Oct. 3: NHL Preseason Roundup

Sidney Crosby scored his second goal of the game nine seconds into overtime, and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied past the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Friday.

Crosby won it by scoring at the right post off a crossing pass from Erik Karlsson with Sabres goalie Alexandar Georgiev out of his net.

Crosby had tied it 4-4 with a power-play goal at 13:54 of the third period, finishing a wraparound on his backhand at the left post.

Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist, and Karlsson had two assists for the Penguins (5-1-1). Tristan Jarry made 16 saves on 19 shots, and Sergei Murashov made 12 saves after replacing him midway through the second period.

Jiri Kulich scored twice, Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist, and Alex Tuch had two assists for the Sabres (3-2-1). Alex Lyon made 11 saves on 13 shots before being replaced by Georgiev (14 saves) to start the third.

It was the preseason finale for both teams. Pittsburgh will begin its season at the New York Rangers on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN1, TVAS), and Buffalo will open at home against New York on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; MSG-B, MSG).

Philip Tomasino put Pittsburgh in front 1-0 at 8:59 of the first period. With Tomasino on a breakaway, Buffalo defenseman Bowen Byram made contact with him before the forward skated into Lyon in the crease and the puck went into the net. Officials determined Byram caused Tomasino to slide into the goalie.

Thompson tied it 1-1 at 3:53 of the second period. He scored with a backhand from the low slot off a centering pass from Josh Norris, who started the play by intercepting the puck in the neutral zone.

Kulich gave the Sabres a 2-1 lead at 7:42, scoring on a rebound after Jarry stopped Tuch’s shot from high in the left face-off circle.

Jason Zucker then extended the lead to 3-1 on the power play at 10:05, gathering a rebound at the right side of the net and lifting the puck past the glove of a lunging Jarry.

Harrison Brunicke cut it to 3-2 at 13:53. He cut around two defenders on the right side, carried the puck down to the goal line and scored from a sharp angle inside the right post.

Kulich then restored the two-goal lead for Buffalo, making it 4-2 at 16:37. Murashov couldn’t handle Tuch’s wrist shot from the top of the left circle, and Kulich buried the rebound in front.

Rakell pulled Pittsburgh within 4-3 on the man-advantage at 6:45 of the third when he poked in a loose puck behind Georgiev.

Wild 3, Blackhawks 2: The Minnesota Wild scored three power-play goals in the second period to erase a two-goal deficit in their win against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center.

Vladimir Tarasenko, Joel Eriksson Ek and Ryan Hartman scored for the Wild (3-2-1) and Zeev Buium and Matt Boldy each had two assists. Filip Gustavsson made 26 saves.

Frank Nazar and Nick Foligno scored for the Blackhawks (2-3-0) and Spencer Knight made 24 saves.

Nazar gave the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead, finishing a 3-on-2 rush off a cross-ice pass from Tyler Bertuzzi at 6:25 of the first period.

The Blackhawks took a 2-0 lead at 10:04 when Foligno deflected in Sam Rinzel's shot.

Tarasenko cut it to 2-1 with a power-play goal at 2:29 of the second period, going far side into the top corner of the net with a wrist shot from the left circle.

Eriksson Ek redirected Boldy's shot on the power play to tie the game 2-2 at 9:13.

The Wild took a 3-2 lead with their third power-play goal of the period when Hartman's shot from the top of the slot went in off the stick of Chicago defenseman Wyatt Kaiser at 18:48.

It was the preseason finale for the Wild, who open their regular season schedule at the St. Louis Blues on Oct. 9 (8 p.m. ET; FDSNMW).

Jets 5, Flames 4 (SO): Gustav Nyquist had a goal and an assist, helping the Winnipeg Jets to a come-from-behind shootout win against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.

Haydn Fleury, Alex Iafallo and Parker Ford also scored, and Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves for the Jets (2-3-1). Tanner Pearson scored the deciding goal in the seventh round of the shootout when Flames goalie Dustin Wolf stopped his shot with the blocker before the puck went up in the air and then popped out of the goalie’s glove.

