Vegas Golden Knights vs San Jose Sharks Prediction, Odds and Picks for Thursday, 10/09/25

The Vegas Golden Knights hit the road for the Bay Area to take on the San Jose Sharks, who are making their season debut. VGK was on the short end of a wild 6-5 shootout loss to the Los Angeles Kings at The Fortress in the opener Wednesday night, spoiling Mitch Marner’s team debut. Pavel Dorofeyev notched the hat trick, picking up a pair of power-play goals, while Jack Eichel had a goal and 3 points and Marner posted a pair of assists. Adin Hill allowed 5 goals on just 26 shots in the shootout loss. Now, with the back-to-back situation, Akira Schmid is expected to make the start in San Jose. Vegas won the final 4 games last season when playing on no rest, and the Golden Knights were an impressive 7-3 in the final 10 games when playing on no rest.

For the Sharks, they’ve dropped 7 in a row against the Golden Knights since Oct. 12, 2023, with VGK outscoring San Jose 35-13 and the under going 4-3. Vegas has covered the puck line in 6 of those victories, too, so even though the Golden Knights are playing on no rest, trust them to get off to a quick start against the Sharks.

Golden Knights vs Sharks prediction: Las Vegas Golden Knights -1.5 (+140) at time of publishing. Playable to +125.

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