San Jose Sharks vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Sunday, January 2, 2022 · PPG Paints Arena
ATTSN-PT · NBCSCA
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 8–5 on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sharks 39–27.
Evan Rodrigues scored a hat trick and Bryan Rust scored a hat trick. Jake Guentzel, Alexander Barabanov, Kasper Bjorkqvist, Brent Burns, Matt Nieto, Jake Middleton and Logan Couture also scored.
Casey DeSmith made 22 saves on 27 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 11 of 17.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evan Rodrigues (11)Marcus Pettersson (7), Danton Heinen (6)0–101:03 PIT
Jake Guentzel (16)Bryan Rust (8), Sidney Crosby (15)0–203:12 PIT- Evan Rodrigues (12)Danton Heinen (7), Dominik Simon (5)0–304:11 PIT
Bryan Rust (3)Kris Letang (20), Brian Dumoulin (6)0–406:09 PIT
Alexander Barabanov (5)Timo Meier (19), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (7)1–415:33 SJS
Kasper Bjorkqvist (1)Radim Zohorna (1), Sam Lafferty (2)1–516:29 PIT- Bryan Rust (4)John Marino (12), Marcus Pettersson (8)1–619:32 PIT
2nd period
Brent Burns (4)Nick Bonino (1), Noah Gregor (5)2–614:27 SJS ·
3rd period
Matt Nieto (2)Jake Middleton (5), Andrew Cogliano (7)3–600:20 SJS
Jake Middleton (3)Erik Karlsson (14), Timo Meier (20)4–603:01 SJS
Logan Couture (12)Timo Meier (21)5–604:09 SJS- Evan Rodrigues (13)Kris Letang (21), Bryan Rust (9)5–717:59 PIT ·
- Bryan Rust (5)Sidney Crosby (16), Jake Guentzel (13)5–819:49 PIT ·
Team stats
SJSPIT
2739
66%34%
1/21/3
64
5132
129
24
43
Penalties
- 12:31 into the second period
Dominik Simon · hooking2 min - 17:18 into the second period
Radim Simek · holding2 min - 7:11 into the third periodDominik Simon · hooking2 min
- 7:25 into the third periodLogan Couture · hooking2 min
- 17:08 into the third periodMatt Nieto · hooking2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18:45 |
| 21Jake MiddletonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:37 |
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 14:13 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:32 |
| 73Noah GregorC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 14:22 |
| 94Alexander BarabanovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 15:29 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | 16:26 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 26:53 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 23:49 |
| 18Lane PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 42Jonah GadjovichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:38 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:37 |
| 63Jeffrey VielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:34 |
| 76Jonathan DahlenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 51Radim SimekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 53Nicolas MelocheD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36Zach SawchenkoG | 21 | 1 | .952 | |
| 47James ReimerG | L | 17 | 6 | .647 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 17Bryan RustR | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 5 | 18:33 |
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17:52 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 59Jake GuentzelL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 20:06 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 19:39 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 29:05 |
| 18Sam LaffertyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:31 |
| 20Kasper BjorkqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 08:54 |
| 49Dominik SimonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:32 |
| 67Radim ZohornaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:27 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:20 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:37 |
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 14:57 |
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 14:39 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 16:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 70Louis DomingueG | 0 | 0 | – |