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Better effort, same result as San Jose Sharks remain winless on season
SAN JOSE – After dismal performances in their previous two outings, the San Jose Sharks needed a response Saturday night in their game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
They got it, but their first win of the season remains elusive.
Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves, including 18 in the first period, but Sidney Crosby’s second-period goal proved to be the winner as the Penguins handed the Sharks a 3-0 loss at SAP Center.
Penguins forward Anthony Mantha added an insurance goal at the 7:02 mark of the third period, and Evgeni Malkin scored an empty-netter with 21 seconds to go, as the Sharks (0-3-2) remained the NHL’s last winless team.
The Sharks open a four-game road trip on Tuesday against the New York Islanders.
Ugly starts are nothing new for San Jose as the team started 0-5-0 in 2022, 0-10-1 in 2023, and 0-7-2 last season. They finished with the NHL’s fourth-worst record in 2022-23 and have ended the previous two years at the bottom of the league standings.
The Sharks began this season with overtime losses to both the Vegas Golden Knights and Anaheim Ducks, but were completely outclassed in their last two games before Saturday. The Sharks lost 5-1 to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday, in which they didn’t manage a shot on net in the third period, and 6-3 to the Utah Mammoth on Friday, in which they were badly outchanced in the first period.
“The victory will come with the way we work and the way we compete,” Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said before Saturday’s game. “The game is a humbling game. We can’t beat ourselves. We have to be disciplined in certain situations.
“Right now, we just want to win the game. You’ve got to put the work in to the get the result. So we’ve got to worry about the process and the way we have to work and the way we have to play, and the victory will come with that.”
The Sharks created a handful of scoring chances in an up-tempo first two periods but were unable to beat Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry, who finished with 30 saves.
On the Penguins’ goal, Rickard Rakell took the puck around the Sharks’ net and found defenseman Kris Letang at the blue line. His shot toward the net was then redirected past Nedeljkovic for his third goal of the season.
The Penguins later took a 2-0 lead as Justin Brazeau danced around Macklin Celebrini and fed Mantha for his second goal this season.
Celebrini scored his first goal of the season on Friday, and stil leads the Sharks with five points in five games. His childhood idol, Crosby, has seven points in six games.
In his first career game against the Penguins last season, Celebrini had the game-winning goal at the 3:41 mark of the third period as the Sharks earned a 2-1 win in San Jose. Celebrini’s goal came 3:17 after Crosby tied the game 1-1.
Originally Published:
A United flight traveling from Chicago to New York City diverted to Pittsburgh International Airport on Saturday afternoon for what was described as a “reported threat.”
According to information provided by the Allegheny County Airport Authority and FBI Pittsburgh, United Flight 2092 diverted to Pittsburgh and landed safely.
The passengers have deplaned safely, and no injuries have been reported.
“The plane was diverted and landed at Pittsburgh International Airport,” FBI Pittsburgh said in a statement provided to KDKA-TV. “All passengers and crew safely evacuated the aircraft. FBI Special Agent Bomb Techs and Special Agents are on the ground coordinating with local authorities.”
The airport authority has said that law enforcement is on the scene and investigating.
This is a developing story, and will be updated.
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Pittsburgh’s 2026 Draft Short List – The Team’s Eight Most Likely First-Round Selections
The NFL Draft is always unpredictable and under a new head coach, it’s fuzzier than any time in recent memory to guess who the Pittsburgh Steelers will select in the first round. But if history continues predicting the future, it’ll be one of the eight below names.
Every year since at least 2010, Pittsburgh’s first-round pick has fallen into one of two camps: either the player came in for a pre-draft visit or a decision maker, head coach or general manager, attended that prospect’s pro day.
So let’s assume that holds true even though we know it may not. Under those criteria, there are eight names that fit. Let’s break them down into the two buckets.
Pre-Draft Visit
WR Denzel Boston/Washington
WR Makai Lemon/USC
OT Spencer Fano/Utah
OG Vega Ioane/Penn State
CB Chris Johnson/CB San Diego State
S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren/Toledo
Pro Day Attendance
OT Monroe Freeling/Georgia
ILB CJ Allen/Georgia
Could you stretch it to more? I suppose. Texas Tech ILB Jacob Rodriguez could be argued in the first round. Ditto with Georgia Tech OG Keylan Rutledge and Arizona DB Treydan Stukes. But those feel far less likely to be taken on Day 1, let alone at No. 21.
Mike McCarthy and Omar Khan attended only the Bulldogs’ Pro Day this year, an unusually low number of workouts compared to the past. McCarthy told reporters he planned to attend six but only made it to Georgia. That leaves just two names from that bucket, and Freeling could easily be off the board by the time Pittsburgh picks. He may be on Cleveland’s radar.
Of the eight, who is most likely? That opinion can and will vary. Receiver and offensive line have been specific areas of focus, but there’s no telling how the board will fall. I’ll have my final mock draft Tuesday with my answer.
If the Steelers’ pick isn’t one of these eight, it’ll break a longstanding tradition. And in future years, open up the field of how the team could take at the top.
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