San Jose Sharks at Pittsburgh Penguins
· PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh · Regular Season · Final
Final score
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 8–5 on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at home.
Goals by period
Goals by period, San Jose Sharks at Pittsburgh Penguins
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| San Jose Sharks |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins |
6 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, San Jose Sharks at Pittsburgh Penguins
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| San Jose Sharks |
10 |
7 |
10 |
27 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins |
17 |
8 |
14 |
39 |
Three stars
- E. Rodrigues, Pittsburgh Penguins (3 goals)
- B. Rust, Pittsburgh Penguins (3 goals, 2 assists)
- Z. Sawchenko, San Jose Sharks (goaltender)
Scoring summary
Every goal, San Jose Sharks at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Goal |
Assists |
Type |
Score |
| 1st |
01:03 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Evan Rodrigues (11) |
Marcus Pettersson (7), Danton Heinen (6) |
Even strength |
SJS 0, PIT 1 |
| 1st |
03:12 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Jake Guentzel (16) |
Bryan Rust (8), Sidney Crosby (15) |
Even strength |
SJS 0, PIT 2 |
| 1st |
04:11 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Evan Rodrigues (12) |
Danton Heinen (7), Dominik Simon (5) |
Even strength |
SJS 0, PIT 3 |
| 1st |
06:09 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Bryan Rust (3) |
Kris Letang (20), Brian Dumoulin (6) |
Even strength |
SJS 0, PIT 4 |
| 1st |
15:33 |
San Jose Sharks |
Alexander Barabanov (5) |
Timo Meier (19), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (7) |
Even strength |
SJS 1, PIT 4 |
| 1st |
16:29 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Kasper Bjorkqvist (1) |
Radim Zohorna (1), Sam Lafferty (2) |
Even strength |
SJS 1, PIT 5 |
| 1st |
19:32 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Bryan Rust (4) |
John Marino (12), Marcus Pettersson (8) |
Even strength |
SJS 1, PIT 6 |
| 2nd |
14:27 |
San Jose Sharks |
Brent Burns (4) |
Nick Bonino (1), Noah Gregor (5) |
Power play |
SJS 2, PIT 6 |
| 3rd |
00:20 |
San Jose Sharks |
Matt Nieto (2) |
Jake Middleton (5), Andrew Cogliano (7) |
Even strength |
SJS 3, PIT 6 |
| 3rd |
03:01 |
San Jose Sharks |
Jake Middleton (3) |
Erik Karlsson (14), Timo Meier (20) |
Even strength |
SJS 4, PIT 6 |
| 3rd |
04:09 |
San Jose Sharks |
Logan Couture (12) |
Timo Meier (21) |
Even strength |
SJS 5, PIT 6 |
| 3rd |
17:59 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Evan Rodrigues (13) |
Kris Letang (21), Bryan Rust (9) |
Power play |
SJS 5, PIT 7 |
| 3rd |
19:49 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Bryan Rust (5) |
Sidney Crosby (16), Jake Guentzel (13) |
Even strength, Empty net |
SJS 5, PIT 8 |
Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.
