Hendrix Lapierre scores overtime game-winning goal and notches three points after absorbing dirty hit against Penguins: ‘He wasn’t 100 percent’

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Hendrix Lapierre scores overtime game-winning goal and notches three points after absorbing dirty hit against Penguins: ‘He wasn’t 100 percent’

Hendrix Lapierre had a game to remember against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Saturday night. After being injured in the first period due to a late and dirty hit by Emil Bemstrom, the Capitals’ 2020 first-round pick returned at the start of the second and imposed his will on the Penguins. Lapierre posted three clutch points (1g, 2a), tying an AHL career high, and scored the overtime game-winning goal in the Hershey Bears’ 4-3 victory. “L…