With the clock ticking down to under 30 seconds remaining and the Pens trailing, 4-3, Ville Koivunen scooped up the remains of an errant Erik Karlsson shot and wheeled off the right sideboards with the puck.
After briefly surveying the scene as he approached the right faceoff circle, Koivunen eschewed a pass to veteran Bryan Rust in the slot and instead slipped a no-look pass to fellow rookie Rutger McGroarty to the right of the Blues’ cage.
McGroarty didn’t hesitate. He spun and fired the puck in off the far post to knot the score at 4-all and touch off an emotional celebration.