Coyotes upend Penguins in OT
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Connor Murphy scored his first goal of the season with 21.8 seconds left in overtime to give the Arizona Coyotes a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night at Gila River Arena.
Martin Hanzal scored two goals to boost his team-leading season total to 12 and Tobias Rieder contributed the other goal for the Coyotes, who improved to 5-2-1 in their last eight games.
Mike Smith was strong in goal with 27 saves for Arizona despite a mishap that led to Pittsburgh's second goal.
Marc-Andre Fleury finished with 21 saves for Pittsburgh.
Rookie Josh Archibald scored twice for the Penguins in his second career game and Phil Kessel also had a goal.
Sidney Crosby was shut out for the second straight game, leaving him stuck on 998 career points. It's the first time Crosby has been held without a point in back-to-back games since Feb. 24 and 27, 2016.
Pittsburgh grabbed a 1-0 at 5:41 of the first period when Archibald cleaned up a rebound of Eric Fehr's initial shot with a backhand into the upper corner of the net.
Archibald was recalled from Wilkes Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Friday.
Rieder tied the game 59 seconds later when his wrist shot off a two-on-one rush found the upper corner of the net with Penguins defenseman Ian Cole providing a ramp with his stick blade. Rieder has four goals in six career games against Pittsburgh.
Arizona has scored at least one second-period goal in nine straight games, 18 second-period goals in that stretch and eight in the past three games.
Hanzal gave Arizona a 2-1 lead on a power-play goal at nine minutes when he swept the rebound of Radim Vrbata's shot from the point under Fleury's pad for his 11th goal of the season.
Hanzal widened the lead to 3-1 at 3:36 of the second period when he deflected Oliver Ekman-Larsson's shot up over Fleury's shoulder and then dived to sweep the puck from the crease into the net.
Archibald scored his second of the night short-handed with 5:22 left in the third period when Smith mishandled the puck in front of his own net trying to make a pass. Smith lost the puck and all Archibald had to do was put it into an open net.
Kessel banged in a rebound of Jake Guentzel's shot to force overtime with 14.2 seconds left in regulation and Fleury pulled for an extra attacker.
NOTES: Despite two promising practices this week and positive appraisal from coach Mike Sullivan, Penguins C Evgeni Malkin was out of the lineup for a seventh straight game a lower-body injury. ... Sullivan also made an unexpected switch, starting G Marc-Andre Fleury in goal after Matt Murray was projected to start. ... Arizona Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald attended Saturday's game for Larry Fitzgerald bobblehead night. Fitzgerald attended the University of Pittsburgh. ... Coyotes C Martin Hanzal returned to the lineup after a one-game absence to an undisclosed illness. ... Penguins RW Bryan Rust (upper body) did not play and will be re-evaluated back in Pittsburgh after sustaining the injury Thursday in Denver. ... Penguins LW Carl Hagelin (concussion) is day to day. ... Pittsburgh LW Conor Sheary (upper body) is out until March. ... RW Shane Doan played in his 1,519th NHL game with the Coyotes/Jets franchise, the fourth-most of any player with one franchise. ... Coyotes D Kevin Connauton replaced D Jakob Chychrun in the lineup, marking his first game since Jan. 19 -- a stretch of eight games.