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The puck fluttered into the air and Matt Cullen turned away so he wouldn’t get smacked in the face.Too bad. The Pittsburgh Penguins forward missed his fourth — and unlikeliest — goal of the season http://www.officialcanucks.com/authentic-adidas-sven-baertschi-jersey , one that helped propel Cullen’s surging team to a 4-0 victory over Winnipeg on Friday night that extended Pittsburgh’s winning streak to eight and pushed its early season funk further into the rearview mirror.“Yeah it’s funny how that goes,” Cullen said after teammate Zach Aston-Reese’s pass caromed off Cullen’s left shoulder and past Connor Hellebuyck to give Pittsburgh a 2-0 first-period lead it would never come close to relinquishing. “When things are going not good, pucks are bouncing in your net and they’re not going in for you. Obviously this run here, things have gone our way.”It’s not just luck. The Penguins bottled up the Central Division-leading Jets for long stretches, keeping them mostly to the outside and limiting the number of quality scoring chances goaltender Matt Murray faced. Murray responded by stopping all 33 shots for his third shutout of the season and ninth of his career.A bit of a mess in October and November when he battled both injuries and his form, Murray is 7-0 with a 1.27 goals against average and a .961 save percentage since returning from a 13-game absence on Dec. 15.“He always has a calm demeanor in goal, a quiet confidence when he’s at his best,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “From that standpoint I think he’s in a whole different place than he was mentally earlier in the year when it was a struggle not just for Matt but all of us.”Olli Maatta picked up his first goal since late March when his shot from the point deflected off Winnipeg’s Blake Wheeler and slipped past Hellebuyck 14:19 into the first. Cullen’s unlikely bank shot followed 33 seconds later and the Penguins were in firm control. Dominik Simon and Kris Letang also scored for Pittsburgh, which has won 10 of 11 overall.The Penguins have won 18 straight over the Jets in Pittsburgh, a streak that dates back to 2007 when Winnipeg played in Atlanta. The Jets came in 8-1 in their last nine road games, but that momentum stopped abruptly at PPG Paints Arena, just like always.“I think they were faster than we were, that’s a fact,” Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. “But they looked like they’ve looked recently on their streak. They looked quick. They have real good sticks. Knocked a lot of stuff down. Blocked an awful lot of shots.”Hellebuyck finished with 29 saves for Winnipeg and played spectacularly at times but received little help at the other end of the ice.Pittsburgh’s eight-game run is the longest since it won eight in a row from March 26-April 7, 2016. The Penguins captured the franchise’s fourth Stanley Cup that season and after stumbling through the early portion of the schedule Alex Tuch Jersey Kids , they appear ready to contend well into the spring again.“If you go through a season and you don’t face a lot of adversity you’re inevitably going to face it in the playoffs,” Sullivan said. “The adversity this team has faced early in the season has made us a better team.”The Jets carried the play for much of the second period in an attempt to get back in it but Murray stood firm and the Penguins extended their lead despite a magnificent effort by Hellebuyck. The Penguins came in on the rush and Evgeni Malkin slid the puck over to Simon, who redirected the puck toward the open net. The shot nicked the far post and Hellebuyck reached out to snatch it with his glove.The call on the ice was a save but following a lengthy review — one that included the 552nd consecutive sellout chanting “goal” — officials ruled Hellebuyck caught the puck behind the goal-line to give the Penguins a three-goal cushion.“What third goal? It wasn’t in,” Hellebuyck said. “There’s no way. I need to see the camera angle. I know they wouldn’t call it a goal if it wasn’t, but one camera angle shows it in and one doesn’t. From my view, I’ve been scored on like that and I was above that, so I don’t see it going in.”NOTES: Penguins captain Sidney Crosby’s five-game multi-point streak ended. Crosby did appear in his 902nd career game. He will tie Hall of Famer and team owner Mario Lemieux’s franchise record of 903 games on Sunday night against Chicago. … Pittsburgh D Jamie Oleksiak returned to the lineup for the first time since suffering a concussion against Washington on Dec. 19. … The Penguins went 1 for 3 on the power play. The Jets went 0 of 1. … Winnipeg forward Nikolaj Ellers left in the first period with an injury and did not return.UP NEXTJets: Begin a stretch of 5 of 6 at home when they host Dallas on Sunday.Penguins: Will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the 2009 Stanley Cup champion squad Sunday when the Blackhawks visit. LAS VEGAS (AP) — After clashing for years in the Atlantic Division, new Vegas teammates Max Pacioretty and Mark Stone suddenly found themselves on the same side Tuesday night.Worked pretty well together, too.Pacioretty scored two goals, including the tiebreaker with 5:08 remaining, to lift the Golden Knights to a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars.With the teams tied 1-all, Pacioretty fired the puck from behind the net and it ricocheted off Dallas forward Tyler Seguin’s skate past goaltender Ben Bishop for his fourth game-winner of the season.