In Pittsburgh, the San Jose Sharks got an overtime goal from Brent Burns with just over two minutes gone n the extra session for a 3-2 win over the Penguins.
“It’s been a battle,” Burns said. “I think doing the right thing for portions of the game and coming out on the short end, it’s not fun. It’s not easy. Guys have been battling. It’s nice to see something go in and see some things happening. Getting a win is obviously 
huge.”
Aaron Dell made 36 saves to backstop the victory.
“That was a solid game for the whole 60 minutes tonight,” Dell said. “I think we showed some desperation. We won the battles. It took a little extra time, but we got it done in the end.”
Both Pens goals were collected by Patric Hornqvist.
“I think, overall, we were the better team,” Hornqvist said. “I think we had more chances. We played really hard for each other, and then in overtime they get a power play. They have good players too, so we have to learn from that. We can’t take a penalty in overtime, but that’s going to happen.”
Tomas Hertl and Logan Couture were the Sharks’ strikers.
“It’s nice to win,” Couture said. “Tough game against a team that’s playing really well. They’ve lost a ton of players and they still play really, really good. [Penguins center Evgeni] Malkin was good. Rest of the guys, young players, played hard. Big win for us. Still room for improvement though.”
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Tristan Jarry made 29 saves in the loss.
“You can’t always get two (points),” Jarry said. “It’s frustrating when you don’t get two. That’s the end result that you want, but we’re happy that we got one tonight and we just keep building on it.”
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