Flyers Regain Lead, Ruin Crosby’s Effort

Rookie Sidney Crosby scored twice 44 seconds apart early in the third period at Pittsburgh, but Mike Knuble and Peter Forsberg scored two late goals to rally Philadelphia past the Penguins, 5-4, on Friday after the Flyers blew a three-goal lead.

Forsberg scored twice and Simon Gagne got his 25th goal -- and fifth in four games against Pittsburgh -- and an assist as the Flyers avoided their second loss of the season to Pittsburgh a night after holding on for a 4-3 win over Ottawa. They led, 4-0, in that game.

The Penguins were down, 3-0, before coming back to lead 4-3 on Crosby’s two goals and an assist, but Marc-Andre Fleury, who settled down after allowing several soft goals early, let in two more 1:10 apart to decide it.

Forsberg beat him from above the right circle with a shot that appeared to hit off Fleury’s shoulder or chest and trickle between his pads at 15:27 to tie it.

Knuble won it at 16:37 with a wrist shot from the edge of the right circle off Mike Richards’ setup.

The Penguins lost their 11th in 12 games and fell to 0-3 under new Coach Michel Therrien. The Flyers won their first game of a franchise-record, 11-game trip.

Washington 4, Montreal 2 -- Rookie Alexander Ovechkin scored his 20th goal of the season and Jeff Halpern had three assists at home for the Capitals.

Ovechkin capitalized on Halpern’s third assist of the third period and gave the Capitals a 4-2 lead with 6:15 left. Ovechkin leads all rookies in goals and scoring with 39 points.

Detroit 3, Chicago 2 -- Pavel Datsyuk scored a power-play goal with a second left in overtime on the road for the Red Wings in a victory over the Blackhawks.

Detroit rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the final 39 seconds of regulation on goals by Nicklas Lidstrom and Kris Draper with goalie Chris Osgood on the bench for an extra attacker.

Minnesota 5, Colorado 3 -- Todd White and Marian Gaborik scored 26 seconds apart and the Wild scored three goals in the final 5:12 to rally at home.

With the game tied, 2-2, White, Gaborik and Marc Chouinard scored for Minnesota. Marek Svatos got his team-leading 19th goal for the Avalanche. Former Wild forward Antti Laaksonen tied it midway through the third period, but Manny Fernandez made 11 of his 20 saves in the period for the win.

Ottawa 4, New York Islanders 2 -- Backup Ray Emery stopped 25 shots, and four Ottawa players scored against Rick DiPietro in the road victory.

New York got power-play goals from Jason Blake and Mark Parrish and 22 saves from DiPietro.

Phoenix 3, Dallas 2 -- Shane Doan and Dave Scatchard made the most of Phoenix’s only shots in the third period at Dallas, scoring 22 seconds apart to rally the Coyotes.

Phoenix won for a second straight night after losing a season-worst four in a row. Dallas had won three of four and eight of 10.

This also was only the second home loss for the Stars in their last nine, with both defeats coming against the Coyotes.

Toronto 2, Boston 1 -- Bryan McCabe and Darcy Tucker had goals, and Toronto rallied at home.

McCabe also had an assist for the Maple Leafs, who netted both goals on the power play one night after going 0 for 9 with the man advantage in a 4-1 loss at Boston.

Carolina 4, Florida 3 -- Justin Williams and Rod Brind’Amour scored third-period goals at home to help Carolina shake off a miserable night on the power play.

The Hurricanes stayed unbeaten against the Panthers despite coming up empty on their first 13 power-play chances and finishing one for 15.

Nashville 5, Columbus 4 -- Paul Kariya had assists on three of the Predators’ four first-period goals on the road.

Nashville scored three power-play goals for its fifth straight win and eighth in 11 games.

Buffalo 4, Tampa Bay 1 -- Ryan Miller made 30 saves and Henrik Tallinder had a goal and an assist on the road for the Sabres, who improved to 16-2-1 in their last 19 games.

Atlanta 1, New Jersey 0 -- Rookie Michael Garnett stopped 29 shots for his first NHL shutout and Marian Hossa scored on a power play in the second period to lift Atlanta on the road.

Calgary 6, Vancouver 5 -- Steven Reinprecht scored two goals in regulation and another in the shootout on the road for the Flames.

St. Louis 2, San Jose 1 -- Petr Cajanek scored the winning goal in the first extra round of the shootout to give the Blues a win on the road.