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 The Penguins won their fifth home game in a row and improved to
7-1-0 in their past eight home games against Anaheim.
Crosby's goals came on breakaways, including a third-period goal he
scored while he was falling with the Ducks' Cam Fowler chasing and
poking at him. Crosby
has 26 points since Jan. 1.
Chris Kunitz, Conor Sheary, Carl Hagelin and Olli Maatta added goals
for Pittsburgh. Hagelin recorded his first since he was acquired
from the Ducks in a Jan. 16
trade. Kris Letang added two assists.
Ryan Getzlaf and Patrick Maroon scored for Anaheim.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 36 shots for his sixth home win in a row.
Anaheim's John Gibson, from Whitehall in suburban Pittsburgh, was
pulled after allowing six goals on 31 shots. He lost for the second
time in as many NHL starts
in his hometown. He also gave up six goals in the 2014-15 season
opener at Consol Energy Center.
Rangers 2, Devils 1
NEW YORK -- J.T. Miller scored his 17th goal and Henrik Lundqvist
made 27 saves as New York held on to defeat New Jersey.
The Rangers have won three straight and are 6-2-0 in their past
eight games.
Kevin Klein also scored for New York.
The Devils' Cory Schneider turned aside 35 of 37 shots.
Travis Zajac scored a shorthanded goal late in the third period for
New Jersey.
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Red Wings 3, Panthers 0
DETROIT -- Petr Mrazek made 23 saves for his fourth shutout of the
season and ninth of his career and Pavel Datsyuk scored twice as
Detroit shut down Florida.
Tomas Tatar also scored for the Red Wings and Henrik Zetterberg had
two assists.
Al Montoya made 28 saves for the Panthers.
Florida's Jaromir Jagr, 43, played his 1,600th career game. He has
played the most games of any active NHL player and is 10th all-
time.
Senators 5, Lightning 1
OTTAWA - - Mark Stone recorded two goals and an assist as Ottawa
recorded only its third two-game winning streak since December with
a victory over Tampa Bay.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau had a goal and two assists and Zack Smith scored
on a line with Stone as the trio has nine goals and 11 assists in
four games since being united.
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.
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