Penguins muscle up for march to playoffs
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The Pittsburgh Penguins added some grit and experience to their playoff push by acquiring forward Gary Roberts and tough guy Georges Laraque at the NHL trade deadline on Tuesday.
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Tyler Kennedy scored the winning goal and added two assists for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who snapped a two-game losing streak on Saturday night with a victory over the Islanders.
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Martin Straka's goal with 2.2 seconds left in overtime lifted the New York Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Penguins last night at Pittsburgh.
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The Atlanta Thrashers are moving closer to their first playoff appearance. Now they're setting their sights on home-ice advantage.
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The Penguins signed Sidney Crosby to a five-year contract extension worth about $45 million that will keep in Pittsburgh through the 2012-13 season.
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Evgeni Malkin and Petr Sykorahad had a goal and an assist each to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-1 road win over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday.
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Alexander Ovechkin didn't do much offensively, a common occurrence lately. Instead, it was the runner-up Russian who created a goal out of nothing, keeping the Pittsburgh Penguins' most successful stretch in 14 years going.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins aren't saying where Russian star Evgeni Malkin is, or when they expect to see him. What they do know is he isn't in Russia and, as far as they are concerned, that's very good news.
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Sidney Crosby scores a milestone 100th goal of the season and the Penguins come back to beat the New York Rangers, 3-2, on Saturday.
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The New York Rangers got the kind of effort yesterday that they believe can lead them to a successful playoff push.
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The Blackhawks and Blue Jackets, who appeared destined for early elimination from playoff contention a month ago, continued impressive stretches with wins last night.
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Gary Roberts has two goals and linemate Georges Laraque also scores to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday.
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Jordan Staal and Kristopher Letang made the Pittsburgh Penguins' opening day roster Monday, joining with Sidney Crosby to give the rebuilding team a franchise-first three teens on the roster.
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Alexander Ovechkin has a pair of goals and an assist and teams with Alexander Semin in an overtime shootout to propel the Caps to a 6-5 win over the Penguins.
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The Ottawa Senators are making a late push to secure home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The Nashville Predators have grander aspirations. They're trying to make sure the road to the Stanley Cup goes through Music City for the first time.
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While the Red Wings already have made strides since last season's playoffs, the San Jose Sharks keep falling into the same ruts that bogged them down against Detroit last spring.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins signed center Sidney Crosby to a five-year contract extension Tuesday, keeping the league MVP with the club through the 2012-13 season.