Rickard Rakell delivered the last blow in the shootout, and the Pittsburgh Penguins left with a 2-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday.
Pittsburgh got the decisive save it needed from Arturs Silovs, who denied Mikko Rantanen in the shootout. Sidney Crosby and Ben Kindel also converted for the Penguins, helping them bounce back after Friday’s shootout loss at Columbus and end a three-game skid.
Connor Dewar accounted for Pittsburgh’s lone regulation goal, and Silovs finished with 24 saves.
Jake Oettinger turned aside 20 shots for Dallas and came in riding the momentum of consecutive shutouts against San Jose and Buffalo. That run stretched his personal shutout streak to 188:52, the longest of his career and the third-longest in franchise history. Over that span, he stopped 54 straight shots, and the Stars set a team record for shutout time at 2:06:08.
Dallas forced overtime late when Tyler Seguin scored with 29.1 seconds remaining in regulation. He tipped Jason Robertson’s shot from the top of the crease to beat Silovs.
The Penguins finally got on the board at 1:57 of the third period, when Dewar lifted a backhand that looked harmless and somehow slipped over Oettinger’s shoulder.
Pittsburgh nearly broke through earlier, too. Kris Letang appeared to end Oettinger’s shutout streak in the final minute of the first period, but the goal was wiped out after review because Hendrix Lapierre touched the puck with a high stick before Letang’s shot.
The Stars host Colorado on Tuesday in the first game of a back-to-back against the Avalanche. The Penguins head to Chicago that same night to begin a four-game road trip.
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