Sharks Host Penguins After Shootout Win

On November 11, San Jose welcomes the Pittsburgh Penguins to town, with the game scheduled for 10 p.m. EST. It is the teams’ first meeting of the season. The Sharks come in after a 3-2 shootout victory over the New York Islanders.

San Jose is 8-11-1 overall and 3-5-0 at home. The Sharks have taken 89 penalties, the third-highest total in the NHL, averaging 4.5 per game. They have gone 3-7-0 over their last 10 games, scoring 2.3 goals and allowing 3.3 per game.

Pittsburgh is 6-10-2 overall and 2-7-1 on the road. The Penguins have scored 57 goals and conceded 64, a minus-seven differential. In their past 10 games, they are 3-6-1, averaging 3.1 goals scored and 3.6 allowed per game.

Sharks forward Ivar Stenberg leads the team with six goals and six assists. For Pittsburgh, Erik Karlsson has three goals and 15 assists. In San Jose’s past 10 games, Will Smith has recorded four goals and two assists, while Rickard Rakell has six goals and two assists over Pittsburgh’s.

San Jose lists Igor Chernyshov, Kyle Keyser and Quentin Musty as out with upper-body injuries. Pittsburgh’s injured players include Bryan Rust, Trevor van Riemsdyk and Ryan Graves, all out with lower-body injuries; Elmer Soderblom is out with an upper-body injury, and Ville Koivunen is day to day with a lower-body injury.