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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin corralled the puck near his own goal-line and saw Phil Kessel sprinting out of the zone. He flipped a perfect pass to center ice Authentic Oliver Bjorkstrand Jersey , sending Kessel on a breakaway that resulted in a goal.Carl Hagelin repeated a similar sequence with Kessel later in the second period that ended the same way.The two goals completed a natural hat trick for Kessel and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Thursday night.“There’s a fine line between anticipation and cheating and I think Phil has a knack for seeing those windows of opportunity,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “He has explosive speed so he can create separation when he needs to. He has another gear and you could see that on those breakaways.”Vegas scored the first goal of the game, and Kessel had the next three. It was Kessel’s sixth career hat trick and first in four seasons with Pittsburgh. His last hat trick came Feb. 1, 2014, as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, in a 6-3 win against Ottawa.“It’s been awhile,” said Kessel, who switched sticks before his hat trick. “It felt good. I had some good passes and I was able to finish.”Jake Guentzel scored his third goal and Malkin had three assists for the Penguins, who allowed 11 goals in their first two games.“I could see our guys making more of a concerted effort to defend,” Sullivan said. “I think our team is capable of getting to another level. I don’t think we had our swagger like we’re capable of Ryan Murray Jersey , but from an effort standpoint, you can see they were trying to do the right things.”Casey DeSmith stopped 35 shots in his first regular-season start for Pittsburgh. Starter Matt Murray missed Thursday’s game and is day-to-day with a concussion suffered Monday during practice. Murray participated in, and faced shots during, Thursday’s optional morning skate.Reilly Smith scored his second of the season for Vegas and 100th career goal. Tomas Nosek also scored for Vegas, which lost its third straight and has opened the season with four losses in five games. The defending Western Conference champions lost their fourth game on Nov. 2 last season.Malcolm Subban made 18 saves for Vegas. Marc-Andre Fleury, who spent 13 seasons and won three Stanley Cups with Pittsburgh, served as the backup after allowing four goals on 28 shots during a loss Wednesday at Washington. Fans chanted for Fleury — selected in 2017 by Vegas in the expansion draft — after Subban allowed three goals on seven shots in the second period.“We just have to stay positive,” Subban said. “We’ve been generating a lot of shots on net. Eventually, we’re going to start getting some bounces.”Nosek opened the scoring, taking a pass from Jonathan Marchessault along the boards and slipping a backhander behind DeSmith.But Kessel answered for Pittsburgh when he beat Subban with a wrist shot following a Malkin faceoff win.Kessel’s breakaway goal midway through the second put Pittsburgh in front for good. Malkin hit Kessel at center with a stretch pass from his own goal-line and he finished the breakaway with a glove-side wrist shot.To complete the hat trick Sergei Bobrovsky Jersey , Hagelin hit Kessel with a long outlet pass and he beat Subban low to the glove side.“I was just kind of going down and shooting,” Kessel said. “Nothing special. The pucks found me and I had two good plays.”Guentzel’s blocker-side wrist shot 57 seconds later on a backhand feed from Sidney Crosby gave Pittsburgh a comfortable three-goal lead through two periods.Kessel did all the damage before Pittsburgh’s last goal.“We needed the win,” Kessel said. “I think we can get better. We just have to improve each game.”NOTES: Vegas is 0-for-13 on the power play in five games. … Pittsburgh D Juuso Riikola made his NHL debut in place of D Olli Maatta, who was a healthy scratch. … The Penguins recalled G Tristan Jarry from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to back up DeSmith. Pittsburgh assigned D Derek Grant to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. … Tomas Hyka played on the third line for Vegas in place of Oscar Lindberg, who was a healthy scratch.UP NEXTVegas: Close a five-game road trip at Philadelphia on Saturday.Penguins: Play their first road game at Montreal on Saturday. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lack of scoring and being ineffective on special teams are a huge reason why Los Angeles is at the bottom of the Western Conference standings. But the Kings broke out of their offensive malaise on Saturday, tying a season high in goals as they defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 5-1.“It’s probably one of our more dominant wins and we actually played a good team here in Vegas, very good team. It was a full 60 minutes,” said defenseman Drew Doughty, who had an assist. “When your team does that, you’re going to win more hockey games and hopefully we realized that tonight because we need to win more.”The Kings scored their most goals since a 5-2 victory over Edmonton on Nov. 25. It was only the sixth time in 30 games that they have scored four or more goals. Los Angeles Womens Seth Jones Jersey , which has two wins in its last five games, has a league-low 23 points and with 66 goals is last in the league in scoring.Oscar Lindberg scored for Vegas less than five minutes into the game before Los Angeles got goals from Nikita Scherbak, Matt Luff, Jeff Carter, Derek Forbort and Nate Thompson. Jonathan Quick made 29 saves.Forbort also had an assist for his second multipoint game of the season, and Jake Muzzin added two assists.Kings coach Willie Desjardins was pleased with how the team started, but what made him happier was the performance of his specialty teams. They got their first power-play goal in five games and killed all three of Vegas’ opportunities. Los Angeles had allowed a power-play goal in five of its last six games coming into Saturday.The Kings came into the game with the third-worst power play in the league, while the Golden Knights were second in penalty killing.“I thought our leaders did a great job today. They talked about the power play and penalty killing and we responded with a great effort on the kill today,” Desjardins said.Lindberg opened the scoring four minutes into the game when he took a pass from Tomas Nosek in front of the net and slipped it through Quick’s legs. Scherbak evened it four minutes later on the power play when his snap shot from just beyond the right faceoff circle beat Marc-Andre Fleury. Scherbak — who scored on his fourth shift with the team — was claimed on waivers from Montreal on Sunday, but his debut was delayed due to work visa problems.“That’s probably one of those moments that is going to stick to my memory for a while Sonny Milano Jersey , definitely. And that’s a great win. We deserved it,” Scherbak said.The game was tied at 1 after the first period when the Kings took control with a pair of goals in the second. Luff scored a power-play goal on a one-timer from Brendan Leipsic with less than eight minutes to go. Four minutes later, Carter was credited with his sixth goal of the season on a shot he played off the boards that bounced off the right skate of Vegas defenseman Nate Schmidt and went into the net.Forbort’s shot from near the blue line while Fleury was being screened put the Kings up by three less than three minutes into the third, then Muzzin fed Thompson for a one-timer with less than two minutes remaining.Fleury stopped 20 shots for the Golden Knights, who had won seven of their last eight.“You can’t turn pucks over to them,” Schmidt said. “You can’t get into that style game, because that’s what they want. They want you to turn a few pucks over coming into the zone and counter. And I thought we fed their attack.”NOTES: Los Angeles LW Kyle Clifford took a hit to the head from Vegas C Pierre-Edouard Bellemare during the second period and did not return. Clifford came into the game with two goals in the last three games. Desjardins said he thought the hit was not clean and hopes it will be reviewed by the league. … Quick is 2-2 with a 2.93 goals-against average and .932 save percentage since coming back from a knee injury. … This was the first of four meetings between Los Angeles and Vegas through Jan. 1.UP NEXTGolden Knights: Host Dallas on Sunday.Kings: Begin a four-game road trip on Monday at Detroit.