WASHINGTON — Sidney Crosby extended his points streak to 23 games with a goal and an assist, and Pascal Dupuis scored the decisive goal in the seventh round of a shootout to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.
Crosby, the NHL’s leading scorer with 60 points on 29 goals and 31 assists in 36 games, has the NHL’s longest points streak since 1992-93 when Quebec’s Mats Sundin had a 30-game run.
Chris Kunitz also scored to help the Penguins win their third game in a row and 15th in 17 games.
Dupuis converted a wrister from the inside edge of the right circle, ending the shootout after Pittsburgh’s Marc- Andre Fleury used his skate to block Mike Green’s drive at the right post for his sixth straight save.
With 2:35 left in overtime, Green sent Fleury sprawling with a shot at the right post. Fleury reached across the goal line to make the save and the play withstood a brief video review because there was no clear-cut evidence a goal had been scored.
“Save for the fact that you can’t see through leather, we probably would have won the game,” Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said.
