{"id":313835,"date":"2026-10-25T07:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313835\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T07:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:48:11","slug":"ville-koivunen-scores-in-ot-as-penguins-rally-for-3-2-win-over-predators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313835\/","title":{"rendered":"Ville Koivunen scores in OT as Penguins rally for 3-2 win over Predators"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ville Koivunen scored at 3:44 of overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied to beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Koivunen beat Juuse Saros with a wrist shot from the top of the left circle.<\/p>\n

Rickard Rakell scored the tying goal for Pittsburgh with 1:06 to play in regulation on a cross-ice pass from Sidney Crosby. It was Crosby’s 1,111th career assist, tying Hall of Fame defenseman Ray Bourque for the most with one franchise.<\/p>\n

Connor Dewar also scored for the Penguins, who have points in 10 straight and 23 of their last 27 games against Nashville dating to Oct. 21, 2010.<\/p>\n

Arturs Silovs stopped 24 shots. The Penguins, who were playing without Evgeni Malkin (illness) and Egor Chinakhov (lower body), have won two straight following a four-game losing streak. Chinakhov has missed four of the last five games.<\/p>\n

Steven Stamkos and Jayden Struble scored for Nashville. Stamkos is two goals from passing Dino Ciccarelli for 19th place in NHL history.<\/p>\n

Saros made 34 saves for the Predators, who have lost two in a row and five of six. Nashville was blanked 6-0 at Boston on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Struble put Nashville in front 2-1 at 6:40 of the second period when he beat Silovs from the right faceoff dot.<\/p>\n

Jack Drury nearly scored at the end of the second to make it a 3-1 game. Drury dove at a loose puck and pushed it across the line, but time expired before it crossed.<\/p>\n

That allowed Rakell and Koivunen to help the Penguins rally in the third period and overtime.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Predators: Host the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Penguins: Host the Utah Mammoth on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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