Reilly Smith scored 1:24 into overtime, and the Golden Knights beat the Sharks 4-3 on Thursday at SAP Center in San Jose, California.

The Knights were fortunate to get the game to overtime, as Jack Eichel scored the tying goal with 1:34 remaining in regulation. Eichel flipped the puck into the offensive zone from the red line, and the puck took a funny bounce past Sharks goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic.

Nedeljkovic misplayed the puck after coming well out of his net in overtime leading to Smith’s winner.

Sharks center Philipp Kurashev deflected a shot by defenseman Dmitry Orlov past Knights goaltender Akira Schmid 2:59 into the third period to put San Jose ahead 3-2.

Pavel Dorofeyev scored his fourth goal in two games, and Brett Howden also scored for the Knights (1-0-1). Schmid started th

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