On Saturday night, when the Pittsburgh Penguins desperately needed a win, they allowed the San Jose Sharks to come back from a 3-0 deficit only to win with an Evgeni Malkin goal in the fifth round of the shootout.

Malkin turned back the clock to score what should have been the Penguins’ second goal in the first period. He carried the puck through the neutral zone, changed pace, deked through and weaved around a trio of Sharks players, then fired a backhanded shot through the short side of goalie Vitek Vanecek.

Pittsburgh Penguins, after years of being a contender, might be headed for a rebuild. The San Jose Sharks know the feeling