Sidney Crosby has night to remember as Pens top Wings in OT

Erik Karlsson scored from the top of the slot at 1:40 of overtime Thursday as the Pittsburgh Penguins topped the visiting Detroit Red Wings 6-5 to move into the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.Sidney Crosby had a legacy night for the Penguins, moving past Phil Esposito into 10th on the NHL’s all-time scoring with 1,591 points. Crosby finished with a goal and two assists, reaching 1,000 in his career.Bryan Rust added a goal and two assists, and Drew O’Connor, Kris Letang and Jeff Carter also scored for the Penguins (37-30-12, 86 points), who have a 10-game point streak (7-0-3).Pittsburgh goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves.Lucas Raymond had a hat trick and an assist, Dylan Larkin a goal and two assists, and Jeff Petry scored for the Red Wings (38-32-9, 85 points).Detroit goaltender Alex Lyon made 21 saves.O’Connor gave Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead at 2:40 of the first. Rust, from the right circle, got the puck to O’Connor, who stuffed the puck under Lyon’s pads.Raymond tied it 59 seconds later. Alex DeBrincat took the puck off Letang in the right circle, and Raymond scored on DeBrincat’s rebound.At 15:09 of the first, Letang gave the Penguins a 2-1 lead on a wrister from the slot off the rush.

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