Acciari put Pittsburgh ahead 1-0 with his first goal this season at 9:49 of the first period. His own face-off win came back to him off the skate of Connor Dewar and he scored with a wrist shot from the left circle.
LaCombe tied it 1-1 at 5:19 of the second period, carrying the puck from the point down the far wall before lifting a wrist shot from a sharp angle over Silovs’ right shoulder.
Chris Kreider could have given the Ducks the lead on a short-handed breakaway at 9:19, but his wrist shot was turned away by the pad of Silovs.
Terry did put Anaheim in front 2-1 at 14:10, scoring with a wrist shot from the bottom of the right circle just under the crossbar.
Novak tied it 2-2 at 19:41. He collected the rebound of a one-timer from Karlsson, got off a wrist shot, followed his own rebound and scooped the puck in off Husso’s back from below the goal line.
Mantha then had an attempted pass to Bryan Rust go in off Husso’s stick, giving the Penguins a 3-2 lead on a power play at 16:05 of the third period.
However, Sennecke made sure the late lead didn’t hold.
“I mean, when are you going to see that happen again, you know?” Crosby said. “I’d have to watch it, but I don’t really know. I think that they went to pull their goalie and we kind of fumbled the puck near their blue line.
“They had a rim that was eight feet high that somehow ended up where they were able to handle it. Tried a play, and they got a bounce with 0.1 left. It’s crazy. We did a lot of good things tonight. It’s unfortunate.”
NOTES: Sennecke (10 goals, 16 assists in 30 games) also had an assist to become the first NHL rookie this season to have at least 25 points. The 19-year-old is the fastest teenager to reach the mark in Ducks history, ahead of Mason McTavish (40 games in 2022-23), and the third Anaheim rookie to have at least 10 goals through 30 games in a season, joining Bobby Ryan (14 in 2008-09) and Paul Kariya (12 in 1994-95). … Sennecke became the seventh NHL rookie to score a game-tying goal in the final second of regulation. … Crosby had an assist on Mantha’s goal and moved within five points of Mario Lemieux’s Penguins record. Crosby has 1,718 points (643 goals, 1,075 assists) in 1,380 games. … Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin missed his second straight game after being placed on injured reserve Tuesday with an upper-body injury. He is week to week.
