Penguins outlast Oilers in shootout
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Phil Kessel and Sidney Crosby scored shootout goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins got a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday.
Connor McDavid also scored in the shootout, which left it up to Kessel to score the game decider.
Less than a minute into the third, Leon Draisaitl rang a shot off the crossbar.
Nick Bonino, who had a hat trick in Wednesday's victory over Winnipeg, opened the scoring at 5:42 of the first period. Bonino banged home a pass from Scott Wilson with Oilers goalie Cam Talbot sprawled on the ice following the initial shot from Justin Schultz.
It was Schultz's first game in Edmonton since being traded to the Penguins late last season.
With 2:35 left in the first period, Evgeni Malkin received credit for a weird goal after his slap shot trickled past Talbot before the puck sat in the crease. Malkin waved at the loose puck and missed and Connor McDavid's bid to clear it failed as the puck ricocheted off Talbot, who was scrambling backward, and went in.
David Desharnais scored his first goal as an Oiler at 4:55 of the second period, as he jammed the puck in during a goalmouth scramble. It was the highlight of a wild period which saw Edmonton launch 15 shots at goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, who made a glove save on Patrick Maroon and later sprawled to stop a McDavid chance.
The Oilers continued to raise the pressure on the visiting Penguins. And, finally, on the power play, the Oilers got the tying goal. McDavid deposited a rebound of a Draisaitl shot past Fleury at 12:45. It was the Oilers 32nd shot of the game.
With four minutes left, the teams traded chances; Oiler Adam Larsson hit the post, then Kessel went off on a breakaway, with Talbot scissoring his pads to make the stop.
In overtime, Talbot stood his ground to stop Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby. Then Fleury robbed McDavid on a breakaway, then made an outstanding pad save on Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
The Oilers outshot the Penguins 42-31.
NOTES: Penguins RW Patric Hornqvist missed the game with a concussion, while D Kris Letang is back in Pittsburgh dealing with an upper-body injury. ... Oilers G Cam Talbot made his 60th start of the season. ... D Justin Schultz had a plus/minus rating of minus-78 in 248 career games for the Oilers. He is plus-36 in 89 career games for the Penguins. ... Schultz was traded for a third-round pick, which the Oilers used to draft Filip Berglund, who has nine assists in 47 Swedish League games this season. ... The Penguins scratched D Cameron Gaunce and C Matt Cullen, while LW Tom Sestito began a four-game suspension for his hit on Winnipeg's Toby Enstrom. ... The Oilers scratched D Eric Gryba, LW Jujhar Khaira, LW Anton Slepyshev and C Drake Caggiula.