Sidney Crosby had two goals and two assists to extend his point-scoring streak to 11 games and the Pittsburgh Penguins ended the Ducks’ winning streak at six games with a 6-2 win Monday night. “Our starts have gotten a lot better”.
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He had a goal and two assists in a 3-2 overtime win over Florida on Saturday, giving him 902 career points.
The Pittsburgh Penguins look to defend their home ice tonight when they host the Anaheim Ducks at 7PM ET. Gibson made 25 saves before being pulled early in the third.
Shane Prince had the Senators’ other goal against the Lightning while J.T. Brown scored for Tampa Bay, which lost for only the second time in 12 games. Ryan Getzlaf and Patrick Maroon got the goals for them but they dropped a chance to pass San Jose and move into second place in the Pacific Division. Hagelin has six points in nine games with Pittsburgh.
Sidney Crosby has 22 points in 11 games. 15, 2006. He has scored 18 goals in his past 19 games. Sheary’s third goal of the season 10:06 into the period was the reward for a relentless shift by the fourth line. The Penguins kept Anaheim pinned deep, and Sheary expertly redirected Letang’s flip by Gibson. Anaheim hopes to complete a sweep of its two-game season series against Pittsburgh after posting a 2-1 home victory on December 6.
Pittsburgh played its third straight game without center Evgeni Malkin, but the Penguins have survived thanks to the resurgent Crosby.
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“If it had to happen again, maybe I just back off and keep him in front of me, or I just have to recover better”, Fowler said. Getzlaf drove towards goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and took a snap shot past his blocker with 50 seconds remaining in the first. The Ducks were 0 for 2 with the man advantage…. Kevin Klein also scored for NY. “Definitely fun when we’re scoring some more goals here …we’ll try to ride it as long as we can”.
