MOSCOW, Jan 2 The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks «in the match of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting, which took place in Pittsburgh, ended with a score of 8: 5 (6: 1, 0: 1, 2: 3) in favor of the hosts. Evan Rodriguez (2, 5 and 58 minutes) and Brian Rast (7, 20, 60) scored hat-tricks for the winners, Jake Günzel (4) and Kasper Bjorkvist (17) also scored goals. The guests were distinguished by Alexander Barabanov (16), Brent Burns (35), Matt Nieto (41), Eric Karlsson (44) and Logan Couture (45). Russian striker “Pittsburgh” Evgeni Malkin is recovering from surgery.
