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Penguins Dominate: Bryan Rust Sparks Third-Period Onslaught in 4-1 Win, Sinking Wild to Fifth Straight Loss

  BEN KINDEL, FOLKS 👏 pic.twitter.com/L4lB9lVGi7 — Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) October 31, 2025 The Pittsburgh Penguins delivered a textbook road performance on Thursday night, using an opportunistic third period and stellar goaltending to cruise past the Minnesota Wild with a decisive 4-1 victory. Bryan Rust led the offensive charge with a goal and an assist, spearheading a late surge that broke a 1-1 deadlock and powered the Penguins to their fifth road win of the season. The dominant defensive effort, anchored by Tristan Jarry's 26 saves and a perfect penalty kill, successfully neutralized the Wild's potent attack. While Minnesota managed to temporarily tie the game on a Kirill Kaprizov goal—his team-leading seventh—the Penguins' experienced core and depth scoring proved too much, handing the struggling Wild their fifth consecutive loss. Pittsburgh Penguins Lineup: Hallander - Crosby - Rust Mantha - Malkin - Brazeau Novak - Kindel - Koivunen Dewar - Lizotte - Acciar...
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Overtime Thriller: Cirelli's Clutch Strike Extends Lightning Streak as Erne's First Star Goal Secures Point for Dallas

 

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A classic, low-scoring battle that highlighted the recent surge of both clubs culminated in overtime as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars, 2-1. The hard-fought victory was sealed by Anthony Cirelli's dramatic breakaway goal at 2:36 of the extra frame, extending the Lightning's impressive winning streak to four games. For the Stars, the loss officially snapped their three-game winning run, but a critical point was secured thanks to a pivotal third-period tally: Adam Erne scored his first goal as a Star, which forced overtime and ensured Dallas left Florida with a valuable takeaway on a night that also celebrated Tyler Seguin's 1,000th career NHL game.


Dallas Stars Lineup:

Steel - Seguin - Rantanen

Robertson - Johnston - Bourque

Hryckowian - Faksa - Bastian

Erne - Blackwell


Lindell - Heiskanen

Harley - Lyubushkin

Bichsel - Petrovic

Capobianco


Oettinger

DeSmith


Tampa Bay Lightning Lineup:

Guentzel - Point - Kucherov

Hagel - Cirelli

Bjorkstrand - James - Goncalves

Girgensons - Gourde - Holmberg


Hedman - Moser

McDonagh - Cernak

D'Astous - Lilleberg

Raddysh


Vasilevskiy

Johansson


After a scoreless opening frame, Brandon Hagel opened the scoring 1-0, finding the back of the net for the third straight game when he struck on the power play at 4:58 of the second period. Off a follow-up of a shot by Gage Goncalves, Hagel slid the puck over the goal line. The goal was waved off, but after a video review initiated by the NHL Situation Room, it was determined that the puck crossed the goal line.


Adam Erne fired early into the third frame for his first goal as a Dallas Star, as well as his first goal since December 21, 2023, for the 30-year-old forward. He didn't play in the NHL last season. Erne knotted it up 1-1 at 17:57 when he redirected Alexander Petrovic's shot from the net front position.


The Stars and Lightning had to go into overtime to finish the game, and with 2:24 on the clock, Anthony Cirelli put the puck home. He picked up a loose puck off a turnover by Mikko Rantanen, starting a breakaway, and beat Jake Oettinger with a backhand for the 2-1 final.






Notes:

- Jake Oettinger made a total of 30 saves for Dallas.

- Andrei Vasilevskiy made a total of 20 saves for Tampa Bay.

- In his 1,000th NHL game, Tyler Seguin was 6-of-12 on face-offs in 21:48. ...Skating in his 1,000th NHL game, Seguin is the 410th player in league history to do so, and the second to reach this milestone this season (Adam Henrique, Edmonton Oilers).

- Nikita Kucherov was honored for scoring his 1,000th NHL point on Saturday. There was a pregame ceremony where he received a gold stick and a custom watch.


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