— Evgeni Malkin scored the deciding goal in the 5th round of the shootout to deliver a 4-3 Penguins (7-10-3, 17 pts) win over the lowly San Jose Sharks. Pittsburgh’s shootout win diverted a crisis where the Penguins blew a 3-0 led to the Sharks on home ice after being in control of the game for the first forty minutes —
- Sidney Crosby – Goal (7, 599th Career)
- Bryan Rust – Goal (5)
- Jesse Puljujarvi – Goal (2)
- Owen Pickering – 1 Assist, 13:40 TOI
- Alex Nedeljkovic – 26 Saves, .897 SV%