One shot, one goal
Ben Kindel only needed one try. First up in the shootout, he went five-hole on Yaroslav Askarov, and that was enough to give Pittsburgh a 3-2 win in San Jose a few hours ago.
It should never have got that far. The Penguins led 2-0 with under nine minutes to play. Kindel had made it two on a power play early in the third, cleaning up the rebound from an Erik Karlsson point shot. Then the Sharks scored twice in 4:07.
Sergei Murashov kept the door shut after that. He made 34 saves through regulation and overtime and turned away all three San Jose shooters in the tiebreaker, in his first career game against the Sharks.
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Celebrini joins a short list
San Jose’s comeback ran through its captain. Macklin Celebrini snapped a shot under Murashov’s glove at 11:32 of the third, then fed Mason Marchment across the crease at 15:49 to tie it. Marchment’s goal was his fifth this season and the 100th of his career.
Celebrini’s goal carried more weight. At 20, he became just the 14th player in NHL history to hit 200 career points before his 21st birthday.
The Sharks still lost for the sixth time in seven games (1-5-1). They are 4-5-1 at home. Askarov stopped 33 shots.
Malkin and Letang keep climbing
Samuel Girard opened the scoring in the first period with a point shot through traffic. Evgeni Malkin took the primary assist, his 149th on a game-opening goal, which ties Henrik Sedin for fourth among players born outside North America. Kris Letang picked up the other helper and now has 816 career points, one behind Victor Hedman for eighth among defensemen with a single NHL franchise.
Pittsburgh needed this. It was only their second win in seven games (2-4-1), and they are 3-7-1 on the road. The teams meet again in Pittsburgh on December 6.
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