Sidney Crosby scored twice, including the 400th goal of his NHL career for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 4-1 win against the St. Louis Blues at Scottrade Center.Crosby is the 95th player in NHL history (seventh active) to score 400 goals and the 37th to do so in 839 games or fewer. With his dad watching, Crosby ended his 10-game goal drought. He had three goals in his past 22 games.
"Really nice," Crosby said of having his father on the dad's trip. "It's tough waiting that long when you get it, but it's definitely worth the wait to have my dad here, who made so many early mornings and sacrifices so I could play hockey. It's special to have him here and all the dads, a fun weekend.
"To get three of four points, hopefully we can get them back next year."
"I think we ran out of energy a little bit towards the end of the game," Blues left wing Alexander Steen said. "They had a little bit more than us there, and caused some mistakes and some turnovers. We were obviously missing some good scoring chances and they had some big saves."
The Blues appeared take a 2-1 lead 31 seconds into the third period after Alex Pietrangelo's shot from the right point got past Murray. However, a video review determined Paul Stastny touched the puck with a high stick. Rust scored 34 seconds later after a Vince Dunn giveaway to give the Penguins a 2-1 lead.
"[Dunn] was kind of skating back for it and I had decent pressure on him," Rust said. "I tried to make the right read, and lucky enough, it was the right one."
Brodziak put St. Louis ahead 1-0 at 3:10 of the second when he converted Chris Thorburn's chip pass from behind the net. Crosby tied it 21 seconds later.
"I still don't know how it trickled in, it seemed like it took forever, but it's been a long 10 games too," Crosby said. "It's nice to see one go in.
"You're trying to put it in, in that area short side. Sometimes there's a little bit of room there on the post there, sometimes there's not. Somehow it kind of found its way in."
Allen thought he had the short side post sealed off.
"That's why he's the best player in the world," Allen said of Crosby. "I would never play that any differently. He's one [heck of a] smart player.
"That's a pretty good shot."
Sheahan scored at 11:13 of the third to give Pittsburgh a 3-1 lead. Crosby's empty-net goal at 17:12 made it 4-1.
* Crosby's goal at 3:31 of the second period.* Murray's save on Vladimir Tarasenko at 3:02 of the third period.* Sheahan's goal at 11:13 of the third period.* Jaromir Jagr, assigned by the Calgary Flames to HC Kladno of the Czech 1 Liga, (766), Alex Ovechkin of the Capitals (590), Patrick Marleau of the Toronto Maple Leafs (526), Marian Hossa of the Chicago Blackhawks (525), Rick Nash of the New York Rangers (433) and Marian Gaborik of the Los Angeles Kings (403) are the other active players with 400 NHL goals. ... Stastny played in his 800th NHL game. ... Reaves was traded to the Penguins on June 23 at the 2017 NHL Draft ... The Penguins have gone four games without a power-play goal, tying a season high. 
"Yeah, it was great. Obviously I really appreciate that. It was fun seeing that and obviously fans showed me some love, so I had a good time." -- Penguins forward Ryan Reaves on receiving a video tribute upon his return to St. Louis for the first time after playing for the Blues for seven seasons
"I thought that was the difference in the game. They showed why they've won a couple Cups in the last couple years, the way that they manage the puck and the urgency that they had not to turn pucks over and the way that they created them on us." -- Blues coach Mike Yeo
"To get three of four points, hopefully we can get them back next year."
The Blues appeared take a 2-1 lead 31 seconds into the third period after Alex Pietrangelo's shot from the right point got past Murray. However, a video review determined Paul Stastny touched the puck with a high stick. Rust scored 34 seconds later after a Vince Dunn giveaway to give the Penguins a 2-1 lead.
"[Dunn] was kind of skating back for it and I had decent pressure on him," Rust said. "I tried to make the right read, and lucky enough, it was the right one."
Brodziak put St. Louis ahead 1-0 at 3:10 of the second when he converted Chris Thorburn's chip pass from behind the net. Crosby tied it 21 seconds later.
"You're trying to put it in, in that area short side. Sometimes there's a little bit of room there on the post there, sometimes there's not. Somehow it kind of found its way in."
Allen thought he had the short side post sealed off.
"That's why he's the best player in the world," Allen said of Crosby. "I would never play that any differently. He's one [heck of a] smart player.
"That's a pretty good shot."
Sheahan scored at 11:13 of the third to give Pittsburgh a 3-1 lead. Crosby's empty-net goal at 17:12 made it 4-1.
* Crosby's goal at 3:31 of the second period.* Murray's save on Vladimir Tarasenko at 3:02 of the third period.* Sheahan's goal at 11:13 of the third period.* Jaromir Jagr, assigned by the Calgary Flames to HC Kladno of the Czech 1 Liga, (766), Alex Ovechkin of the Capitals (590), Patrick Marleau of the Toronto Maple Leafs (526), Marian Hossa of the Chicago Blackhawks (525), Rick Nash of the New York Rangers (433) and Marian Gaborik of the Los Angeles Kings (403) are the other active players with 400 NHL goals. ... Stastny played in his 800th NHL game. ... Reaves was traded to the Penguins on June 23 at the 2017 NHL Draft ... The Penguins have gone four games without a power-play goal, tying a season high.
"It's a typical Crosby goal. He's so good, he scores more goals from below the goal line than anybody I've seen and he's one of the few guys that thinks the game at such a high level." -- Penguins coach Mike Sullivan on Sidney Crosby's 400th NHL goal
"Yeah, it was great. Obviously I really appreciate that. It was fun seeing that and obviously fans showed me some love, so I had a good time." -- Penguins forward Ryan Reaves on receiving a video tribute upon his return to St. Louis for the first time after playing for the Blues for seven seasons
"I thought that was the difference in the game. They showed why they've won a couple Cups in the last couple years, the way that they manage the puck and the urgency that they had not to turn pucks over and the way that they created them on us." -- Blues coach Mike Yeo
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