Crosby leads Pens into first-place tie

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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Sidney Crosby had two goals and an assist to extend his league scoring lead and help the Pittsburgh Penguins tie for first place in the Atlantic Division with a 5-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Sunday.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and seventh of his career for Pittsburgh, which is 9-2-1 in its last 12 and now is tied with the New Jersey Devils atop the Atlantic with 96 points.

Gary Roberts had a goal and two assists, Sergei Gonchar added two assists and Evgeni Malkin and Ryan Malone also scored for the Penguins, who moved to within two points of current No. 4 seed Ottawa.

New Jersey, which was off Sunday, holds the tiebreaker over Pittsburgh in the division and has a game in hand.

The Bruins have lost four in a row and seven of nine, and are all but officially eliminated from postseason contention.

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