PHILADELPHIA — Scott Hartnell scored his second goal of the game with less than one second left in overtime to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday, ending Pittsburgh's winning streak at 11 games.
Hartnell took a cross-ice feed from Danny Briere to beatMarc-Andre Fleury with 0.9 of a second left on the clock.
Kimmo Timonen also scored to help the Flyers rally from a 2-0 hole against the hottest team in the NHL.
Evgeni Malkin and Craig Adams each scored for the Penguins. Sidney Crosby played in the third game of his comeback following a three-month absence caused by recurring concussion symptoms.
The Penguins lost for the first time since Feb. 19.
Hartnell and Timonen scored goals in the third period to rally against a weary Pittsburgh team playing its third road game in four days.
The Penguins lost their chance to move into a tie with the slumping New York Rangers for first place in the Eastern Conference. One day after losing a shootout in Boston, the Flyers moved two points behind Pittsburgh and three behind the Rangers.
Because of penalties, the overtime began with some three-on-three hockey. Hartnell ended it with his 35th goal and an even rarer feat — a Penguins loss.
There was a playoff atmosphere from the start of the nationally televised game — the first of three between the rivals at the tail end of the regular season. Hartnell and Chris Kunitz traded blows as part of a multi-player melee in the third, a sign of rising tensions as the postseason nears.
Crosby's presence added some spice to the series and Flyers fans let Crosby hear it early. No. 87 wasn't even on the ice when a derogatory chant about him was bellowed from the upper deck. Crosby, long a thorn in Philadelphia's sweater, was booed the moment he hit the ice for his first shift.
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