(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby (87) and Bryan Rust (17) celebrate after a goal by Crosby during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby scored his 58th and 59th career goals against the Philadelphia Flyers and his continued excellence in the cross-state rivalry helped lead the Penguins to a 5-1 win on Monday night.

Crosby, who has 18 goals this season, has dominated the Flyers like no other visiting player has done in Philadelphia’s franchise history. Crosby has 59 goals and 137 points in 92 games against Philadelphia, the most in both categories any opponent has ever put up on the Flyers.

He owns the Flyers.

The Flyers promoted the game all night as a Keystone Rivalry game but the series — even as fans voraciously booed Crosby with each touch — has never been much of a rivalry. Crosby has won three Stanley Cup titles while the Flyers have won only two in franchise history, in 1974 and 1975. Crosby wasn’t even born until 1987.

Crosby did enough damage to snap the Flyers’ modest three-game winning streak.

Rick Tocchet has the Flyers hopeful of a playoff berth in his first season since he returned to the franchise as coach. Tocchet knows how to win a Stanley Cup. He won one as a player and two as an assistant coach — both with the Penguins.

Crosby scored to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead — his 60th career road game-opening goal — and added a wrist shot through traffic on the power play for a 2-1 lead in the second period. Bryan Rust scored his eighth goal in the second for a 3-1 lead. Thomas Novak and Kevin Hayes scored in the third.

The 38-year-old Crosby has 1,716 career points and is close to eclipsing Mario Lemieux’s 1,723 for most in franchise history. Lemieux owned the team when Crosby captioned the Penguins to championships in 2009, 2016 and 2017.

Tyson Foerster scored his 10th goal for the Flyers. Foerster dropped to his knees and clutched his right arm on a shot later in the period and skated straight to the locker room. He leads the Flyers in goals.

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Penguins play Thursday at Tampa Bay.

Flyers host Buffalo on Wednesday.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Toronto Maple Leafs Oliver Ekman-Larsson, left, celebrates with Easton Cowan after scoring during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oliver Ekman-Larsson had a goal and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-2 on Saturday.

Ekman-Larsson extended his point streak to a career-best nine games, tied for second-longest by a defenseman in team history. He has three goals and seven assists during the streak.

Toronto won in regulation for the first time since Nov. 5. It improved to 3-6-2 in its last 11 games.

Auston Matthews, Nicolas Roy and Bobby McMann also had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs. Morgan Rielly had two assists to become the third defenseman in team history with 100 multipoint games.

Toronto goaltender Dennis Hildeby, making his first start since Nov. 13, stopped 32 shots.

Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby scored his 641st carer goal, passing Dave Andreychuk for 15th on the NHL list. He also had an assist and passed Mario Lemieux for most home points in team history (941) and sole possession of the seventh-most home points in league history.

Ben Kindel added a power-play goal for Pittsburgh, which is 4-5-3 in its last 12 games after an 8-2-2 start.

Arturs Silovs allowed four goals on 10 shots for Pittsburgh before he was replaced by Tristan Jarry in the second period. Silovs, who has been pulled in consecutive starts, has allowed eight goals on the last 20 shots he faced.

Jarry made 10 saves for the Penguins.

Ekman-Larsson and Easton Cowan scored on two of Toronto’s first three shots to give the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead through one period.

McMann and Dakota Joshua scored in the first five minutes of the second period to help Toronto pull away. McMann tipped Rielly’s point shot behind Silovs, and Joshua scored on a quick turnaround shot from the top of the crease.

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Maple Leafs: Continue a six-game trip Tuesday at Florida.

Penguins: Begin a three-game trip Monday at Philadelphia.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins center Tommy Novak (18), defenseman Kris Letang (58) and center Evgeni Malkin (71) celebrate Letang’s overtime goal during an NHL hockey game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kris Letang scored 58 seconds into overtime, Sidney Crosby had two goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Friday night.

Tommy Novak faked a shot and passed to Letang, who beat Jet Greaves on a snap shot past his glove.

It was Letang’s 12th overtime goal, moving him into a tie with Erik Karlsson and Seth Jones for third-most by a defenseman in NHL history.

Bryan Rust also scored and Novak had two assists for the Penguins in their second straight win. Tristan Jarry stopped 26 shots.

Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist, becoming the first Columbus defenseman to record three different home goal streaks of at least three games. Sean Monahan and Brendan Gaunce also scored, and Greaves made 20 saves.

The Blue Jackets have gone to overtime in eight of their last 11 games. They are 4-2-5 in their last 11 overall.

Crosby tied it at 3 at 8:28 of the third period when he chased a loose puck off the boards that Novak sent into the zone and lifted it past Greaves. It was Crosby’s 640th career goal, tying him with Dave Andreychuk for 15th place on the NHL list.

It also was the 109th career multigoal game for Pittsburgh’s captain, tying Jarome Iginla for 20th. The only active player with more is Washington superstar Alex Ovechkin with 180.

Gaunce gave Columbus a 2-1 lead 3:51 on a short-handed goal. The Blue Jackets are one of nine teams to have two short-handed goals in November.

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Penguins: Host Toronto on Saturday.

Blue Jackets: Host New Jersey on Monday.