The Sharks snap their six-game losing skid, as they bounce back big time by beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1.
The Sharks struck first in the second period, as Mikael Granlund went top corner for his 15th goal of the season, assisted by Will Smith. Near the beginning of the third period, Sidney Crosby scored to tie the game for the Penguins. Soon after, the Sharks responded on Macklin Celebrini’s 16th NHL goal to regain the lead, with an assist from Tyler Toffoli. Later in the third period, the Pens’ Drew O’Connor was awarded a penalty shot after he was hooked by Timothy Liljegren on a breakaway scoring opportunity, but luckily Yaroslav Askarov shut the door on that penalty shot. For a moment, the Penguins had tied the game at two via Michael Bunting, but the Sharks had challenged it for goalie interference and had it successfully overturned.
Yaroslav Askarov returned to form and performed excellently against the Penguins, stopping 31 of 32 shots he faced. In addition, yesterday the Sharks placed Jan Rutta on IR with a lower-body injury and recalled Jack Thompson from the Barracuda.
On top of that, the Sharks revealed their Quarter Century team roster during the first intermission. They are as follows, listed in order of forward line, defensive pair, and goalie:
First Team:
Patrick Marleau - Joe Pavelski - Joe Thornton
Brent Burns - Marc-Eduoard Vlasic
Evgenii Nabokov
Second Team:
Logan Couture - Tomas Hertl - Owen Nolan
Dan Boyle - Erik Karlsson
Martin Jones
There aren’t any surprises in who was named to the Sharks Quarter-Century team. Everyone in the first team was a guaranteed lock, and all of who made the complete roster were who I would have picked to form my Sharks Quarter-Century team as well.
Overall, Team Teal stepped up and got the job done tonight, especially in goaltending and on the penalty kill, to get back in the win column, and it felt amazing. This should certainly help rejuvenate this team from a confidence standpoint heading into their remaining games before the Four Nations Faceoff break. Next up, the Sharks hit the road to Seattle to visit the Kraken on Thursday at 7:30 pm PT, which will be nationally televised on ESPN.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App, San Jose Sharks PR
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