The Pittsburgh Penguins edge the Nashville Predators in overtime, thanks to Bryan Rust's game-winning goal. Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the St. Louis Blues, and the Columbus Blue Jackets end their five-game losing streak by beating the New Jersey Devils.
Bryan Rust scored his second goal of the game 1:07 into overtime and Sidney Crosby had a season-high four points as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 5-4 on Thursday night. Rust also had two assists and Crosby finished with a goal and three assists. Rickard Rakell and Erik Karlsson each had a goal and an assist for the Penguins , who have won three of four. Tristan Jarry made 22 saves. Crosby, the Pitsburgh captain, snapped a 10-game goal drought.
Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault, Luke Evangelista and Brady Skjei scored for Nashville. Juuse Saros stopped 15 shots, and Filip Forsberg had two assists. In overtime, Rust took a pass from Evgeni Malkin in the slot and snapped a wrist shot past Saros. The Penguins trailed most of the night and never held the lead until Rust ended the game. Pittsburgh has gone to OT in three consecutive games, going 2-0-1. The Predators are 1-7 in games that went to overtime this season. \Nikita Kucherov had a pair of assists to lead Tampa Bay to a victory against St. Louis. Anthony Cirelli, Gage Goncalves and Nick Perbix scored for the Lightning, who have won six of their last seven. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 31 saves in the win. Pavel Buchnevich scored for St. Louis. Jordan Binnington allowed three goals on 11 shots before being replaced by Joel Hofer, who stopped all seven shots he faced. Cirelli scored his 13th of the season 5:14 into the first period before Perbix made it 2-0 3:42 into the second period. Buchnevich cut the deficit in half at with 7:45 left in the second, but Goncalves responded with his first career goal just over a minute later. \Sean Monahan had two goals and an assist, Elvis Merzlikins stopped a season-high 40 shots and Columbus snapped a five-game skid with a victory over New Jerse
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