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2025-26 regular season

Penguins at Sharks

🗓 📍 SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Penguins beat Sharks 3–0 at SAP Center at San Jose on October 18, 2025.

PIT – SJS
27–31
Shots on goal
11–25
Hits
21–14
Blocked shots
4–5
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 15:31 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 19:04 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Tristan Jarry
31 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 2nd · 07:35
Assists: Kris Letang, Rickard Rakell · beat Alex Nedeljkovic
1–0
3rd period
🐧 Anthony Mantha 3rd · 07:02
Assists: Justin Brazeau, Evgeni Malkin · beat Alex Nedeljkovic
2–0
🐧 Evgeni Malkin Empty net 3rd · 19:38
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Erik Karlsson
3–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Rust · Rakell 19:04
L2 Malkin · Acciari · Lizotte 14:39
L3 Dewar · Mantha · Brazeau 13:53
L4 Hallander · Kindel · Novak 12:25
D1 Shea · Letang 21:56
D2 Wotherspoon · Jones 19:35
D3 Karlsson · Brunicke 17:52
🦈Sharks
L1 Eklund · Wennberg · Celebrini 18:24
L2 Toffoli · Skinner · Gaudette 16:17
L3 Kurashev · Smith · Graf 13:53
L4 Dellandrea · Misa · Goodrow 12:56
D1 Ferraro · Orlov 23:45
D2 Desharnais · Leddy 18:46
D3 Dickinson · Iorio 14:55

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT SJS🦈
27 Shots on goal 31
11 Hits 25
21 Blocked shots 14
4 Takeaways 5
20 Giveaways 16
4 Penalty minutes 2
PIT shooting 11.1% (3/27) SJS shooting 0.0% (0/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tristan Jarry Shutout
31/31
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦈Sharks
Alex Nedeljkovic
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 57:32 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Sidney Crosby · 2nd 07:35 · 1–0 Anthony Mantha · 3rd 07:02 · 2–0 Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 19:38 · 3–0
PIT SJS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 1st: 0-1-2 (0% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Sharks
Sharks — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Jan 272025 🐧PIT @ 🦈SJS 1–2 Nov 162024 🦈SJS @ 🐧PIT 3–4 SO Mar 142024 🦈SJS @ 🐧PIT 3–6 Nov 42023 🐧PIT @ 🦈SJS 10–2 Feb 142023 🐧PIT @ 🦈SJS 3–1
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Who won Penguins vs Sharks on October 18, 2025?

Penguins won 3–0. The final score was Penguins 3, Sharks 0.

Who scored for Penguins?

Anthony Mantha, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 31 saves on 31 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 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?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeOct 16 🐧PIT @ 👑LAK 4–2 AfterOct 21 🐋VAN @ 🐧PIT 1–5
🦈 Sharks
BeforeOct 17 🦈SJS @ 🦣UTA 3–6 AfterOct 21 🦈SJS @ 🏝️NYI 3–4
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