San Diego Union-Tribune

TESDAYS’ RESULTS

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Penguins 5, Flyers 4 (OT): Sidney Crosby scored his 500th goal and Penguins teammate Kris Letang capped a late rally to lift host Pittsburgh past Philadelph­ia in overtime.

Crosby became the 46th player in NHL history to reach the 500-goal milestone when he beat Carter Hart from the goal line on the power play at 16:34 of the first period to give Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead.

Crosby's teammates poured over the bench in a raucous celebratio­n after the 34-year-old joined Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux as the only Penguins with 500 career goals.

Jake Guentzel and Chad Ruhwedel scored 18 seconds apart in the third period to erase a two-goal deficit, and Letang's wrist shot by Hart 31 seconds into OT gave the Penguins their fourth straight win.

Rangers 2, Bruins 1 (SO): K'Andre Miller scored the deciding goal in the ninth round of a shootout and New York edged visiting Boston for its third straight win.

Lightning 6, Devils 3: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored in a 3:04 span of the third period as Tampa Bay rallied to beat host New Jersey.

Blues 5, Senators 2: Vladimir Tarasenko had two goals and an assist to lead St. Louis over host Ottawa.

Sabres 6, Islanders 3: Victor Olofsson scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 2:55 left as Buffalo beat visiting New York.

Capitals 4, Predators 1: Alex Ovechkin scored two goals, including his 30th of the season, to lead Washington over host Nashville. Joe Snively and Nick Jensen also scored for the Capitals.

Flames 6, Blue Jackets 2: Tyler Toffoli scored in his first game after arriving from Montreal, as Calgary beat visiting Columbus.

Stars 4, Avalanche 1: Joe Pavelski scored twice and Jake Oettinger stopped 46 shots as Dallas beat host Denver, which saw the end of its franchise-record point streak at 19 games (17-0-2).

Oilers at Kings: Late

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