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PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin stood in the right circle just watching the play unfold in front of him when the puck suddenly materialized on his stick with nary a soul around. Sports Jerseys Sale . The empty net never had a chance. The Pittsburgh Penguins centre wristed his second goal of the season 7:20 into the third period to put the Penguins in front for good in a 3-2 win over Edmonton on Tuesday night. „Tough angle, great shot by Geno,“ Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby said. „Hes been getting chances, its always nice to see them go in.“ Something that seems to be happening a lot for the Penguins, who remained unbeaten and largely unchallenged at home. Crosby assisted on all three Pittsburgh goals to vault him into the NHL scoring lead, two of the assists going to linemates Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 20 shots to improve to 5-0, including a handful of spectacular saves to fend off the Oilers, who twice rallied to tie the game. „Hes making all the right saves at the right time,“ Kunitz said. Ales Hemsky and Jordan Eberle scored for Edmonton. Jason Labarbera made 25 saves but was nowhere to be found on the game-winner. The Penguins were on the power play when Crosby fed defenceman Paul Martin at the point. Martin wound up for a one-timer but instead dribbled a knuckler that slowly rolled right to Malkin. Labarbera wasnt sure what was happening until Malkin was in the corner celebrating. „I didnt know what happened,“ Labarbera said. „I look over and the puck is on his stick and I was kind of in no mans land.“ The Oilers fell to 1-5-1 to quell some early optimism the franchise is heading in the right direction behind former No. 1 picks Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Nail Yakupov. „Weve got to find ways to win games, thats the bottom line,“ Labarbera said. „Every one of us needs to step it up a bit more and find a way to win.“ The Penguins havent trailed at home yet this season and wasted little time jumping on the well-travelled Oilers, who were playing their third game in four nights. Crosby, coming off a hat trick in a victory in Tampa on Saturday, collected the puck behind the Edmonton net and flipped a pass that deflected off Kunitzs stick and went right to Dupuis, who slipped a shot between Labarberas legs to make it 1-0 just 3:08 into the first period. Pittsburgh dominated the first 20 minutes but the Oilers collected themselves early in the second. A 5-on-3 power play failed to produce a goal but the momentum from the end of the penalty allowed Edmonton to tie it. Jeff Petry threw in a shot from the point and David Perron jumped on the rebound but his shot into a wide-open net went off the post and behind Fleury. Hemsky raced in and poked it across the goal line for his second goal of the season. Kunitz made it 2-1 Pittsburgh just past the games midway point, though he left the hard work up to Dupuis and Crosby. Racing in three-on-two, Dupuis wrist shot at the net was deflected by Crosby. The puck glanced off Labarberas glove and slid toward the net. Crosby raced behind the net and was about to tap it in only to have Kunitz beat his good friend to the punch by a split second. „It happened pretty quick, Im going to check my stick to see if theres a mark or a little chip on it,“ Crosby said with a laugh. Still, the Oilers kept coming. Fleury, arguably Pittsburghs best player during the teams quick start, ended up sprawled in front of the net during a scrum and was unable to secure the puck. It trickled out to Eberle, who lifted a backhand over a sea of players with 4:01 remaining in the second. It wasnt enough, however, for Edmonton to end a miserable opening two weeks or put a dent in Pittsburghs perfect record at Consol Energy Center. NOTES: Yakupov, the No. 1 pick in the 2012 draft, returned to the lineup after being a healthy scratch in the previous two games and played more than 17 minutes. … Penguins F Beau Bennett was scratched due to a lower body injury and is „day to day“ according to coach Dan Byslma. … The Oilers continue their six-game road trip on Thursday against the New York Islanders. … Pittsburgh plays in Philadelphia on Thursday. Wholesale Sports Jerseys . — The taxing preseason, which included two games in China, is finally over. Clearance Sports Jerseys . The Oilers will try to get back in the win column on Monday when they continue a four-game road trip with a battle against the Buffalo Sabres. Edmonton won its third straight game last Wednesday against visiting San Jose, beating the Sharks 3-0 as Scrivens stopped 59 shots to set an NHL record for saves in a regular-season shutout.Sir Ian Botham is tipping Joe Root and Stuart Broad to play starring roles for England in the second Test at Durham. The Sky Sports pundit is looking to follow up his first Test 40/1 Sky Bet hat-trick with more winning predictions for the second Investec Test against Sri Lanka, starting on Friday.The England legend was correct with all three of his Sky Bet picks at Headingley as England wrapped up an emphatic innings and 88-run victory, with Beefy nailing the match result plus the hosts top first innings run scorer and wicket-taker. Jonny Bairstow top scored on his home ground with a brilliant 140 before Jimmy Anderson took 10-45 in the match as Sri Lanka were bowled out twice inside three days.Botham tipped odds-on shots England, Bairstow to be top first innings run scorer at 8/1 and Anderson to be top bowler at 5/2, seeing his Beefys Bets treble land at odds of 40/1.The Sky Sports commentator and Sky Bet tipster said: England were superb, very impressive and are on course to be the No 1 side in the world. Bet landed: Englands Jonny Bairstow celebrates his century at Headingley It was a great knock from Jonny after the early collapse, while Jimmy in those conditions was always going to be tough for this inexperienced Sri Lankan side.Despite Bairstow and Andersons success at Leeds, Botham has changed allegiance and picked Joe Root to be Englands top first innings run scorer at 5/2 and Stuart Broad to be Englands top first innings wicket taker, again at 5/2, as his selections for the second Test at Chester-le-Street.Botham said: On that Durham pitch Id expect to see Root do well with the bat, hell certainly be looking to make up for his disappointment at Headingley. Broad looked in good nick at Leeds as well and agaiin Id expect him to get more out of the wicket. Sports Jerseys From China. Ben Stokes missing out injured will be a loss but Chris Woakes should now get a chance and the more England players that get experience, the stronger the whole squad becomes. Jonny Bairstow’s return to the England team came about in the fifth ODI against New Zealand last summer. Bairstow scored an unbeaten 83 from 60 balls Beefys BetsEngland win – 1/4Root top England bat (1st inns) – 5/2Broad top England bowler (1st inns) – 5/2England win/Root top runs/Broad most wickets – 14/1Root top England bat/Broad top England bowler – 12/1Watch live coverage of Englands second Test with Sri Lanka, from 10am, Friday, Sky Sports 2. Also See: Anderson takes 10 in England win WATCH: Players of First Test England fixtures/results Sri Lanka fixtures/results ‚ ‚ ‚