Penguins Nip Sharks in Shootout, 3-2

The Penguins harpooned the Sharks last night, 3-2, at SAP Center in a game that went to a shootout.

The Pens grabbed the lead at 8:57 of the opening frame, shortly after a penalty (not elbowing) to old friend Jacob Trouba expired. After playing pitch-and-catch with Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin placed a perfect feed on a platter for Sam Girard, who’d hopped over the boards and was racing toward the high slot. Girard stepped into the puck with a full head of steam and laced a slap shot past Sharks goalie Yaroslav Askarov.

Following a scoreless second period that the Sharks generally controlled, Ben Kindel padded our lead to 2-0 with a power-play tally at 3:28 of the third.