Penguins beat Kings 5-2 behind Crosby's two goals

Player of the game

Sidney Crosby 2 G, 3 SOG

8.4

The Penguins beat the Kings 5-2 at crypto.com Arena, building a 3-1 lead in a first period that Los Angeles never fully recovered from. Pittsburgh improved to 6-9-2.

Tommy Novak scored twice in the first 5:10, at 1:52 and 5:10, for a 2-0 lead. Corey Perry cut it to 2-1 at 9:55. Egor Chinakhov restored the two-goal edge with 29 seconds left in the period, making it 3-1. Alex Laferriere pulled the Kings within 3-2 at 3:07 of the second.

Sidney Crosby then took over. He deflected one in at 17:13 of the second for a 4-2 lead and poked home the final goal at 18:44 of the third for 5-2. He finished with two goals and three shots on goal, and Chirp gave him an 8.4 rating. Evgeni Malkin had three assists.

The Kings fall to 5-8-2. Chirp's Sim had Los Angeles at 54% before the game, and it missed.

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