Sidney Crosby Helps Penguins Complete Comeback To Extend Win Streak

The Pittsburgh Penguins completed their comeback to get a 5-4 overtime win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday.

Pittsburgh trailed 4-1 early in the second before scoring three-straight, including Rickard Rakell tying it with 14 seconds left. In overtime, it was Sidney Crosby who scored the winner to help Pittsburgh get its fifth-straight win.

“It felt great,” Rakell said postgame on Sunday. “We were pushing throughout the whole period there, and we felt like we were close so many times. But their goalie (Jet Greaves) played a really good game for them, and didn’t make it easy for us. But everybody on our team did such a good job tonight.”

Rakell believes the Penguins are coming together as a team, and the winning streak is a big part of it.

“I think I just like our whole team game,” Rakell said. “Everybody knows that they’re very important part of us having success, and when everybody is doing their job every night, I think it gives us a good chance to win.”

With the win, the Penguins improved to 20-12-9 and are holding onto the top Wild Card spot. It was a great comeback win, which Pittsburgh believes can propel them.

“It’s a great response by us,” goaltender Arturs Silovs said. “Guys are flying, we’re shooting, producing a lot of shots. Started to win a lot of offensive position, getting the changes and outworking them, and get rewarded.”

Pittsburgh will return to the ice on Thursday at home against the New Jersey Devils.

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