Penguins beat Sharks 3-2 in a shootout in San Jose

The Penguins beat the Sharks 3-2 at SAP Center, with Ben Kindel scoring the shootout winner after San Jose erased a two-goal deficit in the third period.

Samuel Girard put Pittsburgh ahead 1-0 with a slap shot at 8:57 of the first, assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang. The score held until the third. Kindel made it 2-0 at 3:28 on a wrist shot, set up by Rickard Rakell and Erik Karlsson.

Then the Sharks answered. Macklin Celebrini scored at 11:32 to cut it to 2-1. Mason Marchment tied it 2-2 at 15:49 with a wrist shot, and Celebrini got the assist. Overtime settled nothing, and Kindel won it in the shootout.

Celebrini was the player of the game with a goal, an assist and two shots on goal. The Penguins move to 7-10-2 and the Sharks fall to 8-11-2.

Chirp's Sim had the Penguins at 51% before the game, a near coin flip.