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Pittsburgh • Pascal Dupuis scored twice and Evgeni Malkin had a goal in his return to the lineup, leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night for their 14th straight win.
Chris Kunitz had a goal and an assist and Sidney Crosby had two assists to push his league-best points total to 56 as the Penguins moved within three victories of its own NHL record for consecutive wins. Malkin, back from an upper-body injury, got his first goal in three weeks.
Tomas Vokoun had 20 saves and his first assist while getting his 50th career shutout.
Al Montoya, making just his fourth start of the season, made 39 saves for Winnipeg but the Jets were no match for the NHL's hottest team.
The league record for consecutive wins was set by the Mario Lemieux-led Penguins in 1992-93.
Senators 3, Rangers 0 • In Ottawa, Ben Bishop turned aside 24 shots to earn his second career NHL shutout, leading Ottawa to a win over New York.
Andre Benoit, Guillaume Latendresse and Colin Greening scored for the Senators, and Mika Zibanejad and Chris Neil chipped in with two assists apiece. EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 35 27 8 0 54 121 84
New Jersey 33 15 11 7 37 82 89
N.Y. Rngrs 33 16 14 3 35 78 81
N.Y. Islndrs 34 16 15 3 35 100 110
Phildlphia 33 13 17 3 29 87 103
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 33 21 7 5 47 104 83
Boston 32 21 7 4 46 94 72
Ottawa 34 19 9 6 44 89 72
Toronto 35 19 12 4 42 108 100
Buffalo 34 13 16 5 31 91 107
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg 35 18 15 2 38 88 103
Carolina 32 15 15 2 32 89 96
Wash. 33 15 17 1 31 94 93
Tampa Bay 33 14 18 1 29 105 99
Florida 35 10 19 6 26 85 123
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 32 25 4 3 53 108 71
Detroit 34 17 12 5 39 90 85
St. Louis 33 17 14 2 36 94 93
Nashville 34 14 14 6 34 87 95
Columbus 34 13 14 7 33 79 92
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 34 19 9 6 44 92 86
Minnesota 32 20 10 2 42 90 78
Edmonton 33 13 13 7 33 83 95
Calgary 32 13 15 4 30 89 108
Colorado 33 11 18 4 26 83 108
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 33 22 7 4 48 104 87
L.A. 33 19 12 2 40 97 82
San Jose 33 16 11 6 38 82 82
Dallas 32 15 14 3 33 87 97
Phoenix 34 14 15 5 33 92 98
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Thursday's games
N.Y. Islanders 4, Philadelphia 3, SO
Florida 5, Buffalo 4, SO
Toronto 6, Carolina 3
Pittsburgh 4, Winnipeg 0
Ottawa 3, N.Y. Rangers 0
Phoenix 7, Nashville 4
Los Angeles 4, St. Louis 2
Edmonton 6, Columbus 4
Vancouver 4, Colorado 1
San Jose 2, Detroit 0
Friday's games
New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.
Columbus at Calgary, 7 p.m.