Jesper Bratt of the Devils celebrates with Dmitry Kulikov, left, and Pavel Zacha after scoring the winning goal in overtime Sunday against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Keith Srakocic/Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — Jesper Bratt scored on a wraparound at 2:50 of overtime and the New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Sunday.
Bratt took a pass from Pavel Zacha and quickly circled the net, tucking a shot between the post and the skate of Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry for his first career overtime goal.
“(Jarry) was kind of covering everything for me to shoot at, and I didn’t want to force a bad-angle shot, so I just tried to wrap it,” Bratt said. “I saw he kind of got caught with one of his legs that he couldn’t push through to the other side and I saw my chance to wrap around quick.”
The Devils won two out of three consecutive games against Pittsburgh.
Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 35 shots for the Devils.
Sidney Crosby scored his 12th goal of the season for Pittsburgh.
LIGHTING 5, PANTHERS 3: Tyler Johnson broke a tie on a power play midway through the third period to help Tampa Bay win at home.
Yanni Gourde and Brayden Point each had a goal and an assist, Alex Killorn and Mathieu Joseph also scored, and Curtis McElhinney stopped 29 shots.
KINGS 3, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1: Sean Walker and Dustin Brown scored 51 seconds apart in the second period, and visiting Los Angeles snapped the Golden Knights’ five-game winning streak.
PREDATORS 4, STARS 3: Calle Jarnkrok scored in the fifth round of the shootout and Nashville finished a franchise-record eight-game road trip the same way it started, with a 4-3 shootout victory over Dallas.
NOTES
CAPITALS: Washington signed defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk to a two-year, $1.9 million contract extension.
The seventh-year player has filled a depth role as the team’s seventh defenseman since signing a one-year $800,000 contract with Washington in October.
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