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PITTSBURGH — Forty seconds into Saturday’s loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Sidney Crosby was booting the boards in frustration and the Penguins were already behind.

ELMONT, N.Y. — Going into the third period tied, 2-2, with the New York Islanders on Saturday night at UBS Arena, the Flyers were in win-a-period, win-a-game, stave-off-a-10-game-losing-streak mode.

Maciek Karnicki, 32, needed 20 stitches to treat the wound

DALLAS — It had been two weeks, and the Stars weren’t ready to leave a game empty-handed just yet.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The short-handed Blue Jackets made the Islanders work for this win, to be sure. But the Islanders’ biggest victory may have been sustaining a concentrated effort coming off two emotional wins, the Thanksgiving holiday and a questionable second-period sequence that yielded two power-play goals.

DETROIT — The Red Wings keep stringing together victories.

TAMPA, Fla. — It didn’t take long for the Lightning to get fired up Friday night at Amalie Arena.

PHILADELPHIA – Death, taxes and Penguins captain Sidney Crosby making the Stanley-Cup starved fans in this miserable city sob in their cheesesteaks.

CHICAGO — Kirby Dach’s homecoming was quiet for most of the afternoon Friday at the United Center.