Penguins get victory on Rakell’s goal
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PITTSBURGH -- Rickard Rakell scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Saturday.
Arturs Silovs stopped Mikko Rantanen in the shootout to help Pittsburgh snap a three-game losing streak. Sidney Crosby and Ben Kindel also scored in the shootout for the Penguins, who lost in a shootout at Columbus on Friday.
"We knew we needed to respond,'' Penguins coach Dan Muse said. "It's an emotional game, and so, it is a quick turnaround. In one sense, you're excited that you get to be playing again the next night, especially coming off a game that you know there's a lot we knew we could be better at. It shows where this group is at that we can come together and find a way to just dig in and play a better brand of hockey, which is what I thought we did today."
Connor Dewar scored in regulation for Pittsburgh and Silovs stopped 24 shots.
"You can just see that engagement level (from Silovs), the compete. That's not a surprise from him," Muse said. "But I just thought overall, he was just in good spots. And even when there were breakdowns, there was, I think, a calmness for us, just the way he was going about things positionally."
Jake Oettinger stopped 20 shots for the Stars.
Oettinger, coming off back-to-back shutouts against San Jose and Buffalo, set the longest shutout streak of his career at 188:52. It's the third-longest shutout streak in franchise history.
During Oettinger's run, in which he stopped 54 straight shots, the Stars set the longest shutout streak in team history at 2:06:08.
Tyler Seguin forced overtime for Dallas when he scored with 29.1 seconds left in regulation. He tipped Jason Robertson's shot behind Silovs from the top of the crease.
Dewar scored the first goal of the game at 1:57 of the third period when he flipped a harmless looking backhand shot over Oettinger's shoulder.
Kris Letang nearly ended Oettinger's shutout streak early, but he had a goal waived off in the final minute of the first period. After review, it was determined that Hendrix Lapierre touched the puck with a high stick prior to Letang's goal.
Up next
Stars: Host Colorado on Tuesday in the first game of a back-to-back against the Avalanche.
Penguins: Open a four-game road trip Tuesday at Chicago.