PHILADELPHIA — Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists and Matt Murray stopped 26 shots to help the Pittsburgh Penguins silence a raucous Philadelphia crowd and beat the Flyers 5-1 on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.

Two of the so-called fiercest rivals in the NHL have played three lopsided games, including Pittsburgh’s 7-0 win in Game 1 and Philadelphia’s 5-1 victory in Game 2.

Game 4 is Wednesday night in Philadelphia.

Crosby’s four points matched his career playoff high. He scored his fourth goal of the series in the first period, and Derick Brassard, Evgeni Malkin and Brian Dumoulin scored in the second to make it 4-0. Malkin and Dumoulin scored five seconds apart.

“When we needed to, we made some good plays, we got some big saves, and that’s what you need this time of year,” Crosby said.

Justin Schultz made it 5-1 in the third with Pittsburgh’s third power-play goal of the game.

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WILD 6, JETS 2: Mikael Granlund and Zach Parise scored power-play goals in the first period to give Minnesota the spark that was missing on the road, and the Wild used a four-goal second period to roar back against Winnipeg in the Western Conference series.

The Wild will try to tie the best-of-seven series in Game 4 at home Tuesday night.

Minnesota’s Jordan Greenway scored his first NHL goal just 20 seconds after Eric Staal sent a wrist shot past a struggling Connor Hellebuyck, who was pulled for Steve Mason at the second intermission.

Matt Dumba and Marcus Foligno bookended the furious middle period with goals for the Wild. Mikko Koivu and Nick Seeler each had two assists and Devan Dubnyk finished with 29 saves.

Blake Wheeler and Tyler Myers scored for the Jets.


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