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Detroit • The Detroit Red Wings made some breaks and got some against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Daniel Alfredsson was credited with his second goal of the game with a fraction of a second left in overtime, lifting Detroit to 5-4 win over Pittsburgh on Thursday night.
"You do a lot of good things, you get lucky," Alfredsson said.
Alfredsson's game-winning goal went off Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and was knocked into the net by Penguins defenseman Rob Scuderi. "Big break for us," Alfredsson acknowledged.
The Penguins knocked the puck into their net three times with Scuderi doing it twice. They were called for six penalties. And, Pittsburgh teammates bumped into each other to help Detroit's Tomas Tatar score a 4-on-4 goal after forward James Neal was called for interference for pushing a stick on the ice away from him.
"It's pretty rare," Sidney Crosby said of the penalty called on Neal. "But so is a butt-end, and so is a puck going off our guy three times."
With 3:46 left in regulation, Detroit's David Legwand was ejected and given a five-minute major for using the butt end of his stick to hit Evgeni Malkin in front of the net. EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 69 47 17 5 99 223 149
Tampa Bay 70 39 24 7 85 208 185
Montreal 71 38 26 7 83 182 180
Toronto 71 36 27 8 80 208 219
Detroit 69 32 24 13 77 183 194
Ottawa 69 28 28 13 69 198 234
Florida 69 26 35 8 60 172 223
Buffalo 69 19 42 8 46 133 205
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 69 45 19 5 95 218 173
Philadelphia 69 37 25 7 81 199 197
Columbus 69 36 27 6 78 199 189
N.Y. Rangers 70 37 29 4 78 185 174
Washington 70 33 27 10 76 204 209
New Jersey 70 30 27 13 73 172 183
Carolina 69 30 30 9 69 172 195
N.Y. Islanders 70 26 35 9 61 195 239
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis 69 47 15 7 101 226 156
Chicago 70 40 15 15 95 237 182
Colorado 70 44 20 6 94 216 192
Minnesota 70 36 23 11 83 174 172
Dallas 69 32 26 11 75 196 201
Winnipeg 71 32 30 9 73 199 208
Nashville 70 29 31 10 68 165 208
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 69 45 17 7 97 220 175
San Jose 70 45 18 7 97 216 168
Los Angeles 69 38 25 6 82 168 148
Phoenix 69 33 25 11 77 192 196
Vancouver 72 32 30 10 74 172 194
Calgary 69 28 34 7 63 168 203
Edmonton 70 25 36 9 59 176 225
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Thursday's games
New Jersey 4, Minnesota 3, OT
Philadelphia 4, Dallas 2
Columbus 3, Montreal 2
Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 4
Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 4, OT
Buffalo at Edmonton, late
Florida at Phoenix, late
Washington at Los Angeles, late
Anaheim at San Jose, late
Friday's games
N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 5 p.m.
Carolina at Chicago, 6 p.m.
Boston at Colorado, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Calgary, 7 p.m.