Game Recap: Penguins vs. Flyers () | Crosby and Guentzel Each Have Three-Point Nights

After falling to Philadelphia just one night ago, 7-2, the Penguins went into this contest looking to get back to winning hockey. Marcus Pettersson got things started with a beautiful move less than two minutes into the game, and the Penguins wouldn’t look back. Jake Guentzel slid the puck in next on the power play, and Sidney Crosby got on the board for the first time this game after that. The Flyers cut it to 3-2, but Kasperi Kapanen made a great play to lift the stick of a Philadelphia player, which enabled Evgeni Malkin to snatch the puck and feed it low to Jason Zucker, who was alone in front of the net, who managed to turn the puck around and roof it. Konecny scored for the Flyers to pull them within 1 again, but Sidney Crosby got a feed from Bryan Rust, dropped to one knee, and rocketed a shot opposite side, top shelf. Mark Friedman tallied with an empty net, but drew a penalty after the goal, putting the Penguins back on the power play. John Marino scored from a similar spot as Crosby’s second