Crosby scores 2 as Pens stuff Leafs

Goalies truly dread seeing this sight: Sidney Crosby skating down the slot, the puck on his stick during a shootout.

It's about as close to an automatic goal as there is in the NHL.

Crosby netted two goals to take over the league lead, then he and teammate Pascal Dupuis scored in the shootout as the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Sunday in Pittsburgh.

The Penguins trailed 4-3 until Matt Cooke deflected defenseman Brooks Orpik's slap shot from the right point with 3:48 remaining in regulation. Orpik also assisted on Crosby's 46th and 47th goals for his first career three-point game.

After Phil Kessel was turned aside by Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury in the shootout, Crosby converted for the eighth time in 10 attempts by putting a wrist shot under the crossbar.

Crosby's 80 percent success rate is the best this season among players with 10 or more shootout attempts.

"I've just tried to mix things up," Crosby said. "Nowadays, everyone sees all the shootout goals and it's hard to mix it up, but you try to do the best you can to keep goaltenders guessing."
He did that with Giguere.

"He's pretty good in the shootout," Giguere said. "I asked at the bench, 'What does he do?' And I got eight different answers. So I didn't know, I guess he's that good of a player you don't know what he's going to try."


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