The Pittsburgh Penguins overcame the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Tuesday night after Rickard Rakell scored at 1:44 of overtime.
Rakell won the game by deflecting Erik Karlsson’s point shot behind Darcy Kuemper.
Evgeni Malkin scored, and Matt Grzelcyk scored his first goal as a Penguin with 5:35 remaining in the third period, forcing overtime. During his 300th NHL game, Michael Bunting recorded two assists.
29 saves were made by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Alex Turcotte and Adrian Kempe both scored for Los Angeles 33 seconds into the match. Two more assists came from Vladislav Gavrikov.
28 shots were stopped by Kuemper.
Takeaways
Kings: After a six-game winning streak, Los Angeles has dropped two of three games.
Penguins: In their last ten games, Pittsburgh has won seven. Prior to its current 10-game run, Pittsburgh had an 8–10 record.
Key moment
To tie the game and force overtime, Grzelcyk blasted a wrist shot behind Kuemper after Sidney Crosby threw him a cross-ice pass in the third period.
Key stat
When the Penguins score three goals or more in a game, their record is 12-3-2. Since October 30, 2014, Pittsburgh has won eight of its ten home games versus Los Angeles.
Up next
On Thursday, both teams will be on the road. Pittsburgh is at Nashville, while Los Angeles continues a season-long, seven-game, 15-day road trip.
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