The Pens put on a late night show, scoring early and often in a 5-1 victory over Los Angeles
The Penguins don’t have the services of Rickard Rakell (personal reasons) but get P.O. Joseph back from the sick bay.
Tonight's lineup in LA ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/bTglR7yjhN
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 21, 2025
Pittsburgh scores first on the power play, great individual effort from big Kevin Hayes. He keeps skating through the Kings, fakes out Joel Edmundson and drives to the net to create something out of nothing for his eighth goal of the season.
BIG HAYESY WITH A BIG PPG! pic.twitter.com/G4B9VcGdAo
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 21, 2025
Sidney Crosby doubles the lead with another play that escalated quickly. Matt Grzelcyk threw a fluttering point shot to the net, Crosby got a deflection on it that hit the ice and bounced up. Nothing goalie David Rittich can do about that one. 2-0 Pens.
Here to share that Sidney Crosby has 50 points in a season for the 18th time in his career pic.twitter.com/ajACCl48U0
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 21, 2025
Shots go 12-6 in favor of the visitors and they carry a 2-0 lead after a strong first period.
The Pens keep building and find another goal, Philip Tomasino swoops around Edmundson and sends a pass over for Evgeni Malkin. Malkin shoots quickly and beats the goalie five-hole with the lateral movement. 3-0.
MONDAY NIGHT MALKAMANIA! pic.twitter.com/3CalLa1fEc
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 21, 2025
The worm starts to turn later on, Owen Pickering takes a holding the stick call and then while on the PK, Joseph takes a penalty to give the Kings 1:03 to work with in a 5v3 situation. The Kings work the puck around for Adrian Kempe to fire from the right side, he hits the post. They calmly regroup and try the same play again and this time his shot hits the mark. 3-1 game.
Juice gets one back!!! pic.twitter.com/Ub7OsKOdGJ
— LA Kings (@LAKings) January 21, 2025
The Pens kill off the rest of the penalty, and though LA comes close to scoring, Pittsburgh takes the play the other way. It’s Hayes again driving to the net, this time he centers the puck for Cody Glass to chip it in and re-establish a three-goal lead in the last minute of the period.
CODY GLASS MAKES IT 4-1 pic.twitter.com/tObpStgLsa
— SportsNet Pittsburgh (@SNPittsburgh) January 21, 2025
Pens head to the final break up 4-1.
Pittsburgh pads the lead further, Crosby sets up Kris Letang for a shot. Rittich stops it but before he can freeze the puck, Anthony Beauvillier is hanging on the doorstep and guides the puck into the net behind the goalie. 5-1.
BEAUVILLIER EXTENDS THE LEAD pic.twitter.com/FI2Tml1eyr
— SportsNet Pittsburgh (@SNPittsburgh) January 21, 2025
Rest of the game comes and goes and the Pens skate away with a victory.
In the end, good ol’ fashioned type of game for the Pens. Crosby and Malkin both score goals to push the team out to a fairly sizeable lead and they earn a victory on the road. Nice treat for those who stayed up late to watch it. Pittsburgh gets a few days on the road to catch their breath and the short trip over to Anaheim for their next game on Thursday.
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