Penguins star Crosby joins elite company

Sidney Crosby matched Wayne Gretzky for the seventh-most goals with a single franchise in NHL history, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Sunday.

“Any time you can be in (Gretzky’s) company, I think it’s definitely a good thing,” Crosby said. “Usually (Gretzky) or Mario (Lemieux) are kind of on their own for most things. It’s nice to be there.”

Crosby’s 583rd career goal, his first in 12 games and No. 33 on the season, helped the Penguins keep their playoff hopes alive.

Crosby, Lars Eller, Reilly Smith and Valtteri Puustinen each had a goal and an assist, and Michael Bunting and Drew O’Connor also scored for Pittsburgh.

Lucas Raymond scored twice for Detroit, which lost for the eighth time in nine games.

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Jonny Brodzinski scored the go-ahead goal in a three-goal second period and the Rangers handed the Islanders a fourth consecutive loss.

Mika Zibanejad, Will Cuylle, Kaapo Kakko and Alexis Lafreniere also scored for the Rangers, who have won five of six.

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Defenseman Dmitry Orlov had two goals and two assists and Carolina scored four goals in the third period to beat Ottawa.

Evgeny Kuznetsov, Seth Jarvis, Jalen Chatfield, Jake Guentzel and Brendan Lemieux also scored for Carolina. Sebastian Aho chipped in with three assists.

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Jack Eichel scored his 21st goal of the season and Vegas beat New Jersey.

William Carrier and William Karlsson also scored for Vegas, while goalie Logan Thompson stopped 20 shots.

Tyler Toffoli scored twice and

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Buffalo at Seattle, 7 p.m. added an assist as Winnipeg topped Columbus to pull even with Dallas and Colorado atop the Central Division.

Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist, and Kyle Connor, Logan Stanley and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets. Sean Monahan added two assists and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 30 shots for the Jets

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Ryan Donato, Kevin Korchinski and Joey Anderson scored in a 1:23 span of the third period, and Chicago beat San Jose.

Philipp Kurashev and Connor Bedard also scored for the Blackhawks.