Jared McCann swatted in a rebound of a Brandon Tanev shot at 10:41 of the third period Saturday to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.
Pittsburgh took two of three straight games between the East Division rivals at PPG Paints Arena, improving to 9-2-0 at home.
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist, Bryan Rust and Zach Aston-Reese also scored, and Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel and Tanev each had two assists for Pittsburgh. Goaltender Tristan Jarry stopped 19 of 22 Philadelphia shots.
Travis Konecny had a goal and assist, Kevin Hayes and Shayne Gostisbehere also scored, and Scott Laughton had two assists for the Flyers. Brian Elliott made 23 saves.
Philadelphia took a 1-0 lead at 6:08 of the first. Laughton picked off the puck at the far blue line for a breakaway. Konecny joined him for a two-on-none, and the two played give-and-go, with Konecny roofing the puck past Jarry.
Malkin tied it on a Penguins power play at 7:54. Off the rush, he swooped through the right circle and behind the net, tucking in a backhand wraparound shot with Elliott far out of position.
Pittsburgh put together another crisp passing sequence with Crosby's circle-to-circle feed to Guentzel, who set up Rust near the right post. Rust banged it in at 18:01 of the first for a 2-1 lead.
On a power play that carried over from the end of the first period, Hayes tied it for the Flyers. With Nolan Patrick providing a screen, Hayes' shot from the left dot skimmed Jarry's shoulder at 1:20 of the second.
Gostisbehere's blast from the right point while the teams skated four-on-four gave Philadelphia a 3-2 lead at 12:04 of the second.
With 1:50 left in the second, Aston-Reese, from a sharp angle to Elliott's left, squeezed a shot inside the near post to tie it.
--Field Level Media
Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | |
Travis Konecny 2 | Points | Evgeni Malkin 2 |
Travis Konecny 1 | Goals | Evgeni Malkin 1 |
Scott Laughton 2 | Assists | Sidney Crosby 2 |
Kevin Hayes 1 | Power Play Goals | Evgeni Malkin 1 |
N/A | Short Handed Goals | N/A |
Brian Elliott .852 | Save Percentage | Tristan Jarry .864 |
Brian Elliott 23 | Saves | Tristan Jarry 19 |
Team | Shots | Goals | Power Play | Penalty Kill | Penalty Mins | Face Offs Won |
Philadelphia | 22 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 10 | 44 |
Pittsburgh | 27 | 4 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 12 | 24 |