{"id":389436,"date":"2026-01-05T11:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/389436\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T11:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:27:09","slug":"crosby-sets-up-late-tying-goal-scores-in-ot-in-penguins-victory-over-blue-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/389436\/","title":{"rendered":"Crosby sets up late tying goal, scores in OT in Penguins\u2019 victory over Blue Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) \u2014 Sidney Crosby<\/a> set up Ricard Rakell\u2019s tying goal with 13.7 seconds left in regulation, then scored at 2:22 of overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> a 5-4 comeback victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Penguins overcame a three-goal deficit to win their fifth straight game overall and third in a row in the road. Ville Koivunen<\/a>, Noel Acciari<\/a> and Tommy Novak also scored, and Ben Kindel<\/a> had two assists. Arturs Silovs<\/a> made 25 saves.<\/p>\n

After being outshot 12\u20139 in the first period, Pittsburgh outshot Columbus 34\u201313 over the final two periods and overtime.<\/p>\n

Kirill Marchenko<\/a> and Zach Werenski<\/a> each had a goal and an assist for Columbus, and Dmitri Voronkov<\/a> and Mason Marchment<\/a> also scored as the Blue Jackets raced to a 4-1 lead. Denton Mateychuk<\/a> added two assists, and Jet Greaves<\/a> stopped 43 shots.<\/p>\n

Werenski made it 4\u20131 47 seconds into the second with a shot through traffic.<\/p>\n

Acciari cut it to 4-2 with 3:09 left in the second, and Novak made it a one-goal game on a power play at 3:28 of the third. Rakell tied it with Silovs off for an extra attacker.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Penguins: Host New Jersey on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Blue Jackets: At San Jose on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/p>\n

Nicole Kraft, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) \u2014 Sidney Crosby set up Ricard Rakell\u2019s tying goal with 13.7 seconds left in regulation,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-389436","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}