For the second time in 48 hours, the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in overtime, this time 2-1 in overtime on Monday night.
Sean Couturier made the difference with a little over a minute remaining in the 3-on-3 session. Couturier accepted a handover from Travis Konecny before beating the goalkeeper with a good low shot from the right circle.
Saturday in Pittsburgh, the Flyers earned a 4-3 shootout victory and they did it again to earn a second victory in as many occasions against their eternal rivals from Pennsylvania. Couturier once again broke the deadlock with the only goal of the session.
Sidney Crosby opened the scoring with 46 seconds left in the first period by completing a nice lift from Jake Guentzel during a two-on-one run.
Crosby scored 54 goals and totaled 125 points in 85 games against the Flyers.
Guentzel thus entered his name on the scoresheet in a 6e game in a row, but the Penguins have still lost a fifth game in their last seven outings.
With his goal, his 15e of the season, Crosby became the best point scorer in Penguins history against the Flyers by beating Mario Lemieux with a 125e point.
Tyson Foerster provided the answer midway through the match thanks to a good shot on the side of Alex Nedeljkovic’s shield, who gave up twice on 33 shots.
Konecny collected two assists in his team’s victory. For his part, Carter Hart stopped 31 of the 32 pucks aimed at him.
Brossoit intractable in front of the Canes
Goaltender Laurent Brossoit was smoking hot, totaling 42 saves to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 2-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Jets’ first line scored both goals for the Manitoba team.
Thus, Kyle Connor, Nikolaj Ehlers and Mar Scheifele each collected two points, giving Winnipeg (14-8-2) a 2-0 lead which would prove enough to win.
Only Martin Necas was able to outsmart Brossoit. This goal came just before the second intermission, at 19:09.
Antti Raanta gave up twice on 22 shots in front of the Carolina cage, whose record is now 14-9-1.
