Rust scores in overtime, Crosby has 4 points in the Penguins’ 5-4 win over the Predators

Bryan Rust scored his second goal of the game 1:07 into overtime and Sidney Crosby scored his season-high four points as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Nashville Predators 5-4 on Thursday night.

Rust also had two assists and Crosby finished the game with a goal and three assists. Rickard Rakell and Erik Karlsson each had a goal and an assist for the Penguins, who won three of four games. Tristan Jarry made 22 saves.

Crosby, the Pitsburgh captain, snapped a 10-game goal drought.

Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault, Luke Evangelista and Brady Skjei scored for Nashville. Juuse Saros stopped 15 shots and Filip Forsberg had two assists.

In overtime, Rust took a pass from Evgeni Malkin in the slot and fired a wrist shot past Saros. The Penguins trailed most of the night and never maintained the lead until Rust ended the game.

Pittsburgh has defeated OT in three straight games, 2-0-1.

The Predators are 1-7 in games that went to overtime this season.

LIGHTNING 3, BLUES 1

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov had two assists to lead Tampa Bay to a win over St. Louis.

Anthony Cirelli, Gage Goncalves and Nick Perbix scored for the Lightning, who have won six of their last seven. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 31 saves in the win.

Pavel Buchnevich scored for St. Louis. Jordan Binnington allowed three goals on 11 shots before being replaced by Joel Hofer, who stopped all seven shots he faced.

Cirelli scored his 13th goal of the season at 5:14 of the first period before Perbix made it 2-0 at 3:42 of the second period. Buchnevich halved the deficit with 7:45 left in the second period, but Goncalves answered with his first career goal just over a minute later.

BLUE JACKETS 4, DEVIL 2

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Sean Monahan scored two goals and an assist, Elvis Merzlikins stopped a season-high 40 shots and Columbus snapped a five-game skid with a win over New Jersey.

Ivan Provorov and Zach Werenski also scored for Columbus, which has won just two of its last 10 games. Kirill Marchenko added two assists for his 100th NHL point, extending his point streak to four games. Monahan’s first goal made it 3-0 in the second period, and his second came on an empty net with 1:10 to play.

Luke Hughes had a goal and an assist, Timo Meier scored and Jake Allen stopped 16 shots for New Jersey, which had won three straight.

KINGS 7, FLYER 3

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Anze Kopitar and Kevin Fiala each scored two goals and Los Angeles struggled against Philadelphia.

Kopitar scored the equalizer in the final minute of the second period and then redirected a pass from Alex Turcotte for the game-winning goal in the third period. Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves.

Kopitar has now scored at least one point in 19 of his last 24 games, but it was his first multi-goal game since his hat trick on the opening night of the season.

Warren Foegele redirected Jordan Spence’s shot past Philadelphia goalkeeper Aleksei Kolosov for the winning goal 1:54 minutes into the third period.

Fiala scored the first and last goals of the game, while Tanner Jeannot and Quinton Byfield also scored for the Kings, who won for the eighth time in their last 11 games.

Tyson Foerster scored two goals and Noah Cates one for Philadelphia, which lost for the third straight season. Kolosov finished with 20 saves.

BLACKHAWS 3, KRAKEN 1

CHICAGO (AP) — Ilya Mikheyev scored two more goals, Arvid Soderblom made 27 saves and Chicago beat Seattle for its third straight victory.

Teuvo Teravainen had two assists as Chicago completed a perfect three-game homestand. Nolan Allan scored his first career goal in the third period.

It is the Blackhawks’ first three-game winning streak since they rattled off five straight wins in February 2023.

Seattle lost for the fourth time in five games and has scored just two goals in a three-game losing streak.