Team stats
Team stats, San Jose Sharks at Pittsburgh Penguins
| Stat |
San Jose Sharks |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Shots on goal |
27 |
39 |
| Power play |
1 of 2 |
1 of 3 |
| Penalty minutes |
6 |
4 |
| Hits |
51 |
32 |
| Blocked shots |
12 |
9 |
| Giveaways |
2 |
4 |
| Takeaways |
4 |
3 |
| Faceoffs won |
42/64 (65.6%) |
22/64 (34.4%) |
Box score
San Jose Sharks
San Jose Sharks skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 11 A. Cogliano |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
14:13 |
| Number 13 N. Bonino |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
63.6% |
16:35 |
| Number 18 L. Pederson |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
66.7% |
10:20 |
| Number 28 T. Meier |
R |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
|
18:45 |
| Number 39 L. Couture |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
77.8% |
18:32 |
| Number 42 J. Gadjovich |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
09:38 |
| Number 48 T. Hertl |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
68.2% |
19:37 |
| Number 63 J. Viel |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
10:34 |
| Number 73 N. Gregor |
L |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
50% |
16:27 |
| Number 76 J. Dahlen |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
14:22 |
| Number 83 M. Nieto |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
14:22 |
| Number 94 A. Barabanov |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
15:29 |
| Number 21 J. Middleton |
D |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
21:37 |
| Number 44 M. Vlasic |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
16:26 |
| Number 51 R. Simek |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
15:36 |
| Number 53 N. Meloche |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
13:22 |
| Number 65 E. Karlsson |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
26:53 |
| Number 88 B. Burns |
D |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
23:49 |
San Jose Sharks goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 36 Z. Sawchenko |
21 |
20 |
1 |
.952 |
38:32 |
|
| Number 47 J. Reimer |
17 |
11 |
6 |
.647 |
20:00 |
Loss |
Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 9 E. Rodrigues |
C |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
52.9% |
17:52 |
| Number 10 D. O'Connor |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
25% |
14:57 |
| Number 12 Z. Aston-Reese |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
|
14:39 |
| Number 17 B. Rust |
R |
3 |
2 |
5 |
+3 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
18:33 |
| Number 18 S. Lafferty |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
09:31 |
| Number 20 K. Bjorkqvist |
R |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
08:54 |
| Number 23 B. McGinn |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
16:11 |
| Number 43 D. Heinen |
L |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
14:15 |
| Number 49 D. Simon |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
15:32 |
| Number 59 J. Guentzel |
C |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
20:06 |
| Number 67 R. Zohorna |
L |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
33.3% |
08:27 |
| Number 87 S. Crosby |
C |
0 |
2 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
32.1% |
19:39 |
| Number 2 C. Ruhwedel |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
15:13 |
| Number 5 M. Matheson |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
16:06 |
| Number 6 J. Marino |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
18:20 |
| Number 8 B. Dumoulin |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
24:37 |
| Number 28 M. Pettersson |
D |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
14:27 |
| Number 58 K. Letang |
D |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
29:05 |
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 1 C. DeSmith |
27 |
22 |
5 |
.815 |
59:40 |
Win |
Penalties
Penalties, San Jose Sharks at Pittsburgh Penguins
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Player |
Infraction |
Minutes |
| 2nd |
12:31 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Dominik Simon |
Hooking |
2 |
| 2nd |
17:18 |
San Jose Sharks |
Radim Simek |
Holding |
2 |
| 3rd |
07:11 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Dominik Simon |
Hooking |
2 |
| 3rd |
07:25 |
San Jose Sharks |
Logan Couture |
Hooking |
2 |
| 3rd |
17:08 |
San Jose Sharks |
Matt Nieto |
Hooking |
2 |
Game information
- San Jose Sharks head coach
- Bob Boughner
- Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
- Mike Sullivan
- Referees
- Graham Skilliter, Mitch Dunning
- Linesmen
- Bevan Mills, Dan Kelly
- San Jose Sharks scratches
- Jaycob Megna, Adin Hill, Jasper Weatherby
- Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
- Teddy Blueger, Mark Friedman, Anthony Angello
Other NHL games on Jan 2
Other NHL games on Sunday, January 2, 2022
| Matchup |
Status |
Details |
 Tampa Bay Lightning
0
 at New York Rangers
4
|
Final
|
Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers, Sun, Jan 2, 2022
|
 Boston Bruins
5
 at Detroit Red Wings
1
|
Final
|
Game page: Boston Bruins at Detroit Red Wings, Sun, Jan 2, 2022
|
 New Jersey Devils
4
 at Washington Capitals
3
|
Final/OT
|
Game page: New Jersey Devils at Washington Capitals, Sun, Jan 2, 2022
|
 Anaheim Ducks
2
 at Colorado Avalanche
4
|
Final
|
Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Colorado Avalanche, Sun, Jan 2, 2022
|
 Winnipeg Jets
5
 at Vegas Golden Knights
4
|
Final/OT
|
Game page: Winnipeg Jets at Vegas Golden Knights, Sun, Jan 2, 2022
|
 Calgary Flames
5
 at Chicago Blackhawks
1
|
Final
|
Game page: Calgary Flames at Chicago Blackhawks, Sun, Jan 2, 2022
|
Sources and further reading
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