Bryan Rust also scored twice for Pittsburgh in the 5-2 victory on Monday.
NEW YORK -- Sidney Crosby had two goals and an assist and Alex Nedeljkovic made 28 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York 5-2 on Monday night, snapping the Rangers' five-game winning streak.Bryan Rust also scored twice and Emil Bemstrom added a goal for Pittsburgh, which ended a four-game losing streak in New York and improved to 14-9-3 in its last 26 games against Rangers.
Pittsburgh is still facing missing the playoffs for a second straight season for the first time during Crosby's career, which began in 2005-06.The Rangers were coming off an 8-5 win at Arizona on Saturday, their 50th victory of the season. New York had won 11 of their previous 13 home contests, including last Tuesday's wild 6-5 overtime win over Philadelphia.Rust opened the scoring just 18 seconds into the contest, beating Shesterkin.
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