Blackhawks 3, Penguins 2
PITTSBURGH -- Center Artemi Panarin's second goal of the game came in overtime Tuesday to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Jonathan Toews also scored for Chicago.
Center Sidney Crosby and defenseman Kris Letang scored for the Penguins, who erased a 2-0 deficit.
Panarin's winner came at 3:47 of overtime when he placed a shot under the crossbar.
The Blackhawks have not won regulation in Pittsburgh since a 5-2 decision on Feb. 22, 1997 at the now-razed Civic Arena. The Penguins are 7-0-5 against Chicago at home since.
The first period was tight, with the teams registering seven shots apiece, and scoreless.
Panarin gave Chicago a 1-0 lead at 8:47 of the second period off of a two-on-one with right winger Patrick Kane. With Pittsburgh defenseman Ben Lovejoy defending, Kane got a pass across to Panarin, who one-timed a shot from the lower part of the left circle past goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury on the short side.
Kane's assist gave him a four-game point streak and increased his league-leading total to 58 points.
Chicago increased its lead to 2-0 with 1:14 left in the second period when Toews batted in a rebound from a crowd around the crease.
That extended Toews' point streak to five games (three goals, two assists) and gave him seven goals in nine career games against Pittsburgh.
The Penguins closed to within 2-1 at 5:54 of the third period on Crosby's goal. Letang wove through the neutral zone and dished to right winger David Perron near the right point. Perron left a drop pass for Crosby, who lifted a shot to the far side over goaltender Corey Crawford's shoulder.
That extended Crosby's goal streak to four games. He has at least a point in 15 of his past 20 games.
Letang tied it 2-2 with 2:50 remaining in regulation. Crosby won a faceoff back to Letang, whose shot from the left point glanced off Kane's body and past Crawford.
NOTES: F Richard Panik, acquired by Chicago on Sunday for F Jeremy Morin in a trade with Toronto, has not joined the Blackhawks as he sorts out visa issues. Coach Joel Quenneville said he doesn't know when Panik will be available. ... D Rob Scuderi, acquired by Chicago Dec. 14 for D Trevor Daley in a trade with Pittsburgh, was in the lineup after being scratched two of the previous three games. ... The Blackhawks scratched D Michal Rozsival and LW Brandon Mashinter. ... For Daley, it was the first time he played against a former NHL team. ... Pittsburgh scratched D David Warsofsky and LW Scott Wilson. The Penguins remain without RW Beau Bennett (undisclosed injury). ... The teams complete a home-and-home Wednesday in Chicago.