Pittsburgh defenseman Kris Letang bounced back from being bloodied by a hit to score a controversial overtime winning goal to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 road victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
With the game tied at 3-3, Canadiens goalie Carey Price appeared to smother the puck and his team mates let down their guard expecting a whistle, but James Neal poked the puck free to Letang who scored the winner to leave the home side furious.
Letang looked unlikely to feature in overtime after he was sent to the ice with a bloody nose after being hit hard by Montreal's Max Pacioretti with three minutes left in the third period.
The Penguins opened the scoring after just 21 seconds through Evgeni Malkin but Montreal responded with goals from Travis Moen, Pacioretty and Erik Cole to take a 3-1 lead.
Pascal Dupuis scored late in the second period to start the Penguins comeback and Jordan Staal forced overtime with the tying goal with less than five minutes remaining in the third period.
With the game tied at 3-3, Canadiens goalie Carey Price appeared to smother the puck and his team mates let down their guard expecting a whistle, but James Neal poked the puck free to Letang who scored the winner to leave the home side furious.
Letang looked unlikely to feature in overtime after he was sent to the ice with a bloody nose after being hit hard by Montreal's Max Pacioretti with three minutes left in the third period.
The Penguins opened the scoring after just 21 seconds through Evgeni Malkin but Montreal responded with goals from Travis Moen, Pacioretty and Erik Cole to take a 3-1 lead.
Pascal Dupuis scored late in the second period to start the Penguins comeback and Jordan Staal forced overtime with the tying goal with less than five minutes remaining in the third period.
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