From the opening draw, it was evident that this game was not going the Sharks' way. The Vegas Golden Knights scored 14 seconds into game courtesy of William Karlsson, and everything went downhill from there. The Sharks gave up three more goals in the opening period and one more early in the second period. They were able to keep the Golden Knights at bay for most of the second and part of the third, but Alex Tuch ended that with his seventh goal of the year.
The Sharks played from behind from the very first shift and were never able to gain any momentum.