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Penguins wrap up season with 3-2 OT loss to Columbus

Penguins wrap up season with 3-2 OT loss to Columbus
A MOVIE ABC NEWS TURNING OUT TO SPORTS NOW, THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS HIT THE ICE FOR PRACTICE YESTERDAY AHEAD OF THEIR SEASON FINALE TONIGHT IN COLUMBUS, KNOWING THAT AN ISLANDERS WIN OR OVERTIME LOSS LAST NIGHT WOULD END THE PENN SEASON. I SAW A GREAT FEELING. YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST IT’S A SITUATION WHERE YOU JUST KIND OF MAKE THE BEST OF IT. AND LIKE I SAID, PREPARE YOU SAME WAY TODAY. AND AND HO
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Penguins wrap up season with 3-2 OT loss to Columbus
Johnny Gaudreau scored a minute into overtime and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 Thursday night, snapping a four-game losing streak.Gaudreau scored his 14th overtime goal and the Blue Jackets moved ahead of Chicago and Anaheim for the worst record in the NHL. Columbus has one game remaining.Andrew Peeke and Emil Bemstrom also scored for Columbus. Michael Hutchinson stopped 34 shots.Kris Letang had a goal and an assist, Jake Guentzel scored, and Sidney Crosby added two assists for Pittsburgh. Tristan Jarry stopped 31 shots.The loss was Pittsburgh’s second straight and came a night after the Penguins were eliminated from the playoffs for the first time since 2006.Pittsburgh’s scoring came on a pair of power-play goals from Letang in the first period and Guentzel in the second.But, every time the Penguins went ahead, Columbus responded. Peete tied the game in the second and Bemstrom knotted the score at 2 with his power-play goal with 3:25 left in regulation. Rookies Mikael Pyyhtia and Stanislav Svozil recorded their first NHL assists on the score. UP NEXTBlue Jackets: Host Buffalo Sabres on Friday in their season finale.Penguins: Season over.___AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

Johnny Gaudreau scored a minute into overtime and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 Thursday night, snapping a four-game losing streak.

Gaudreau scored his 14th overtime goal and the Blue Jackets moved ahead of Chicago and Anaheim for the worst record in the NHL. Columbus has one game remaining.

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Andrew Peeke and Emil Bemstrom also scored for Columbus. Michael Hutchinson stopped 34 shots.

Kris Letang had a goal and an assist, Jake Guentzel scored, and Sidney Crosby added two assists for Pittsburgh. Tristan Jarry stopped 31 shots.

The loss was Pittsburgh’s second straight and came a night after the Penguins were eliminated from the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

Pittsburgh’s scoring came on a pair of power-play goals from Letang in the first period and Guentzel in the second.

But, every time the Penguins went ahead, Columbus responded. Peete tied the game in the second and Bemstrom knotted the score at 2 with his power-play goal with 3:25 left in regulation. Rookies Mikael Pyyhtia and Stanislav Svozil recorded their first NHL assists on the score. UP NEXT

Blue Jackets: Host Buffalo Sabres on Friday in their season finale.

Penguins: Season over.

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