Photo: Tessa McAndrews
In his first AHL appearance of the season after being assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on a conditioning loan, Alex Nedeljkovic scored a goal to help the Penguins to a 4-2 win over the Providence Bruins on Friday night.
Nedeljkovic is the first goaltender in American Hockey League history to score twice in his career.
The 27-year-old Nedeljkovic, who signed as a free agent with Pittsburgh during the offseason, had not seen game action since an Oct. 24 start vs. Dallas.
Nedeljkovic carried a shutout into the final three minutes of Friday’s game before Providence scored twice with an extra attacker. He then secured the win with 1:04 remaining, hitting the open Bruins net from 175 feet away.
Nedeljkovic also scored as a member of the Charlotte Checkers on Mar. 10, 2018. He has two goals and five assists in his AHL career in addition to a record of 103-54-14, a 2.59 goals-against average, a .905 save percentage and 15 shutouts. Nedeljkovic won the Baz Bastien Award as the AHL’s outstanding goaltender and captured a Calder Cup championship with Charlotte in 2018-19.
| Goals Scored by AHL Goaltenders | |||
| Date | Player | Team | Opponent |
| Dec. 5, 1987 | Darcy Wakaluk | Rochester Americans | Utica Devils |
| Mar. 28, 1992 | Paul Cohen | Springfield Indians | Rochester Americans |
| Oct. 9, 1995 | Robb Stauber | Rochester Americans | P.E.I. Senators |
| Oct. 30, 1999 | Christian Bronsard | Syracuse Crunch | Rochester Americans |
| Feb. 5, 2000 | Jean-Francois Labbe | Hartford Wolf Pack | Quebec Citadelles |
| Oct. 15, 2001 | Chris Mason | Milwaukee Admirals | Utah Grizzlies |
| Apr. 11, 2004 | Antero Niittymaki | Philadelphia Phantoms | Hershey Bears |
| Apr. 17, 2005 | Seamus Kotyk | Milwaukee Admirals | San Antonio Rampage |
| Feb. 20, 2008 | Drew MacIntyre | Manitoba Moose | Chicago Wolves |
| Mar. 19, 2010 | Chris Holt | Binghamton Senators | Rochester Americans |
| Jan. 16, 2015 | Reto Berra | Lake Erie Monsters | Chicago Wolves |
| Mar. 24, 2017 | Jonas Gustavsson | Bakersfield Condors | San Diego Gulls |
| Mar. 10, 2018 | Alex Nedeljkovic | Charlotte Checkers | Hartford Wolf Pack |
| Nov. 14, 2018 | Tristan Jarry | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Springfield Thunderbirds |
| *May 25, 2019 | Max Lagace | Chicago Wolves | San Diego Gulls |
| Dec. 17, 2021 | Collin Delia | Rockford IceHogs | Texas Stars |
| Mar. 2, 2022 | Lukas Dostal | San Diego Gulls | Colorado Eagles |
| *May 12, 2022 | Joel Hofer | Springfield Thunderbirds | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins |
| Nov. 12, 2022 | Jesper Wallstedt | Iowa Wild | Chicago Wolves |
| Mar. 3, 2023 | Pyotr Kochetkov | Chicago Wolves | Manitoba Moose |
| Oct. 18, 2023 | Strauss Mann | Laval Rocket | Rochester Americans |
| Nov. 17, 2023 | Alex Nedeljkovic | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Providence Bruins |
*Calder Cup Playoffs
