Cooley's Last-Second Hat Trick Caps Mammoth's Stunning OT Win in Pittsburgh

Thursday night in Pittsburgh produced a finish that will be replayed for weeks. Utah Mammoth forward Logan Cooley capped his fourth career hat trick with a goal with just one second remaining in regulation, rescuing a game that had seemed lost, and Mikhail Sergachev then scored 3:27 into overtime to complete a stunning 4-3 victory over the Penguins. The drama piled up in the final minute: Pittsburgh rookie Ben Kindel had appeared to play the hero with a go-ahead goal with 23 seconds left, in his return to the ice after collapsing aboard the team plane on October 20. Cooley's late equaliser snatched that story away, and Sergachev finished the job from deep in the right circle after Barrett Hayton was initially denied on a 3-on-1 rush. It was a wild night across the league. Buffalo edged Anaheim 7-6 behind Tage Thompson's natural hat trick and two assists, while Los Angeles blew a four-goal third-period lead against Ottawa before Quinton Byfield won it in overtime, 6-5. But nothing topped the Mammoth's escape in Pittsburgh — a game that swung from despair to delirium in the space of 24 seconds, and a reminder that in hockey, no lead is safe until the final horn actually sounds.