In Pittsburgh, the San Jose Sharks’ Tomas Hertl struck twice in the first period ina 4-0 victory over the Penguins.
Martin Jones made 26 saves for the shutout.
Evander Kane scored shorthanded goal in win over Pens – File photo by Jack Lima
“It was a really solid game, start to finish, for us,” Jones said. “So a couple big goals on the power play. The penalty kill was really, really good for us. In the third, we were really solid defensively. So that was huge.”
Evander Kane scored shorthanded for the Sharks in their three-goal first period.
“To me, [shorthanded goals] don’t really feel different,” Pens goalie Casey DeSmith said. “I was pretty happy with the play I made on it. I was kind of all over it and it just ramped up my stick and under my arm, and then off my knob and in, or something crazy. … Obviously, I want to have those for the power-play guys and not give up those shorthanded goals in a game like that when we need the save.”
The Pens dropped to 32-22-7.
“It’s hard to win,” Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan said. “You’re going to have nights where it’s going to go your way. You’re going to have nights, like tonight, where it doesn’t go your way. The most important thing is that we respond the right way to those situations.”
Brent Burns had a goal and two assists,
“It was a good road win for us. It was a tough building against a tough team. We haven’t had a lot of success in here. So we knew it was going to be a hard-fought game and we wanted to get this critical road trip, for us, off on the right foot,” San Jose head coach Peter DeBoer said.
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DeSmith made 29 saves in the loss.
“We gave up one in the first minute there and they scored another couple quick ones,” Sidney Crosby said. “We were down pretty early, but we still had some chances to get back in it through the second and the third. Unfortunately, we didn’t get that first one to get us going and get us back in it.”
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