NHL-Highlights of Sunday's NHL games

March 30 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Sunday's National Hockey League games - - - Penguins 4, Blackhawks 1 Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby scored two late goals to seal a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks, raising his NHL-leading point total to 99 as the Penguins moved to the brink of clinching the Metropolitan Division title. Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury also shone, stopping 25 shots in the victory. Crosby, who has netted five goals along with eight assists in his last eight games, gave the Penguins (48-22-5) a two-goal cushion with 4:41 remaining, then scored his 36th goal on an empty-netter with a little more than a minute left. Already without right winger Patrick Kane, who is out through to at the least the end of the regular season with a lower-body injury, the Blackhawks lost center and captain Jonathan Toews to a lower-body injury late in the second period. There was no immediate word about the severity of the injury as Chicago (42-19-5) lost three straight games in regulation for the first time since Feb. 23-26, 2012. Pittsburgh have 101 points after 75 games and are 13 ahead of the New York Rangers in the division. Philadelphia are two points further adrift with eight games remaining. - - - Bruins 4, Flyers 3 (shootout) Reilly Smith scored the decisive goal in a shootout and the Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers for a team record ninth straight win on the road. Patrice Bergeron and defensemen Zdeno Chara and Andrej Meszaros scored goals for Boston, who have not lost in regulation since March 1. The NHL-leading Bruins are 15-0-1 since and 52-17-6 overall. Vincent Lecavalier scored two goals in the game and tied it with 24 seconds left in regulation for the Flyers (39-27-8), who are third in the Metropolitan Division. Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask made 49 saves plus four more in the shootout. - - - Rangers 5, Oilers 0 The New York Rangers scored one goal in the first period, three in the second and another in the third to dominate Edmonton. Rick Nash scored twice, to give him 25 goals, and Cam Talbot stopped all 26 shots he faced as the Rangers (42-30-4) kept their fifth place position in the Eastern Conference. The Rangers, on the second game of a four-game Western road swing, were trying to get another roll going after seeing a five-game winning streak come to an end two days earlier in Calgary. The Oilers (26-40-9) were booed off their own ice after being shut out for the ninth time this season. - - - Red Wings 3, Lightning 2 David Legwand had a goal and an assist, and the Detroit Red Wings held on for a win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Joakim Andersson and Gustav Nyquist also scored for Detroit, which moved into the seventh playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Red Wings goaltender Jonas Gustavsson stopped 26 shots. Valtteri Filppula and defenseman Sami Salo scored for Tampa Bay, which holds a seven-point lead on Detroit (35-26-14) for third place in the Atlantic Division. Goalie Ben Bishop made 27 saves. Salo made it a one-goal game with 4:29 left on a slap shot from the right point but the Lightning (41-25-9) could not get any closer. - - - Predators 4, Capitals 3 (shootout) Craig Smith scored the only goal of the shootout as goaltender Carter Hutton and the Nashville Predators stymied the Washington Capitals for a victory. Hutton made two kick saves and Smith slapped a wrist shot past goalie Jaroslav Halak to win it for the Predators. Nicklas Backstrom scored the game-tying goal and had two assists for the Capitals (34-28-13), who dropped their third straight and missed an opportunity to move into a tie for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Washington are on 81 points and trail Columbus by one. - - - Senators 6, Flames 3 The Ottawa Senators kept their fading playoff hopes alive by defeating the Calgary Flames. Milan Michalek and Kyle Turris each had two goals for the Senators (31-29-14), who are 12th in the Eastern Conference, six points back of the eighth spot. Senators goaltender Robin Lehner made 37 saves in the win. (Editing by John O'Brien)