The Pens had a chance to put 8 points between themselves and 9th place Carolina tonight, but blew an early 1-0 lead, fell behind, tied it at 2-2, and allowed a goal midway through the third after several failed clearing attempts.
Sidney Crosby broke his goal drought with his 27th of the season, and his 200th point of his career, becoming the youngest player to that mark, besting Wayne Gretzky by near 5 months (140 days - 19 207 vs 19 347) with his 1st period goal, the assists coming from Jordan Staal and Robert Scuderi. The goal also broke the Pens 5-on-5 drought of 260+ minutes.
The Magic number remained at 28 with the loss, but a later result of Montreal losing pushed the Magic number down to 27, with the 9th most max points now being NYR, BOS & CAR at 103.
Next up: The Flyers visit Mellon Arena on Sunday for their 8th and final matchup with the Pens this year. The Pens are 7-0-0 this season, and have a chance to sweep the season series for the first time.
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