Lemieux Injured, but Penguins Win

The Pittsburgh Penguins lost Mario Lemieux to a hip injury but ended up with a victory.

Playing without their captain for the final 42 minutes, the Penguins overcame a two-goal deficit and defeated the Boston Bruins, 3-2, on rookie Ryan Malone’s goal at 2:10 of overtime.

“Everybody’s got to pick up their game even more without Mario, because he’s such a significant part of our team,” said Rico Fata, who scored goals 4:48 apart in the third period to tie the score.

Lemieux, who left the game after playing 7:19 in the first period, had an eight-game scoring streak end.

The win extended Pittsburgh’s unbeaten streak to three games (2-0-1) and ended Boston’s six-game road winning streak.

New Jersey 4, Colorado 3 -- Jeff Friesen scored an unassisted goal with 5:27 left to give the Devils the victory at East Rutherford, N.J.

Friesen picked up the puck in the neutral zone and skated into the Avalanche zone. He pulled up at the top of the right circle and fired the shot past goaltender David Aebischer.

Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 3 -- Cory Stillman scored the tiebreaking goal from center ice with 8:09 left at Tampa, Fla., and the Lightning remained the NHL’s only undefeated team.

The NHL record for the longest undefeated streak to start the season is a 15-game run (12-0-3) by the 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers.

New York Rangers 5, Montreal 1 -- Dominic Moore, recalled from Hartford of the AHL on Friday, had three assists in his NHL debut to help the Rangers win at Montreal.

Moore earned his first NHL point when he assisted on Jamie Lundmark’s goal 18:05 into the second.

San Jose 6, Florida 2 -- Alyn McCauley scored three goals and Jonathan Cheechoo scored twice at Sunrise, Fla., to help the Sharks end a seven-game winless streak.

Philadelphia 7, Toronto 1 -- Michal Handzus, Kim Johnsson and Justin Williams scored in the first eight minutes of the first period at Toronto.

Ottawa 1, Buffalo 1 -- Daniel Alfredsson scored a power-play goal midway through the second period to give the Senators the tie at Ottawa.

Chicago 3, St. Louis 2 -- Steve Sullivan scored the go-ahead goal during a three-goal second period at St. Louis and the Blackhawks improved to 4-1-2 in their last seven games. Jocelyn Thibault made 31 saves for Chicago.

Minnesota 2, Washington 1 -- At St. Paul, Andrew Brunette scored for the third consecutive game to help the Wild win for the fourth time in five games.

Dallas 1, Nashville 1 -- Rob DiMaio one-timed a shot over goaltender Tomas Vokoun’s left shoulder at 10:09 of the second period to give the Stars a tie at Nashville.

Calgary 3, Columbus 0 -- Jordan Leopold scored his first two goals of the season to help extend the Blue Jackets’ road losing streak to six games.

Detroit 4, Edmonton 4 -- Ethan Moreau scored with under four minutes left in regulation for the Oilers, who surrendered an early lead and rallied for the tie at Edmonton.