Bryan Rust scored 1:31 into overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins avoided another late collapse by beating the Florida Panthers 5-4 on Tuesday night.

The Penguins let a three-goal third-period lead evaporate when Florida’s Sam Bennett, Adam Boqvist and Matthew Tkachuk scored within a 4:32 span to pull the Panthers even at 4.

Rust, however, extended Pittsburgh’s winning streak to four by flipping a wrist shot from the right by Spencer Knight for his eighth goal of the season.

Rookie defenseman Owen Pickering scored the first goal of his career for the Penguins, and Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and Marcus Pettersson also scored for Pittsburgh. Tristan Jarry made 37 saves on a night the Penguins spent mostly pinned in their end.

Tkahuck scored twice for Florida, but the Panthers saw their three-game winning streak snapped as Knight stopped just 11 of the 16 shots he faced.

Panthers: Florida dominated everywhere but the scoreboard. If not for a shaky performance from Knight, who was coming off his first shutout of the season, the Panthers would have cruised.

Penguins: the 20-year-old Pickering has more than held his own since making his NHL debut on Nov. 16. His first goal — a shot from the point that threaded its way through traffic — should serve as another confidence boost.

Rust’s winner allowed the Penguins to exhale. It’s been a rocky opening two months for Pittsburgh, which has made a habit of blowing multiple-goal leads. Not this time.

The Penguins have won their last five home games against the Panthers that have gone to overtime.

UP NEXT

The Panthers play at the Flyers on Thursday, and the Penguins visit the Rangers on Friday.

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Someone who bought a scratch-off ticket in Allegheny County is heading into the holiday season with a bit of extra cash. 

A scratch-off worth $3 million was sold at Nic’s Tobacco on Lincoln Way in White Oak, the Pennsylvania Lottery announced on Tuesday. 

The store will get a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning scratch-off, which was a $3,000,000 Golden Ticket. The $30 game offers top prizes of $3 million. 

Scratch-offs are distributed randomly, which means the Pennsylvania Lottery doesn’t know where winning tickets will be sold until after a prize has been claimed. 

Pittsburghers have recently bought several other big-winning tickets. Last month, a ticket worth $1 million was sold in Mercer County. In October, a $5 million scratch-off was sold at Hollywood Casino at the Meadows in Washington County and one worth $1 million was sold at a gas station in Allegheny County. Another lottery ticket worth $3 million was sold in Westmoreland County in September. 

The lottery says scratch-off prizes expire one year from the game’s end-sale date. Winners should immediately sign the back of their tickets and call 1-800-692-7481.

The Pennsylvania Lottery says it’s the only state lottery that directs all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since ticket sales began in 1972, the lottery says it has contributed more than $36 billion to programs like property tax and rent rebates, transportation and care services.