Crosby Passes Dionne Into Sixth All-Time, but Penguins Fall 5-2 in Anaheim

The Penguins finally got the road monkey off their back Saturday night in Los Angeles, and Sidney Crosby made history while doing it. Pittsburgh beat the Kings 5-2 at Crypto.com Arena to snap a four-game losing streak and end a seven-game road skid, and the captain passed Marcel Dionne for sole possession of sixth place on the NHL's all-time scoring list. Crosby scored twice in the win. His first goal — a deflection of an Evgeni Malkin one-timer at 17:13 of the second period, set up by Erik Karlsson — was the 1,772nd point of his career, moving him past Dionne (1,771). He added an empty-net goal at 18:44 to finish the night with 1,773 career points (660 goals, 1,113 assists). Tommy Novak also scored twice, Malkin piled up three assists, and rookie goaltender Sergei Murashov stopped 26 shots for his first win of the season. Malkin reached a milestone of his own, passing Adam Oates for 20th on the all-time scoring list. He now sits at 1,421 career points (539 goals, 882 assists) and has seven points (1 goal, 6 assists) over his last five games. Crosby, Malkin and Kris Letang each recorded multiple points in the same game for the 37th time in their careers. The win lifted Pittsburgh to 5-9-2, but the road record is still the story of this season: the Penguins were 0-6-1 away from home since their 7-0 season-opening win over Philadelphia on Sept. 30 before Saturday. They are 4-3-1 at PPG Paints Arena, and closing that home-road gap is the only way this season turns around. No second straight win in Anaheim The second straight win didn't come. Anaheim beat the Penguins 5-2 on Sunday night at Honda Center, on the second night of Pittsburgh's back-to-back. Cutter Gauthier, the hottest scorer in the league, recorded his third hat trick in five games and added an assist, and captain Mikael Granlund had a goal and three assists for the Ducks, who have now won five straight. Special teams decided it. Anaheim's No. 2-ranked power play went to work early — Granlund struck seconds after a Pittsburgh penalty expired, and Gauthier and Tristan Luneau added power-play goals as the Ducks built a 4-0 lead. Pittsburgh's best chance to change the game went the other way: a 5-on-3 power play lasting 1:37 early in the second period produced nothing. The Penguins finally broke through in the third period with goaltender Arturs Silovs pulled for an extra attacker, getting 6-on-4 power-play goals from Kris Letang — his first goal of the season — and Rickard Rakell. Gauthier's empty-net goal at 19:26 closed it out. Pittsburgh outshot Anaheim 34-25 in the loss. It was a milestone night on the bench, too: the game was Dan Muse's 100th as an NHL head coach, along with assistant coach Nick Bonino and assistant video coach Troy Paquette. Through his first 100 games, Muse is 47-35-18 behind the Penguins bench. Injury update Forward Ville Koivunen is day-to-day with a lower-body injury and did not play Sunday. He picked up an assist Saturday in Los Angeles and has six points (2 goals, 4 assists) this season — one point shy of matching his career high of seven. In a corresponding move, the Penguins recalled forward Rutger McGroarty from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton; he played for the AHL club Saturday in Charlotte before joining the team in Anaheim. The Penguins close the three-game California trip Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 10 p.m. ET against the San Jose Sharks.