The Pittsburgh Penguins take their first overtime loss of the season after officials miss a pretty clear penalty.

After finding their way back to the win column, the Pittsburgh Penguins took their talents to the Music City where they hoped to continue their winning ways against the Nashville Predators.

Both teams entered the contest with an even 10-10-0 record and the Penguins desperately needed to find some consistent wins.

Bryan Rust returned to the lineup and was sure to supply some level of offensive help.

First Period

After a relatively quiet start to the contest, the Predators finally broke through to take a 1-0 lead about midway through the first period.

The Penguins answered back by peppering Juuse Saros with shots, but the possible Vezina Candidate stood strong to keep the Penguins scoreless.

In the closing minutes of the first, the Predators, more specifically Michael McCarron potted his second goal of the contest giving them a 2-0 lead into the intermission.

Second Period

The Penguin knew they needed a quick answer early in the fresh period, and they got it with a big goal from the struggling second line.

Reilly Smith and Evgeni Malkin got themselves off of a pretty lengthy drought with their first connection since the early parts of November.

Malkin took some blame for the Penguins' recent struggles, but he labeled a perfectly place shot to get his team on the board.

With the Penguins down by one, rookie defenseman John Ludvig looked to stir the pot with a fighting major with Predators goal scorer McCarron.

That was the entirety of the scoring for the middle frame despite the Penguins continuing their push of shots on goal.

The period ended with the Penguins up 25-18 in shots on goal and seemingly carrying most of the momentum.

Third Period

Kicking off the third period, once again the Penguins needed to have a strong start to the frame and they got it from the returning Rust.

After a pass from Ludvig to record his first point in the NHL, Rust fired a quick wrist shot that beat Saros with some real speed and power.

Despite these two teams seeing each other only twice a season, there was some real heat between the Penguins and Predators.

Things got chippy on at times forcing a tight checking contest late in regulation.

With time winding down in the third period, Tristan Jarry made multiple key saves to keep the score tied and force the Penguins second overtime of the season.

Regardless of a win or loss, the Penguins deserved at least a point out of a great effort especially after dropping behind by two.

Overtime

The overtime period ended just about as quick as it started when a pretty clear interference went uncalled and Filip Forsberg was able skate in untouched and beat Jarry after just 14 seconds.

The entire Penguins bench wasn't happy with the missed call, and they were right to be upset; that's a missed call.

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