Pittsburgh bury the Kings early
Pittsburgh needed 112 seconds to get going. Tommy Novak scored the rebound off Declan Carlile’s point shot at 1:52 of the first period, and he added another rebound goal at 5:10. The Penguins ended a four-game losing streak with a 5-2 win in Los Angeles on Saturday evening.
Corey Perry cut it to 2-1 at 9:55 by batting an airborne puck out of mid-air. Egor Chinakhov restored the two-goal lead on a power play with 29 seconds left in the period, firing a wrist shot from the left circle. Officials did not immediately see the puck cross the line, and Artemi Panarin took a high-sticking penalty while play continued.
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Crosby seals it, Malkin sets the table
Alex Laferriere got Los Angeles back to 3-2 on a power play at 3:07 of the second, when his shot went off the skate of Pittsburgh defenseman Kaedan Korczak. Adrian Kempe thought he tied it at 15:31, but Pittsburgh challenged for offside and won.
Moments later, Evgeni Malkin’s shot deflected off Sidney Crosby’s body and into the net to make it 4-2 at 17:13. Crosby added an empty-netter with 1:16 left to finish the job.
Malkin had three assists and Kris Letang two. Sergei Murashov made 26 saves in the opener of a three-game California trip. Darcy Kuemper stopped 14 shots for the Kings, who have lost two of their last three.
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