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Penguins 3, Avalanche 3
Jagr finally cashes in
PITTSBURGH (AP) Jaromir Jagr scored his first two goals of the preseason in the third period to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-3 tie with the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night.
Jagr, who was scoreless in his previous three games, scored at 11:41 with an assist from Martin Straka and got an unassisted goal at 18:14.
After falling behind 1-0 on Straka's power-play goal in the first period, the Avalanche scored three consecutive goals.
Joe Sakic tied it with a power-play goal in the second period and Eric Lacroix put Colorado ahead 2-1 with a goal at 14:23 of the second. Stephane Yelle scored shorthanded at 9:00 of the third period to make it 3-1.
Penguins forward German Titov left the game in the second period with a shoulder injury.
Summary
PITTSBURGH (CP) NHL exhibition Friday night:First Period
1. Pittsburgh, Straka, (Jagr, Serowik) 8:30 (pp)
Second Period
2. Colorado, Sakic (Gusarov, Tanguay) 5:40 (pp)
3. Colorado, Lacroix (Donovan, Foote) 14:23
Third Period
4. Colorado, Yelle (Lacroix) 9:00 (sh)
5. Pittsburgh, Jagr (Straka, Ignatjev) 11:41
6. Pittsburgh, Jagr, 18:14.
Overtime
No scoring.
Shots on goal by
Colorado 4 12 4 121
Pittsburgh 5 3 12 222
Goal Colorado: Billington; Pittsburgh: Barrasso.
Attendance 13,171.