Pens’ win streak snapped by Flyers

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA

Scott Hartnell needed every last tick of the clock to score the timeliest of goals for the Flyers.

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 victory over the Penguins on Sunday, snapping Pittsburgh’s 11-game winning streak.

Hartnell took a nice cross-ice feed from Danny Briere to beat Marc-Andre Fleury with 0.9 seconds left on the clock.

Kimmo Timonen also scored to help the Flyers rally from a 2-0 deficit against the hottest team in the NHL. Hartnell and Timonen scored goals in the third period to rally against a weary Pittsburgh team playing their third road game in four days.

“I don’t know if we were trying to be too fancy, but we wore them down at the end,” Hartnell said. “Good things happen when you put the puck to the net and that happened tonight.”

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.

The Penguins also blew 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 featured 3-on-3 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 game, the first of three between the rivals at the tail end of the season.