The Pittsburgh Penguins topped the Arizona Coyotes 6-3 last night at PPG Paints Arena.
Pittsburgh fell behind on 3 separate occasions but answered quickly each time. Their biggest response was in the third, when when Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang led a four-goal barrage to give the red-hot Penguins their sixth straight win.
Letang scored twice, Crosby netted his 11th goal of the season, Bryan Rust and Brock McGinn both scored their 10th goals of the season and Brian Boyle added a third-period goal. Tristan Jarry stopped 13 shots.
Before the game, Pittsburgh announced forward Jason Zucker underwent successful core muscle surgery yesterday. Zucker, who has missed 11 of Pittsburgh’s last 12 games, scored twice on Jan. 17 at Vegas, but has sat out the last four. He’s considered out on a week-to-week basis.
The Penguins have won 17 of their last 19 games to improve to 27-10-5 on the season. They will next host the Seattle Kraken for the first time tomorrow night.