Sidney Crosby scored two goals, including one of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ three power-play tallies, in a 5-1 road victory against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday.
Bryan Rust chipped in with a goal and two assists for Pittsburgh, which has won three of its last four games. Tommy Novak and Kevin Hayes also scored for the Penguins, while Tristan Jarry made 28 saves.
Tyson Foerster scored the only goal for the Flyers — his team-leading 10th — but later exited with an upper-body injury. The high-scoring winger fell to his knees in pain after attempting an uncontested one-timer before shuffling off to the locker room.
Dan Vladar allowed five goals on 27 shots for Philadelphia, which had won five of its previous six games.
Crosby opened the scoring 9:18 into the contest when he slammed home a rebound of a shot by Rust.
Foerster tied it early in the second period with Philadelphia skating 5-on-3. He took a shot from the left circle that slipped through Jarry with traffic in front of the net.
Pittsburgh responded with a pair of power-play goals later in the period – Crosby’s 18th of the season and Rust’s eighth.
Crosby scored the go-ahead goal on a one-timer from the slot, courtesy of Rust’s nifty feed. Rust made it 3-1 with 4:08 left in the period, snapping a perfect shot into the top-right corner of the net.
Crosby has 59 career goals against the Flyers — his most against any team — and has seven goals in his last seven games. Only two players in the league have more goals this season than the 38-year-old Crosby.
Evgeni Malkin’s third-period goal was challenged and overturned due to goaltender interference, leaving Philadelphia down 3-1. However, it ultimately didn’t matter much, as Novak and Hayes scored down the stretch to create a comfortable margin for the visitors.