Winnipeg forward Cole Perfetti did not play after the second period because of a lower-body injury and will be reevaluated. Defenseman Dylan DeMelo did not play after the first period for precautionary reasons after taking a stick to the throat.

Nazem Kadri scored twice, and Kevin Bahl and Adam Klapka each had two assists for the Flames (3-4-1). Wolf made 31 saves.

It was the preseason finale for both teams. Winnipeg will begin its season at home against the Dallas Stars on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; TSN3, Victory+), and Calgary will open at the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN).

Nyquist began the rally by cutting the deficit to 4-2 at 6:14 of the second period when he knocked in the rebound of Luke Schenn’s slap shot.

Iafallo brought the Jets within 4-3 at 3:47 of the third period with a one-timer from the left side off Nyquist’s no-look backhand feed from behind the net.

Ford tied it 4-4 at 12:57 when Logan Stanley’s shot from the left point deflected in off Ford at the side of the net.

The Flames went up 1-0 on Kadri’s goal at 7:04 of the first period. He scored from in front after Klapka carried the puck out from behind the net and fed him through the crease.

Matvei Gridin made it 2-0 at 11:17, scoring with a backhand from the slot.

Fleury pulled the Jets within 2-1 at 15:18 with a wrist shot through traffic from the point.

Joel Hanley responded to make it 3-1 for the Flames at 17:13, burying a long wrist shot of his own.

Kadri then pushed it to 4-1 at 4:02 of the second with his second of the game. He finished a give-and-go with Bahl from the right of the crease.

Canucks 3, Oilers 2 (OT): Conor Garland scored in overtime, and the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

Garland came down the left side, cut across the front of the crease and tucked the puck past Edmonton goalie Calvin Pickard at the right post 1:30 into overtime.

Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Vancouver's first-round pick (No. 15) in the 2022 NHL Draft, scored twice and Quinn Hughes had two assists for the Canucks (4-2-0). Thatcher Demko made 25 saves.

Kasperi Kapanen and Leon Draisaitl scored for the Oilers (4-2-2) and Pickard made 24 saves.

Lekkerimaki gave the Canucks a 1-0 lead with a one-timer from the edge of the left circle at 19:49 of the first period.

Kapanen's one-timer on the rush from the top of the right circle off a pass from David Tomasek tied the game 1-1 at 13:40 of the second period.

The rebound of Evan Bouchard's wrist shot from the left circle went directly to Draisaitl on the opposite side for a snap shot that gave Edmonton a 2-1 lead at 16:40.

Lekkerimaki ripped a one-timer short side past Pickard from the left face-off dot to tie the game 2-2 at 5:58 of the third period.

It was the preseason finale for both teams. The Oilers open their regular season hosting the Calgary Flames on Oct. 8 (10 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN) and the Canucks host the Flames on Oct. 9 (10 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNW, SNP) in their season opener.

Sharks 4, Golden Knights 1: Ethan Cardwell scored a hat trick and had an assist, and Pavol Regenda had four assists for the San Jose Sharks in their win against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Egor Afanasyev also scored, and Alex Nedeljkovic made 28 saves for the Sharks (2-3-0).

Alexander Holtz scored, and Adin Hill made 16 saves for the Golden Knights (3-4-0), who played their preseason finale. They will open their season at home against the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, TNT).

San Jose took a 1-0 lead at 1:18 of the first period when Cardwell beat Hill over his right shoulder from the top of the right circle.

Afanasyev extended the lead to 2-0 with a power-play goal at 16:21 of the second period, one-timing Regenda’s pass in the right circle.

Cardwell then pushed it to 3-0 at 6:48 of the third period with his second of the game, converting on a one-timer from above the right circle to the short side.

Holtz responded 23 seconds later to cut it to 3-1 with a low wrist shot from the point at 7:11.

Cardwell completed the hat trick by scoring into an empty net at 17:52 for the 4-1 final.