Crosby scored for the 28th time in 22 games during the
streak 7:44 in against the Panthers, giving the Penguins a lead they wouldn't
relinquish when he fired a slap shot while skating down the left wing.
Ben Lovejoy had his first career goal and Mark Letestu, Matt
Cooke and Pascal Dupuis also scored for Pittsburgh, which has won 14 of 16,
recovering from a two-game skid last week with consecutive convincing victories.
Stephen Weiss and Bryan McCabe scored for Florida, which had
won five of seven.
Crosby's streak matched Dany Heatley's in 2005 as the
longest since the lockout that wiped out the 2004-05 season. Mats Sundin of the
Quebec Nordiques had points in 30 consecutive games during the 1992-93 season.
At Detroit, Henrik Zetterberg's
second goal of the game at 2:59 of overtime gave Detroit a win over Vancouver
in a matchup of Western Conference division leaders.
Zetterberg also had an assist on Nicklas Lidstrom's
power-play goal that tied it at 4 late in the third period.
Danny Cleary and Valtteri Filppula also scored for Detroit.
Brian Rafalski had three assists and Jimmy Howard stopped 35
shots.
Henrik and Daniel Sedin each had a goal and an assist and
Mikael Samuelsson and Jeff Tambellini also scored for Vancouver. Roberto Luongo
made 40 saves.
Red Wings star center Pavel Datsyuk left late in the first
period with a broken bone in his right wrist and is expected to miss at least
four weeks.
tripping over Vancouver's Mikael Samuelsson and landing on
his right hand. Samuelsson and Datsyuk used to be teammates with the Red Wings.
At Chicago, Jack Skille scored
two goals, rookie Corey Crawford made 24 saves and Chicago defeated Nashville
for its third straight win.
Crawford made several tough stops but benefited from another
tight, disciplined effort by defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago. He lost a
bid for his first shutout this season with 8:47 left in the third period when
Sergei Kostitsyn scored a power-play goal on a deflection.
Dave Bolland and Bryan Bickell also scored for the
Blackhawks, who allowed just two Nashville power plays.
Chicago has been short-handed only three times in its past
three games.
Four of Skille's six goals this season have come against
Nashville.
At Uniondale, John Tavares
scored 3:23 into overtime and New York snapped Tampa Bay's four-game winning
streak.
Tavares got to a loose puck near the left post and swept a
shot past goalie Dan Ellis to give the Islanders their first win of the season
when they didn't score first.
P.A. Parenteau got the Islanders even at 1 in the closing
seconds of the second period and Dwayne Roloson made 34 saves to give New York
points in three straight games (2-0-1). The Islanders are 3-17-4 in their past
24.
Ryan Malone staked the Lightning to a 1-0 lead in the first
period.
