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Brett Pesce scored his second goal of the game at 1:41 of overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night. Antti Raanta made a season-high 38 saves and Jordan Martinook also scored for Carolina. The Hurricanes are 7-0-1 since the Christmas break and have at least a point in 14 of 15 games.
In the fourteenth weekly Metropolitan Division snapshot of the season, a shift has appeared. The New York Rangers slumped and so first place has opened up for Carolina and Philadelphia. The New Jersey Devils remain in a tight mix of four teams. All this, the week that was, and the week ahead for all eight teams in the division.
The ink isn't even dry on William Nylander's deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs and attention has turned already to the next big contract situation for the…
The Penguins left Philadelphia on Monday night with two essential points in the standings, picking up their first win against the Flyers this season after getting a point in each of their first two meetings this year. Rickard Rakell, Erik Karlsson, Chad Ruhwedel and Evgeni Malkin all scored for Pittsburgh.
The Penguins were in control early and eventually finished off a 4-1 defeat of the Flyers on Monday night at Wells Fargo Center.