Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves on 26 shots in a 5-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Monday.
The result boosted Nedeljkovic’s record to 9-7-4 and followed a news-making performance Friday when he recorded a goal and an assist and made 40 saves in a win over the Buffalo Sabres.
“We did a great job of taking it to them, not letting them get to their game,” Nedeljkovic said to reporters in Los Angeles via audio provided by the team’s media relations staff. “Anytime they got any sort of momentum, a shift or two in our end, we seemed to respond the right way.”
The Penguins completed a sweep of a two-game season series against the Kings, who were 14-2-1 at home coming into Monday’s game. The Penguins have won two of their first three games on their season-long seven-game …