San Jose 4, Pittsburgh 0
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 21, 2019
Where: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees:
Gord Dwyer, Pierre Lambert
Linesmen:
Brian Mach, Tyson Baker
Attendance:
18362
By Field Level Media
Goaltender Martin Jones made 26 saves, Tomas Hertl scored twice and the visiting San Jose Sharks rode their special teams to a 4-0 win Thursday against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Hertl's goals came on power plays, and Evander Kane scored short-handed. Brent Burns had a power-play goal and two assists. Kevin Labanc also had two assists.
Jones, who picked up his 29th win, earned his 21st career shutout -- first against the Penguins -- and second this season.
San Jose, which was kicking off a four-game road trip, is 8-1-1 in its past 10 games.
Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 29 saves for Pittsburgh, which had won four of its previous five.
The teams got into a large scrum with 4:36 left in regulation. One of the results was Penguins coach Mike Sullivan being ejected.
The Penguins had several key chances that were thwarted. Among them were a shorthanded breakaway by Matt Cullen when the puck rolled off his stick and a breakaway for Evgeni Malkin coming out of the penalty box, but he was stopped by Jones.
Pittsburgh captain and leading scorer Sidney Crosby had his six-game point streak halted.
After Pittsburgh's Jack Johnson tripped Joonas Donskoi, San Jose capitalized with Hertl's first goal 57 seconds into the first. From a sharp angle, he lifted a rebound of Burns' heavy shot over DeSmith, who was tangled with teammate Kris Letang.
Kane took advantage of a Penguins turnover in the neutral zone for a short-handed breakaway and deposited the puck between DeSmith's pads for a 2-0 lead at 10:01 of the first.
It was the NHL-worst 13th short-handed goal allowed by the Penguins.
With another power play, courtesy of Zach Aston-Reese tripping Kane, the Sharks boosted their lead to 3-0. Hertl notched his second of the game, 28th of the season, at 13:19 of the first when he finished off a low-zone, tic-tac-toe sequence by tapping the puck into a gaping net after DeSmith slid to his right.
Burns made it 4-0 with 3:09 left in regulation with a five-on-three power-play goal.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| San Jose |
|
Pittsburgh |
|
Brent Burns 3 |
Points |
N/A |
|
Tomas Hertl 2 |
Goals |
N/A |
|
Brent Burns 2 |
Assists |
N/A |
|
Tomas Hertl 2 |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
|
Evander Kane 1 |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Martin Jones 1.000 |
Save Percentage |
Casey DeSmith .879 |
|
Martin Jones 26 |
Saves |
Casey DeSmith 29 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| San Jose
|
33 |
4 |
3-6 |
2-2 |
31 |
27 |
| Pittsburgh
|
26 |
0 |
0-2 |
3-6 |
59 |
29 |
Upcoming Games
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Pittsburgh will play their next game on the road against Philadelphia. The Penguins have a W/L % of .531 after a win and .517 after a loss.
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San Jose will play their next game on the road against Columbus. The Sharks have a W/L % of .600 after a win and .577 after a loss.
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