The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 in a shootout on Wednesday night at SAP Center at San Jose, with Sergei Murashov making 34 saves.
Samuel Girard opened the scoring at 8:57 of the first period, with assists from Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang. Ben Kindel made it 2-0 on the power play at 3:28 of the third period. Macklin Celebrini pulled the Sharks within 2-1 at 11:32 of the third period. Mason Marchment tied it 2-2 at 15:49 of the third period.
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Neither team scored in overtime, and Pittsburgh won the shootout.
For Pittsburgh, Girard and Kindel each scored, and Murashov stopped 34 of 36 shots.
For San Jose, Celebrini had a goal and an assist, Marchment scored, and Yaroslav Askarov stopped 33 of 35 shots.
San Jose outshot Pittsburgh 36-35. Pittsburgh went 1 for 3 on the power play, and San Jose went 0 for 5. The Penguins improved to 7-10-2. The Sharks dropped to 8-11-2.
The Penguins sit 14th in the Eastern Conference. The Sharks are 11th in the Western Conference.
The Penguins are back in action when they host the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Sharks are back in action when they visit the Utah Mammoth on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 9:00 p.m. ET.
