Reilly Smith scored at 1:24 of overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights rallied for a 4-3 victory at San Jose on Thursday night, spoiling the Sharks' season opener.

The winning goal came after San Jose goalie Alex Nedeljkovic skated to the blue line to try and clear the puck. His pass was blocked by Smith and caromed to Shea Theodore, who passed it back to a wide-open Smith for a tap-in into the vacated net.

Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist for Vegas, which improved to 15-0-3 all-time in regular-season games played at San Jose. Pavel Dorofeyev and Brett Howden also scored, Mark Stone logged two assists and Akira Schmid made 20 saves for the Golden Knights, who improved to 28-2-5 all-time against the Sharks.

Vegas was coming off a 6-5 shootout defeat against the visiting Los Angeles King

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