Bryan Rust had a hat trick, and the Pittsburgh Penguins ended a season-long six-game dropping streak with a 7-3 win against the Ottawa Senators at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday.

Sidney Crosby and Jason Zucker each had a goal and two assists, Evgeni Malkin Batman Decals Stickers had four assists, and Matt Murray made 23 saves for the Penguins (38-21-6), who had been outscored 24-8 in six straight regulation losses. Pittsburgh moved within one point of the second-place Philadelphia Flyers in the Metropolitan Division.

Craig Anderson made 28 saves for Ottawa (23-32-12), which had won its earlier two games.

Crosby reached 800 NHL assists in 980 video games. He is the 32nd gamer in League history to achieve that milestone.

John Marino put Pittsburgh ahead 1-0 with a snap shot from the point 48 seconds into the first period. The rookie defenseman missed the previous 11 games with a facial injury.

Conor Sheary scored when his shot went off defenseman Mike Reilly's stick to make it 2-0 at 1:39. He also experienced an assist for his 1st two points since being acquired in a trade from the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 24 after previously playing with Pittsburgh from 2015-18.

After Jayce Hawryluk cut it to 2-1 at 16:24 for Ottawa, Rust extended Pittsburgh's lead to 3-1 when he scored Calgary Flames Iron On Transfers on the power perform with 45 seconds remaining in the first.

Crosby made it custom stickers cheap 4-1 on simple shot from the right circle at 17:21 of the second period.

Zucker pushed the result in 5-1 on a backhand 36 seconds in to the third period before Brady Tkachuk cut it to 5-2 on a redirection at 1:09. Connor Brown managed to get 5-3 with a snap shot at 11:27.

Rust scored on a wrist shot to make it 6-3 with 6:31 remaining before capping his hat technique on simple shot with 2:50 left for the 7-3 final. It was his third NHL hat trick and initial since having three goals against the Chicago Blackhawks on Dec. 12, 2018.