Penguins 3, Manitoba 2 (2 OT) Manitoba 1 0 1 0 — 2 Peng

Penguins 3, Manitoba 2 (2 OT)

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First Period—1. Manitoba, Moran 1 (Tremblay, Edler), 3:30. Penalties—Sestito, WBS (holding), 9:42; Smith, Man, major (fighting), 12:58; Skolney, WBS, major (fighting), 12:58; Tremblay, Man (tripping), 13:30; Ryan, Man (roughing), 15:25; Carcillo, WBS, double-minor (goaltender interference, roughing ), 15:25; Nasreddine, WBS (interference), 17:14; Tremblay, Man (hooking), 18:06.

Second Period—2. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Nasreddine 1 (Christensen, Filewich), 8:44 (sh). Penalties—McIver, Man (holding the stick), 1:12; Schremp, WBS (hooking), 5:58; Carcillo, WBS (holding), 8:18; Tremblay, Man (interference), 11:58; Brown, Man, double-minor (roughing), 16:40; Lannon, WBS (rouging), 16:40; Sestito, WBS (roughing), 19:44.

Third Period—3. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Welch 1 (Carcillo, Filewich), 2:43. 4. Manitoba, Ryan 1 (Goren, Hansen), 18:36. Penalties—Ryan, Man (interference), 6:04.

Overtime—5. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Christensen 1 (Stone), 4:43 (pp). Penalties—Hansen, Man (tripping), 3:33.

Shots on goal—Manitoba 4-6-9-3—22. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 15-9-3-6—33.

Power-play Opportunities—Manitoba 0 of 6; Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 1 of 7.

Goalies—Manitoba, MacIntyre 0-1-0 (33 shots-30saves). Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Penner 1-0-0 (22-20).

A—8,136.

Officials—Referee, Joe Ernst. Linesmen, Scott Pomenton, Bob Fryer.

Records—Manitoba (0-0-1-0). Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (1-0-0-0).
PENGUINS EXTRA

Three stars: 1. WBS, Erik Christensen (1 goal, 1 assist, 6 shots); 2. Man, Drew MacIntyre (30 saves); 3. WBS, Noah Welch (1 goal).

Delay of game: Wednesday’s game was set to start at 7:05 p.m. but was delayed 15 minutes by the Penguins’ pregame banner-raising ceremony and player introductions. A power outage with 13:39 to play in the second caused an additional 25-minute delay.

Long time coming: Alain Nasreddine’s second-period goal snapped a 93-game goal drought. Nasreddine last scored on March 4, 2005 versus Springfield.

Key stat: The Penguins took the game’s first seven shots but Manitoba scored the first goal of the night on its first shot on goal.

Starters: Manitoba – C Brad Moran, RW Lee Goren, LW Jannik Hansen, D Nathan McIver, D Prestin Ryan, G Drew MacIntyre; Penguins – C Maxime Talbot, LW Stephen Dixon, RW Tim Sestito, D Wade Skolney, D Alain Nasreddine, G Andrew Penner.

Scratches: Manitoba – G Mike Ayers, D Reagan Rome, D Nick Kuiper, D Joe Rullier, C Rick Rypien, RW Mike Keane, D Dustin Wood, RW Adam Keefe, RW Patrick Yetman, D Shaun Heshka; Penguins – D Tom Gilbert, C Kyle Brodziak, RW Tim Wallace, F Jordan Morrison.

Up next: Hershey at Penguins, 7:05 p.m., Saturday.