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Crosby scores in 7th straight, Penguins top Ducks 6-2
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney because of what the team New Jersey Devils goalie Cory Schneider (35) reacts after giving up a goal to New York Rangers
Crosby scored on a pair described as an upper- J.T. Miller (10) in the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, in New York. The
of breakaways to extend body injury. Rangers defeated the Devils 2-1.
his goal streak to a career- Florida’s Al Montoya
best seven games and stopped 28 shots. Associated Press
added two assists to help RANGERS 2, DEVILS 1
the Pittsburgh Penguins NEW YORK (AP) — Henrik
continue their surge with a Lundqvist made 27 saves
6-2 win over the Anaheim and New York posted its first
Ducks on Monday night. three-game winning streak
Crosby beat John Gibson since November with a vic-
between the legs to give tory over New Jersey.
the Penguins a three-goal Kevin Klein, who broke a
cushion in the second peri- thumb last week, scored
od and ripped one by Gib- for the first time in 28 games
son’s glove early in the third and the streaking J.T. Miller
while Pittsburgh emphati- scored for the ninth time in
cally ended Anaheim’s six- 10 games while the Rang-
game winning streak. ers beat the Devils for the
Chris Kunitz, Conor Sheary, first time in three games this
Carl Hagelin and Olli Maat- season.
ta also scored for the Pen- This win came with captain
guins, who have won six of Ryan McDonagh sidelined
seven. Crosby, mired in a with a concussion. It was
massive slump early in the New York’s fifth straight
year, now has 53 points victory at Madison Square
in 51 games. Marc-Andre Garden, and the Rangers
Fleury stopped 36 shots. are 7-3 in their last 10 over-
Ryan Getzlaf and Patrick all.
Maroon scored for the Cory Schneider made
Ducks. Gibson made 25 35 saves for New Jersey,
saves before being pulled which lost its third straight
early in the third. (0-1-2). Travis Zajac scored
RED WINGS 3, PANTHERS 0 a short-handed goal with
DETROIT (AP) — Pavel Dat- 2:17 left to spoil Lundqvist’s
syuk scored twice in a 1:08 shutout bid.
span midway through the SENATORS 5, LIGHTNING 1
third after Tomas Tatar OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) —
broke a scoreless tie ear- Mark Stone had two goals
lier in the period and Petr and an assist and Ottawa
Mrazek made 23 saves for beat Tampa Bay.
Detroit in a win over Florida. Stone has five goals and
Mrazek has a career-high three assists in his past four
four shutouts this season. games. He went eight
Detroit has won two straight straight without a point pri-
home games for the first or to this stretch.
time in two months. The Senators gave the
The Atlantic Division-lead- Lightning their second loss
ing Panthers lost a second in 12 games.
straight game and perhaps Zack Smith, Shane Prince
a key player. and Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Florida center Aleksander also scored for Ottawa,
Barkov was knocked out and Craig Anderson made
of the game in the second 31 saves. Pageau added
period after getting hit high two assists.
by the left shoulder of Red Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped
Wings winger Justin Ab- 24 of 28 shots for Tampa
delkader. Barkov’s return Bay. J.T. Brown scored the
to the game was ruled out Lightning’s only goal.q
