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Crosby Leads Penguins Past Rangers

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The Associated Press

Published: March 29, 2009

PITTSBURGH - It took Sidney Crosby almost 50 minutes and his team-high seventh shot to extend the NHL's longest active scoring streak. It was worth the wait for Pittsburgh.

Crosby scored the go-ahead goal with 10:04 remaining, his 15th straight game with a point, to help the Penguins to a 4-3 victory against the Rangers on Saturday for Pittsburgh's fifth win in six games.

"He's a go-to guy," said Pittsburgh's Max Talbot, who had a goal and an assist. "He always wants those big goals, and he got it again. It's definitely two huge points for us."
Ruslan Fedotenko had a goal and two assists for the Penguins, who closed out a 10-1-2 March by improving to a 5-1-1 on their franchise-record eight-game homestand. Pittsburgh climbed three points ahead of the seventh-place Rangers in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Matt Cooke also scored for Pittsburgh, which is 14-2-3 under interim coach Dan Bylsma.

"I think as a team we've been playing well, and we just need to continue playing well in the last six games and into the playoffs," said Fedotenko, a member of the Lightning's 2004 Stanley Cup team.

Ryan Callahan, Brandon Dubinsky and Nik Antropov scored for New York, which is 1-2-1 in its past four.

Crosby took a pass from Fedotenko while in the neutral zone and went up the ice with speed, splitting New York defensemen Wade Redden and Derek Morris and beating Henrik Lundqvist with a wrist shot for the winning goal.

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