Jordan Staal scored two goals as the Pittsburgh Penguins overcame their divisional rival New Jersey Devils 4-1 Saturday to record their third consecutive win. “I felt good tonight,” Staal told reporters. “My legs felt good. My hands felt good. I just had a good game.” Staal opened the scoring in the first period with a well-placed snapshot over the glove of New Jersey goalie Johan Hedberg on a Penguins power play. After a tight second period the third opened with a scoring burst revolving around a four-minute minor penalty. Devils forward Petr Sykora was called for a high stick on Pittsburgh's Steve Sullivan, however, it was clear that New Jersey's Patrik Elias was guilty of the foul. Elias took advantage of the mistaken identity to snap a pass from Ilya Kovalchuk past Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury to score the tying goal at 1:47 with Sykora in the penalty box. Pittsburgh recovered with a power-play goal by Chris Kunitz at 3:07 and then Stall scored his second goal a minute later with a beautiful forehand to backhand move to elude Devils defenseman Bryce Salvador before lifting a shot into the top of the net to push the lead to 3-1. In other games it was: Panthers 4, Islanders 2; Avalanche 5, Blackhawks 4; Capitals 7, Red Wings 1; Leafs 5, Canadiens 4; Sharks 4, Bruins 2; Blues 4, Flyers 2; Lightning 3, Sabres 0; Senators 4, Blue Jackets 3; Canucks 3, Wild 2.
