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Pittsburgh • Sidney Crosby's 19th goal of the season broke a tie with just over 6 minutes remaining and the Pittsburgh Penguins edged the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Monday night.
Crosby took a centering pass from Pascal Dupuis and beat Toronto's Jonathan Bernier to the stick side to boost his point total to a league-leading 47.
Chris Conner and Brandon Sutter also scored for the Penguins, who were playing without a number of regulars, including forward Evgeni Malkin.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 25 shots for Pittsburgh to improve to 27-3 in his past 30 home starts. Pittsburgh has won four straight and nine of 10.
Morgan Rielly scored the first goal of his career for the Maple Leafs. Bernier made 28 saves, but couldn't stop Toronto from losing for the fourth time in its past five games.
The Penguins have a firm grip on the top of the Metropolitan Division despite an injured reserve list that seems to be growing by the day.
Kris Letang joined fellow defenseman Brooks Orpik (concussion), Paul Martin (broken leg) and Rob Scuderi (broken ankle) on the IR Monday with an upper-body injury. EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 33 22 9 2 46 92 70
Montreal 35 20 12 3 43 88 75
Tampa Bay 33 19 11 3 41 90 80
Detroit 35 15 11 9 39 89 94
Toronto 35 17 15 3 37 98 102
Ottawa 35 14 15 6 34 99 113
Florida 34 12 17 5 29 78 109
Buffalo 33 7 23 3 17 55 96
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 35 24 10 1 49 108 75
Washington 33 18 12 3 39 105 97
Carolina 34 14 13 7 35 79 94
N.Y. Rangers 34 16 17 1 33 76 91
Philadelphia 33 14 15 4 32 76 91
New Jersey 34 13 15 6 32 78 85
Columbus 34 14 16 4 32 87 95
N.Y. Islanders 34 9 19 6 24 83 118
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 36 24 7 5 53 135 101
St. Louis 32 22 6 4 48 112 76
Colorado 32 22 9 1 45 94 75
Minnesota 35 19 11 5 43 81 81
Dallas 32 15 12 5 35 92 99
Nashville 33 16 14 3 35 77 92
Winnipeg 35 15 15 5 35 93 102
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 35 23 7 5 51 111 89
Los Angeles 34 22 8 4 48 94 68
San Jose 33 20 7 6 46 108 82
Vancouver 35 20 10 5 45 98 83
Phoenix 32 18 9 5 41 104 100
Calgary 33 13 15 5 31 86 106
Edmonton 35 11 21 3 25 93 120
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Monday's Games
Pittsburgh 3, Toronto 1
Winnipeg 3, Columbus 2
Ottawa 3, St. Louis 2, OT
Colorado 6, Dallas 2
Tuesday's Games
Calgary at Boston, 5 p.m.
Winnipeg at Buffalo, 5 p.m.
Florida at Toronto, 5 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.
Phoenix at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.
San Jose at St. Louis, 6 p.m.
Chicago at Nashville, 6 p.m.
Vancouver at Minnesota, 6 p.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.