Sharks in action against the Penguins after shootout victory
EST BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Penguins visit the San Jose Sharks after the Sharks defeated the New York Islanders 3-2 in a shootout.
- INJURIES: Sharks: Igor Chernyshov: out (upper body), Kyle Keyser: out (upper body), Quentin Musty: out (upper body).
- San Jose Sharks (8-11-1, in the Pacific Division) San Jose, California; Wednesday, 10 p.m.
- The Penguins have conceded 64 goals while scoring 57 for a -7 scoring differential.
Penguins: Bryan Rust: out (lower-body), Ville Koivunen: day to day (lower-body), Trevor van Riemsdyk: out (lower body), Ryan Graves: out (lower-body), Elmer Soderblom: out (upper-body).
LAST 10 GAMES: Sharks: 3-7-0, averaging 2.3 goals, 4.2 assists, 4.8 penalties and 11.8 penalty minutes while giving up 3.3 goals per game.
- The Sharks are third in NHL play with 89 total penalties (averaging 4.5 per game).
- TOP PERFORMERS: Ivar Stenberg has six goals and six assists for the Sharks.
- Erik Karlsson has three goals and 15 assists for the Penguins.
- ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
- Rickard Rakell has scored six goals with two assists over the last 10 games.
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