PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin had two objectives, Jake Guentzel was injured proper after scoring his 20th of the season and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 Monday evening.
Malkin stretched his factors streak to 6 video games and has seven objectives and 24 factors in his previous 13 contests.
Guentzel had a three-point evening however left after scoring 6:55 into the third interval. Guentzel tapped one into empty web off Malkin’s feed however crashed exhausting into the wall proper after. He instantly went to the dressing room after getting his 200th profession level.
Patric Hornqvist and Dominik Simon additionally scored the Penguins, who’ve received three straight and 10 of 12.
Tristan Jarry stopped 24 pictures to win his sixth straight recreation. He has received eight of his final 9 begins and allowed not more than two objectives in 14 of 18 appearances this season.
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry (AP Photograph/Gene J. Puskar)Nick Paul scored twice for the Senators, who ended a five-game factors streak. Paul has three objectives in his final two video games.
Marcus Hogberg made 28 saves for the Senators.
Pittsburgh has received 14 of 22 video games with out captain Sidney Crosby, who has been out since November due to core muscle surgical procedure. Crosby has just lately began skating.
In 140 profession video games with out Crosby, Malkin has 75 objectives and 192 factors. In 20 video games with out Crosby this season, Malkin has 11 objectives and 32 factors.
Malkin opened the scoring 27 seconds into the sport when he beat Hogberg with a glove-side wrist shot throughout a 2-on-1. Guentzel assisted, giving him factors in 4 straight. Guentzel has 12 objectives and 29 factors in his final 20 video games.
Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins, January 2, 2018 (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Simon gave Pittsburgh a 2-Zero lead at 11:44 of the primary interval. Simon was below stress when he took a cross-ice cross and flipped a backhander previous Hogberg from the facet of the crease. It was his second objective in three video games.
Paul scored at Four:21 of the second interval for the Senators to make it 2-1, however Malkin regained Pittsburgh’s two-goal benefit 1:41 later. Bryan Rust, who had the first help, has factors in eight of his final 9 video games with seven objectives and 15 factors throughout that span.
Paul scored his second objective for the Senators at 15:58 of the second, however once more, Pittsburgh instantly answered. Hornqvist scored 53 seconds after Paul’s objective to present Pittsburgh a Four-2 lead getting into the third interval.
NOTES
Pittsburgh’s 16 house wins are probably the most within the NHL. The Penguins have 12 wins and factors in 14 of their final 15 house video games. … Guentzel has factors in 12 of his final 13 house video games. He has 10 objectives and 22 factors throughout that span. … Ottawa D Ron Hainsey, who received a Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh in 2017, missed his fourth straight recreation with a lower-body damage. … Pittsburgh D Justin Schultz missed his fifth straight recreation with a lower-body damage.
UP NEXT
Senators: Host Florida on Thursday evening.
Penguins: Host San Jose on Thursday evening.
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