Crosby returns Penguins snap losing streak

When a team has offensive players like Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Miroslav Satan, goal scoring shouldn't pose a problem.

Yet, it has been for the Pittsburgh Penguins early this season, that is until Saturday night.

Led by Satan, who had a goal and two assists, the Penguins snapped a three-game losing streak by rallying to beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Saturday night.

Malkin and Jordan Staal each had a goal and an assist. Alex Goligoski, Tyler Kennedy and Maxime Talbot also scored for the Penguins.

Pittsburgh had scored two goals or fewer in its previous three contests and had been held to no more than two in the past four road games.

"It's big," said Crosby, who was injured in the Penguins' previous game but had two assists against the Blues. "You want to make sure your confidence level is there, and I think we had it.

"It's just a matter of making sure we're focused on playing 60 minutes, especially in this league."

Penguins coach Michel Therrien gave his captain Crosby a lot of the credit.

"You're not going to score six goals in this league every night," he said. "But I thought Crosby's line really set the tone. I thought Sid was really good for a guy who was questionable about playing."

Pittsburgh had not won in St. Louis since beating the Blues 4-3 on Dec. 12, 1998. The Penguins had not played in St. Louis since Dec. 13, 2005 when they lost 3-0.

"It was a big road win for us," Crosby said. "It was nice."