By EVERETT MERRILL
NEWARK — Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin every had a objective and an help because the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from two objectives down and beat the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Friday night time.
Bryan Rust additionally had a objective and an help, Valtteri Puustinen additionally scored and Matt Grzelcyk had two assists for the Penguins. Tristan Jarry completed with 27 saves as Pittsburgh gained for the third time in 4 video games.
Erik Haula and Ondrej Palat scored for the Devils, and Jake Allen had 17 saves. The Devils have misplaced two straight after a three-game win streak.
Haula bought the Devils on the scoreboard on a breakaway simply 15 seconds into the sport, and Palat made it 2-0 at 6:17.
Malkin scored for the Penguins with 3:50 remaining within the first, his thirtieth profession objective towards the Devils. IT was additionally No. 514 for his profession, passing Jeremy Roenick for forty second place in NHL historical past.
Puustinen tied it with a power-lay objective at 1:05 of the second, Crosby’s power-play objective with 6:39 to play within the third put the Penguins forward, and Rust added an empty-netter with 36 seconds remaining.
TAKEAWAYS
Penguins: Pittsburgh went 2 for 4 on the facility play, scoring with the person benefit for the sixth straight sport — the workforce’s longest streak since a 10-game run in 2022.
Devils: New Jersey entered the sport third within the NHL on the facility play, however went 0 for 3 whereas managing simply 4 photographs in these possibilities.
KEY MOMENT
Crosby gave the Penguis the lead within the third interval as he scored his thirty second objective of the season from one knee after he took a go from Rust on the proper submit, the place he was unguarded.
KEY STAT
Jarry stopped 19 straight photographs after giving up two objectives within the first interval.
UP NEXT
Penguins host Boston on Sunday, and Devils host the New York Islanders to complete a five-game homestand.
