Rickard Rakell scores in shootout to lift Penguins over Stars, 2-1
Rickard Rakell scored the decisive goal in a shootout to help the Pittsburgh Penguins overcome the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Saturday. The Penguins ended a three-game losing streak, snapping the slide with a 2-1 victory. Arturs Silovs, the Penguins' goaltender, stopped Mikko Rantanen in the shootout, contributing to the win. Sidney Crosby and Ben Kindel also netted goals in the shootout for Pittsburgh.
The Penguins fell to the Stars via shootout on Friday in Columbus. Connor Dewar scored in regular time for Pittsburgh, while Silovs stopped 24 shots during the match. Jake Oettinger, the Stars' goaltender, made 20 saves in the game. Oettinger had been on a shutout streak of 188 shots, which was the third-longest in his career and the second-longest in franchise history.
During his streak, the Stars set the longest shutout streak in team history at 2 hours, 6 minutes, and 8 seconds. Dallas scored the tying goal in overtime when Tyler Seguin tipped a shot behind Silovs from the top of the crease with 29.1 seconds left in regulation.
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