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Crosby powers red hot Penguins past Avalanche LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityMainScoresScheduleStandingsStatisticsAnaheimCalgaryChicagoColoradoColumbusDallasDetroitEdmontonLos AngelesMinnesotaNashvillePhoenixSan JoseSt LouisVancouverAtlantaBostonBuffaloCarolinaFloridaMontrealNew JerseyNY IslandersNY RangersOttawaPhiladelphiaPittsburghTampa BayTorontoWashingtonTeamsPlayersInjuriesTransactionsDaily LineNHL on TSNTradeCentreDraftCentreeotText SizePITTSBURGH Sidney Crosby and the rest of the Pittsburgh Penguins havent cooled off yetCrosby had two goals and an assist to give him 11 points three games and the Penguins won for the sixth time in seven games by beating the Colorado Avalanche 41 on Thursday nightCrosby scored late in the first period added an emptynet goal and assisted on Bill Guerins winning goal with 1245 left in regulation to give him six goals and five assists in the past three games all victoriesHes going great right now Guerin said And thats obviously great for our teamPittsburgh has won eight of 10 and five consecutive at home and is tied with the Washington Capitals for the most points (40) in the Eastern ConferenceI think our team is getting better as the season goes on Guerin said and hopefully were just getting goingTJ Galiardi scored for the second straight game for Colorado which has only one win in its past six and three victories in 13 gamesGuerin scored one second after a 5on3 power play expired Crosby fed a pass to him from above the right circle to inside the left circle Guerin onetimed a shot between the post and goalie Peter Budaj who stretched to his rightI was thinking shot and then I still had my eye up and I saw Billy kind of getting himself into a position there off to the side Crosby said So I just kind of had my eye on him a little bit and he did good job of getting open and finishing the playCrosby scored his 18th of the season with 61 seconds to play in the first period on a pretty passing play with Mike Rupp Rupp who had a hat trick Monday in New York against the Rangers broke in on a quickdeveloping 2on1 with Crosby and gave him the puck at the last moment for a tapinGood players like that are going to make nice plays said Budaj who played because starter Craig Anderson injured his neck Wednesday night in a loss at Florida Give credit to them they made a couple of nice plays on the goals they scored That was the bottom lineCrosbys seventh goal in three games was scored with 30 seconds to play 19 seconds after Jordan Staal also had an emptynetterEv...