Mammoth beat Penguins 4-3 in OT after Cooley's hat trick

Logan Cooley scored three times, the last with one second left in regulation, and Mikhail Sergachev won it 3:27 into overtime as the Mammoth beat the Penguins 4-3 at PPG Paints Arena. Cooley took five shots and earned a 9.2 Chirp Rating.

Cooley opened the scoring at 4:40 of the first with a wrist shot, then made it 2-0 at 14:11. Erik Karlsson cut the gap to 2-1 at 8:38 of the second. Rickard Rakell tied it 2-2 at 10:59 of the third.

Pittsburgh looked set to steal it. Ben Kindel scored at 19:35 to make it 3-2. Cooley answered at 19:59 with a tip-in, assisted by Vincent Trocheck and Clayton Keller, to tie it 3-3. Sergachev then ended it in overtime on a wrist shot, set up by Barrett Hayton.

The Mammoth improve to 9-5-0. The Penguins fall to 5-6-2. Chirp's Sim had the Penguins at 51%, so this one was close to a coin flip.