PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell scored in a shootout and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-4 on Saturday.
Pittsburgh, which is jockeying for playoff positioning, earned an additional level within the shootout for the second time this season. The Penguins have factors in seven of their final eight video games and 21 of their final 25.
Arturs Silovs, who made 21 saves, stopped Jonathan Toews and Gustav Nyquist within the shootout.
Erik Karlsson scored two targets and has 5 in his final three video games. Karlsson, who has 4 straight multi-point video games, now has seven targets and 19 factors in his final 12 video games.
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Egor Chinakhov earned his one hundredth NHL level with a aim and Rakell scored to proceed a career-best eight-game level streak.
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Parker Wotherspoon had two assists, whereas Bryan Rust, enjoying in his 700th NHL recreation, continued a six-game level streak with an help.
Cole Koepke scored a short-handed aim, whereas Morgan Barron additionally scored for the Jets.
Brad Lambert had a aim and an help, whereas Neal Pionk scored in his return after lacking the final 23 video games due to damage.
Connor Hellebuyck, making his eleventh begin in 12 video games, had 26 saves for the Jets, who’ve misplaced three straight and 5 of their final seven video games.
Chinakhov and Rakell scored within the first 2:02 of the sport for Pittsburgh, however the Jets tied the sport at 6:10 of the second interval due to Koepke’s aim.
Pittsburgh has given up 11 short-handed targets, second-most within the league. The Penguins have allowed short-handed targets in back-to-back video games and 4 this month.
The Jets trailed 3-2 getting into the third interval, however Pionk tied the sport at 4:04 with a shot from the purpose. Lambert beat Silovs at 8:36 from a distance off the frenzy. Karlsson pressured extra time when he beat Hellebuyck with a wrist shot from the highest of the suitable circle.
Up subsequent
Jets: Go to the New York Rangers on Sunday.
Penguins: Host Carolina on Sunday.
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