National Hockey

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored his 500th goal and Pittsburgh teammate Kris Letang capped a late rally to send the Penguins past the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 in overtime Tuesday night.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby never makes it about himself. Ever. Stanley Cups. Scoring titles. MVP awards. Conn Smythe trophies.

NEW YORK (AP) — K'Andre Miller scored the deciding goal in the ninth round of a shootout and the New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Tuesday night for their third straight win.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored in a 3:04 span of the third period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the New Jersey Devils 6-3 on Tuesday night.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators want to be the St. Louis Blues one day. Tuesday night the Senators fell 5-2 to the Blues, but saw first-hand what it takes to play the kind of hockey they aspire to.

KITCHENER, Ont. — The Sarnia Sting snapped a four-game losing streak to beat the Kitchener Rangers 4-3 in a shootout. The Sting (16-18-3-1) had two players score in the shootout to record the win.

BUFFALO, N.Y (AP) — Victor Olofsson scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 2:55 left in the game, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 6-3 on Tuesday night for their second consecutive win.

MONCTON, N.B. — The Halifax Mooseheads needed a strong third period and overtime to overcome the Moncton Wildcats on Tuesday night. Brooklyn Kalmikov netted twice in the loss for Moncton (17-12-3-1).

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby is the latest member of the NHL's 500-goal club. Crosby reached the mark with a power-play goal in the first period of Tuesday night's game against Philadelphia.

TORONTO — The stands will be a lot busier at Scotiabank Arena this week in the wake of the Ontario government slightly accelerating plans to ease attendance limits at indoor sports events.