Vegas Golden Knights vs San Jose Sharks Prediction, 10/9/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Vegas Golden Knights vs San Jose Sharks

Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025

Location: SAP Center in San Jose, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Golden Knights (-196) Sharks (+162)

The San Jose Sharks (20-50-12 last season) will play the Vegas Golden Knights (50-22-10 last year) at SAP Center on Thursday. The odds on this game have the Golden Knights at -196 while the Sharks are sitting at +162. The betting total comes in at 6.

The Vegas Golden Knights will look to clean up some issues after taking a 1-0 defeat against the Oilers in their previous game. The Golden Knights didn't have a great showing offensively in this defeat. In the outing, they ended the night with no scores out of the 24 shots they put on goal. In addition, they had 1 power play try but weren't able to score. Vegas amassed 4 minutes in the box in this matchup.

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In the matter of their goal scoring prowess, the Vegas Golden Knights notched 274 goals (5th in the NHL) in the previous season and gave up 214. For last season, they tallied 110 points and their points percentage finished at .671. Vegas accounted for 187 power play opportunities and scored 53 goals during those advantages, garnering them a percentage of 28.34%. While at even strength, the Golden Knights allowed 173 goals while earning 221. Vegas took 2,482 shots and held a shooting percentage of 11.0%. The Golden Knights had 2,141 shots taken against them and held a save percentage of .900. Vegas Golden Knights opposition had 169 power play tries (32nd in professional hockey) and had a total of 41 goals in those chances.

Protecting the goal for this matchup will be Adin Hill. For his career, Hill has earned 92 quality starts and his quality starts percentage sits at .532. He has a save percentage of .909 in his 7,542 mins guarding the cage. Hill has had 4,965 shots against him and has accrued 4,513 saves. The opposition has racked up 452 goals versus Hill in his pro hockey career and his goals against average is 3.60. He has a mark of 96-64-13 and he has gotten the start in 173 games. Hill has been in net for 186 matchups throughout his hockey career.

In their last game, San Jose faced the Oilers in an outing where the Sharks took a loss by a mark of 3-0. They had 2 power play opportunities in this one but weren't able to finish one of them with a goal. The Sharks converted 0 goals out of the 18 shots on goal they were seeking.

Last year, the San Jose Sharks tallied 208 goals, 52 points, in addition to a points percentage of .317. They allowed 310 goals to be scored by way of 244 goals at even strength and 66 goals while they were shorthanded. The Sharks racked up 166 goals at even strength and 42 goals (25th in pro hockey) while on the power play. They had a tally of 226 power play opportunities and they have a power play percentage of 18.58%. San Jose attempted 2,203 shots (27th in the NHL) and had a shooting percentage of 9.44%, while allowing the opposition 2,606 shots. They recorded a penalty kill percentage of 74.22% on their opposition's 256 opportunities on the power play, and their save percentage was 88.1%.

For the opposition you will find Yaroslav Askarov between the pipes. Askarov is the owner of a career mark of 5-7-2 and has been in net for 16 contests. Askarov's quality start rate comes out to 57.1% and he has qualified for 8 quality starts in his pro hockey career. He has recorded 384 stops out of 427 shots taken, giving him a save % of .899. The opposition is averaging 15.27 goals/game and he has relinquished 43 goals overall. He got the starting nod in 14 contests and his ice time sits at 169 mins.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy's Pick: Take Vegas (-196)

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