The Pittsburgh Penguins managed to tie the game late, but dropped the ball in the shootout.

The Pittsburgh Penguins returned to PPG Paints Arena for a quick pit stop at home in the midst of five road contests in six games.

Looking to continue on the momentum built at the end of Novmber, the Penguins hosted cross-state rivals the Philadelphia Flyers in the first half of home-and-home meetings.

Both teams have almost identical records, putting a ton of emphasis on the next two contests.

First Period

The Penguins were given an early power play chance, but the struggles with the man advantage continued.

Well past the opening half of the first period, the Penguins only recorded a single shot on goal.

The first period came to a close after a pretty low-event 20 minutes from both sides; the Penguins only put up three shots to the Flyers seven.

Second Period

Another early power play chance for the Penguins went unanswered with the first unit spending the entire two minutes on the ice.

A few more power play opportunities came and went for both sides as it took almost 35 minutes of total playing time for someone to break through.

Kris Letang had an outstanding few moments of keeping the puck in the zone and getting a fortunate deflection off the stick of a Flyers’ defender.

The Penguins first tally of the contest came nearly 15 whole minutes into the second period and was only their 10^th shot on goal.

Shortly after, Flyers forward Owen Tippett was sprung for a breakaway opportunity, but Tristan Jarry flashed the leather for a good glove save.

Tippett wouldn’t be denied, however, as moment later he got another breakaway chance and capitalized to tie the game at one.

That would be the entirety of notable offense up to that point as the second period came to an end with a 1-1 tie.

Third Period

The Penguins kicked off the third period in quick fashion as a shot-pass from Erik Karlsson deflected off of Jake Guentzel’s skate into the net.

Guentzel’s eighth goal of the season gave the Penguins a 2-1 lead early in the final frame.

After failing to score on their third power play opportunity of the night, the Flyers managed to get an open look on Jarry.

The Flyers notched their second goal of the night with one second remaining on their penalty giving them a short handed tally.

A fourth power play opportunity was squandered by Karlsson taking a penalty of his own, eventually giving the Flyers their own man advantage chance.

It felt like it was coming and the Flyers made the most of their chance and took a 3-2 lead on the back of a power play goal.

Jarry was eventually pulled for the extra attacker and the Penguins made the most of it.

Guentzel batted home his second of the night to knot the game in the dying seconds.

With the score tied, the Penguins guaranteed they would at least gain a standings point for the third straight game.

Overtime/Shootout

Both teams traded early chances to start of the bonus frame, but the defenses and goaltending stood strong early.

The Penguins were given a boost as they were getting another power play chance, in overtime.

With the 4-on-3 setup, the Penguins had a minute to capitalize, but failed yet again, and the first shootout of the season arrived.

The Flyers netminder stopped all three shots he faced, and Jarry allowing just one was enough for the shootout loss.

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