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03/21 15:16 CDT Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell score in shootout to lead
Penguins over Jets, 5-4
Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell score in shootout to lead Penguins over Jets,
5-4
By DAN SCIFO
Associated Press
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 extra point
in the shootout for the second time this season. The Penguins have points in
seven of their last eight games and 21 of their last 25.
Arturs Silovs, who made 21 saves, stopped Jonathan Toews and Gustav Nyquist in
the shootout.
Erik Karlsson scored two goals and has five in his last three games. Karlsson,
who has four straight multi-point games, now has seven goals and 19 points in
his last 12 games.
Egor Chinakhov earned his 100th NHL point with a goal and Rakell scored to
continue a career-best eight-game point streak.
Parker Wotherspoon had two assists, while Bryan Rust, playing in his 700th NHL
game, continued a six-game point streak with an assist.
Cole Koepke scored a short-handed goal, while Morgan Barron also scored for the
Jets.
Brad Lambert had a goal and an assist, while Neal Pionk scored in his return
after missing the last 23 games because of injury.
Connor Hellebuyck, making his 11th start in 12 games, had 26 saves for the
Jets, who have lost three straight and five of their last seven games.
Chinakhov and Rakell scored in the first 2:02 of the game for Pittsburgh, but
the Jets tied the game at 6:10 of the second period thanks to Koepke's goal.
Pittsburgh has given up 11 short-handed goals, second-most in the league. The
Penguins have allowed short-handed goals in back-to-back games and four this
month.
The Jets trailed 3-2 entering the third period, but Pionk tied the game at 4:04
with a shot from the point. Lambert beat Silovs at 8:36 from a distance off the
rush. Karlsson forced overtime when he beat Hellebuyck with a wrist shot from
the top of the right circle.
Up next Jets: Visit the New York Rangers on Sunday. Penguins: Host Carolina on Sunday. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
Up next Jets: Visit the New York Rangers on Sunday. Penguins: Host Carolina on Sunday. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
