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Pittsburgh • Evgeni Malkin scored in his return from a lower-body injury, Sidney Crosby added his 16th goal, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Monday night.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 shots for the Penguins, who won their sixth straight home game.
Malkin missed two games last week after being injured during a morning skate. He bulled his way toward the net 4:16 into the second period for his eighth goal of the season. Crosby pushed his season-point total to an NHL-best 43 when he deflected in a shot by Pascal Dupuis in the third. EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 30 20 8 2 42 84 61
Montreal 31 19 9 3 41 85 65
Detroit 31 15 9 7 37 85 82
Tampa Bay 29 17 10 2 36 80 70
Toronto 31 16 12 3 35 86 87
Ottawa 31 12 14 5 29 91 103
Florida 31 9 17 5 23 70 104
Buffalo 30 6 22 2 14 51 91
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
PPttsburgh 32 21 10 1 43 98 71
Washington 30 16 12 2 34 92 85
Carolina 30 13 12 5 31 71 84
N.Y. Rangers 31 15 15 1 31 69 80
New Jersey 31 12 13 6 30 69 77
Philadelphia 30 13 14 3 29 68 78
Columbus 30 12 15 3 27 73 82
N.Y. Islanders 30 8 17 5 21 75 104
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 32 21 6 5 47 116 89
St. Louis 28 19 6 3 41 98 66
Minnesota 32 18 9 5 41 77 75
Colorado 28 20 8 0 40 82 65
Dallas 28 14 9 5 33 81 80
Winnipeg 31 14 13 4 32 82 88
Nashville 30 13 14 3 29 67 88
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 32 20 7 5 45 101 84
San Jose 30 19 6 5 43 101 75
Los Angeles 30 19 7 4 42 79 62
Vancouver 32 17 10 5 39 86 81
Phoenix 29 16 8 5 37 94 93
Calgary 29 11 14 4 26 78 98
Edmonton 31 10 18 3 23 84 105
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Monday's Games
Ottawa 5, Philadelphia 4, SO
Pittsburgh 2, Columbus 1
Carolina at Vancouver, late
N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, late
Tuesday's Games
Ottawa at Buffalo, 5 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Washington, 5 p.m.
New Jersey at Columbus, 5 p.m.
Los Angeles at Montreal, 5 p.m.
Detroit at Florida, 5:30 p.m.
Nashville at N.Y. Rangers,
5:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.
Chicago at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Colorado, 7 p.m.
Boston at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at San Jose,
8:30 p.m.