Penguins Sharks Hockey

Ben Kindel scored in regulation and had the lone shootout goal and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 after blowing a late two-goal lead. San Jose star Macklin Celebrini scored with 8:28 left, and set up Mason Marchment’s tying goal with 4:11 remaining. Pittsburgh then survived a San Jose power play for the final 43 seconds of overtime after Kris Letang was sent off for holding Sam Dickinson’s stick. Sergei Murashov made 34 saves through overtime, then ended the tiebreaker by stopping Will Smith in the third round. Kindel scored on the first attempt of the shootout. Samuel Girard opened the scoring for Pittsburgh at 8:57 of the first period, and Kindel connected on a power play at 3:28 of the third.