PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang scored twice, and the Pittsburgh Penguins won for the third time in four games, 6-5 against the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday.
Malkin scored twice in the third period for the second time in two games since returning from a one-game suspension. He had two power-play goals in the third of a 5-4 loss to the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
Letang gave the Penguins a 1-0 lead at 16:11 of the first period and put them ahead 4-3 at 4:36 of the third. He has 15 goals this season, one fewer than his NHL career-high of 16 from 2015-16.
Sidney Crosby had three assists, and Casey DeSmith made 39 saves for Pittsburgh (31-21-7), which holds the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference, one point ahead of the Carolina Hurricanes.
Mats Zuccarello scored twice and Alexandar Georgiev made 35 saves for New York (25-25-8), which is 7-5-1 in its past 13 games. The Rangers are 11 points behind Pittsburgh.
Letang opened the scoring by passing off Rangers defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk‘s skate before Zuccarello tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal. Zuccarello attempted to center a pass for Mika Zibanejad, but it went off Penguins forward Teddy Blueger‘s stick and in with 40 seconds remaining in the first.
Marcus Pettersson put the Penguins ahead 2-1 on a power play at 11:41 of the second period.
Brian Dumoulin made it 3-1 on a one-timer at 14:09 of the second before Zuccarello cut it to 3-2 at 14:35 and Ryan Strome tied it 3-3 on a wrist shot at 17:45 of the second.
The Penguins killed a double minor after Crosby was called for high-sticking Neal Pionk at 19:47 of the second period. Letang scored his second goal 49 seconds after it expired.
Malkin made it 5-3 on a wrist shot at 7:24, and 6-3 with a spinning backhand at 9:55.
Kevin Hayes cut it to 6-4 with 5:46 remaining; Zibanejad made it 6-5 with 18 seconds left.
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