San Jose Sharks Win, Keeping A Shot At The Stanley Cup
PIITSBURGH (CBS SF/AP) -- The San Jose Sharks avoided elimination by hanging on for a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night.
Martin Jones stopped 44 shots, Logan Couture had a goal and two assists while Melker Karlsson, Brent Burns and captain Joe Pavelski, into an empty net, also scored for the Sharks, who cut the Penguins' series lead to 3-2 and forced Game 6 at San Jose on Sunday.
Evgeni Malkin and Carl Hagelin scored 26 seconds apart in the first period of a game the Penguins outshot the Sharks 46-21.
Aside from Pavelski's goal, the rest of the scoring came in the first period, and included the teams combining to score two each in the first 5:06 to set a Cup final series record for fastest four goals to start a game.
The Sharks squandered a 2-0 lead before Karlsson scored the go-ahead goal with 5:15 left in the first. Set up in the slot by Couture's no-look pass, Karlsson snapped a shot that banked in off the bottom of goalie Matt Murray's glove.