SAN JOSE–Saturday night the San Jose Sharks took on the Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins after suffering two losses in a row in front of their home crowd at SAP Center in San Jose Saturday night.  The Penguins are at full strength once again with their MVP veteran Sidney Crosby back in the line-up after he missed a number of games due to concussion.  After losing to Pittsburgh in the Cup finals last season San Jose would like to extend a little pay back.

The Penguins didn’t waste any time in the first period when Chris Kunitz scored his first goal of the season assisted by Ian Cole and Evgeni Malkin for the early lead 1-0.  As the period began to wind down Sidney Crosby found the back of the net assisted by Conor Sheary and Carl Hagelin for a 2-0 lead.  Time of the goal was 18:28.

The start of the second period was a tough one for San Jose.  Inside of three minutes the Penguins put two more goals up on the board.  Thirteen seconds into the period Crosby struck again assisted by Carl Hagelin and Brian Dumoulin and then at 2:33 Eric Fuhr scored his 2nd goal of the season assisted by Matt Cullin and Conor Sheary, his second assist.  Pittsburgh had taken a 4-0 lead.  To add insult to injury Pittsburgh would score a short-handed goal off the stick of Nick Bonino at 16:28.  He was assisted by Carl Hagelin and Trevor Daley for a 5-0 lead.  The period mercifully came to an end as the Sharks headed for the locker room to try to figure out a way to get into this game in the 5-0 loss.  The second period was a total disaster for the Black and Teal.

“We’ve got to get a little chemistry going and get back some of the things that we do well,” said Joe Pavelski.  It has been a very disappointing week for the Sharks realizing a three-game losing streak, their first this season.

Neither team scored in the third period in a real sleeper.  The Sharks could not get anything going all night long.  Pittsburgh goalie Matt Murray had 32 saves playing a solid game in this one-sided affair.

The Sharks were outplayed and completely manhandled.  It was without a doubt the worst game they have played this season.  San Jose now heads out on the road for six games their first opponent the Washington Capitols on Tuesday.   They will return to SAP on November 21 to take on the New Jersey Devils.  The puck drops at 7:30.