Penguins Update.

The Pens are 13-11-5, good for 31 points. They are in fourth place in the Atlantic Division, 2 points behind the Islanders and 5 points behind the Devils and Rangers, who are tied for first.

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

Pens storm back to claim win
Yes, those were rally caps -- or helmets, rather -- on the Penguins' bench on Monday night, and the fact that the players were wearing them at all was a miracle, considering the way the game started.

Down by four goals just 27 minutes into the game against the Washington Capitals, the Penguins (13-11-5) scored four unanswered goals to tie it before winning in a shootout, 5-4, to take five points out of six on their three-game road trip.

"I think it's the biggest comeback I've seen that team has made in the year that I've been here," coach Michel Therrien said.

The Penguins had to kill a penalty to start overtime, and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury made four saves in the extra period to force the shootout. That's when Colby Armstrong turned his helmet backward on the bench, and his teammates quickly caught on.

"Nothing's been working, and I saw a team do that before, so I thought I'd change it up," Armstrong said. "I chucked the old helmet around, and the guys kinda thought it was stupid, but anything to get some luck, you know?"

Erik Christensen scored on the Penguins' first shot, and Mike Green missed for the Capitals. Sidney Crosby missed for the Penguins, then Alex Ovechkin went left, cut hard right and tucked the puck around Fleury's leg to tie it, 1-1. Evgeni Malkin scored on goaltender Olaf Kolzig for the lead, and Fleury stopped Chris Clark, who had two goals already on the night, for the win.

"It's nice to get a shootout win, but especially that one, the way we battled back," Crosby said. "We've had a little bit of trouble this year in shootouts, so it's nice to get the win."

It was the first game this year between the Penguins and Capitals, and the Crosby-Ovechkin matchup was at the forefront of the national telecast. Crosby, 19, finished with a goal and an assist, while Ovechkin, 21, finished with two assists. Malkin, 20, also had a goal and an assist.

Therrien put Crosby and Malkin together in the second period after the Penguins were already trailing, 4-0.

"When we're put together, we know the message, and that's to get some offense going," Crosby said. "But I don't think we want to take anything away from (Maxime) Talbot's line and (Dominic) Moore's line, because those guys made it a lot easier to get back. They really gave us the chance to win."

Talbot scored the Penguins' first goal at 6:49 of the second period with a shot from the right circle, and Christensen scored from the same spot with two minutes to go in the period to cut the Capitals' lead in half.

Thirty-five seconds later, Crosby scored from the hash marks, beating Kolzig over the glove, with a pass from Malkin to make it 4-3, and just over three minutes into the third period Malkin scored on a rebound from in front of the net to tie it.

"We have to play 60 minutes, and we didn't do that," Kolzig said. "We dominated the first period and part of the second, and then for some reason we stopped playing. They got some good players over there who will find ways to score."

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