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Marc-Edouard Vlasic scores his 6th goal of the season after he flung the puck at the goal and hit a defenseman in front." } }, { "id": "06m6ki6d-0pv2ziji", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/NBCSSharks/status/1768423629858152451", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1768423629858152451", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "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. 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Penguins Pounce On Shorthanded Sharks Team, Win 6-3