Sidney Crosby nets first multi-goal game of the season for Penguins

It was also the first time Crosby scored two regular-season goals since February, a span of 47 games. But what is clear is that Crosby, Lemieux and the rest of the Pens organization are clearly struggling to come to grips with the fact that they’ve been able to capture only one Stanley Cup during the career of a generational talent like Crosby. The Penguins opened the season with three power-play goals in 10 games but have now scored 10 in the past 12.

Something’s not right with the Pittsburgh Penguins or superstar Sidney Crosby and a recent report suggests it may start at the top. Centers Paul Stastny and Robby Fabbri and defenseman Alex Pietrangelo scored for St. Louis, which dropped to 2-0-2 in its past four games. We’re not playing right.

Ben Lovejoy also scored to help the Penguins finish 3-1 during a four-game homestand after dropping three of their previous four.

“Whether that pushes them to move him at some point”.

In this game, he had nine shots, leaving him to wonder if he left another goal or three on the ice.

“Could have had more”, Crosby said.

“We kind of let them back into the game after we were dictating it”, said wing Alexander Steen, who had assists on the first and third goal.

“When Sid’s shooting the puck like that and with the determination he plays with offensively, he’s really hard to handle”, Penguins coach Mike Johnston said. “He’s going to get five, six shots on most nights”.

It was Crosby’s first two-goal game since February 12 of last season.

Malkin took a lead pass from Phil Kessel and beat goaltender Jake Allen on the backhand for his eighth of the season and fifth game-winner.

Crosby made a little personal history at 16:19 of the first period, when he hammered a slap shot past Allen from above the left hash mark. The captain got his stick on the puck and deflected it up and over Allen for what was the 2-1 leading Penguins goal midway through the game.

“He put it on a tee for me there”, said Crosby, who figured he would have felt incredibly snakebit if he had missed on that chance. “It’s nice to put that one in”. That I don’t know, ” he said. “He’s always at the net, so it’s never a bad play to throw it there”.