PITTSBURGH – The San Jose Sharks needed a solid effort from across the bench and got it.
Joe Pavelski finally found the back of the net with an empty net goal to seal the win.
“We’re alive,” Joe Pavelski said. 
Martin Jones stopped 44 shots to keep the Sharks’ hopes alive.
“This team hasn’t quit all year and we’re not going to start now,” Jones said on the ice after the game. “There’s still a long way to go, it’s going to be an uphill battle, but we’re going to fight till the very end.”
Melker Karlsson, Brent Burns and Logan Couture also scored for the Sharks.
Matt Murray made 18 saves in the loss.
“I felt like I was on top of things tonight, to be honest,” said Murray, who made 18 saves. “They kind of fanned on the [third] one. I probably could’ve played [Brent] Burns’ goal a little bit better. I felt really good. I felt like I was on top of it. I was great in the second and third, I thought. I made some good saves.”
Game 6 is at SAP Center in San Jose on Sunday (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, TVA Sports).
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