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Scott Wilson scored his second goal of the game 34 seconds into overtime Sundas as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Penguins rallied for a wild 7-6 victory over Hartford at the XL Center in Hartford.The Wolf Pack built a 5-1 lead in the opening period and held a 6-5 advantage entering the third, but Kevin Porter scored his second goal of the night to send the teams into overtime.Wilkes-Barre/Scranton took a power play into the overtime period, and Wilson scored for the second time to give the Penguins their 11th straight victory. With the two goals, Wilson reclaimed the team lead in points with 15 (9 goals, 6 assists).The Penguins scored early in the second period and later unleashed four more goals in less than seven minutes to stun the Wolf Pack and claim a 6-5 lead going into the third.The Penguins began their fierce comeback when Kael Mouillierat rang a shot off the post and into the net as a Pens power play expired early in the second period to cut Hartford&#8217;s lead to 5-2.Derrick Pouliot eventually capitalized on a man advantage at 11:10 of the second to make it 5-3. The Penguins then got a shorthanded goal by Porter - his first as a Penguin - to make it 5-4 at 13:34 of the second.Connor Sheary earned his third assist of the night and helped tie the game 5-5 when he fed Wilson for a wrap around tally to equalize the score at 15:03 of the second.Both teams exchanged chances in the third period, but Hartford evened the score with 1:19 remaining in regulation thanks to two former Penguins, Brian Gibbons and Jayson Megna, connecting to make it 6-6.Penguins 7, Hartford 6Penguins`1`5`0`1` -` 7Hartford`5`0`1`0` -` 6First Period-1. HAR, Hrivik 2 (Skjei), 1:39. 2. HAR, Tarnasky 4 (Brown, Summers), 2:44. 3. HAR, Bourque 3 (Oleksuk, Nehring), 9:51. 4. PEN, Kostopoulos 4 (Uher, Sundqvist), 10:45. 5. HAR, Bourque 4 (Summers, Nehring), 15:02. 6. HAR, Nehring 4 (Brown, Graves), 19:32. Penalties-PEN Biggs PEN (unsportsmanlike conduct, fighting), 2:44; HAR Tarnasky (unsportsmanlike conduct, fighting), 2:44; HAR Adam (slashing), 5:00; PEN Oleksy (hooking), 17:00; HAR Graves (interference), 19:49.Second Period-7. PEN, Mouillierat 4 (Kostopoulos, Sheary), 1:58. 8. PEN, Pouliot 3 (Sheary, Wilson), 11:10 (PP). 9. PEN, Porter 1 (Kuhnhackl), 13:34 (SH). 10. PEN, Wilson 8 (Sheary, O&#8217;Neill), 15:03. 11. PEN, Porter 2 18:04. Penalties-PEN Pouliot (boarding), 6:08; HAR Adam (roughing), 6:08; HAR Zamorsky (interference), 10:53; PEN Oleksy (high-sticking), 12:26.Third Period-12. HAR, Megna 3 (Gibbons, Adam), 18:51. Penalties-HAR Nehring (slashing), 9:22; PEN Erixon (cross-checking), 16:52; HAR Summers (hooking), 18:34.Overtime-13. PEN, Wilson 9 (Sheary, Dea), 0:34.Shots on Goal-PEN 7-21-6-3-37; HAR 14-6-10-0-30. Power Play Opportunities-PEN 1 of 5; HAR 0 of 3. Goalies-PEN, Murray 8-1-0 (14 shots, 9 saves), Jarry 4-0-0 (16 shots, 15 saves); HAR, Skapski 0-1-0 (28 shots, 22 saves), Hellberg 5-6-0 (9 shots, 8 saves).Attendance - 2,969Referees-Michael Mullen, Olivier Gouin. Linesmen-Mike Baker, Paul Simeon.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLSports</shirttailMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins pull out overtime thriller