Overview
- Calgary snapped Pittsburgh's season-best streak with a 2-1 win, as Matt Coronato scored 42 seconds into the third after Connor Zary's opener and Egor Chinakhov netted the Penguins' lone goal.
- Devin Cooley made 27 saves in his first start since Dec. 20, while Arturs Silovs stopped 23 for Pittsburgh in place of recent acquisition Stuart Skinner.
- Bryan Rust missed the game with a lower-body injury and is day-to-day, while Sidney Crosby’s eight-game point streak and Erik Karlsson’s nine-game home point streak both ended.
- Evgeni Malkin recorded his 854th assist to pass Bryan Trottier and Anze Kopitar for 10th most assists in NHL history with one team.
- Two days earlier, Malkin returned from a 15-game absence, was activated after Ville Koivunen was reassigned, and scored a power-play goal in a 4-1 win over the Devils as coaches test new line combinations including shifts at wing.