In Pittsburgh, Matt Murray made 29 saves as the Pens rallied from an 0-2 deficit top defeat the Chicago Blackhawks, 3-2, in the skills competition.
Jake Guentzel and Bryan Rust rallied the Pens back in regulation.
“Just trying to work hard,” Rust said. “Individually, just trying to move my feet. Trying to get to open spaces and make plays when they’re there. Been having really good fortune of some really good play from my linemates.
“I guess things feel good but I might know better than anyone else that things can just as quickly [turn] for the bad as for the good. Just have to keep plugging away here.”
Dominik Kubalik and Patrick Kane scored for the Hawks.
“Pretty good performance, overall,” Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton said. “Disappointing to not get two points because I thought we were in pretty good shape, playing well and with a lead. … We had our chances. I think we had more than enough opportunities to end it, but disappointed in that. I liked our effort. I thought we competed really hard.”
Jared McCann was credited with the deciding goal in the shootout.
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Corey Crawford made 29 saves in the loss.
“Would’ve been nice to come away with that game but they’re a good team,” Patrick Kane said. “They’ve been playing well all year. They had a big comeback against the [New York] Islanders the other night. Obviously, nice to get a point. Hopefully keep building on what we have going on here, but it would’ve been nice to have two.”
The Pens lost Sidney Crosby to a lower body injury in the third period.
“Obviously, [Crosby is] the best player in the world, so if he’s out it’s going to take a committee by everyone to step up. We’ll have to see what happens,” Guentzel said.
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