Rickard Rakell and Bryan Rust each scored a goal and provided an assist to help the Pittsburgh Penguins win 5-2 against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
Michael Bunting, Blake Lizotte, and Kris Letang also scored, and Tristan Jarry made 25 saves for the Penguins, who have won five of their last six games.
Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist, William Nylander also scored, Auston Matthews added two assists, and Joseph Woll made 27 saves for the Maple Leafs, who have lost two games in a row after winning three straight.
Bunting put the Penguins ahead 3-2 with a goal at 5:34 in the third period. On Pittsburgh’s fourth power play, Rust’s shot deflected off Toronto defenseman Conor Timmins’ skate and landed for Bunting, who scored with a one-timer.
Lizotte added an empty-net goal with 40 seconds left, increasing the lead to 4-2, and Letang followed with another empty-net goal 14 seconds later to make it 5-2.
Rakell helped get the first power play of the game when Matthew Knies was called for holding. Rakell then tipped Matt Grzelcyk’s shot into the net for a 1-0 lead at 4:39 of the first period.
Toronto quickly tied the game 1-1 at 6:35. Jarry stopped Marner’s tip, but Marner recovered the rebound and scored his 10th goal of the season.
The Penguins regained the lead 2-1 at 14:15 when Sidney Crosby took a shot that missed the net but bounced off the end boards. Rust was there to score with a one-timer from the right circle.
The Maple Leafs evened it up 2-2 early in the second period at 2:32 when Nylander scored a one-timer on a power play, beating Jarry for his 17th goal of the season.
