Giroux, Couturier score in shootout to beat Penguins
PITTSBURGH » Claude Giroux and Sean Couturier scored in the shootout and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Thursday.
Giroux and Couturier were the lone shooters for Philadelphia. Jake Guentzel scored for Pittsburgh, but Carter Hart stopped Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang to seal the win.
Jakub Voracek scored his eighth of the season in regulation for the Flyers, who snapped a twogame skid. The Flyers won for just the ninth time in their past 25 games. Hart stopped 31 shots for his first win in eight starts. He allowed five goals on 27 shots the previous time he faced Pittsburgh.
Crosby scored his 17th of the season for Pittsburgh, which had
First Period: 2 1
Second Period: 1, Pittsburgh, Crosby 17 (Letang, Dumoulin), 5:04; Penalties: Guentzel, PIT (Hooking), 12:09.
Third Period: 2, Philadelphia, Voracek 8 (Myers), 1:24; Penalties: Konecny, PHI (Holding), 17:08. Overtime: None; Penalties: Crosby, PIT (Tripping), 3:03.
Shootout: Philadelphia 2 (Giroux G, Couturier G), Pittsburgh 1 (Guentzel G, Crosby NG, Letang NG).
Shots on Goal: Philadelphia 5-13-8-1=27. Pittsburgh 3-16-8-5=32.
Goalies: Philadelphia, Hart 9-11-5 (32 shots-31 saves). Pittsburgh, Jarry 17-8-3 (27-26).
A: 4,672 (18,387); T: 2:41.
Referees: Peter MacDougall, Jon Mclsaac; Linesmen: Brandon Schrader, Libor Suchanek.
its three-game win streak end. Tristan Jarry made 26 saves for the Penguins.
Voracek tied the game 1-1 at 1:24 of the third period when he put a wrist shot between Jarry’s pads from between the circles.
Crosby opened the scoring at
OT 4 4 3 6
N.Y. Rangers 43
FLYERS 43
New Jersey 42 Buffalo 43
Thursday’s Games
N.Y. Rangers 4, New Jersey 0 Buffalo 5, Washington 2
Boston 4, N.Y. Islanders 1
FLYERS 2, Pittsburgh 1, shootut
21 20 14 11
16 17 22 25
6 6 6 7
Pts 60 58 57 52
48 46 34 29
GF 154 126 147 116
140 125 103 105
GA 132 102 120 107
112 155 139 149
5:04 of the second period. During the play, Crosby gave his stick to defenseman Brian Dumoulin in the defensive zone, grabbed a bench stick from an equipment manager off the rush and converted a rebound that was misplayed in front by Hart.
Dumoulin’s secondary assist extended his career-best scoring streak to six games, longest active currently by an NHL defenseman.