Crosby OT goal lifts Penguins past Utah
How Utah HC Lost In Overtime To Sidney Crosby And The Pittsburgh Penguins
Sidney Crosby scores in overtime to give Penguins 3-2 win over Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — Sidney Crosby scored at 3:54 of overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Utah Hockey Club 3-2 on Wednesday night.Marcus Pettersson and Erik Karlsson scored in regulation as Pittsburgh snapped a three-game losing streak. Alex Nedeljkovic made 27 saves.Mikhail Sergachev and Michael Carcone scored for Utah, and Connor Ingram had 25 saves.In the extra period, Crosby got a drop pass from Cody Glass at the bottom of the left circle, skated across the front of the goal and put a backhander over Ingram’s left pad.Sergachev, back in Utah’s lineup after missing five games with an upper-body injury, opened the scoring with a power-play goal with 5:09 left in the first period.Pettersson tied it at 6:40 of the second, before Carcone put Utah back ahead less than 2 minutes later.Karlsson tied it at 6:17 of the third.TakeawaysUtah: Utah remained in sixth place in the Central Division, just one point behind St. Louis.Pittsburgh: The Penguins finished 3-4-0 on a seven-game trip.Key momentKarlsson picked up a loose puck at the blue line as Utah was trying to clear it, and skated in on the right side and beat Ingram up high to tie the score in the third period.Key statThe Penguins improved to 9-17-5 when giving up the first goal.Up NextUtah hosts Columbus on Friday, and Penguins host Nashville on Saturday.
The Penguins held on the rest of the third period to secure at least a loser’s point, and then controlled the puck for most of overtime. Crosby then turned to his trademark backhand for his 95th career game-winning goal, and fourth tally in five games to send the Penguins back to Pittsburgh in better spirits.
Cody Glass also scored for the Penguins ... Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby, left, and Los Angeles Kings center Alex Turcotte battle along the boards during the second period of an ...
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored milestone ... Crosby, Anthony Beauvillier and Kevin Hayes each had a goal and an assist. Cody Glass also scored for the Penguins, and Alex Nedeljkovic ...
Sidney Crosby scored at 3:54 of overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Utah Hockey Club 3-2 on Wednesday night. Marcus Pettersson and Erik Karlsson scored in regulation as Pittsburgh snapped a three-game losing streak.
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored milestone ... Anthony Beauvillier and Kevin Hayes each had a goal and an assist. Cody Glass also scored for the Penguins, and Alex Nedeljkovic stopped ...
LOS ANGELES — Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored milestone ... Anthony Beauvillier and Kevin Hayes each had a goal and an assist. Cody Glass also scored for the Penguins, and Alex ...
The Utah Hockey Club opened up their four-game homestand on Wednesday in a disappointing way. A goal in overtime handed the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 win over Utah, which extended their losing streak to three.
Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to cap a two-point game as the Pittsburgh Penguins earned a 3-2 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Wednesday in Salt Lake City. Marcus Pettersson and Erik Karlsson also scored for the Penguins,
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson had a rough night and more than a few decisions that would make one kindly question his thought process.
A few minutes in, the first “staged fight” of the season (and quite a while longer) for Pittsburgh with Boko Imama and Liam O’Brien dropping the gloves on their first shift for no reason besides having a tilt.
Sidney Crosby scored at 3:54 of overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Utah Hockey Club 3-2 on Wednesday night. Marcus Pettersson and Erik Karlsson scored in regulation as Pittsburgh snapped a three-game losing streak. Alex Nedeljkovic made 27 saves.