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03/14 23:01 CDT Penguins rally from two-goal deficit to top Mammoth 4-3
Penguins rally from two-goal deficit to top Mammoth 4-3
By JOHN COON
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) --- Noel Acciari scored the go-ahead goal at the 8:03 mark
of the third period to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Utah Mammoth 4-3
on Saturday night.
Acciari won a battle for the puck with Nick Schmaltz and scored on a
close-range snap shot to help the Penguins complete a rally from an early
two-goal deficit.
Stuart Skinner had 26 saves for Pittsburgh. Bryan Rust, Anthony Mantha and
Thomas Novak also scored goals for the Penguins.
Dylan Guenther scored two unassisted goals in a 91-second span during the first
period for Utah. Guenther, who leads the Mammoth with 33 goals, became only the
second NHL player since the 2018-19 season to score two unassisted goals in
less than two minutes.
Ian Cole completed the scoring for Utah. Karel Vejmelka made 19 stops for the
Mammoth.
Guenther threaded the puck around Skinner's skate at the 5:06 mark of the first
to get Utah on the board. Then he tapped the puck over the line amid traffic,
scoring on a power play at the 6:37 mark of the first to put the Mammoth up 2-0.
Pittsburgh erased the deficit late in the second period. Mantha scored the
Penguins' first power-play goal with 5:12 left in the second. Novak then
equalized on a wrist shot with 2:34 remaining in the period.
The Penguins took their first lead at the 1:24 mark of the third when Rust
snapped the puck home for a second power-play goal.
Utah equalized on Cole's 30-foot wrist shot at the 4:17 mark of the third.
Up next
Penguins: at Colorado on Monday night.
Mammoth: at Dallas on Monday night.
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