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Crosby nets two as Penguins pummel Philadelphia Flyers

Sidney Crosby scored his second goal of the game on a breakaway with 46.7 seconds left in overtime, leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.

Ryan Malone had a goal -- assisted by Crosby -- and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 45 shots, helping the Penguins improve to 6-3-2 since going winless in their first nine games.

Joni Pitkanen scored two power-play goals for Philadelphia, which had won nine straight at home.

Fleury stopped two point-blank shots by Mike Knuble and Mike Rathje in overtime. He started because a puck hit Jocelyn Thibault in the throat in warmups. Thibault's injury didn't appear serious.

Pitkanen scored his goals 1:34 apart to tie it after the Penguins had scored twice in a 56-second span early in the third.

Blues 2, Blue Jackets 0

Lee Stempniak had a goal and an assist in the third period, and Curtis Sanford posted his second career shutout in St. Louis' victory in Columbus, Ohio, that snapped a franchise-record, 11-game losing streak.

The game was also Sergei Fedorov's debut in a Columbus uniform. Fedorov was acquired in a trade with Anaheim on Tuesday.

Scott Young added a goal for the Blues, who hadn't won since a 3-2 victory over Anaheim on Oct. 19.

Sanford, spelling starter Patrick Lalime, stopped 36 shots in only his 10th NHL game.

Stempniak, who scored the Blues' only goal a week earlier in Columbus in a 3-1 loss, broke up the scoreless game with 7:47 remaining. Young added an insurance goal with just 3:17 left.

Columbus, which has lost seven of eight, outshot the Blues 36-16 but went 0-for-5 on the power play and ran its man-advantage drought to 21 straight.

Islanders 7, Thrashers 3

At Atlanta, Shawn Bates scored twice, including a goal in the closing minutes of the third period to help New York Islanders to its third straight victory.

Miroslav Satan, who also had two goals, made it 6-3 with about four minutes remaining. Jason Blake made it a rout with a power-play goal with 27 seconds left in the Islanders' highest-scoring game of the season.
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