Sidney Crosby scored a power-play goal at 1:16 of overtime and Tristan Jarry made 31 saves to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 1-0 victory over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Sunday.
Crosby, who drew a hooking penalty on Ridly Greig with three seconds left in regulation, roofed a one-timer off an Erik Karlsson pass from the center of the right circle past the glove side of Anton Forsberg for the game-winner. The Penguins (30-34-11, 71 points) snapped a three-game winless streak (0-2-1).
It was the 97th career game-winning goal for Crosby, passing Mats Sundin for 12th in NHL history. It also was his 24th career overtime goal, moving him within three of Alex Ovechkin (27) for the most in league history. Crosby has 27 goals this season.
It was Jarry’s first shutout of the season and the 20th of his career. It also snapped a personal four-game winless streak (0-3-1) dating back to a 7-3 win over New Jersey on March 15 for Jarry, who had been pulled in his previous two starts after allowing a combined eight goals on 19 shots.
Forsberg stopped 34 of 35 shots for Ottawa (39-28-6, 84 points), which had a two-game winning streak snapped.
Both goalies stood out over the first two periods. Ottawa, playing the second half of a back-to-back that began with a 3-2 home win over Columbus on Saturday, finished with a 27-19 edge in shots on goal.
The Penguins, however, had the two best scoring chances. Ville Koivunen had a tip-in try midway through the first period go off the right post, and Rickard Rakell clanged a one-timer from the high slot off the left post midway through the second period.
Ottawa then had a chance to win it with 2:25 left in the third period when Shane Pinto stole the puck from Kris Letang and went in on a breakaway, but his wrist shot went off the right post.
–Field Level Media
