ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Murray returned to the lineup Dec. 15 Corey Perry Jersey , rejuvenated after missing 13 games with a lower-body injury.What a spark he’s provided for the Pittsburgh Penguins.Murray made 30 saves and Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists to lead the surging Penguins past the St. Louis Blues 6-1 on Saturday night.“I’m just trying to get better as I go here,” Murray said. “I think everything is going in the right direction and I just need to stay focused on what’s important.”Juuso Riikola, Zach Aston-Reese, Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel and Evgeni Malkin also scored for the Penguins Conor Timmins Jersey Womens , who converted on all four power plays. Pittsburgh has won a season-best five consecutive games.Murray improved his record to 9-5-1. He has won five straight starts since coming back.“I think that he’s making key saves and ones you don’t always expect him to make, ones that look like they’re maybe really good chances,” Crosby said. “Those are a big boost for a team and he’s had to do it a number of times through this stretch and a lot tonight.”Jake Allen allowed four goals on 17 shots before getting pulled for Jordan Binnington almost halfway through the game. Allen fell to 13-11-4 and has been replaced in five of his 29 starts.Alexander Steen was penalized for high-sticking Bryan Rust nine seconds into the game. Crosby capitalized when he one-timed a pass from Patrik Hornqvist past Allen for his team-leading 17th goal 39 seconds into the ensuing power play.“We get an early power play and get a lead,” Crosby said. “It’s great that we scored. You at least want to carry some momentum from it.”Crosby has nine points (one goal, eight assists) over his last three games.Riikola fired a shot from the point past Allen with the Penguins on another power play 5:13 into the second period for his first NHL goal.“It was awesome http://www.ducksshoponline.com/authentic-jakob-silfverberg-jersey ,” Aston-Reese said. “He’s a guy who had a ton of chances, a lot of posts he hit. I think everybody’s happy.”Aston-Reese then netted his fifth of the season 2:04 later, and Letang followed with his ninth to end Allen’s night.David Perron scored his 13th with 5:24 remaining in the second to break up the shutout bid.“They exposed us in different areas,” Perron said. “I don’t think we lacked energy, I think they were just making better plays than we were tonight. You tip your cap Womens John Gibson Jersey , but at the same time it doesn’t mean that we wouldn’t want another crack at them tomorrow and see if the result would be different.”St. Louis entered on a two-game winning streak but has not won three in a row since taking six straight in March last season.“I thought we were ready to play,” Blues interim coach Craig Berube said. “We can’t take the penalties we took tonight. First shift, penalty and they score. I thought our game was pretty good, though.”Guentzel and Malkin scored against Binnington 33 seconds apart in the third period.NOTES: St. Louis played its 4,000th game in franchise history Authentic Josh Manson Jersey , making it the 10th NHL team to reach that milestone. … Blues D Alex Pietrangelo returned to the lineup after missing 11 games with a broken wrist. … Pittsburgh has not given up a power-play goal in 14 opportunities during its winning streak. . Rust exited 17:44 into the first period with a lower-body injury.UP NEXTPenguins: Visit the Minnesota Wild on Monday.St. Louis: Host the New York Rangers on Monday. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Tomas Hertl scored his team-leading fifth goal of the playoffs, Martin Jones made 34 saves for his sixth career postseason shutout and the San Jose Sharks evened their second-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights with a 4-0 victory in Game 4 on Wednesday night.Marcus Sorensen and Joonas Donskoi scored in the first period to allow San Jose to play from ahead and Joe Pavelski added a power-play goal in the third to help the Sharks rebound from an overtime loss at home in Game 3.Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves and Vegas failed to convert on all five power-play chances to lose for the second time in eight games this postseason.The teams have now alternated wins through four games, heading into Game 5 on Friday night in Vegas.LIGHTNING 4, BRUINS 1BOSTON (AP) – Ondrej Palat scored twice in the first 3:19 of the game http://www.ducksshoponline.com/authentic-ondrej-kase-jersey , and Tampa Bay beat Boston to open a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 shots for Tampa Bay, which has won two straight since losing the series opener at home.Anthony Cirelli scored his first career NHL playoff goal – with an assist from Yanni Gourde, whose wife gave birth on Tuesday – giving Tampa Bay a 3-1 lead late in the first.Patrice Bergeron scored his fourth goal of the playoffs for Boston, and Tuukka Rask made 33 saves.Game 4 is Friday night.—