🦈 Away Sharks 17-14-1
5–8
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 17-8-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦈 SJS 1135
🐧 PIT 6028

Sharks at Penguins

Penguins beat Sharks 8–5 at PPG Paints Arena on January 2, 2022.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2021-22 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Bryan Rust
3 G, 2 A
5 shots · 18:33 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Evan Rodrigues
3 G
6 shots · 17:52 TOI
3rd star 🦈 SJS
Timo Meier
3 A
2 shots · 18:45 TOI

🚨 Scoring

13 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Evan Rodrigues Go-ahead 1st · 01:03
Assists: Marcus Pettersson, Danton Heinen · beat James Reimer
0–1
🐧 Jake Guentzel 1st · 03:12
Assists: Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby · beat James Reimer
0–2
🐧 Evan Rodrigues 1st · 04:11
Assists: Danton Heinen, Dominik Simon · beat James Reimer
0–3
🐧 Bryan Rust 1st · 06:09
Assists: Kris Letang, Brian Dumoulin · beat James Reimer
0–4
🦈 Alexander Barabanov 1st · 15:33
Assists: Timo Meier, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · beat Casey DeSmith
1–4
🐧 Kasper Bjorkqvist 1st · 16:29
Assists: Radim Zohorna, Sam Lafferty · beat James Reimer
1–5
🐧 Bryan Rust 1st · 19:32
Assists: John Marino, Marcus Pettersson · beat James Reimer
1–6
2nd period
🦈 Brent Burns PP 2nd · 14:27
Assists: Nick Bonino, Noah Gregor · beat Casey DeSmith
2–6
3rd period
🦈 Matt Nieto 3rd · 00:20
Assists: Jake Middleton, Andrew Cogliano · beat Casey DeSmith
3–6
🦈 Jake Middleton 3rd · 03:01
Assists: Erik Karlsson, Timo Meier · beat Casey DeSmith
4–6
🦈 Logan Couture 3rd · 04:09
Assists: Timo Meier · beat Casey DeSmith
5–6
🐧 Evan Rodrigues PP 3rd · 17:59
Assists: Kris Letang, Bryan Rust · beat Zach Sawchenko
5–7
🐧 Bryan Rust Empty net 3rd · 19:49
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel
5–8

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦈Sharks
L1 Hertl · Couture · Meier 18:45
L2 Gregor · Barabanov · Bonino 16:27
L3 Nieto · Dahlen · Cogliano 14:22
L4 Viel · Gadjovich · Pederson 10:20
D1 Karlsson · Burns 25:21
D2 Middleton · Vlasic 19:02
D3 Simek · Meloche 14:29
🐧Penguins
L1 Guentzel · Crosby · Rust 19:39
L2 McGinn · Rodrigues · Simon 16:11
L3 O'Connor · Heinen · Aston-Reese 14:39
L4 Zohorna · Lafferty · Bjorkqvist 8:54
D1 Letang · Dumoulin 26:51
D2 Marino · Matheson 17:13
D3 Ruhwedel · Pettersson 14:50

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦈SJS PIT🐧
27 Shots on goal 39
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
51 Hits 32
12 Blocked shots 9
4 Takeaways 3
2 Giveaways 4
6 Penalty minutes 4
SJS shooting 18.5% (5/27) PIT shooting 20.5% (8/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦈Sharks
Zach Sawchenko
20/21
.952 SV% · 1 GA · 38:32 TOI
James Reimer
11/17
.647 SV% · 6 GA · 20:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Casey DeSmith
22/27
.815 SV% · 5 GA · 59:40 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

13 of 13 goals located
Evan Rodrigues · 1st 01:03 · 0–1 Jake Guentzel · 1st 03:12 · 0–2 Evan Rodrigues · 1st 04:11 · 0–3 Bryan Rust · 1st 06:09 · 0–4 Alexander Barabanov · 1st 15:33 · 1–4 Kasper Bjorkqvist · 1st 16:29 · 1–5 Bryan Rust · 1st 19:32 · 1–6 Brent Burns · 2nd 14:27 · 2–6 Matt Nieto · 3rd 00:20 · 3–6 Jake Middleton · 3rd 03:01 · 4–6 Logan Couture · 3rd 04:09 · 5–6 Evan Rodrigues · 3rd 17:59 · 5–7 Bryan Rust · 3rd 19:49 · 5–8
SJS PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 2–6
Sharks
Sharks: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Feb 292020 🐧PIT @ 🦈SJS 0–5 Jan 22020 🦈SJS @ 🐧PIT 3–2 OT Feb 212019 🦈SJS @ 🐧PIT 4–0 Jan 152019 🐧PIT @ 🦈SJS 2–5 Jan 302018 🦈SJS @ 🐧PIT 2–5
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❓ SJS vs PIT, answered

Who won Sharks vs Penguins on January 2, 2022?

Penguins won 8–5. The final score was Sharks 5, Penguins 8.

Who scored for Sharks?

Alexander Barabanov, Brent Burns, Jake Middleton, Logan Couture, Matt Nieto.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bryan Rust (3), Evan Rodrigues (3), Jake Guentzel, Kasper Bjorkqvist.

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Zach Sawchenko made 20 saves on 21 shots (.952 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Casey DeSmith made 22 saves on 27 shots (.815 save percentage).

Where is Sharks vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Sharks vs Penguins season series?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦈 Sharks
BeforeDec 30 🔔PHI @ 🦈SJS 2–3 AfterJan 4 🦈SJS @ 🐙DET 2–6
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 19 🐧PIT @ 😈NJD 3–2 AfterJan 5 🎵STL @ 🐧PIT 3–5
Also on January 2
⚡TBL 0–4 🗽NYR 🐻BOS 5–1 🐙DET 😈NJD 4–3 🦅WSH 🦆ANA 2–4 🏔️COL ✈️WPG 5–4 🎰VGK 🔥CGY 5–1 🪶CHI
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