Petr Sykora redirected Sidney Crosby's slap shot on a power play with 2:40 remaining to give Pittsburgh a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Thursday night, the Penguins' seventh win in their last eight games. Crosby scored his seventh goal to give Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead 12:24 into the second period.

Looking to bolster a struggling power play, the Penguins traded one veteran defenseman for another Sunday. Pittsburgh shipped Darryl Sydor to Dallas for Philippe Boucher, a right-handed shooting defenseman with past experience playing the point on the power play.

The Penguins are 7-for-52 on the power play over the last 12 games after a shootout loss to Minnesota at home Tuesday.

Boucher was paired regularly Tuesday with rookie Alex Goligoski. Boucher worked the point on the second power-play unit with defenseman Kris Letang.

General manager Ray Shero said he wanted to provide his young defensemen—specifically Letang and Goligoski—room to grow naturally on the point.

The Penguins are without injured defensemen Ryan Whitney and Sergei Gonchar,...

Not many teams can beat the Pittsburgh Penguins by putting the puck into the net only once. The Minnesota Wild accomplished it the timeworn way, with an excellent defense and a goaltender who is allowing fewer goals than his low-scoring team is getting. Marek Zidlicky scored the only goal in the shootout and the Minnesota Wild benefited from a gift goal that Pittsburgh put into its net for a 2-1...

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