PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin scored in his fifth straight game and added the lone goal in the shootout to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 5-4 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night.
Pittsburgh won its fifth straight as Malkin capped a two-goal third-period rally with his 25th of the season with less than 3 minutes remaining in regulation.
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