PITTSBURGH PENGUINS NOTES:
LAST 2 GAMES
Feb. 11: Los Angles 6, Pittsburgh 0 – Crypto.com Arena
PIT Goals: None
Multiple Points: None
Goalie: DeSmith (12 saves, 15 shots), Tokarski (13 saves, 16
shots)
Key Stats: Pittsburgh was shut out for the first time this season as they fell on the road.
PP: 0-5
PK: 3-5
Feb. 10: Pittsburgh 6, Anaheim 3 – Honda Center
PIT Goals: Joseph (2), Kapanen (PP), Carter, Rust, Guentzel
Multiple Points: Joseph (2G-1A), Kapanen (1G-1A), Rust (1G1A), Malkin (2A)
Goalie: DeSmith (28 saves, 31 shots)
Key Stats: Evgeni Malkin became the fourth active player to record 1,200 points.
PP: 1-4
PK: 1-2
INJURIES
Position Player Status Consecutive Games Missed Total Games Missed
D Jan Rutta Upper-Body 10 10
G Tristan Jarry Upper-Body 6 13
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 130
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Date Transaction
Feb. 7 F Josh Archibald and F Kasperi Kapanen have been activated off of injured reserve.
Feb. 7 G Tristan Jarry has been placed on injured reserve, retroactive to Jan. 22.
Feb. 4 G Dustin Tokarski recalled from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).
Jan. 29 F Jonathan Gruden and G Dustin Tokarski re-assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).
Pittsburgh’s All-Time Record vs. Sharks: 19-19-8
In Pittsburgh: 10-7-4
In San Jose: 9-12-4
OT Record vs. Sharks: 3-2-6
Shootout Record vs. Sharks: 2-3
2022-23 Results: Pittsburgh is 0-1-0.
Penguins All-Time Point Leaders vs. SHARKS:
Mario Lemieux – 14GP, 49 PTS (17G-32A)
Jaromir Jagr – 17GP, 22 PTS (8G-14A)
Ron Francis – 13GP, 21 PTS (8G-13A)
TONIGHT’S GAME
- The Penguins conclude their California road trip with a visit to San Jose to take on the Sharks at SAP Center (TV: AT&T SportsNet; Radio: 105.9 The X).
- The Penguins have won 12 of their last 16 games versus Western Conference opponents. They are 14-9-0 versus the West this season.
- The Penguins are averaging 3.80 goals per game over the last five games following a game where they were shut out.
- Tonight’s game is the Penguins’ final game in the pacific time zone.
SWIMMING WITH SHARKS
Jeff Carter enters tonight’s game with 31 points (17G-14A) in 51 career games against San Jose. His 17 goals are his fifth highest total against any one team (Edmonton, 23; NY Islanders, 23; Buffalo, 22; Washington, 18), and only three active skaters have more goals against the Sharks than Carter.
SAN JOSE SHARKS NOTES:
LAST GAME
Game 54 – 2/12 – SJS 4 at WSH 1…The Sharks ended their three-game post All-Star break road trip with a win in Washington,
pushing them to 2-0-0 all-time on Super Bowl Sunday. Erik Karlsson (1g, 2a) recorded another three-point game, his eighth of the
season, and tied Brent Burns’ 2017-18 assist totals (65) for the second-most in franchise history by a defenseman in a single season.
Alexander Barabanov (1g, 1a) and Tomas Hertl (1g, 1a) collected multiple points in the contest. Kaapo Kahkonen (stopped 12 of 13)
started his fourth consecutive game but was replaced by Aaron Dell (stopped eight of eight) due to injury.
SJ Goals: Svechnikov (5). Barabanov (8 pp), Karlsson (18), Hertl (15 en)
SF: 33
SA: 21
SJ PP: 1/4
SJ PK: 0/3
W: Kahkonen
L: Lindgren
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
2/11 Recalled G Aaron Dell from the San Jose Barracuda
2/9 Recalled D Nick Cicek from the San Jose Barracuda
2/5 Acquired a conditional 2023 fourth-round selection (Seattle’s choice) from the Seattle Kraken in exchange for D Jaycob Megna
2/5 D Nikolai Knyzhov returned from his long-term injury conditioning loan with the San Jose Barracuda; assigned Knyzhov to the Barracuda
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
San Jose has found their winning ways recently with a 3-1-0 record in their last four games, which began with a 6-4 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena on Jan. 28. Logan Couture recorded a career-high five points (2g, 3a) as three other Sharks (Alexander Barabanov, Erik Karlsson and Marc-Edouard Vlasic) logged multiple points. Pittsburgh enters tonight’s contest on the heels of a 6-0 defeat to the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena. Like the Sharks, the Penguins are 2-1-0 out of the break. San Jose looks to take all four points in the season series against the Penguins for just the third time since the NHL moved to their current out of conference scheduling format in 2013-14.
Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m. PT
SAN JOSE SHARKS vs PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
17-26-11 (45 pts), 7th in Pacific 2022-23 RECORD 26-17-9 (61 pts), 5th in Metropolitan
3-1-1 LAST 5 GAMES 2-2-1
1-0-0 SEASON SERIES 0-1-0
24-16-3-3 ALL-TIME RECORD AGAINST OPPONENT 19-19-3-5
2022-23 PLAYER STATS
3 players (54) GAMES PLAYED LEADER 6 players (52)
Timo Meier (30) GOALS LEADER Sidney Crosby (24)
Erik Karlsson (55) ASSISTS LEADER Sidney Crosby (38)
Erik Karlsson (73) POINTS LEADER Sidney Crosby (62)
