Pascal Dupuis scored the decisive goal in the seventh round of a shootout as the Penguins took out a game that previewed the upcoming Winter Classic.

Crosby, the NHL's leading scorer with 60 points on 29 goals and 31 assists in 36 games, has the NHL's longest points streak since 1992-93 when Quebec's Mats Sundin had a 30-game run.

Chris Kunitz also scored to help the Penguins win their third straight.

Mike Green and Mike Knuble scored in regulation for the Capitals.

In New York, Tampa Bay recovered from conceding a late equalizer to beat New York in a shootout.

Rangers rookie Derek Stepan scored for the third straight game to tie the game in the third period, but New York couldn't finish off the comeback. The shootout was tied 2-2 after three rounds, and the next 15 shooters were denied until Ryan Malone won it with a drive that went in off the post.

Steven Stamkos scored his 27th goal, Martin St. Louis added a goal and assist, and Vincent Lecavalier also scored for the Lightning, who won for the fifth win in six games.

Ruslan Fedotenko and Alex Frolov scored 12 seconds apart in the first for New York.

In St. Louis, Patrik Berglund broke a 10-game scoring drought with two goals, helping St. Louis edge Detroit.

Berglund scored twice in 4:20 span in the first period to break a 1-1 tie.

Jaroslav Halak stopped 35 shots, while Erik Johnson and Matt D'Agostini also scored for the Blues.

Johan Franzen, Nicklas Lidstrom and Patrick Eaves scored for Detroit.

In Boston, Shawn Thornton scored twice for his career high seventh goal of the season and also had a fight in Boston's victory over Atlanta.

A melee broke out late, with only the goalies sitting out the fracas as all 10 skaters on the ice went at it. Five players received game misconducts and Boston's Milan Lucic got a match penalty.

Patrice Bergeron had a goal and two assists, and Michael Ryder also scored for Boston. Dustin Byfuglien scored his 13th goal of the season for Atlanta.

In Columbus, Vancouver raced to a 6-0 lead and went on to rout Columbus.

Henrik Sedin had a goal and three assists to match his career high with four points. Daniel Sedin and Alex Burrows each had a goal and two assists, Raffi Torres scored twice, and Christian Erhoff and Ryan Kesler also netted for the Canucks.

R.J. Umberger had two goals and Tom Sestito one for the Blue Jackets.

In San Jose, the hosts won a season-best fourth straight game by defeating Phoenix.

Joe Thornton and Dan Boyle scored power-play goals in the second period and Patrick Marleau added a pair of goals in the third period for last season's Western Conference runner-ups, who are finally hitting their stride after an up-and-down start to the campaign and reached fourth place in the conference.

Ray Whitney, the only active player remaining from the Sharks' original 1991-92 team, scored the lone goal for the Coyotes.

In Dallas, Alex Tanguay converted in the second round of the shootout after scoring late in regulation, as Calgary won its first game in four by downing Dallas.

Miikka Kiprusoff stopped all three Dallas shooters, while Tanguay beat Kari Lehtonen for the only goal in the tiebreaker.

Brenden Morrow had given the Stars a 2-1 lead in the third period, but with the goalkeeper pulled, Tanguay tied it with 1:21 left in regulation on a wrist shot from the high slot.

Mike Ribeiro scored a power-play goal for the Stars, 10-0-3 in their last 13 at home.

Anton Babchuk scored on the power play for the Flames.

In Denver, Minnesota notched a third successive win, beating Colorado.

Matt Cullen had two goals and an assist, Andrew Brunette also scored and Niklas Backstrom made 36 saves for the Wild.

The Avalanche's goal came from David Jones.

In Raleigh, North Carolina, Alexandre Picard and Andrei Kostitsyn scored during a pivotal power play to help Montreal defeat Carolina.

Scott Gomez had a goal and an assist for Montreal, which took control during the 5-minute power play awarded following Erik Cole's major boarding penalty.

Cole and Chad LaRose scored for Carolina.

In Nashville, Alex Kovalev and Nick Foligno scored and Brian Elliott made 25 saves in Ottawa's win over Nashville.

Marcel Goc scored for the Predators, who have lost three straight games.

In Los Angeles, Jarret Stoll scored the deciding goal in the sixth round of a shootout as Los Angeles beat Edmonton.

Defenseman Jack Johnson had a goal and an assist and Justin Williams connected on a power play for the Kings, who are 12-2-1 at Staples Center, matching the best home start in franchise history.

Rookie Taylor Hall scored a power-play goal for the Oilers, who had won their previous five games at Staples Center - all in shootouts.

In Buffalo, Jason Garrison snapped a third-period tie to lift Florida over Buffalo.

Chris Higgins scored twice, and Stephen Weiss had a goal and assist for the Panthers.

Jordan Leopold scored twice, and Jason Pominville had a goal and assist for Buffalo.

In Newark, New Jersey, New York spoiled Jacques Lemaire's return behind New Jersey's bench following the Devils' firing of rookie coach John MacLean.

Josh Bailey had two goals and an assist for the Islanders, who were tied for the worst record with New Jersey, but scored three times in the opening 11 minutes with Bailey getting the first two and John Tavares adding the other.

Frans Nielsen and Blake Comeau scored as New York extended their points streak to four games.

Travis Zajac scored for the Devils, who have lost four straight to slump to last place in the NHL. They have been outscored 20-4 in the past four games.