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Even after giving players a day off Sunday, Penguins coach Dan Bylsma will have no qualm about telling some of them to "get off the ice" this morning at Madison Square Garden, where tonight they will wrap a home-and-home series with the New York Rangers.

Kris Versteeg scored 2:38 into overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins' five-game home winning streak with a 2-1 victory Saturday night.

Fleury, who celebrated his 25th birthday with NHL victory No. 126, couldn't hold a candle last night to Crosby, whose second hat trick of the season and five points pulled him within six of San Jose's Joe Thornton, who did not play but began the day as the league leader with 36 points.

Penguins forward Pascal Dupuis has scored seven goals this season. It's no secret that Mike Rupp's hat trick was key to the Penguins' 5-2 victory Monday night against the Rangers in New York.

Pittsburgh returns home tonight on Thanksgiving eve carrying a bit of momentum after their third period heroics on Monday in Atlanta.

Assessing the Penguins ' contender status after 25 games has proven a foolish act for this beat reporter the past three seasons because their starts, even if strong, as was the case last season, haven't proven a great indicator of what looms in months ahead.

Sidney Crosby, left, of the Pittsburgh Penguins celebrates his goal with teammate Bill Guerin in their game against the New York Rangers Saturday at Mellon Arena.

At 16-8 entering Wednesday's game against Montreal at Mellon Arena, the Penguins boasted the Eastern Conference's finest record.

SUNRISE, Fla. ? The Penguins could have been forgiven for feeling a bit of deja vu Monday night in a 3-2 overtime win over the Florida Panthers , who stepped onto the ice as The Who's "Baba O'Riley" blasted from the arena speakers.

The Flyers have focused so much of their gameplan on shutting down Sidney Crosby, left, and Evgeni Malkin that they seem to have forgetten about the rest of the Penguins, who have scored often in the series.

A Christmas gift has appeared under the tree a few weeks early for the Pittsburgh Penguins, and you can't scold the Pens for greedily ripping off the wrapping paper.

Phillips, who entered with one goal in 18 games, scored goals 2:03 apart in the third to put Ottawa up 5-1 and chase Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury .

Parenteau, who missed a shot at an open net late in regulation, put the winner past Brian Elliott.

Bill Guerin still has some goals left in him at age 39. What's surprising is he has a few left jabs and right hooks, too.

Evgeni Malkin's return from a seven-game absence was enough to help the Penguins snap their longest losing streak of the season.

The Penguins' remarkable bad fortune with injuries may have struck again. Alex Goligoski, the team's leading scorer among defenseman, did not practice Sunday and sounds iffy for tonight's game against Anaheim at Mellon Arena.

Pascal Dupuis scored in overtime Saturday night to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 6-5 win over the Boston Bruins and goalie Tim Thomas of Davison.

The Pittsburgh Penguins ended a four-game losing streak in dramatic fashion last night, scoring with just fractions of a second remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime.

Pascal Dupuis scored his second goal of the game 1:24 into overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins welcomed back star forward Evgeni Malkin by snapping their four-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night.

Ryan Whitney was Pittsburgh's second-best puck-moving defenseman behind Sergei Gonchar last season.