Crosby stars as Penguins beat Red Wings

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Sidney Crosby matched Wayne Gretzky for seventh-most goals with a single franchise in NHL history, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Sunday.

each had a goal and an assist for Pittsburgh, which won for the second time in three games following a four-game losing streak.

Crosby’s 583rd career goal, his first in 12 games and No. 33 on the season, helped the Penguins keep their playoff hopes alive after dealing star wingerPittsburgh moved within five points of Detroit for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. The Penguins missed the playoffs last season after running off 16 consecutive postseason berths – and winning three Stanley Cups – between 2007-22.

Crosby put the Penguins in front at 18:53 on a backhand from the slot. Puustinen beat Lyon to the glove side from close range 23 seconds later. It was Puustinen’s second goal in as many games. Bunting, who was acquired from Carolina in the Guentzel trade, made it 4-1 at 9:34 of the second. He knocked a rebound across the line while he was falling to the ice.

Fischer cut the deficit in half for the Red Wings at 14:35 of the second with a finish from between the circles. But Pittsburgh regained its three-goal edge with a power-play goal when Eller deflected Crosby’s point shot behind Lyon in the final minute of the period.

 

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