PITTSBURGH—Kris Versteeg scored 2:38 into overtime and the Blackhawks snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins’ five-game home winning streak with a 2-1 victory Saturday.Versteeg took a pass from Brian Campbell while standing in front of Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, and had his initial shot stopped. He got the rebound and knocked it past Fleury for his ninth goal. That lifted the Hawks to their 10th win in 13 games (10-2-1).Former Penguins forward Marian Hossa, booed every time he touched the puck, scored 7:37 into the game. It was his third goal in six games with the Blackhawks since returning from a shoulder injury.Jordan Staal tied it for Pittsburgh with 1:32 left in regulation after Antti Niemi had stopped the Penguins’ first 31 shots. He fell just short of his third shutout in six starts this season.The Penguins played without captain Sidney Crosby, who didn’t play because of a sore groin. Crosby had seven goals and four assists in his previous three games, all Pittsburgh victories.Even without him, the talented teams had a bevy of young stars trading chances in an entertaining and physical.There was a playoff feel in the matchup of two clubs with the second-best records in their conferences.Hossa has been a villain in Pittsburgh since he left the Penguins and signed with the Detroit Red Wings two summers ago. Upon joining the Red Wings, the team that beat the Penguins in the 2008 Stanley Cup finals, Hossa said Detroit gave him the better chance to win a title.After Patrick Kane used his speed to gain the zone, Campbell took a shot from above the left-wing circle. The rebound bounced off Fleury’s chest and fell at the feet of Hossa, who came in from the right wing and scored.Niemi was 1:32 away from making that stand until Evgeni Malkin’s shot from the point hit a Hawk defenseman and deflected right to Staal, who slammed the puck into an open net for his eighth of the season and second in two games.Pittsburgh, which came in having won three straight, six of seven and eight of 10, fell to 16-2-1 when having at least 30 shots.Without Crosby, the Penguins had won 11 of their previous 14 — and seven consecutive at home — but they fell to 21-11-7 when he is out of the lineup.
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It was the Hawks first win in Pittsburgh since Feb. 22, 1997. … Staal played in his 250th consecutive game, the fourth-longest streak in team history. … The Blackhawks improved to 16-3-3 when scoring first, 11-1-1 when leading after one period and 10-1 after 2. … The Penguins had only 23 seconds of power-play time.