“When I scored, (Stone) said, ‘I never thought I’d be cheering for one of your goals,'” said Pacioretty http://www.officialknightsproshop.com/authentic-adidas-brad-hunt-jersey , who was acquired from Montreal in September. “Just the nature of the sport. He’s a great guy and he’s going to be here for a long time and I’m really looking forward to playing with him.”The win was a celebration for Stone, traded from Ottawa with prospect Tobias Lindberg just before Monday’s deadline for forward Oscar Lindberg, prospect Erik Brannstrom and a 2020 second-round draft pick that originally belonged to Dallas.“We had a lot of battles. … You’ve got to learn to expect the unexpected in this game,” Stone said. “As a professional athlete you never know where you’re going to end up next. It’s exciting to be able to play with these types of guys.”It was a much-needed victory for Vegas, which had been outscored 45-30 during a 3-9-1 slide. The Golden Knights improved to 2-6-1 in their last nine home games and 4-1-0 all-time against Dallas.Nate Schmidt and Brayden McNabb added empty-net goals. Marc-Andre Fleury, playing in his 100th game with the Golden Knights, snapped a five-game losing streak by making 23 saves. The 15-year veteran lost eight of his previous 10 starts, allowing 24 goals over his past six games.“It was very frustrating and challenging cause a lot of those losses were at home and we’ve had so much success here and we want to be a tough team to play here in front of our fans because they’re always so good to us,” Fleury said. “You always want to work on little things, try to get better and try to figure it out and tonight it finally feels good to come off with the win.”The physicality from both teams was evident with a combined 86 hits, including several by Vegas enforcer and fan favorite Ryan Reaves.“The guys have been hungry for winning a hockey game,” Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant said. “It was a good recipe for us tonight. I thought Reavo really set the tone for us; he had some huge hits. Nabber (McNabb) stepped up and had some real big hits. We played a hard game. Dallas is a tough team. They play a hard game, too.”Roope Hintz scored for the Stars, and Bishop was brilliant all night in making a season-high 44 saves. Bishop, who has played just twice since Feb. 4 after spending two weeks on injured reserve Cody Eakin Jersey , was 4-0 prior to getting hurt but has lost two straight.Vegas peppered Bishop in the third period when it outshot the Stars 21-1, including a stretch with a 5-on-3 power play. Bishop stood tall in turning away eight shots while the Golden Knights had a two-man advantage.“We kill off the 5-on-3 and thought we would build momentum off that and we didn’t,” Dallas coach Jim Montgomery said. “Then they get the miscommunication on the breakout and they get a bounce off a skate. I don’t know outside of the 5-on-3 how many scoring chances they had 5-on-5.”Hintz gave Dallas a 1-0 lead although replays showed Alexander Radulov running into Fleury’s right elbow and blocker while he was moving into position to make the save. The puck sailed just past Fleury’s blocker as it was being interfered with, and though the play was reviewed, officials deemed it a good goal.Vegas got the equalizer on a power play in the middle of the second period, when Pacioretty ripped a shot top shelf from the right circle. It was Vegas’ first power-play goal in four games and just its second in the last eight.NOTES: After being checked into the boards during the first period by Reaves, Stars wing Andrew Cogliano left the game and did not return due to an upper-body injury. … Jamie Benn didn’t play against Vegas due to an upper-body injury but is expected to return Thursday in Los Angeles. … Newly acquired Mats Zuccarello, who broke his arm Sunday while blocking a shot from Connor Murphy when the Stars were in Chicago, is expected to miss at least four weeks following surgery. … Radulov has nine points (three goals, six assists) over his last 11 games. … Vegas center Paul Stastny has a point in 18 of his last 25 games (five goals, 19 assists). … Bishop has allowed two or fewer goals in six of his last seven starts.UP NEXTStars: Visit the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.Golden Knights: Host the Florida Panthers on Thursday.