PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored two goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Saturday.

Blake Lizotte scored an empty-net goal in the final minute for Pittsburgh. Kris Letang, playing in his 1,100th regular season game, finished with an assist against his hometown team. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 25 shots for the Penguins.

Christian Dvorak scored for Montreal and Sam Montembeault made 21 saves.

Crosby got the Penguins on the board with 4:03 left in the first period and then made it 2-0 on the power play with 1:20 left in the second. He is tied with Sergei Fedorov and Joe Nieuwendyk for 14th on the NHL’s all-time game-winning goals list. Crosby passed Luc Robitaille for 13th most tied goals in league history.

Crosby has four goals and seven points in his last three games. It’s the seventh time Crosby has scored multiple goals in consecutive games after scoring two during the win against Anaheim on Thursday. Crosby, who has five goals this season, is three shy of 600 for his career.

Takeaway meals

Canadiens: Montreal lost its third game in a row. The Canadiens allowed at least six goals in their previous two losses.

Penguins: The Penguins won their second straight game after a six-game losing streak.

Key moment

Letang got away from Nick Suzuki at the left point and threw a backhand pass to Crosby, who sent a wrist shot that beat Montembeault to the glove side for Pittsburgh’s second goal. Crosby and Letang passed Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty for the third-most goals by a forward-defenseman duo in NHL history.

Key Statistics

Letang is the Penguins’ first defenseman, sixth active blueliner and 73rd in NHL history to play 1,100 regular-season games.

Next

The Canadiens host Calgary on Tuesday and the Penguins visit the New York Islanders to open a three-game road trip.

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