Sunday, January 30, 2022 01:00 PM (ET)

Trevor Moore's two goals help Kings vanquish Penguins

Field Level Media
Jan 30, 2022

Trevor Moore scored his second goal of the game in the third period Sunday to give the visiting Los Angeles Kings a 4-3 win over Pittsburgh, snapping the Penguins' eight-game point streak.

After the Kings blew a two-goal lead in the third for a 3-3 tie, Moore came off the bench and got behind the Pittsburgh defense for a breakaway. He shot the puck over goaltender Tristan Jarry's glove at 13:21.

Alex Iafallo and Drew Doughty also scored, and Anze Kopitar had two assists for the Kings, who improved to 3-0-2 in their past five games.

Los Angeles goaltender Cal Petersen made 23 saves.

Bryan Rust scored twice, Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist and Kris Letang added two assists for the Penguins. Jarry made 34 saves.

The Kings took a 1-0 lead at 1:17 of the second. From the corner, Kopitar fed Iafallo in the left circle. Iafallo ripped a shot that deflected off Crosby's stick and over Jarry's left shoulder.

Crosby tied it at 8:29 of the second on a power play. Evgeni Malkin, from the left point, passed to Crosby, who flipped a shot from the left hash marks past Petersen.

At 10:35 of the second, Moore restored Los Angeles' lead. Off a stretch pass from Jacob Moverare, Moore chipped in a backhander from beneath the right circle to make it 2-1.

During four-on-four play, Doughty extended the Kings' lead to 3-1 at 13:49 of the second. Off a two-on-one with Kopitar, his close-range shot was stopped by Jarry, but he made good on the rebound.

Rust cut it to 3-2 at 6:17 of the third. From the lower part of the left circle, he sent a spinning shot toward the crease, where Crosby leapt to avoid the puck as it sailed past Petersen.

Pittsburgh cashed in on a power play at 10:02. Rust's second goal came when his pass across the top of the crease deflected in off Doughty's skate for a 3-3 tie.

Jake Guentzel got an assist for his 300th career point.

--Field Level Media

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