Pens stop slide with win over woeful Flyers

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11/14/2006 - Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rookie sensation Evgeni Malkin scored with just over two minutes left in the game to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Sidney Crosby added a goal and an assist for the Penguins, who put the brakes on a five-game losing streak. Jordan Staal also scored for Pittsburgh and Marc-Andre Fleury turned aside 23 shots.

Randy Robitaille and Geoff Sanderson tallied goals for the struggling Flyers, who have lost six straight games.

Mike Knuble returned to the lineup for Philadelphia after missing the last six games with a broken finger. The Flyers were without their captain though as Peter Forsberg missed his second straight game with an ankle injury.

Philadelphia netminder Antero Niittymaki finished with 36 saves.

With 2:03 left in the contest, the Pens broke a 2-2 tie on Malkin's ninth goal of the season. From the left corner, Crosby dished the puck up to Mark Recchi at the left half-wall. Recchi then slid the disc to Malkin in the left circle and his one-time slap shot sailed into the top left corner of the net to put Pittsburgh on top.

The Flyers then hampered their chance to tie the game after Joni Pitkanen took a hooking penalty with 1:10 left in the contest.

Philadelphia still pulled Niittymaki with under a minute to play and did manage to get a great chance to even the score as Knuble attempted to jam home a rebound on two shot attempts.

After a scoreless opening period, Robitaille gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead 2:14 into the second stanza. Robitaille intercepted a pass in the neutral zone and dashed up the right wing on a 2-on-1 rush with Simon Gagne. Down low, Robitaille attempted to slide the puck across to Gagne, but the disc hit off the Pens' Sergei Gonchar's stick and past Fleury.

Pittsburgh evened the scored at 1-1 at 6:59 of the second after Crosby tallied his seventh goal of the season. Crosby controlled the puck in the neutral zone and skated into the Philadelphia zone along the left boards. From the left circle, Crosby unleashed a wrister that sailed over Niittymaki's right shoulder into the top corner of the net.

With 4:22 remaining in the second period, the Penguins jumped in front on a goal by Staal. From the left circle, Michel Ouellet slid the puck across to Staal, who ripped a one-timer past a sliding Niittymaki to make it 2-1.

A goal by Sanderson at 6:26 of the third frame tied the game at 2-2. R.J. Umberger gathered a loose puck at the right of the crease and passed the puck in front. The disc then hit off Mike Richards and went to the right of the crease where Sanderson whacked the disc past Fleury.

Game Notes

Pittsburgh is 3-0 against Philadelphia this season...Philadelphia is still winless in November, going 0-5-1 during the month...The Penguins went 0-for-7 on the power play while the Flyers did not score in five chances with the man advantage...Niittymaki's record dropped to 2-9-2 on the campaign...The Flyers acquired forward Todd Fedoruk on Monday from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for a fourth-round draft choice in the 2007 draft.

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Urlacher added: "I never said what I was quoted as saying and that's it. I have a lot of respect for Jay. I think Jay knows that."
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