The San Jose Sharks were forced to play with five defensemen tonight, and the Pittsburgh Penguins capitalized as they won 6-3.
The San Jose Sharks were forced to play with five defensemen tonight, and the Pittsburgh Penguins capitalized as they won 6-3 on Thursday night.
Due to Jan Rutta's injury and Jacob MacDonald's sickness, San Jose was forced to play with 13 forwards.
San Jose got goals from Fabian Zetterlund, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, and Klim Kostin. Magnus Chrona stopped 25 shots.
Pittsburgh got goals from Noel Acciari, Evgeni Malkin, and John Ludvig. Tristan Jarry made 29 saves.
It almost got worse for the Sharks as Mikael Granlund looked like he sustained a severe injury to his leg in the second period. He returned right away and got the primary assist on Kostin's goal.
Mario Ferraro and Henry Thrun led the Sharks in ice time. Ferraro had 27:05, and Thrun had 24:48.
Former Sharks' defenseman Erik Karlsson finished with one assist.
Noel Acciari deflects an Erik Karlsson shot from the point to give the Penguins the lead in the first period. It was Acciari's 4th goal of the season.
Fabian Zetterlund scored his 17th goal of the season as he cleaned up the trash in front of the net after creating space off a rebound.
Good things happen when you throw the puck at the net. Marc-Edouard Vlasic scores his 6th goal of the season after he flung the puck at the goal and hit a defenseman in front.
Jeff Carter scored his ninth goal of the season to tie it at two. Justin Bailey broke his stick and lost his man, who was headed to the net.
Evgeni Malkin scored his 19th goal of the season after he found the puck on the side of the net and slid it under Chrona, off his leg, and into the net.
Klim Kostin scored his first goal as a Sharks player to tie the game at three. Mikael Granlund got the primary assist despite looking like his season was over due to an injury just moments before.
John Ludvig scored his second career NHL goal to give the Penguins a 4-3 lead.
Rickard Rakell deflected the puck in the net off his leg for his 10th goal of the season.
Bryan Rust made it 6-3 with an empty net goal.
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