SAN JOSE – After dismal performances of their earlier two outings, the San Jose Sharks wanted a response Saturday night time of their sport towards the Pittsburgh Penguins.
They bought it, however their first win of the season stays elusive.
Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves, together with 18 within the first interval, however Sidney Crosby’s second-period objective proved to be the winner because the Penguins handed the Sharks a 3-0 loss at SAP Middle.
Penguins ahead Anthony Mantha added an insurance coverage objective on the 7:02 mark of the third interval, and Evgeni Malkin scored an empty-netter with 21 seconds to go, because the Sharks (0-3-2) remained the NHL’s final winless crew.
The Sharks open a four-game street journey on Tuesday towards the New York Islanders.
Ugly begins are nothing new for San Jose because the crew began 0-5-0 in 2022, 0-10-1 in 2023, and 0-7-2 final season. They completed with the NHL’s fourth-worst file in 2022-23 and have ended the earlier two years on the backside of the league standings.
The Sharks started this season with extra time losses to each the Vegas Golden Knights and Anaheim Geese, however had been utterly outclassed of their final two video games earlier than Saturday. The Sharks misplaced 5-1 to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday, wherein they didn’t handle a shot on internet within the third interval, and 6-3 to the Utah Mammoth on Friday, wherein they had been badly outchanced within the first interval.
“The victory will come with the way we work and the way we compete,” Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky stated earlier than Saturday’s sport. “The sport is a humbling sport. We are able to’t beat ourselves. We have now to be disciplined in sure conditions.
“Right now, we just want to win the game. You’ve got to put the work in to the get the result. So we’ve got to worry about the process and the way we have to work and the way we have to play, and the victory will come with that.”
The Sharks created a handful of scoring possibilities in an up-tempo first two intervals however had been unable to beat Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry, who completed with 30 saves.
On the Penguins’ objective, Rickard Rakell took the puck across the Sharks’ internet and located defenseman Kris Letang on the blue line. His shot towards the web was then redirected previous Nedeljkovic for his third objective of the season.
The Penguins later took a 2-0 lead as Justin Brazeau danced round Macklin Celebrini and fed Mantha for his second objective this season.
Celebrini scored his first objective of the season on Friday, and stil leads the Sharks with 5 factors in 5 video games. His childhood idol, Crosby, has seven factors in six video games.
In his first profession sport towards the Penguins final season, Celebrini had the game-winning objective on the 3:41 mark of the third interval because the Sharks earned a 2-1 win in San Jose. Celebrini’s objective got here 3:17 after Crosby tied the sport 1-1.
Initially Printed: October 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM PDT
