Smith · 2Goals
Macklin Celebrini · 3Assists
Will Smith · 3Points

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Boston	2	1	0	4
Florida	1	0	2	4
Montreal	1	0	1	3
Ottawa	1	0	0	2
Buffalo	1	1	0	2
Tampa Bay	1	1	0	2
Toronto	1	2	0	2
Detroit	0	2	0	0

2026-27 Pacific Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Edmonton	2	0	1	5
Anaheim	2	0	0	4
San Jose	2	0	0	4
Seattle	2	1	0	4
Vegas	2	1	0	4
Vancouver	2	2	0	4
Los Angeles	0	1	1	1
Calgary	0	3	0	0

Scoring

OT 3:14

Luca Cagnoni Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Will Smith (1), Macklin Celebrini (3)3–4

3rd 5:18

Matthew Tkachuk Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Sam Bennett (1)3–3

3rd 5:01

Eetu Luostarinen Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Dmitry Kulikov (1), Anton Lundell (1)2–3

2nd 17:10

PPG Eetu Luostarinen Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Lars Eller (1), Aaron Ekblad (1)1–3

2nd 10:37

PPG Will Smith Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Macklin Celebrini (2), Luca Cagnoni (1)0–3

2nd 5:52

SHG Will Smith Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Macklin Celebrini (1)0–2

1st 14:20

Mason Marchment Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none0–1

Team Stats

Florida PanthersSan Jose Sharks

Shots & Puck

26 Shots on Goal 32

12 Blocked Shots 21

41 Hits 24

57.4 Faceoff % 42.6

3 Takeaways 9

15 Giveaways 20

Special Teams

1/6 Power Play 1/4

0 Short-Handed Goals 1

18 Penalty Minutes 22

Box Score

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
A. Barkov	0	0	0	1	9:15	0	1	1	3:03	0:00	6:12	11	0	3	3	50.0	0	0
S. Bennett	0	1	0	1	20:49	2	3	0	3:39	0:00	17:10	25	0	5	5	50.0	2	1
L. Eller	0	1	0	2	14:57	0	1	1	0:15	1:53	12:49	21	0	8	7	53.3	2	0
G. Hathaway	0	0	0	0	6:03	0	3	0	0:00	1:51	4:12	12	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
B. Imama	0	0	0	0	5:16	0	5	0	0:00	0:00	5:16	8	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
A. Lundell	0	1	-1	3	20:43	0	3	0	6:23	2:42	11:38	27	3	11	5	68.8	1	0
E. Luostarinen	2	0	0	3	16:28	0	0	1	2:10	1:54	12:24	25	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
S. Reinhart	0	0	0	2	23:33	0	4	1	7:07	1:14	15:12	25	4	2	3	40.0	0	0
M. Tkachuk	1	0	0	2	22:47	0	2	1	9:10	0:00	13:37	20	3	0	0	0.0	1	0
B. Tkachuk	0	0	-2	4	19:37	5	5	1	6:34	0:20	12:43	24	2	2	0	100.0	0	1
C. Verhaeghe	0	0	0	0	17:14	0	1	0	2:52	0:00	14:22	23	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
S. Vilmanis	0	0	0	2	12:19	0	4	0	0:06	0:00	12:13	17	2	0	0	0.0	1	0

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
U. Balinskis	0	0	1	12:52	7	3	1	0	0:00	0:00	12:52	19	0	0	2
A. Ekblad	1	-1	0	21:33	0	0	0	0	3:32	3:43	14:18	28	1	1	0
R. Gudas	0	1	1	13:31	0	4	3	0	0:00	1:17	12:14	20	1	1	0
S. Jones	0	-1	2	27:43	2	0	1	1	7:10	1:55	18:38	28	4	1	1
D. Kulikov	1	1	0	17:28	0	1	1	0	0:03	2:20	15:05	22	0	1	0
N. Mikkola	0	0	2	22:42	2	1	0	2	0:11	2:21	20:10	29	1	4	1

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
A. Schmid	28	32	4	.875	63:14	19	7	2	0

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
M. Celebrini	0	3	1	7	22:57	0	0	1	1	5:19	2:06	15:32	25	2	6	6	50.0	1	0
I. Chernyshov	0	0	-1	1	12:13	0	0	1	2	3:37	0:00	8:36	17	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
B. Goodrow	0	0	0	0	14:09	0	1	1	1	0:00	5:31	8:38	19	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
C. Graf	0	0	0	0	16:48	5	1	1	0	0:00	3:11	13:37	21	1	1	3	25.0	0	1
M. Marchment	1	0	0	4	12:44	2	3	0	1	0:29	0:00	12:15	19	1	0	1	0.0	1	1
M. Misa	0	0	-1	4	11:34	0	1	0	0	0:56	0:00	10:38	16	0	5	6	45.5	1	0
Z. Ostapchuk	0	0	0	0	11:29	0	0	2	0	0:00	3:35	7:54	18	0	0	7	0.0	1	0
K. Sherwood	0	0	0	1	14:01	4	8	0	0	0:00	2:54	11:07	20	4	0	0	0.0	1	1
W. Smith	2	1	2	3	20:09	0	1	0	0	5:19	0:41	14:09	24	1	0	0	0.0	2	0
I. Stenberg	0	0	0	0	13:35	0	0	0	1	0:29	0:00	13:06	16	1	1	0	100.0	0	0
T. Toffoli	0	0	-1	1	9:24	0	0	0	0	0:29	0:00	8:55	13	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
A. Wennberg	0	0	1	3	21:44	0	1	1	0	4:52	2:51	14:01	29	0	10	8	55.6	0	0

Defense

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
N. Allan	0	0	1	1	20:44	0	2	1	1	0:00	5:54	14:50	27	2	1	0
L. Cagnoni	1	1	1	3	21:17	2	0	3	1	5:19	0:03	15:55	24	2	2	1
M. Kesselring	0	0	0	1	19:46	0	0	1	0	0:00	4:20	15:26	26	0	2	0
D. Nurse	0	0	0	0	17:07	4	2	5	1	0:00	3:04	14:03	24	1	2	2
D. Orlov	0	0	-1	1	17:55	0	1	3	0	0:29	1:34	15:52	23	0	2	0
J. Trouba	0	0	0	2	22:35	5	3	1	0	0:00	6:04	16:31	27	1	3	1

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
Y. Askarov	23	26	3	.885	63:14	15	8	0	0

Injury Report

San Jose Sharks

Adam Gaudette RWInjured Reserve
Alex Barre-Boulet CInjured Reserve
Quentin Musty LWInjured Reserve
Cam Lund CInjured Reserve
Kyle Keyser GInjured Reserve

Florida Panthers

Aaron Ekblad DDay-To-Day
Aleksander Barkov CInjured Reserve
MacKenzie Entwistle RWInjured Reserve
Jonah Gadjovich LWInjured Reserve

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