Then, later in the period and less than a minute following a successful penalty kill, Andrei Svechnikov put his team ahead.
Entering the zone two-on-two, an initial shot from Aho jumped out of Jarry's glove. Svechnikov jumped the inside track on his defender, corralling the puck on his backhand and stretching to the far side of the net to make it 2-1, Carolina.
For over 19 minutes of the third period it looked as if the visitors would be able to close out the contest with that same score. Earning critical blocks and stops respectively from Seth Jarvis and Brady Skjei in front of Kochetkov, Pittsburgh kept their foot on the gas though and found the equalizer with the extra attacker on.
With exactly 57.4 seconds to go in the third, Jake Guentzel scored to send Carolina to their fifth overtime in their last seven games.
But unlike the affairs against Colorado, Minnesota, Winnipeg and Boston, tonight had a happy ending for the club.
After some confusion in front of the Penguins bench during the three-on-three, Pesce and Svechnikov walked in all alone on a two-on-none against Jarry. A last second pass from #37 across the crease to Pesce closed the book on the Canes 12th win of the year.
