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SPORTS Monday 16 april 2018

Crosby scores goal, leads Penguins to 5-1 Game 3 over Flyers

By DAN GELSTON goals that put the icing
AP Sports Writer on the urinal cake: Malkin
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The scored on a one-timer and
kitschy light-up bracelets Dumoulin off the faceoff
flickered in the darkened beat Elliott through the five-
arena and another packed hole for a 4-0 lead.
house roared "Crosby Crosby won the faceoff to
sucks! Crosby sucks!" Here's set up the goal and had
the thing Philly fans haven't both assists, naturally, on
yet accepted about Sid- the goals that matched
ney Crosby over the last 13 the NHL playoff record for
years, he really doesn't — fastest two scores by one
and especially not against team.
the Flyers. "He thrives in that environ-
Crosby matched a post- ment," Penguins coach
season-best with four points Mike Sullivan said. "He has
on a goal and three assists a comfort level in that en-
to help the Pittsburgh Pen- vironment. When stakes are
guins silence the raucous high, in an away building,
crowd and beat Philadel- he tends to play his best.
phia 5-1 on Sunday for a He has an ability to stay in
2-1 lead in the first-round the moment. He doesn't
series. get rattled. He doesn't get
"When we needed to, we fazed by adversity. That's
made some good plays, why he's an elite player
we got some big saves and and he's so accomplished."
that's what you need this Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) leaps out of the way of a shot from the point against At that point, each team
time of year," Crosby said. Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Brian Elliott, left, during the second period in Game 2 of an NHL had 12 shots.
It's the path Pittsburgh took first-round hockey playoff series in Pittsburgh, Friday, April 13, 2018. The Flyers, who played
the last two seasons all the Associated Press more like the team that lost
way to parade routes in 10 straight games over No-
June. guarantee they were more an Dumoulin scored in the puck. vember-December, had
Crosby, who has 93 points on target with their shots second to make it 4-0. Mal- Elliott, who had 21 saves, no shot at pulling off the
in 63 career regular-season than anyone on the home kin and Dumoulin scored 5 was stunned at how easily comeback. Travis Sanheim
games against Philly, shut team's roster. seconds apart. the Penguins scored twice scored late in the third for
up the orange-and-black "It's not the first building "After the third goal, I in 5 seconds. the Flyers' lone goal.
die-hards with a wrap- that's happened in," Crosby should've taken a timeout," "Guy walking down main "It's not time to panic here,"
around goal off a turnover said, smiling. "I don't know Flyers coach Dave Hakstol street," he said. Flyers captain Claude Gir-
midway through the first. if they stole that idea from said. "That would've been The Flyers ran a video pack- oux said.
Crosby had a hat trick in someone else." one thing to stop that mo- age full of bloody fights, big Notes: Flyers great Bobby
Game 1 and the three-time Two of the so-called fierc- mentum." goals and memorable mo- Clarke was at the game.
Stanley Cup champion est rivals in the NHL have Justin Schultz made it 5-1 ments between the teams So was former Flyers cap-
showed no sign of easing provided three lopsided in the third on Pittsburgh's through the years with a tain Peter Forsberg. ... Phila-
up against his nemesis. games: Pittsburgh's 7-0 win third power-play goal of "Bitter Rivals" caption. The delphia 76ers star Ben Sim-
The Flyers haven't won a in Game 1 and Philadel- the game. Penguins could have just mons was in the house. The
playoff series since 2012 phia's 5-1 victory in Game 2 Matt Murray stopped 26 looked in their reflection Sixers have won 17 straight
and pulled out all the the- could about qualify as nail- shots to make it stick. from the 2016 and 2017 games. Fans started chant-
atrical stops in their return biters in this series. Brian Elliott, yanked in Cups and shrugged off the ing "Trust the Process!" as
to the postseason after a Game 4 is Wednesday Game 1, had another idea the Flyers are in their the game turned into a
one-year absence. night in Philadelphia. rough outing and might league. rout. ... Philadelphia's 22
Flyers fans even stuck pho- Crosby scored his fourth need to borrow fellow Brassard scored on the wins at home during the
tos of the hated Crosby goal of the series in the first Wells Fargo Center tenant power play just 2:48 into regular season were the
inside the urinals through- period, and Derick Bras- Joel Embiid's black mask to the second. The Pens hit fewest of any team in the
out the arena that had to sard, Evgeni Malkin and Bri- have a better look at the with back-to-back stunning NHL playoffs.q