San Jose Sharks @ Pittsburgh Penguins

17-15-1, 8-8-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Sharks SJ	1	1	3	5
Penguins PIT	6	0	2	8

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsPIT

18-8-5, 9-5-2 Home

San Jose Sharks


forwards
Alexander BarabanovA. Barabanov#94
Nick BoninoN. Bonino#13
Andrew CoglianoA. Cogliano#11
Logan CoutureL. Couture#39
Jonathan DahlenJ. Dahlen#76
Jonah GadjovichJ. Gadjovich#42
Noah GregorN. Gregor#73
Tomas HertlT. Hertl#48
Timo MeierT. Meier#28
Matt NietoM. Nieto#83
Lane PedersonL. Pederson#18
Jeffrey VielJ. Viel#63
defensemen
Brent BurnsB. Burns#88
Erik KarlssonE. Karlsson#65
Nicolas MelocheN. Meloche#53
Jake MiddletonJ. Middleton#21
Radim SimekR. Simek#51
Marc-Edouard VlasicM. Vlasic#44

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	-2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	23	15:29	0:45	0:00	14:44	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	26	16:35	0:45	1:07	14:43	14	8	63.6
0	1	-1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	24	14:13	0:00	1:30	12:43	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	6	1	0	27	18:32	1:25	1:01	16:06	7	2	77.8
0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	14:22	1:25	0:00	12:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	14	9:38	0:00	0:00	9:38	0	0	0.0
0	1	-3	0	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	24	16:27	0:45	0:57	14:45	2	2	50.0
0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	26	19:37	1:25	0:57	17:15	15	7	68.2
0	3	0	2	3	1	0	0	8	1	0	28	18:45	1:25	0:00	17:20	0	0	0.0
1	0	-2	3	1	1	1	2	4	0	0	22	14:22	0:00	0:38	13:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	16	10:20	0:45	0:00	9:35	4	2	66.7
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	15	10:34	0:00	0:00	10:34	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	-2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	30	23:49	1:03	1:25	21:21	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	31	26:53	1:07	1:40	24:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	20	13:22	0:00	0:00	13:22	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	30	21:37	0:00	2:01	19:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	25	15:36	0:00	0:00	15:36	0	0	0.0
0	1	-3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	16:26	0:00	1:04	15:22	0	0	0.0

goalies
Zach SawchenkoZ. Sawchenko#36
James ReimerJ. Reimer#47

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
21	1	20	.952	17	0	3	0	0	38:32	0
17	6	11	.647	11	0	0	0	0	20:00	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Zachary Aston-ReeseZ. Aston-Reese#12
Kasper BjorkqvistK. Bjorkqvist#20
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Danton HeinenD. Heinen#43
Sam LaffertyS. Lafferty#18
Brock McGinnB. McGinn#23
Drew O'ConnorD. O'Connor#10
Evan RodriguesE. Rodrigues#9
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Dominik SimonD. Simon#49
Radim ZohornaR. Zohorna#67
defensemen
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
John MarinoJ. Marino#6
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#5
Marcus PetterssonM. Pettersson#28
Chad RuhwedelC. Ruhwedel#2

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	21	14:39	0:00	0:36	14:03	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	8:54	0:00	0:36	8:18	0	0	0.0
0	2	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	28	19:39	2:26	0:00	17:13	9	19	32.1
1	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	20:06	2:26	0:00	17:40	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	14:15	0:39	0:00	13:36	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	16	9:31	0:00	1:20	8:11	0	4	0.0
0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	22	16:11	0:00	1:34	14:37	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	14:57	0:39	0:00	14:18	2	6	25.0
3	0	0	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	23	17:52	2:12	0:14	15:26	9	8	52.9
3	2	3	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	27	18:33	2:12	0:00	16:21	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	21	15:32	0:53	0:00	14:39	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	8:27	0:00	0:00	8:27	2	4	33.3
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	29	24:37	0:00	1:34	23:03	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	28	29:05	2:26	0:36	26:03	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	25	18:20	0:53	0:50	16:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	22	16:06	0:39	0:00	15:27	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	20	14:27	0:00	0:00	14:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	20	15:13	0:00	1:20	13:53	0	0	0.0

goalies
Casey DeSmithC. DeSmith#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	5	22	.815	21	1	0	0	0	59:40	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Sharks	1	1	3	5
	Penguins	6	0	2	8

1st Period		SJ	PIT
1:03	Evan Rodrigues (11) Assists: Marcus Pettersson (7), Danton Heinen (6)	0	1
3:12	Jake Guentzel (16) Assists: Sidney Crosby (15), Bryan Rust (8)	0	2
4:11	Evan Rodrigues (12) Assists: Danton Heinen (7), Dominik Simon (5)	0	3
6:09	Bryan Rust (3) Assists: Brian Dumoulin (6), Kris Letang (20)	0	4
15:33	Alexander Barabanov (5) Assists: Timo Meier (19), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (7)	1	4
16:29	Kasper Bjorkqvist (1) Assists: Radim Zohorna (1), Sam Lafferty (2)	1	5
19:32	Bryan Rust (4) Assists: John Marino (12), Marcus Pettersson (8)	1	6

2nd Period			SJ	PIT
14:27		Brent Burns (4) (Power Play) Assists: Noah Gregor (5), Nick Bonino (1)	2	6

3rd Period		SJ	PIT
0:20	Matt Nieto (2) Assists: Jake Middleton (5), Andrew Cogliano (7)	3	6
3:01	Jake Middleton (3) Assists: Erik Karlsson (14), Timo Meier (20)	4	6
4:09	Logan Couture (12) Assists: Timo Meier (21)	5	6
17:59	Evan Rodrigues (13) (Power Play) Assists: Kris Letang (21), Bryan Rust (9)	5	7
19:49	Bryan Rust (5) (Empty Net) Assists: Jake Guentzel (13), Sidney Crosby (16)	5	8

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 1-0

Sharks
5
Penguins
8

Game 1

2/1

Penguins
2
Sharks
1

Game 2

16/1

PPG Paints Arena

6:00 PM, 2 January 2022

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 18,066

Referees:
Graham Skilliter
Mitch Dunning

Linesmen:
Bevan Mills

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	17	8	10	44
Anaheim	21	14	2	44
Edmonton	19	13	6	44
Los Angeles	15	12	9	39
San Jose	17	17	3	37
Seattle	15	14	6	36
Calgary	15	18	4	34
Vancouver	15	18	3	33

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	22	11	3	47
Philadelphia	19	10	7	45
NY Islanders	20	13	4	44
Washington	19	13	5	43
NY Rangers	19	16	4	42
New Jersey	20	16	1	41
Pittsburgh	15	12	9	39
Columbus	15	15	6	36

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San Jose Sharks @ Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 1-0

Game Information

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

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