Sidney Crosby Stuns The Utah Hockey Club With Overtime Winner

Jan 29, 2025 , 11:02 PM | Updated: Jan 30, 2025, 2:09 pm

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TANNER TRIPP


KSL Sports

SALT LAKE CITY- The Utah Hockey Club hosted Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins at Delta Center for the first time ever tonight in a nationally televised affair on TNT.

The energy in the building was palpable as Sidney Crosby warmed up on the ice pregame as Penguins and Hockey Club fans alike watched attentively. But after the puck dropped, besides a tussle between Liam O’Brien and Bokondji Imama, Utah and Pittsburgh got off to a bit of a sluggish start.

Neither team saw any real scoring chance, that was until a holding penalty on Blake Lizotte put Utah on the power play where Mikhail Sergachev scored on a beautiful wrist shot top shelf in his first game back after missing five matchups due to injury.

The Utah Hockey Club took the 1-0 lead into the first intermission, but the Penguins seemed determined coming out of the locker room to tie the game. Pittsburgh finally got past Connor Ingram just before the halfway point of the period on a long-range shot from Marcus Pettersson that deflected off of Alexander Kerfoot and into the back of the net.

The tie didn’t last long, however. A loose puck in the Penguins’ offensive zone found its way to the stick of John Marino who flung a perfectly placed pass up the ice to Michael Carcone who didn’t give up on the breakaway opportunity, chipping the rebound into the back of the net to give the Hockey Club the 2-1 lead.

Utah once again entered the break with a one-goal lead and was only from breaking their losing streak, but Pittsburgh had other ideas. Erik Karlsson was streaking up the right side of the ice when he put the puck on net, beating Connor Ingram on the near post and tying the game at two.

The last ten minutes of regulation were tense as both teams were searching for the game-winning goal, but neither wanted to commit a mistake that would cost them the game, and ultimately the clock hit zeros, and Utah and Pittsburgh were still tied at two goals a piece.

In overtime, both teams had possessions and scoring chances, but the game was ultimately won by Sidney Crosby himself on a backhand shot with only a minute left in the game.

Pregame

First Period

Second Period

Third Period

Overtime

 

Cole Bagley is the Utah Hockey Club insider for KSL Sports. Keep up with him on X here. You can hear Cole break down the team on KSL Sports Zone and KSL 5 TV.
Tanner Tripp is a sports writer for KSL Sports covering all teams across the state of Utah. Follow him on X @tanner_tripp and Instagram @tanner.tripp here.

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