Crosby scores 2 goals to lead Penguins to 3-1 win over Canadiens

Sidney Crosby scored 2 goals and nan Pittsburgh Penguins hit nan Montreal Canadiens 3-1

PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby scored 2 goals and nan Pittsburgh Penguins hit nan Montreal Canadiens 3-1 connected Saturday night.

Blake Lizotte scored an empty-net extremity successful nan last infinitesimal for Pittsburgh. Kris Letang, playing successful his 1,100th regular-season game, vanished pinch an assistance against his hometown team. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 25 shots for nan Penguins.

Christian Dvorak scored for Montreal and Sam Montembeault made 21 saves.

Crosby sewage nan Penguins connected nan scoreboard pinch 4:03 remaining successful nan first play and past made it 2-0 connected nan powerfulness play pinch 1:20 to spell successful nan second. He is tied pinch Sergei Fedorov and Joe Nieuwendyk for 14th-place connected nan NHL’s all-time game-winning goals list. Crosby surpassed Luc Robitaille for 13th-most even-strength goals successful convention history.

Crosby has 4 goals and 7 points successful his past 3 games. It’s nan seventh clip Crosby scored aggregate goals successful back-to-back games aft he had 2 during a triumph against Anaheim connected Thursday. Crosby, who has 5 goals this season, is 3 from 600 successful his career.

Canadiens: Montreal mislaid its 3rd consecutive game. The Canadiens allowed astatine slightest six goals successful their erstwhile 2 losses.

Penguins: The Penguins won their 2nd consecutive pursuing a six-game losing streak.

Letang spun distant from Nick Suzuki astatine nan near constituent and flipped a backhand walk to Crosby, who sent a wrist changeable that hit Montembeault to nan mitt broadside for Pittsburgh’s 2nd goal. Crosby and Letang surpassed Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty for third-most goals by a forward-defenseman duo successful NHL history.

Letang is nan first Penguins defenseman, nan sixth progressive blueliner and 73rd successful NHL history to play successful 1,100 regular-season games.

Canadiens big Calgary connected Tuesday and Penguins sojourn nan New York Islanders to unfastened a three-game trip.

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