PITTSBURGH — There wasn't a second to spare for Jamie McBain to beat Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh with his first NHL goal.

Turns out a second — or, actually, nine-tenths of one — was all the rookie needed.

McBain's slap shot from above the circles streaked by goalie Marc-Andre Fleury just ahead of the horn in overtime and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied from a late deficit to defeat the Penguins 3-2 on Saturday, despite losing goalie Manny Legace to an injury.

Seconds after Fleury made what looked to be a potential game-saving stop on Chad LaRose's wrist shot, McBain — getting two points in his third career game — beat Fleury on a shot that Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said deflected off his hand. Crosby was not hurt.

McBain didn't know how precious little time was left, and he might have been nervous if he had.

"I knew there was less than 5 seconds left, so I just tried to bring it to the middle and kind of shoot it as fast as possible," he said. "Colesey (Erik Cole) was right in front with a great screen. I don't think Fleury saw it, and it found its way through."

And the Hurricanes found a way to beat one of the Eastern Conference's top teams again. They are 11-3-1 since Feb. 5, beating Pittsburgh twice and Washington once in the last 10 days.

Defeating those teams is special, even for a club that remains six points out of the final conference playoff spot. Getting his first goal this way, against this team, was equally exciting for the 22-year-old McBain, a second-round draft pick in 2006 who assisted on Ray Whitney's game-winning goal in overtime Thursday against the Capitals.

"You dream about it happening since you were a little kid and for it to be this kind of game, this kind of atmosphere, going against one of the top teams in the league and an overtime winner with not much time left, it's a pretty special feeling," he said.

Not for the Penguins, who led 2-1 on Evgeni Malkin's goal on a wrist shot from the left circle with 6:55 remaining but couldn't hold the lead. Joni Pitkanen tied it at the 16-minute mark with a drive from the left circle off Eric Staal's long pass.

"This was a tough one," said Fleury, who made 26 saves.

It also was for Legace, who needed several minutes to get back to his feet after being upended by Tyler Kennedy during a second-period scramble in front of the net.