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Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby also scored for Pittsburgh, which snapped a two-game skid and beat its Metropolitan Division rival in a game marked by big hits and scuffles. The Penguins began the day tied for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference.
Crosby sent a centring pass from the left corner to Guentzel in the slot and he went top shelf on Bobrovsky with 6:15 left in the first period to open the scoring. Malkin extended it to 3-0 early in the second with a long, rising shot from the left point before Bjorkstrand charged in and shot over Murray's glove to get Columbus on the board.
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