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PITTSBURGH -- Down two goals -- and even worse, down two defensemen -- after two periods on Thursday night against San Jose, Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan offered his players a much-needed reminder.You can win ugly in this league, Sullivan told them.The Stanley Cup champions responded with 20 minutes of grit against an opponent only too familiar with how deep the Penguins can dig when the moment requires.Evgeni Malkin, Scott Wilson and Patric Hornqvist scored in a 7:15 span in the third period to lift the Penguins to an unlikely 3-2 victory in a rematch of last Junes Stanley Cup Final. Hornqvist and Malkin both finished with a goal and an assist while Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 shots to buy the Penguins time until the offense finally got going.We played right, Malkin said. We moved the puck quickly. We shot the puck. . We did the right things. There were lucky goals, off the post, off the goalie. Its not pretty, but its important goals.Tomas Hertl and Patrick Marleau scored for the Sharks, who controlled the first 40 minutes and appeared well on their way to a one-sided victory before falling apart late. Martin Jones made 17 saves but saw the play in front of him break down in the third.This league is really a race to three goals, thats pretty much how it works, and we couldnt get the third goal, San Jose coach Peter DeBoer said. Again, let them hang around, which is something weve done lately.The Penguins captured the franchises fourth Stanley Cup in an entertaining final last June, finishing off the Sharks in Game 6 in San Jose. If San Jose wanted a glimpse at just how close it came to its first title, they need only look toward the rafters at PPG Paints Arena during warmups to get a look at the banner the Penguins raised last week.San Jose insisted Thursday had nothing to do with revenge or any sense of payback. Last June is gone. For now the Sharks are still trying to find an identity even with nearly the same roster back for another run.Theyre off to a hot start and certainly looked fresh playing for the third time in four days on the road. Not so much Pittsburgh, which failed to generate anything in a shutout loss in Montreal on Tuesday. It looked like more of the same 48 hours later with captain Sidney Crosby (concussion) and defenseman Kris Letang (upper body) out of the lineup.Hertl gave San Jose a 1-0 lead 5:04 into the second thanks to a strange sequence in which Fleury lost control of his stick when a shot from Brent Burns smacked off the handle. The puck was briefly cleared but as Fleury tried to chase the stick down, the Sharks rushed back into the zone and Hertl eventually jammed a rebound off a shot by Joe Pavelski past the stickless goaltender.San Joses lead doubled shortly after Hornqvists goal was overturned, stripping Chris Kunitz to create a 2-on-1 that ended with him taking a pass from Logan Couture and burying it by Fleury.Things changed quickly even with Derrick Pouliot and Olli Maatta unavailable after leaving with undisclosed injuries.Malkins second of the year -- a shot from between the circles 6:47 into the third -- got Pittsburgh started. Wilson tied it 2:14 later when he collected the puck from the corner and darted to the net before slipping a backhand by Jones.Hornqvist completed the comeback by slamming a rebound by Jones on the power play to give the Penguins the lead. Sullivan praised his defensemen while also giving credit to Malkin, Kunitz, Hornqvist and Phil Kessel for fueling an improbable comeback.They played inspiring hockey, Sullivan said. They played the right way in the third period and they were hard to handle because of it. When those guys play that way, they give us a chance to win.Game notesCrosby did not skate Thursday, a scheduled day off. ... The Penguins also scratched Conor Sheary (eye). ... San Jose scratched Fs Michael Haley and Ryan Carpenter and D Dylan Demelo. ... The Penguins went 1 for 5 on the power play. The Sharks were 0 for 3.UP NEXTSharks: wrap up a five-game road trip Saturday at Detroit.Penguins: visit Nashville on Saturday.Wholesale Shoes NZ . General manager Jarmo Kekalainen told Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch on Friday that he wants to see Gaboriks contributions go beyond the scoresheet before considering a long-term deal for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent. Discount Saucony Shoes NZ .ca! 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Saucony Shoes NZ Outlet .Y. -- Jayna Hefford scored the winning goal Friday as Canada survived a scare with a 4-3 win over Sweden at the Four Nations womens hockey tournament.Angry Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy says his NRL side deserves better than the annual September attack on the Storms tackling technique.Bellamy on Friday blasted critics from up north for their criticism of his team, which he says is an annual feature of the finals.He feels that attacks on the minor premiers, who have the best defensive record in the NRL, are unfair.Were the best defensive side this year ... that takes a lot of hard work, Bellamy said.All year no-ones had a complaint about the wrestling or the slowing down of the play the ball.And as soon as September comes, its `lets get that song out again, we havent played it all year; well get a different voice to sing it but well play it again and I think my players deserve a bit better than that.The voice this year has been North Queensland coach Paul Green, who before their qualifying final called for the Storm ruck play to be tightly policed.The Cowboys then claimed three players suffered neck injuries durring their match, including Ethan Lowe, who required season-ending surgery.ddddddddddddowe said post game he didnt blame the Storm and their tackling technique for the injury but Bellamy felt that comment, and that Melbourne had been cleared by the NRL, had been lost.Bellamy, who wants coaches to be banned from criticising or pressuring referees before games, said he needed to respond publicly to bring balance to the discussion.There has been multiple mentions of how many sore necks the Cowboys have had but how many mentions have there been of the NRL clearing us of any wrongdoing in any of the tackles, he said.I dont want to be criticising anyone or take anyones right away of having a say but I wanted it to have a bit of balance.The balance is fact: the Cowboys asked twice for the NRL to check it and they did and they had no problems. 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