Malkin and Crosby lead Penguins to 6-3 win vs. Devils

Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby each notched 5 times in Penguins’ 5-goal 3^rd period and Pittsburgh kept their postseason hopes alive, rallying for a 6-3 victory against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.

Two goals for Sid.
Two goals for Geno.
Two points for Pittsburgh. pic.twitter.com/in0GoRYO4O

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) April 3, 2024

New Jersey led 3-1 after 2 periods on goals by Timo Meier, Curtis Lazar and Jesper Bratt. However, Evgeni and Sidney notched 67 seconds apart at the beginning of the 3^rd period to even the game.

Rickard Rakell scored to put Pens ahead with almost 4 minutes until the end of the match, with his 13^th goal before Malkin notched again seconds later. Crosby scored the final goal in the match, as that was his 39^th goal this campaign.

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Penguins are trying to avoid a 2^nd consecutive campaign without making the postseason for the 1^st time in Crosby’s career, which started almost 20 years ago.

St. Ivany on getting his first @NHL point on Malkin's goal: "Yeah, it felt awesome. I’m probably more excited about the win than the point, but I’ll take it. That was a pretty awesome play. Set play off the faceoff – and a pretty cool guy to get the assist with the goal." pic.twitter.com/YssSMjWNj1

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) April 3, 2024

New Jersey defeated Pittsburgh in their previous match 5-2 last month and also defeated them 5-2 last November.