PROVIDENCE — Jeff Hoggan’s second goal of the game gave the Providence Bruins a 4-3 overtime victory over the Hartford Wolf Pack yesterday at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.

The P-Bruins also got goals from Matt Hendricks and Nate Thompson and moved 10 points ahead of second-place Portland Pirates.

The Wolf Pack were first on the scoreboard at 3:06 into the contest. Andy Hutchinson tallied his eighth goal of the season with Corey Potter recording the lone assist.

Hartford took a 2-0 advantage at the 13:01 mark when Pierre Parenteau scored his 16th goal of the season on assists from Alex Bourret and Hutchinson.

The P-Bruins cut the lead in half late in the period when Adam McQuaid worked the puck to Matt Lashoff in the neutral zone. Lashoff skated into the offensive zone before dishing it off to Hoggan, who scored from the slot.

The P-Bruins scored the lone goal in the second period to tie the game at 2. Hendricks won the face-off in the Wolf Pack zone and got the puck to Aaron Slattengren. He passed it back to Hendricks who tallied his 12th goal of the season.

In the third period, the Wolf Pack regained the lead at the 14-minute mark. While killing a penalty, Parenteau stole the puck from the P-Bruins and passed it to Greg Moore for a breakaway. Moore slipped the puck past P-Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask for his 18th of the season.

With time running out, the P-Bruins scored at the 18:40 mark to tie the game and send it into overtime. Sean Curry took a shot from the right point and the puck was tipped into the net by Thompson for his seventh goal of the season. Matt Hunwick had the second assist.

In overtime, at the 3:49 mark, Martins Karsums passed the puck behind the net to Curry. He found Hoggan standing inside the right face-off circle and Hoggan sent the puck into the net for his 18th goal of the season and the victory.

Rask stopped 31 of 34 shots for the P-Bruins, while Miika Wiikman made 30 saves for the Wolf Pack. The P-Bruins were 0-for-5 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.P-Bruins

4

Wolf Pack

3

Next Game

Friday

vs. Springfield,

7:05 p.m.