Girard’s First-Period Strike Puts Penguins Ahead in San Jose

Pittsburgh led 1-0 after the first period Wednesday, with Samuel Girard scoring and Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin assisting; each has one point and is plus-1. San Jose leads shots 12-11, but Sergei Murashov stopped all 12 for a 1.000 save percentage, while Yaroslav Askarov made 10 saves on 11 shots (.909). Sharks defensemen Michael Kesselring and Jacob Trouba each have two shots on goal, while Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby, Erik Karlsson and Rickard Rakell have one apiece. Both teams have two penalty minutes and no power-play goals; Pittsburgh has five blocked shots to San Jose’s one.