Overview
- Pittsburgh beat New Jersey 4-1 at PPG Paints Arena to extend its season-high winning streak to six games.
- Evgeni Malkin returned after 15 games out with an upper-body injury and scored a late second-period power-play goal on a 5-on-3.
- Sidney Crosby’s second assist gave him 1,087 with the Penguins, tying Wayne Gretzky for the second-most assists with one NHL franchise.
- Erik Karlsson opened the scoring and pushed his home point streak to nine games, while Connor Dewar had a goal and an assist and Blake Lizotte added a third-period tally.
- Goaltender Stuart Skinner made 28 saves for his third straight win, as in-season trades for Skinner (with Brett Kulak) and Egor Chinakhov underscore the club’s add-to-contend approach.