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Sunday, 03.01.2015 / 8:05 PM The Canadian Press

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Evgeni Malkin scored twice and added an assist and Pittsburgh's revived power play dominated the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 on Sunday night.

David Perron, Steve Downie and Derrick Pouliot also scored for the Penguins, who have won four straight. Sidney Crosby picked up two assists and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 22 shots as Pittsburgh sent the Blue Jackets to their sixth straight defeat.

Curtis McElhinney made 36 saves for the Blue Jackets. James Wisniewski, Ryan Johansen and Nick Foligno scored for the Blue Jackets.

PANTHERS 4, LIGHTNING 3

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jaromir Jagr had a goal and an assist, and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Aaron Ekblad, Brad Boyes and Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers. Al Montoya made 20 saves, and Jonathan Huberdeau had three assists.

Jagr was acquired in a trade with New Jersey on Thursday for two draft picks. He gave Florida a 1-0 lead when he scored 10:24 into the game.

Tyler Johnson, Steven Stamkos and Anton Stralman scored for the Lightning.

JETS 5, KINGS 2

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Andrew Ladd scored twice and the Winnipeg Jets boosted their playoff hopes in a win over the Los Angeles Kings.

The Jets also got goals from a pair of recent acquisitions, Drew Stafford and Tyler Myers, and held the defending Stanley Cup champions to 20 shots on goal in one of their more complete efforts of the season. Blake Wheeler added an empty-net goal.

Jeff Carter scored twice for Los Angeles, and the Kings dropped their third consecutive game after an eight-game winning streak.

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