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Philadelphia • Claude Giroux scored the tying and winning goals in the final minutes of the third period, rallying the Philadelphia Flyers past the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4 on Thursday night.
Giroux scored two of the Flyers' five third-period goals as Philadelphia stormed back from a 3-0 hole.
Giroux's 100th NHL goal was perhaps his most amazing, a backhanded and blind shot that beat Curtis McElhinney up high with 1:39 left. The Flyers captain had tied it with 4:39 left.
Jakub Voracek, Braydon Coburn, Erik Gustafsson also scored goals for the Flyers. Steve Mason got the win in his first game against his former team.
Cam Atkinson, Jack Skille, Nick Foligno and Blake Comeau had goals for Columbus.
Penguins 5, Wild 2 • At Pittsburgh, Chris Kunitz scored his 19th goal, Sidney Crosby had two assists, and Pittsburgh jumped out to a four-goal lead before beating Minnesota en route to its season-high sixth straight victory.
Crosby had two assists to extend his season-best point streak to nine games. He leads the NHL with 51 points. EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 35 23 10 2 48 96 74
Tampa Bay 35 21 11 3 45 97 84
Montreal 37 21 13 3 45 92 81
Detroit 37 16 12 9 41 94 101
Toronto 37 18 16 3 39 101 106
Ottawa 37 14 17 6 34 103 122
Florida 36 14 17 5 33 85 112
Buffalo 35 9 23 3 21 63 100
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 37 26 10 1 53 117 80
Washington 34 18 13 3 39 107 102
Philadelphia 35 16 15 4 36 86 97
Carolina 34 14 13 7 35 79 94
N.Y. Rangers 35 16 17 2 34 79 95
New Jersey 35 14 15 6 34 83 87
Columbus 35 14 17 4 32 91 100
N.Y. Islanders 35 9 19 7 25 85 121
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 37 25 7 5 55 138 102
St. Louis 34 23 7 4 50 119 81
Colorado 34 23 10 1 47 100 80
Minnesota 37 20 12 5 45 86 88
Dallas 34 17 12 5 39 99 102
Nashville 35 16 16 3 35 80 99
Winnipeg 36 15 16 5 35 95 106
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 36 24 7 5 53 116 91
Los Angeles 35 23 8 4 50 97 68
San Jose 34 21 7 6 48 112 84
Vancouver 37 20 11 6 46 101 90
Phoenix 34 18 10 6 42 106 105
Calgary 35 13 16 6 32 88 111
Edmonton 37 11 23 3 25 95 127
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Thursday's Games
Toronto 2, Phoenix 1, SO
Buffalo 4, Boston 2
Philadelphia 5, Columbus 4
Pittsburgh 5, Minnesota 2
Florida 4, Ottawa 2
Detroit 3, Calgary 2, OT
Tampa Bay 4, Nashville 2
St. Louis 5, Montreal 1
Dallas 4, Vancouver 1
Colorado 4, Edmonton 2
San Jose at Los Angeles, late
Friday's Games
Anaheim at New Jersey, 5 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.
Washington at Carolina, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Chicago, 6 p.m.
Florida at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.