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Pittsburgh • The Pittsburgh Penguins grabbed Jussi Jokinen from Carolina at the trade deadline, hopeful that the smooth skating forward could fill in while superstar Sidney Crosby recovers from a broken jaw.
Jokinen certainly borrowed a page from Crosby's flair for the dramatic in his Penguins debut, scoring in regulation and then adding the only tally in the shootout as Pittsburgh edged the New York Rangers 2-1 on Friday night.
"When you come here you always want to make a good first impression," Jokinen said. "I made a huge one."
Jokinen beat Henrik Lundqvist with a wrist shot 32 seconds into the third period, and then one of the NHL's top shootout specialists slipped a wrister over the New York goalie in the first round of the tiebreaker as the Penguins snapped out of a two-game funk that came on the heels of a 15-game winning streak.
"We needed two goals to win, one in regular time and one in the shootout, and he got both of those," Pittsburgh forward Pascal Dupuis said. "It's great for our team, great for his confidence. He probably feels at home right now." Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 39 29 10 0 58 127 95
N.Y. Rangers 37 18 15 4 40 89 89
N.Y. Islanders 38 18 16 4 40 109 117
New Jersey 37 15 13 9 39 89 101
Philadelphia 37 17 17 3 37 105 114
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 37 24 8 5 53 118 90
Boston 36 24 8 4 52 101 77
Toronto 37 20 13 4 44 115 105
Ottawa 37 19 12 6 44 93 83
Buffalo 38 15 17 6 36 102 116
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 37 18 17 2 38 109 105
Winnipeg 39 18 19 2 38 94 119
Carolina 36 16 18 2 34 96 111
Tampa Bay 36 16 18 2 34 117 106
Florida 37 12 19 6 30 91 127
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 36 27 5 4 58 122 80
Detroit 38 19 14 5 43 99 100
St. Louis 36 20 14 2 42 105 98
Columbus 38 16 15 7 39 91 101
Nashville 38 15 15 8 38 93 103
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 37 20 11 6 46 98 93
Minnesota 37 21 14 2 44 100 97
Edmonton 37 16 14 7 39 99 102
Calgary 36 13 19 4 30 97 128
Colorado 37 12 20 5 29 89 117
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 38 25 8 5 55 117 95
San Jose 37 20 11 6 46 94 89
Los Angeles 37 21 13 3 45 107 91
Phoenix 37 16 15 6 38 101 104
Dallas 37 17 17 3 37 99 113
Friday's Games
Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, SO
Buffalo 4, Ottawa 2
St. Louis 3, Columbus 1
Detroit 3, Colorado 2, OT
Dallas 3, Anaheim 1
San Jose 2, Calgary 1
Saturday's games
Philadelphia at Winnipeg, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Nashville, 1 p.m.
Edmonton at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.
Boston at Montreal, 5 p.m.
Toronto at New Jersey, 5 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 5 p.m.
Washington at Florida, 5:30 p.m.
Colorado at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Vancouver, 8 p.m.