Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The match, which took place at the PG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, ended with the home team leading 7:6.
The goals for the winning team were scored by Sidney Crosby, Brian Rast with a double, Emil Bemström, Drew O’Connor, Rickard Rakell and Kris Letang. Russian Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin scored a point and assisted O’Connor.
The Russian hockey player scored a total of 44 (16+28) points in 55 regular season matches this season. He totaled 1,273 points (487 goals, 786 assists) in 1,118 games during his NHL career.
Travis Sanheim scored for Philadelphia with two goals, Tyson Foerster had a pair of goals, Scott Laughton and Cam York scored.
Pittsburgh got its second straight win after two losses in the regular season. “Philadelphia lost for the second straight game; the Flyers have lost four of their last five games overall in the National Hockey League.
Previously Russian striker augmented Leading the NHL scoring race.