The San Jose Sharks ended their first Stanley Cup Final home game in style. Joonas Donskoi scored in overtime to give them a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 3 on Saturday night in the SAP Center.
Donskoi's decisive goal came 12 minutes and 18 seconds into the extra period. After skating around behind the net, the Sharks forward beat Matt Murray top shelf with a wrist shot, as shared by NHL on NBC:
The Toronto Star's Bruce Arthur could sense something big about to happen just before the goal:
According to NHL Public Relations, Donskoi became the sixth rookie to score an overtime goal in a Stanley Cup Final.
The SAP Center was rocking throughout the night, as fans in San Jose, California, got to revel in a Stanley Cup Final for the first time. Ben Lovejoy quieted the raucous crowd, though, with a goal 5:29 into the first period. Lovejoy had a speculative effort deflect off Sharks defenseman Roman Polak and past Martin Jones, shared by the NHL:
Although the deflection gave Jones little chance at saving Lovejoy's shot, CSN Bay Area's Ke ...
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