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NHL ' Go-ahead goal in final two minutes finishes rally vs. Caps.


The Associated PRess


First Published 16 minutes ago * Updated 16 minutes ago


Pittsburgh * Olli Maatta's slap shot beat Michal Neuvirth with less than 2 minutes remaining and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied by the Washington Capitals 4-3 Wednesday night.


Maatta's fourth goal of the season gave Pittsburgh its only lead as the Penguins won their 13th straight home game, a club record.




EASTERN CONFERENCE


Atlantic Division


GP W L OT Pts GF GA


Boston 46 29 15 2 60 132 102


Tampa Bay 47 28 15 4 60 136 113


Montreal 47 26 16 5 57 118 111


Toronto 49 24 20 5 53 136 149


Detroit 46 20 16 10 50 118 127


Ottawa 47 21 18 8 50 134 146


Florida 46 18 21 7 43 109 141


Buffalo 46 13 27 6 32 83 129


Metropolitan Division


GP W L OT Pts GF GA


Pittsburgh 48 34 12 2 70 156 115


Philadelphia 47 24 19 4 52 125 132


Washington 47 22 17 8 52 140 141


N.Y. Rangers 48 24 21 3 51 119 126


New Jersey 48 20 18 10 50 112 118


Columbus 46 22 20 4 48 129 131


Carolina 46 19 18 9 47 111 130


N.Y. Islanders 48 18 23 7 43 132 156


WESTERN CONFERENCE


Central Division


GP W L OT Pts GF GA


Chicago 49 30 8 11 71 177 135


St. Louis 45 32 8 5 69 163 100


Colorado 46 29 12 5 63 135 117


Minnesota 49 25 19 5 55 118 122


Dallas 46 21 18 7 49 132 141


Nashville 48 20 21 7 47 113 143


Winnipeg 48 20 23 5 45 133 146


Pacific Division


GP W L OT Pts GF GA


Anaheim 48 35 8 5 75 161 119


San Jose 47 29 12 6 64 150 117


Los Angeles 47 28 14 5 61 120 96


Vancouver 47 24 14 9 57 123 115


Phoenix 46 21 16 9 51 135 143


Calgary 47 16 25 6 38 105 148


Edmonton 49 15 29 5 35 128 174


Two points for win, one for OT loss.


Wednesday's Games


Toronto 4, Buffalo 3, SO


Pittsburgh 4, Washington 3


Vancouver at Anaheim, late


Thursday's Games


Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.


Nashville at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.


Montreal at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.


N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.


San Jose at Florida, 5:30 p.m.


Los Angeles at St. Louis, 6 p.m.


Edmonton at Minnesota, 6 p.m.


Boston at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.


New Jersey at Colorado, 7 p.m.


Winnipeg at Calgary, 7 p.m.


Vancouver at Phoenix, 7 p.m.


Jussi Jokinen, Taylor Pyatt and Kris Letang also scored for the Penguins. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 25 shots to pick up his NHL-leading 27th victory.


Alexander Ovechkin's 34th goal of the season gave Washington a 3-2 lead midway through the third period but the Capitals collapsed over the final 10 minutes. Brooks Laich and Jason Chimera also scored for Washington, which lost for the seventh time in nine games. Neuvirth made 33 stops, but didn't see Maatta's blast from the point with 1:54 left.


Pittsburgh extended its lead over the rest of the field in the Metropolitan Division to a whopping 18 points over Washington and Philadelphia by continuing to find a way to win at Consol Energy Center.


Over much of the first two periods it was difficult to tell which team was coming off a shootout loss in a different building the night before and which one was playing for the first time this week.


Washington has one of the game's top power plays, but Laich provided a short-handed tally when he took advantage of a turnover by Letang to ignite a two-on-two break that ended with Laich all alone in front of Fleury. A flick of Laich's wrist later the Penguins were trailing, a rarity during their run of home dominance.


Letang atoned 9:53 into the second period, ending a Pittsburgh rush by taking a deft drop pass from Sidney Crosby and throwing a puck at the net that deflected off two Capitals before sneaking by Neuvirth to tie it. Crosby's assist extended his home points streak to 17 games, the second-longest of his career.


Maatta, a 19-year-old rookie who also will play for Finland in Sochi, provided the most electric moment of his breakout season.


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