PITTSBURGH — This article originally appeared on PGHHockeyNOW.com.
The Pittsburgh Penguins had chances, dominated for large stretches of the game Saturday, but goals didn’t follow accordingly — until the very end of regulation and overtime. Ville Koivunen scored in overtime after Rickard Rakell tied it late for a 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators at PPG Paints Arena.
The Penguins (5-6-1), in the second game of a three-game homestand following a sour four-game road losing skid, are 8-0-2 in their past nine meetings with the Predators.
The Predators (3-3-4) were coming off a 6-0 loss to Boston.
While Predators goaltender Juuse Saros might not have looked to be having an all-star night excepting a few sharp saves, he stopped 34 shots, including 24 saves through two periods.
Steven Stamkos opened the scoring for Nashville in the first, Connor Dewer tied it for the Penguins in the second, and Jayden Struble got what looked like it might be the decider later in the second. Rickard Rakell sent it to overtime with a goal late in the third.
Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs, making his third straight start for the first time with the club, and coming off a 26-save shutout against Florida, made 24 saves.
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