{"id":482606,"date":"2026-10-02T09:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482606\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:20:07","slug":"san-jose-hosts-los-angeles-after-smiths-2-goal-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482606\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose hosts Los Angeles after Smith’s 2-goal game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Kings<\/a> (0-1, in the Pacific Division) vs. San Jose Sharks<\/a> (1-0, in the Pacific Division)<\/p>\n

San Jose, California; Saturday, 10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Sharks host the Los Angeles Kings after Will Smith<\/a> scored two goals in the Sharks’ 4-3 overtime win over the Florida Panthers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

San Jose had a 39-35-8 record overall while going 10-12-4 against opponents from the Pacific Division last season. The Sharks scored 249 total goals last season (3.0 per game on 25.7 shots per game).<\/p>\n

Los Angeles went 10-6-10 in Pacific Division games and had a 35-27-20 record overall last season. The Kings scored 220 total goals last season (38 power-play goals and seven shorthanded goals).<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Sharks: Alex Barre-Boulet<\/a>: out (undisclosed), Kyle Keyser<\/a>: out (upper body), Adam Gaudette<\/a>: out (upper body), Quentin Musty<\/a>: out (upper body).<\/p>\n

Kings: Jakub Dvorak: out (upper-body), Kevin Fiala<\/a>: out (leg), Jan Jenik: out (undisclosed), Otto Salin: out (undisclosed).<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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