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Nov 29, 2025; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Vegas Golden Knights center Tomas Hertl (48) scores on a shot against the San Jose Sharks during the first period at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nTomas Hertl scored two goals and rookie Carl Lindbom made 18 saves to pick up his first NHL win as the Vegas Golden Knights snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n It was the 36th career multi-goal game of Hertl’s career and the first this season. Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist, and Colton Sissons also scored for Vegas, which scored its ninth consecutive win over San Jose while improving to 29-2-5 all-time against the Sharks.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Will Smith scored two goals and William Eklund also scored for San Jose. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 20 of 24 shots.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Smith, playing in his 100th NHL game, gave San Jose a 1-0 lead at the 7:34 mark of the first period when he flicked a wrist shot from near the left faceoff circle past Lindbom’s glove and into the top far corner.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Vegas snapped a streak of three straight games of falling behind 2-0 when Hertl tied it near the end of the period, picking up a loose puck in the slot and then ripping a wrist shot past Nedeljkovic’s blocker side.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Golden Knights built a 4-1 lead in the second period on consecutive goals by Sissons, Marner and Hertl. Sissons tapped in a rebound of a Keegan Kolesar shot at the end of an odd-man rush at the 5:36 mark. Marner circled behind the net and wrapped in a shot around the right post at 7:02 gone. Hertl redirected Marner’s point shot under Nedeljkovic’s pads for a power-play goal at the 12:38 mark.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n But San Jose rallied to cut the lead to 4-3 near the end of the period on a power-play goal by Smith, who one-timed a Kolesar turnover in front of the net, and a breakaway goal by Eklund off an Adam Gaudette pass following a neutral-zone giveaway by Alexander Holtz.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Sharks pulled Nedeljkovic for an extra attacker with 1:45 remaining and the Golden Knights missed a couple of opportunities to seal it with errant empty-net tries by Marner and Brayden McNabb. McNabb then picked up a cross-checking penalty with 34.5 seconds left to give San Jose a 6-on-4 power-play, but Lindbom stopped wrist shots by Alexander Wennberg and Eklund during the final frantic seconds to pick up his first win in seven career starts.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n –Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n