Blues beat Penguins in OT to spoil banner celebration

PITTSBURGH — Alex Pietrangelo beat Matt Murray 1:15 into overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams.

The Blues recovered after letting a two-goal, third-period lead slip away when Pietrangelo’s shot from the slot hit Murray and slipped under the crossbar for his second goal of the game.

Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist for the Blues, Brayden Schenn and Colton Parayko also scored, and Jake Allen finished with 34 saves.

Sidney Crosby and Conor Sheary scored 54 seconds apart in the third to tie it, but the Penguins couldn’t complete the comeback on a night the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions raised the franchise’s fifth Cup banner to the rafters at PPG Paints Arena. Justin Schultz and Olli Maatta also scored for the Penguins. Murray stopped 28 shots.

Just 115 days after finishing off a heated challenge from Nashville in the finals, the Penguins began the quest for the first three-peat in 35 years with one last nod to the franchise’s fifth championship.

At Edmonton, Alberta, reigning Hart Trophy winner Connor Mcdavid scored a hat trick to lead Edmonton to a season-opening victory. Mcdavid, who won the NHL scoring title last season, had seven shots in the win.

At San Jose, Calif., Wayne Simmonds recorded a hat trick and Philadelphia opened its season with a road victory. Simmonds’ second goal broke a 3-3 tie nearly halfway through the third period, and his third sealed the win.

At Winnipeg, Manitoba, veteran Patrick Marleau scored twice in his Toronto debut as the Maple Leafs routed Winnipeg in the season opener for both teams.

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