Evgeni Malkin scored two goals and set up another and the Pittsburgh Penguins won successive games for the first time since captain Sidney Crosby's injury by beating the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 Saturday.
Malkin's fourth consecutive multipoint game gave him 69 points for the season, four behind NHL leader Alex Ovechkin of Washington - his former Russian Olympic teammate and the only player drafted ahead of him in 2005.
Since moving to center on the Penguins' top line after Crosby injured his right ankle Jan. 18, Malkin has seven goals and 10 assists in nine games, including 11 points in his last four.
The Kings, last in the NHL with 49 points but 8-4-1 in their last 13, fell behind 4-0 in the second period and slipped to 3-2-1 on a season-high, eight-game road trip. They hadn't lost in Pittsburgh since a 4-1 defeat on March 29, 1997, going 5-0 with two ties since then.
Penguins goaltender Dany Sabourin won for only the second time in the team's last 20 games, and only his fourth appearance over the span. He made 26 saves despite allowing goals by Derek Armstrong and Brian Boyle in the third period.
Malkin piles up the points vs. Kings (CP) 
