This game? Not as good. The Penguins evened the series with an overtime victory over the Jackets in Pittsburgh.
The Penguins again jumped out to a lead. Behind the sticks of Phil Kessel and Patric Hornqvist, the tuxedo birds got out to a 2-0 lead. They entered the second period with the score but Brandon Dubinsky broke it up with under five minutes to play. Pittsburgh’s Nick Bonino responded three minutes later to push the lead to 3-1. Early in the third period, Alexander Wennberg put the Jackets within one goal again. 11 minutes later, Cam Atkinson scored his 25th goal of the year to tie the game up. The Jackets would go on to lose in overtime after Kessel scored his second goal of the night.