Penguins stay hot, take down free-falling Devils

Connor Clifton and Egor Chinakhov scored 50 seconds apart during a three-goal third period to help the Pittsburgh Penguins, minus superstar Sidney Crosby, break open a tight contest and beat the visiting New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Thursday night.

Tommy Novak opened the scoring, Evgeni Malkin recorded two assists and Blake Lizotte added an empty-netter for the Penguins, who returned from the Olympic break to improve to 15-3-3 since Dec. 28.

Arturs Silovs was stout in making 28 saves for Pittsburgh...