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Marcus Pettersson accounted for two assists when his Pittsburgh won at home against Minnesota with 4–3, in a match that for the home team can be described as unnecessarily exciting.
Namely, Pittsburgh led with 3–0 well into the middle of the night after Marcus Pettersson assisted Reilly Smith and Yevgeny Malkin at the first and third goals respectively.
But the guests came back. The first reduction came with just under five minutes left of the second when Ryan Hartman found the net via an assist from Marcus Johansson. Just over two minutes later it did Jacob Middleton 2–3 and a bit into the third succeeded Win Lettieri put the receipt.
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In the end, however, Minnesota had to leave the ice without a point after that Sidney Crosby settled the final score 4–3, his 18th goal of the season.
In Pittsburgh, the Swedish forward did Richard Rakell comeback on the ice after missing twelve games due to an upper body injury.
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