Couture leads Sharks past Penguins 6-4 to end four-game skid

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Logan Couture had two targets and three assists because the San Jose Sharks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-4 on Saturday night time to snap a four-game skid.

Alexander Barabanov had a objective and two assists, Erik Karlsson added a objective and an help, and Michael Eyssimont and Noah Gregor additionally scored for the Sharks, who’re 4-5-4 of their final 13 video games. Marc-Edouard Vlasic had two assists and Kaapo Kahkonen made 37 saves.

Sidney Crosby had a objective and an help to go Stan Mikita for sole possession of Fifteenth-place on the NHL’s all-time factors checklist with 1,469 — 62 factors behind Paul Coffey for 14th. Crosby additionally tied Mikita for Thirty second-place together with his 541 objective — three behind Maurice Richard in thirty first.

Evgeni Malkin had two targets and an help, and Ryan Poehling added a short-handed objective for Pittsburgh, which snapped a six-game level streak (3-0-3). Casey DeSmith stopped 26 photographs.

Malkin tied the rating 4-4 at 10:06 of the third with a wrist shot from the precise faceoff dot. Malkin is 4 factors from 1,200 for his profession.

Couture put the Sharks forward for good 5 1/2 minutes later as he transformed a 2-on-1 with Barabanov after a Pittsburgh turnover and a nasty line of defense change.

Couture added an empty-netter with 10 seconds remaining to seal the win.

Eyssimont opened the scoring 1:25 into the sport together with his third profession objective, and second in two video games. He was claimed off waivers from Winnipeg earlier this month.

Malkin answered at 5:45 with a power-play objective. Crosby had an help on the play to interrupt a tie with Mikita on the factors checklist and prolong his factors streak to seven video games.

Crosby put Pittsburgh in entrance with 7:05 left within the first with the Penguins’ second power-play objective of the night time and eighth within the final six video games. Crosby initially tipped Malkin’s level shot and transformed his personal rebound close to the publish. Jake Guentzel stretched his level streak to 5 video games with an help on the play.

Karlsson scored his sixteenth with 6.5 seconds left within the first interval to tie the rating 2-2. It was his sixty fifth level of the season, passing Sandis Ozolinsh for fifth-most in a season by a defenseman in franchise historical past.

Gregor put the Sharks forward when he transformed a rebound behind DeSmith at 4:54 of the second.

Poehling tied it 3-3 with a short-handed objective with 5:06 left within the second, however Barabanov put the Sharks in entrance once more with 2:53 remaining within the interval.

UP NEXT

Sharks: At Tampa Bay on Feb. 7 to return from the All-Star break and proceed an eight-game journey.

Penguins: Host Colorado on Feb. 7.