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PROVIDENCE. R.I. &#8212; Derrick Pouliot will certainly score more goals before he hangs up his skates, but he&#8217;ll have a difficult time scoring a more important goal than the one he did Sunday.Pouliot&#8217;s goal at 7:49 of overtime sealed the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins&#8217; 6-5 victory over the Providence Bruins and tied the best-of-five Calder Cup series at 1-1.The first-round matchup shifts to the Mohegan Sun Arena with Game 3 set for a 7:05 p.m. faceoff on Thursday.&#8220;(Kevin) Porter kicked it out wide to me and I had enough speed where I backed the defenseman off and (goalie Zane McIntyre) came out and took away pretty much everything I had on the shot,&#8221; Pouliot said. &#8220;I was able fake him out and bank it in off his leg.&#8221;Patience was the key in Pouliot&#8217;s ability to beat one of the AHL&#8217;s best goalies.&#8220;When you&#8217;re coming down the wall, especially in overtime, sometimes passes off the pads get through guys and all of a sudden it&#8217;s a three-on-two especially if I&#8217;m a defenseman,&#8221; Pouliot said. &#8220;He took away the entire net. I tried to change my angle and create something.&#8221;Pouliot would not have had a chance to &#8220;create something&#8221; if it weren&#8217;t for a basic tactic employed by head coach Clark Donatelli.Providence led 5-4 when Donatelli pulled Casey DeSmith (28 saves) in favor of a sixth skater and Josh Archibald buried a rebound with 1:03 left in regulation to tie it at 5-5.&#8220;It was huge,&#8221; Pouliot said of Archibald&#8217;s goal. &#8220;I thought it gave us some momentum in the last part of the third and going into overtime.&#8220;If they tie it up maybe they&#8217;re coming into overtime with the momentum and on a bit of a high.&#8221;Arguably the supreme irony was that while the teams combined for 11 goals, the Penguins allowed the fewest during the regular season while the Bruins ranked fourth in that department.&#8220;It was kind of a crazy game,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;It was back and forth. You have to play a full 60 because in a game like (Sunday&#8217;s) if you let up a little bit the puck&#8217;s in the back of your net.&#8220;We&#8217;re happy to get out of here with a split.&#8221;While the first period ended in a scoreless tie, the second morphed into a shootout with the Penguins building a 3-0 lead only to give it all back.David Warsofsky lit up his former team twice in less than three minutes.Warsofsky beat McIntyre (38 saves) with a slap shot from just inside the blue line at 1:58 and, 23 seconds later, made it 2-0. Porter won a draw in the left circle to Warsofsky who beat a screened McIntyre.Tom Sestito upped the Penguins&#8217; lead to 3-0 at 9:38 just after a penalty on Tom Kostopolous expired. The Penguins captain came out of the box and fed Sestito who snapped home a wrist shot.But what appeared to have the makings of a rout was transformed into just the opposite.Chris Porter ignited Providence&#8217;s rally while the teams were skating 4-on-4. Alex Grant won a draw to Porter who wristed a shot by DeSmith at 9:52.Porter scored again at 17:11 when the Penguins twice were unable to clear the puck and he stuffed home his second goal. Providence&#8217;s Tommy Cross tied it 3-3 at 18:14 on a slap shot.In retrospect, the Penguins played their best and worst hockey in that 20-minute span.&#8220;We had to get back to how we were playing,&#8221; Pouliot said. &#8220;We seemed a little bit panicky for the last part of that second period. (Donatelli) told us to calm down and get back to our game. I think we did a pretty good job.&#8221;Archibald regained the lead for the Penguins when he scored on a wrist shot from the slot at 3:58 of the third. But the Penguins&#8217; inability to stay out of the box cost them when Denton Heinen notched a power-play goal at 7:38 on a slapper from the right circle.Providence gained its first lead of the game, 5-4, at 12:48 when Peter Meuller wristed in a shot from just outside the crease.&#8220;We&#8217;ve got to do a better job of handling the momentum swings,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;Providence is a good team. They&#8217;re going to have a lot of push back. We saw that tonight.&#8220;We&#8217;re going to regroup back in Wilkes.&#8221;<ins>For other sports stories, <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/category/sports" target="_blank">click here</a>.</ins><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Mike ScanduraFor Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta>Penguins 6, Providence 5, OT Penguins `0 `3`2`1 ` &#8212; `6Providence `0`3`2`0` &#8212; ` 5First PeriodScoring &#8211; No scoring. Penalties &#8211; WBS, Dea (high sticking), 1:50; PRO, Grzelyck (tripping), 5:34; PRO, Bidh (holding the stick), 17:59.Second PeriodScoring &#8211; 1. WBS, David Warsofsky 1 (Porter, Pouliot) power play 1:58. 2,WBS, David Warsofsky 2 (Porter), 2:21. 3, WBS,Tom Sestito (Kostopoulos, Warsofsky), 9:38. 4, PRO,Chris Porter 1 (Grant, Grzelyck) 9:52. 5, PRO, Chris Porter 2 (Grant, Czarnik), 17:11. 6, PRO, Tommy Cross 1 (Cave, Casto) 18:14. Penalties &#8211; PRO, Casto (delay of game), :20; WBS, Kostopoulos (interference), 7:29; WBS, Sestito (roughing), 9:45; PRO, Randall(roughing), 9:52.Third PeriodScoring &#8211; 7, WBS, Josh Archibald 1 (Wilson, Sundqvist) 3:58. 8, PRO, Denton Heinen 2 (Cross, Simpson) power play 7:38. 9, PRO, Peter Mueller 1 (Cross, Cehlarik) 12:48. 10, WBS, Josh Archibald 2 (Simon, Porter), 18:57. Penalties &#8211; WBS, Sestito (hooking), 5:41.OvertimeScoring &#8211; 11, WBS, Derrick Pouliot 1 (Porter, Wilson), 7:49. Penalties &#8211; NoneShots on goalPenguins &#8211; 18-15-6-5 &#8212; 44Providence &#8211; 9-14-8-2 &#8212; 33Power-play OpportunitiesPenguins &#8212; 1 of 3Providence &#8212; 1 of 3GoaltendersPenguins &#8212; Casey DeSmith 1-1 (28 saves - 33 shots)Providence &#8212; Zane McIntyre 1-1 (38 saves -44 shots)StartersPenguins &#8211; G Casey DeSmith, D Barry Goers, D Derrick Pouliot, LW Tom Sestito, C Kevin Porter, RW Tom KostopoulosProvidence &#8211; G Zane McIntyre, D Chris Casto, D Chris Breen, LW Tyler Randall, C Danton Heinen, RW Jordan SzwarzThree Stars1. WBS, Derrick Pouliot (game-winning goal). 2. WBS, David Warsofsky (two goals, two assists). 3. PRO, Tommy Cross (one goal, one assist).Referees &#8212; Tom Koharski, Furman South. Linesmen &#8211; Ryan Daisy, Nick Briganti.Attendance &#8212; 3,922</factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @tlsports.</shirttailMeta></div>

WBS Pens’ Derrick Pouliot scores game-winning goal OT vs. Providence Bruins