The San Jose Sharks take on the Pittsburgh Penguins at SAP Center.

Macklin Celebrini and Mason Marchment scored, but the San Jose Sharks lost 3-2 in the shootout.

Period 1

Robertson throws an empty pass to no one in NZ, Kesselring swoops in, skates up, fires, Sherwood pounces on rebound, Grade-A save by Murashov. Muse won’t like that pass, I bet.

Sharks tools

Are the fans booing…Erik Karlsson?

That’s the loudest I’ve ever heard that in any of his returns here

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) November 12, 2026

There’s been a smattering of boos before, but this is a bit more than usual…maybe just a sign of a fuller Shark Tank? I didn’t write about any booing in my previous three Game Notes when Karlsson and the Pens have been in town. I’m sure some boos were there, but standing out tonight.

4 in: Will Smith calling for puck off to the side, he’s open, but Trouba hammers it instead. Michkov-Seeler, Part 2? I kid, I kid.

Trouba penalty: Not a good penalty, gets caught flat-footed, defending with his stick.

Girard goal: PK did a good job, but they were exhausted, it looked like, and couldn’t get it out, though Trouba was out of the box. Yup, Ostapchuk’s shift was 1:36, Dickinson a little longer. Both looked gassed on the goal. San Jose Sharks have played pretty well so far, just keep it up, tighten up a little defensively.

9 left: Dickinson gets a shot through, so far, Sharks have done good job getting point shots through.

6 left: Want Misa and Pohlkamp to sort out that Pens’ 2-on-2 attack faster. It works out fine because of Misa’s speed, but a little close to comfort there.

Dickinson almost got Misa popped there, return pass on the rush, was in Misa’s feet. Carlile, in the old NHL, would’ve sent Misa seeing stars. On entry, Misa did a great job ID’ing Dickinson’s speed, putting it in stride so Dickinson had easy entry. Good read for Dickinson to activate, he’s been doing that more.

Period 2

Marchment interception on Pens’ attempted exit, Sharks 2-on-0, but I don’t think Sherwood knew that Wennberg was with him, and Sherwood just smoked it. Big save. Insert another Michkov-Seeler joke.

1 in: Smith has to shoot that. Great stretch from Dickinson to Celebrini, who tucks it under the defender to Smith. Love that Dickinson activation, by the way, comes into loose puck, skates up with it. Smith not able to separate for a Grade-A, but a quick shot would’ve still been a scoring chance. He forces a pass toward Celebrini, no shot on goal.

5 in: San Jose Sharks’ forecheck causing lots of problems for Pens exits. Most effective FC I’ve seen so far this year from them. Forcing turnovers and creating chances. Lots of defense to offense tonight. I know the Pens aren’t great, but this is Sharks hockey, I think. Complete with the lack of scoring, too, haha.

6 in: Examples of Wennberg calming things down, chaos, Wennberg gets it, no play out, puts it into DZ corner. Malkin claims it, but now Wennberg, who can be the aggressor now, takes it from him, gets it out.

Girard penalty: Outstanding play by Dellandrea. Outhustles Girard, forces Girard into a penalty. Love that.

Stenberg no-goal: That looked like right call from the get-go, not sure what took them so long to review?

4 left: Pohlkamp made initial mistake, clear possession, puck back to no one, but like his effort to get it out along wall. Been impressive in his brief NHL stint.

2 left: Pohlkamp and Sherwood, different positions, kind of the same single-minded mentality, it feels like?

NST has Pens up 28-9 Scoring Chances and 10-2 High-Danger at 5-on-5…which I question? Anyway, Askarov’s GSAx is going to look great tonight, I guess.

Period 3

2 in: Bizarre Orlov turnover there. Dangerous area.

Kindel goal: Jumps on the rebound, off to the side, PK bleeds again.

Korczak double-minor: Sharks should have a power play out of this, which is right. Should Celebrini have gone to the box though? That’s a trade that the Pens will take any day, a Sharks power play but without Celebrini. I do understand managing the game for the refs, but Korczak took the extra shot after Celebrini had what looked like a clean finish to a hit when the defenseman was passing the puck. So I lean toward bad call there from the refs, to even send Celebrini into the box. Anyway, the time ticks off the San Jose Sharks’ chances tonight.

Celebrini goal: Pass from Crosby! Celebrini takes a Crosby turnover on one end (Crosby passed to an empty space), leads rush out to Kesselring, who gives and goes, Celebrini feeds him for a Grade-A deflection. Then in puck recovery, Kesselring to Celebrini, who finally beats Murashov. Celebrini looks up to the sky, like, finally.

7 left: Trouba almost gave it up there, unforced error in slot, Rakell jumped on it, huge Askarov save.

Marchment goal: Sherwood great forecheck, bothers Karlsson, takes it from Robertson. Then, Celebrini finds Marchment in front with a bullet pass, easy goal. Just incredible from Macklin.

OT

Celebrini-Stenberg-Dickinson to start OT.