Cooley hat trick, Sergachev OT goal lift Mammoth past Penguins
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Interstat) — Logan Cooley completed a hat trick with a second left in regulation, and Mikhail Sergachev scored 3:27 into overtime as the visiting Utah Mammoth beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Thursday. Cooley scored twice in the first period to give Utah a 2-0 lead, and Utah carried a 2-1 advantage into the third after Erik Karlsson scored for Pittsburgh in the second. Pittsburgh tied it in the third on Rickard Rakell’s goal and took a 3-2 lead on Ben Kindel’s tally with 25 seconds remaining. Cooley tied it moments later, batting the puck in from the left side for his seventh goal of the season and sixth in four games. Sergachev’s overtime winner came off an assist from Barrett Hayton. Utah goaltender Sebastian Cossa made 31 saves. Evgeni Malkin had two assists for Pittsburgh, and Kindel finished with a goal and an assist. Attendance at PPG Paints Arena was 15,383. Utah improved to 9-5, while Pittsburgh fell to 5-8.