🐧 Away Penguins 38-18-9
1–2
Final / SO
🦈 Home Sharks 32-26-8
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🐧 PIT 00101
🦈 SJS 10012

Penguins at Sharks

Sharks beat Penguins 2–1 in a shootout at SAP Center at San Jose on March 9, 2015.

🗓 📍 SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose 🏒 2014-15 🔁 Sharks lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦈 SJS
Matt Nieto
1 G
2 shots · 17:00 TOI
2nd star 🦈 SJS
Ben Smith
1 A
08:09 TOI
3rd star 🦈 SJS
Antti Niemi
39 saves
0.975 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦈 Matt Nieto Go-ahead 1st · 19:03
Assists: Chris Tierney, Ben Smith · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–1
3rd period
🐧 Sidney Crosby Tying 3rd · 07:22
Assists: David Perron, Kris Letang · beat Antti Niemi
1–1
Shootout
🦈 Tommy Wingels Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted
1–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Hornqvist 20:42
L2 Kunitz · Perron · Comeau 17:50
L3 Winnik · Sutter · Spaling 12:30
L4 Lapierre · Downie · Bennett 9:28
D1 Letang · Pouliot 26:13
D2 Martin · Scuderi 20:50
D3 Lovejoy · Cole 16:20
🦈Sharks
L1 Pavelski · Marleau · Couture 22:12
L2 Nieto · Thornton · Wingels 17:00
L3 Karlsson · Hertl · Tierney 13:55
L4 Scott · Goodrow · Smith 8:09
D1 Braun · Vlasic 25:24
D2 Burns · Dillon 20:52
D3 Mueller · Hannan 17:12

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT SJS🦈
40 Shots on goal 30
20 Hits 29
17 Blocked shots 27
10 Takeaways 11
17 Giveaways 22
10 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 2.5% (1/40) SJS shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI
🦈Sharks
Antti Niemi
39/40
.975 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located
Matt Nieto · 1st 19:03 · 0–1 Sidney Crosby · 3rd 07:22 · 1–1
PIT SJS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-8-4 (20% win rate, 15 games)
Sharks
Sharks — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 11-3-1 (73% win rate, 15 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-2-4 (0% win rate, 6 games)
Sharks
Sharks — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 9-3-3 (60% win rate, 15 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sharks lead the season series 1–0
Mar 62014 🐧PIT @ 🦈SJS 3–5 Dec 52013 🦈SJS @ 🐧PIT 1–5 Nov 32011 🐧PIT @ 🦈SJS 3–4 SO Feb 232011 🦈SJS @ 🐧PIT 3–2 OT Nov 72009 🐧PIT @ 🦈SJS 0–5
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❓ PIT vs SJS, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sharks on March 9, 2015?

Sharks won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Penguins 1, Sharks 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Sharks?

Matt Nieto.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage).

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Antti Niemi made 39 saves on 40 shots (.975 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Sharks played?

At SAP Center at San Jose in San Jose, the Sharks home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Sharks season series?

Sharks lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 7 🐧PIT @ 👑LAK 1–0 AfterMar 12 🛢️EDM @ 🐧PIT 4–6
🦈 Sharks
BeforeMar 7 🐋VAN @ 🦈SJS 3–2 AfterMar 12 🐯NSH @ 🦈SJS 0–2
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