Evgeni Malkin skating for the Pittsburgh Penguins

Photo: Frank Franklin ll

Pittsburgh Penguins (3-2-0, 6 pts) at San Jose Sharks (0-1-2, 2 pts)
Venue: SAP Center
Date: Saturday, October 18
Time: 10:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm PT
 
TV: ESPN+ / SN PT / NBCS
Radio: 
Pittsburgh Penguins – 105.9 The X
San Jose Sharks – Sharks Audio Network

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Pittsburgh Penguins -1.5 ML -140
San Jose Sharks +1.5 ML +120
O/U 6.5

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Pittsburgh Penguins News & Notes:

The Penguins take on the Sharks in their final game of a three-game West Coast road trip. Pittsburgh is 1-1-0 with a loss to the Ducks before rebounding with a victory over the Kings on Thursday night. Pittsburgh is scoring and allowing 3.00 goals per game this season in the early going.

San Jose Sharks News & Notes:

The Sharks have been porous defensively to start the season, giving up 5.33 goals per game, while scoring 3.33 goals per game. The Sharks will be facing the Penguins on the second night of a back-to-back after taking on the Mammoth in their first road game of the season on Friday night. The Sharks were 1-0-1 against the Penguins last season.

Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines:

Rakell-Crosby-Rust
Mantha-Malkin-Brazeau
Hallander-Novak-Tomasino
Dewar-Lizotte-Acciari

Shea-Letang
Wotherspoon-Karlsson
Jones-Brunicke

Silovs
Jarry

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San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:

Skinner-Celebrini-Kurashev
Eklund-Wennberg-Toffoli
Graf-Dellandrea-Smith 
Goodrow-Gaudette-Reaves

Orlov-Ledov
Ferraro-Iorio
Dickinson-Desharnais

Askarov
Nedeljkovic

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Players To Watch:

Pittsburgh Penguins

Evgeni Malkin leads the Penguins in scoring with one goal and six assists in five games. Sidney Crosby has two goals and three assists in five games, and Justin Brazeau leads the team in goals with four.

San Jose Sharks

Tyler Toffoli led the Sharks with two goals and one assist in two games against the Penguins a year ago. The 33-year-old forward has a goal and an assist for San Jose in three games this season. In his first season in San Jose in 2024-25, Toffoli tallied 30 goals, his second straight 30+ goal season, and the fourth of his career.

Injury Report:

Pittsburgh Penguins

C Kevin Hayes – OUT
C Rutger McGroarty – OUT
D Kris Letang – Day to Day

San Jose Sharks

D John Klingberg – Day to Day
C Colin White – OUT
D Timothy Liljegren – IR
D Ryan Ellis – IR
G Carey Price – LTIR
C Logan Couture – LTIR

Next Game:

Pittsburgh Penguins – October 21 vs Vancouver Canucks
San Jose Sharks – October 21 at New York Islanders

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