PITTSBURGH — A jolt from the league’s top-ranked power-play gave the Pittsburgh Penguins all it needed to overcome a slow start against the New Jersey Devils.

Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby fueled a four-goal second-period outburst as the Penguins went on to score seven straight during an 8-3 rout against the Devils on Tuesday.

“Obviously, when you have (Crosby) and (Malkin) on the same team, probably the two best players in the world, they can change a game so quick,” Patric Hornqvist said.

Trailing 3-1, the Penguins rallied behind Malkin. He extended his point streak to eight games with a power-play goal, his fourth of the year before the Penguins poured it on with the next seven, resulting in a season-high eight goals scored by seven different players.

Crosby scored his sixth and seventh goals, Hornqvist netted his fifth and Pascal Dupuis scored in his third straight game, also on the power play. Steve Downie, Blake Comeau and Craig Adams also had goals for Pittsburgh, which defeated New Jersey for the ninth time in 11 home games.

Pittsburgh’s top-ranked power play scored three times, the fifth time in eight games it produced multiple goals.

“We started to get everybody into the game,” Penguins’ coach Mike Johnston said. “Seven different players scoring, that’s contributions throughout the lineup.”

Dainius Zubrus scored his second of the season nine seconds into the game, but the Devils were unable to win for the fifth time in six road games. Jacob Josefson and Tuomo Ruutu also scored for New Jersey.

“We beat ourselves,” Devils’ coach Peter DeBoer said. “I thought we were in a pretty good place for awhile there and as a group we beat ourselves over the last 35-40 minutes.”

Marc-Andre Fleury defeated the Devils for the fifth straight time, making 16 saves.

Cory Schneider stopped 18 of 23 shots through two periods before Scott Clemmensen relieved him in the third, making 10 saves.

The teams combined for six goals in the second period. New Jersey netted the first two to take a 3-1 lead before Pittsburgh rallied with four in a row.

Josefson scored a short-handed, breakaway goal and Ruutu pounced on a rebound in front, giving the Devils a two-goal lead.

Pittsburgh got the boost it needed from the power play, as the Penguins scored on a two-man advantage when Malkin’s slap shot from the left point cut the deficit to a goal.