Dallas Stars 5, San Jose Sharks 3: final score and stats
Dallas Stars beat San Jose Sharks, Dallas Stars 5 to San Jose Sharks 3, on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, CA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for San Jose Sharks vs Dallas Stars.
NHLThursday, December 18, 2025
DateDec 18, 2025
Start time10:00 PM ET
VenueSAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, CA
TVESPN+
Attendance15,808
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Stars | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| San Jose Sharks | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Dallas StarsSan Jose Sharks
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
23-7-5Record17-15-3
4th in Central DivisionStanding5th in Pacific Division
4-3Road record / home record4-6
WLWWLLast 5LWLLL
W1StreakL1
Team stats
Dallas StarsSan Jose Sharks
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Dallas Stars
Miro Heiskanen D · Upper Body
OutKyle Capobianco D · Leg
Injured ReserveOskar Back C · Finger - Fracture
Injured ReserveMatt Duchene C · Abdomen
Injured ReserveLuke Krys D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveSan Jose Sharks
Igor Chernyshov LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveQuentin Musty LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveKyle Keyser G · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Dallas Stars Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oskar Back | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:34 | 0:00 | 3:18 | 12:16 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Benn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:44 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Blackwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 10:41 | 0:00 | 2:18 | 8:23 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mavrik Bourque | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:30 | 0:00 | 0:25 | 14:05 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Duchene | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:02 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Radek Faksa | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:57 | 0:00 | 3:11 | 8:46 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roope Hintz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:35 | 0:36 | 0:12 | 13:47 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Hryckowian | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 14:07 | 0:00 | 1:55 | 12:12 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Johnston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:43 | 0:36 | 0:00 | 18:07 | 22 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikko Rantanen | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17:43 | 0:36 | 0:00 | 17:07 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Robertson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:43 | 0:36 | 0:00 | 15:07 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Steel | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 11:09 | 0:00 | 0:40 | 10:29 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Dallas Stars Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Harley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:00 | 0:00 | 0:54 | 21:06 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miro Heiskanen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:48 | 0:36 | 4:15 | 18:57 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Esa Lindell | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25:46 | 0:00 | 5:07 | 20:39 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nils Lundkvist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:54 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | 5 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 15:58 | 0:00 | 1:45 | 14:13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Petrovic | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 14:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:06 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Oettinger | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 34 | .919 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
San Jose Sharks Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Cardwell | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:22 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Macklin Celebrini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:04 | 5:00 | 0:00 | 19:04 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Igor Chernyshov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:39 | 2:27 | 0:00 | 16:12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Dellandrea | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13:31 | 0:11 | 0:36 | 12:44 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 41.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Eklund | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 20:31 | 3:33 | 0:00 | 16:58 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Gaudette | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:46 | 1:00 | 0:00 | 11:46 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Barclay Goodrow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:52 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Collin Graf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:29 | 1:53 | 0:36 | 17:00 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Ostapchuk | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:56 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Reaves | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:36 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Toffoli | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 18:49 | 3:58 | 0:00 | 14:51 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Wennberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 20:59 | 3:31 | 0:00 | 17:28 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 48.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
San Jose Sharks Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Ferraro | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 17:31 | 0:00 | 0:36 | 16:55 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Iorio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:02 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Klingberg | 2 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 26:54 | 4:03 | 0:00 | 22:51 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Timothy Liljegren | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:46 | 2:27 | 0:36 | 17:43 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shakir Mukhamadullin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:53 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Dmitry Orlov | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23:40 | 1:57 | 0:00 | 21:43 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
San Jose Sharks Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .862 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 58:04 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Dallas Stars vs San Jose Sharks?
Dallas Stars won, 5-3, on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
What was the final score of Dallas Stars vs San Jose Sharks?
Dallas Stars 5, San Jose Sharks 3.
Who were the top performers?
Dallas Stars: Wyatt Johnston (2 goals). San Jose Sharks: Collin Graf (2 goals).
Where is Dallas Stars vs San Jose Sharks played?
SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, CA.
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