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Erik Karlsson scored 1:40 into overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins bolstered their playoff odds with a 6-5 win over Detroit on Thursday night.
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-5 in overtime at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Thursday. Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson shot the game-winning goal.
Pittsburgh has put together a late-season surge to move within one point of a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Sidney Crosby insists he's not a scoreboard watcher. Maybe it's because the Pittsburgh Penguins’ longtime captain is too occupied with his team to worry about anyone else. Or maybe it's because Crosby never had much reason to check during Pittsburgh's run to 16 straight playoff berths between 2007 and 2022.
Carolina, pretty much guaranteed to finish as the second-place team in the division, can do is wait and find out which opponent emerges.