Penguins Dethrone Kings in OT, 4-3

The Penguins continued to dig out from a dreadful start to the season last night at Crypto.com Arena. Our boys prevailed, 4-3, over a fast, aggressive Kings squad in a highly entertaining contest that featured three lead changes, thanks to Bryan Rust’s second overtime goal. (I’ll explain later.)

I’ll get right to describing the action. Just past the seven-minute mark of the opening frame Kris Letang tried to feed Jake Guentzel in front of the Kings’ net following a give-and-go with Sidney Crosby. Drew Doughty broke up the play and stole Jake’s lunch money (depositing him on his wallet in the process), but Sid swooped in to scoop up the loose change and scored on a wraparound to stake us to an early lead.

Our hosts knotted the score at 14:14 courtesy of a botched line change following a failed black-and-gold power play. Anže Kopitar beat Erik Karlsson to a loose puck in the corner and set the disk on a platter for Carl Grundström, who beat Magnus Hellberg from close range.

When the Kings grabbed the lead midway through the contest on a short-side snap shot by Adrian Kempe?

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