Sidney Crosby was the OT hero as the Penguins beat the Flyers.
The Penguins blew a two-goal lead but recovered for their NHL-leading 19th home victory when Crosby’s wrist shot slipped by Elliott for his ninth of the season.
Jakub Voracek, Tyler Pitlick and Scott Laughton scored for Philadelphia. Elliott finished with 16 saves. Matt Niskanen added two assists for the Flyers but some stellar play by Jarry in the third period helped the Penguins force overtime. The nine-day layoff didn’t seem to do Pittsburgh any favours. The Penguins sent all of three shots Elliott’s way in the first period. The Flyers only managed four on Jarry, but the fourth turned out to be a power-play goal from Voraceck with 27 seconds left in the period that came at the end of a sequence in which Jarry found himself sprawled in the crease, giving Voracek plenty of time to fire into the open net thanks to a slick cross-ice pass by Niskanen.
Rust’s team-leading 22nd came just 81 seconds later, a power-play tally that came courtesy of a pass from Crosby, who fed Rust all alone in the slot. Philadelphia’s Travis Sanheim got a piece of it, but couldn’t stop it from crossing the goal line to put Pittsburgh in front 5:16 into the second. Letang capped the Penguins’ outburst by skating in deep and flicking a shot from along the goal line that smacked off an out of position Elliott and into the net.
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