Penguins ride big second period to defeat Blues

ST. LOUIS — Miroslav Satan had a goal and two assists, and the Pittsburgh Penguins snapped a three-game losing streak when they rallied to beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Saturday night.

Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal each had a goal and an assist for Pittsburgh. Alex Goligoski, Tyler Kennedy and Maxime Talbot also scored for the Penguins, who broke out of a scoring drought. Pittsburgh had scored two goals or fewer in its previous three contests and had been held to no more than two in its past four road games.

The Penguins were helped by the presence of captain Sidney Crosby, who was forced out of Thursday night's loss at Phoenix by an undisclosed injury. He had two assists against the Blues.

Patrik Berglund scored the 10,000th goal in Blues history. Barret Jackman and T.J. Oshie had the other St. Louis goals.

Trailing 2-1 entering the second period, the Penguins scored three times.

Goligoski tied it 6:03 into the period when he skated in from the point and beat goalie Chris Mason with a wrist shot from the high slot.

With Eric Brewer off for holding, Malkin gave the Penguins the lead with a one-timer from just inside the blue line at 12:22. Kennedy made it 4-2 just 37 seconds later when he swatted his own rebound from a bad angle.

St. Louis entered averaging 23.9 shots per game, the fewest in the NHL. The Blues had just four shots in the first period, but scored on two.

— AP