Blues 3, Penguins 2 in Overtime

by Theresa · Published November 24, 2011 · Updated January 4, 2013

PITTSBURGH (AP) – The St. Louis Blues gave Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins a quick reality check.

Stifling the game’s best player at nearly every turn in his second game back from concussion-like symptoms, the Blues dominated the Penguins for two periods before escaping with a 3-2 overtime win on Wednesday night.

Alex Pietrangelo took a feed from Vladimir Sobotka and deked past Pittsburgh’s Marc-Andre Fleury, slipping the puck into a wide-open net with less than a minute to go in the extra session to put a sudden halt to the Penguins’ six-game home winning streak and put an abrupt end to the giddiness surrounding Crosby’s return to the game following a 10-month layoff. Continue reading the AP Recap

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