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<p>WILKES-BARRE TWP. &#8212; During the first eight minutes of Wednesday&#8217;s game against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins allowed two goals and were called for two penalties.</p><p>The final eight minutes of regulation saw two more goals, and a penalty, but this time it all worked in the Penguins&#8217; favor as they forced a tie and won the game in overtime.</p><p>Ethan Prow had two power play goals and Kevin Czuczman finished a three-on-one rush in overtime for the 4-3 win. Tristan Jarry stopped 20 shots and actually made the pass that created the rush for the overtime goal.</p><p>The win avenged a 1-0 loss to Bridgeport on Sunday, and improved the Penguins to 15-11-3-1. They remain tied with Lehigh Valley with 34 points and trail second place Bridgeport by five points.</p><p>&#8220;You never know in overtime. It&#8217;s a possession game so anything can happen,&#8221; said Penguins head coach Clark Donatelli. &#8220;Jarry made a great play, fired it up for a two-on-one than Czuczman beat his guy to make it a three-on-one.&#8221;</p><p>The Penguins got off to a dreadful start as Jarry allowed Bridgeport to score just over one minute into the game, and then again four minutes later. The Penguins followed up the two goals against with consecutive penalties, giving the Sound Tigers four minutes of power play time.</p><p>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t the best start, especially in a divisional game at home,&#8221; Prow said.</p><p>The Penguins killed off both Bridgeport power plays, but it wasn&#8217;t until the second period that they showed some life.</p><p>On their first power play of the night, the Penguins did a good job maintaining possession in the Bridgeport end, thanks to Prow. Manning the point, Prow stopped several Bridgeport clearing attempts and quarterbacked the power play with precision.</p><p>When he finally got a chance to shoot, Prow&#8217;s blast from the high slot found the back of the net, cutting the lead to 2-1.</p><p>After that, the Penguins still struggled to generate momentum while Bridgeport took advantage of another mistake. With the Penguins congregated on the half-wall, Bridgeport defenseman Mitchell Vande Sompel skated into the zone unno<strong></strong>ticed with the puck. No one covered Vande Sompel, and with plenty of time and space he roofed a shot over Jarry to make it 3-1.</p><p>But the lead didn&#8217;t last.</p><p>In the last six minutes of the third period, the Penguins rallied to tie things up. Linus Olund tipped a Jeff Taylor shot to make it 3-2, and Prow tied it with a power play goal &#8212; another shot from the high slot &#8212; to force overtime.</p><p>The goal was Prow&#8217;s second of the game and 10th of the season, and it gave the Penguins a much-needed momentum boost heading into overtime.</p><p>&#8220;Being able to come back at home and force it into overtime was big for us,&#8221; Prow said. &#8220;It shows a lot of character that we have in the room to come back and get it done.&#8221;</p><p>Czuczman won it when he teamed up with Jean-Sebastien Dea and Sam Lafferty for a three-on-one-rush and placed a shot into the top corner.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goalkeeper Tristan Jarry defends the net as teammates Ethan Prow (6), Sam Lafferty (18) and Adam Johnson (47) converge on the puck at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL122018Penguins_1-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goalkeeper Tristan Jarry defends the net as teammates Ethan Prow (6), Sam Lafferty (18) and Adam Johnson (47) converge on the puck at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader  </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL122018Penguins_2-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Penguins center Teddy Blueger (23) goes after a loose puck in front of the Bridgeport goal at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL122018Penguins_2-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Penguins center Teddy Blueger (23) goes after a loose puck in front of the Bridgeport goal at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday. </caption1><photoCredit1>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader  </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL122018Penguins_3-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton right wing Ryan Haggerty (39) checks Bridgeport&#8217;s Ryan Bourque into the boards in front of the Penguins bench at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL122018Penguins_3-1.jpg</photo2><caption2>Wilkes-Barre/Scranton right wing Ryan Haggerty (39) checks Bridgeport&#8217;s Ryan Bourque into the boards in front of the Penguins bench at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday. </caption2><photoCredit2>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader  </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL122018Penguins_4-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Penguins center Jarrett Burton, right, gets off a shot against Bridgeport&#8217;s Jeff Kubiak at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL122018Penguins_4-1.jpg</photo3><caption3>Penguins center Jarrett Burton, right, gets off a shot against Bridgeport&#8217;s Jeff Kubiak at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday. </caption3><photoCredit3>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader  </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL122018Penguins_5-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Jean-Sebastien Dea high-fives Penguins teammates after a power play goal against Bridgeport by Ethan Prow at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday.  Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL122018Penguins_5-1.jpg</photo4><caption4>Jean-Sebastien Dea high-fives Penguins teammates after a power play goal against Bridgeport by Ethan Prow at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday.  Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader</caption4><photoCredit4>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader  </photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Tom Venesky</p><p>tvenesky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p><strong><strong>Bridgeport 3, </strong>Penguins 4 overtime</strong></p><p><strong>Bridgeport`2`0`1 `0&#8212;`3</strong></p><p><strong>Penguins`0`1`2`1&#8212;`4</strong></p><p><strong>First Period</strong></p><p><strong>Scoring</strong> &#8211; 1. BRI, Michael Dal Colle 15 (Bourque, Koivula) 1:10. 2. BRI, Travis St. Denis 8 (Kubiak, Helgeson) 5:27. Penalties - WBS, Prow (tripping) 5:43; WBS, Abt (Slashing) 7:42.</p><p><strong>Second Period</strong></p><p><strong>Scoring</strong> &#8211; 3. WBS, Ehtan Prow 9 (Lafferty, Dea) power play 8:53. Penalties - BRI, Koivula (boarding) 7:42; BRI, Dal Colle (high-sticking) 9:57</p><p><strong>Third Period</strong></p><p><strong>Scoring</strong> &#8211; 4. BRI, Mitchell Vande Sompel 3 (Koivula) 8:30. 5. WBS, Linus Olund 4 (Taylor, Burton) 14:43. 6. WBS, Ethan Prow 10 (Lafferty, Dea) power play 17:59. Penalties - BRI, Wotherspoon (holding the stick) :26; WBS, Angello (high-sticking) 4:16; BRI, Vande Sompel (cross-checking) 17:15.</p><p><strong>Overtime</strong></p><p><strong>Scoring &#8212; </strong>7. WBS, Kevin Czuczman 3 (Lafferty, Jarry) 2:24. Penalties - BRI, Koivula (holding) 1:23; WBS, Blueger (interference) 1:52.</p><p><strong>Shots on goal</strong></p><p>Bridgeport &#8211; 10-7-5-1-23</p><p>Penguins &#8211; 5-11-12-4-32</p><p><strong>Power-play Opportunities</strong></p><p>Bridgeport &#8211; 0 of 3</p><p>Penguins &#8211; 2 of 5</p><p><strong>Goaltenders</strong></p><p>Bridgeport &#8211; Christopher Gibson 9-3-4 (28 saves &#8211; 32 shots)</p><p>Penguins &#8211; Tristan Jarry 7-5-2 (20-23)</p><p><strong>Starters</strong></p><p>Bridgeport &#8211; G Christopher Gibson, D Kyle Burroughs, D Parker Wotherspoon, LW Travis St. Denis, C Jeff Kubiak, RW Steve Bernier</p><p>Penguins &#8211; G Tristan Jarry, D Tim Erixon, D Kevin Czuczman, LW Adam Johnson, C Sam Lafferty, RW Ben Sexton</p><p><strong>Three Stars</strong></p><p>1. WBS, Ethan Prow (two power play goals) 2. WBS, Kevin Czuczman (game-winning goal) 3. WBS, Linus Olund (goal)</p><p><strong>Referee</strong> &#8211; Furman South, Peter MacDougall. <strong>Linesmen</strong> &#8211; J.P. Waleski, Ryan Knapp.</p><p><strong>Attendance</strong> &#8211; 3,745</p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Tom Venesky at 570-991-6395 or on Twitter @TLTomVenesky</p></shirttailMeta></div>

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