Sidney Crosby's deft feed to the slot ended up on the stick of teammate Erik Karlsson. The defenseman did the rest, blasting a shot by Alex Lyon 1:40 into overtime to give the Penguins a 6-5 win that leapfrogged them over Washington and into the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot.
Sidney Crosby's deft feed to the slot ended up on the stick of teammate Erik Karlsson. The defenseman did the rest, blasting a shot by Alex Lyon 1:40 into overtime to give the Penguins a 6-5 win that leapfrogged them over Washington and into the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot.
It seemed unfathomable a month ago that the Pittsburgh Penguins would be in their current position. When the Penguins dealt forward Jake Guentzel to the Carolina Hurricanes at the trade deadline, the team was 10 points out of the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
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