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PITTSBURGH -- Bryan Rust darted in on Tuukka Rask, saw a fluttering puck coming his way and flicked at it. Like just about everything else thats going on with the streaking Pittsburgh Penguins at the moment, it went exactly where Rust wanted it to go.The speedy forwards well-timed swipe sailed over Rasks blocker and into the net 1:24 into overtime Wednesday night to give the Penguins a 4-3 victory and extend their winning streak to seven.The ice wasnt great in overtime, obviously, after playing a whole game, so I was just trying to catch Rask offguard and I was lucky enough to do that, Rust said after picking up his eighth goal of the season. Trying to get it up. It just happened to be kind a little bit lucky.And pretty good too. Conor Sheary, Nick Bonino and Justin Schultz also scored for Pittsburgh. Matt Murray stopped 41 of the 44 shots he faced to improve to 10-0-1 in his last 11 home starts and even picked up an assist for the second time in four games.Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh improved to 20-7-3 to take the overall NHL lead with 43 points after beating Boston for just the second time in their last nine meetings.I thought we certainly found a way to win, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. It wasnt the cleanest game in the world from our standpoint. Weve been better as of late but I give Boston credit, theyre hard to play against.David Pastrnak picked up his 19th goal for the Bruins. Brad Marchand and David Krejci also scored for Boston. Rask played spectacularly at times and finished with 33 saves, including a breakaway attempt by Sheary with 54 seconds left in regulation that assured the Bruins of at least a point.It was a good point today, Rask said. We played pretty good against a good team. We respect their offense. They have great talent there. Theyre a talented group, especially offensively. We created some chances, but then again, obviously theyre going to get some chances too.The Penguins remained perfect in December (7-0) and have outscored opponents 40-19 during their current run. Yet for all their considerable firepower have drawn praise for Sullivan for their play in front of Murray. The penalty kill, one of Pittsburghs few weaknesses, killed all four of penalties against the Bruins, including an extended 5-on-3 near the end of the first period.The power play improved to 7 of 14 over the last three games. On Wednesday it was the second line -- not the first one anchored by Sidney Crosby and Malkin -- that came through. Bonino ripped a wrist shot from the slot in the first period to tie it and Sheary made a pretty redirect on a shot by Brian Dumoulin to put Pittsburgh in front.We know we can score in bunches, and we get opportunities throughout the game, Sheary said. So I think we just stick to our game plan.The Bruins, however, have typically found a way to hold the Penguins in check and avoided their first regulation loss to Pittsburgh in more than three years when Pastsrnak pounced on a loose puck behind the Pittsburgh net then ducked around a sprawled Murray and fired it between Boninos legs to knot the game at 3 with 6:40 left in regulation.I didnt think we gave up a whole lot, Marchand said. They did get a couple power-play goals, but 5-on-5, they had a couple shifts where they were buzzing around, but you have to expect that from a team with that much talent. Other than that, though, we did have a good game.Game notes Crosby extended his points streak to nine games. Malkin has at least one point in 13 consecutive home games. ... The Bruins went over the 40-shot total for the sixth time. ... Boston D Zdeno Chara played in his 1,300th game, becoming the 60th player in NHL history to reach that plateau. ... The Bruins scratched D Colin Miller and Joe Morrow and C Danton Heinen. ... Pittsburgh scratched F Eric Fehr and D Steve Oleksy.UP NEXTBoston: Return home to face Anaheim.Pittsburgh: Wrap up a three-game homestand Friday night against the Los Angeles Kings. Los Angeles beat the Penguins in a shootout on Nov. 3. Air Max 1 Canada Sale . With their top three point guards and Kobe Bryant all sidelined by injury, the Lakers signed Marshall out of the D-League on Friday before their home game against Minnesota. Cheap Air Max 1 Mens . -- Kyrie Irvings last-minute 3-pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland -- and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBron James left. http://www.airmax1clearancecanada.com/ . -- Three close looks at the bucket, three misses. Cheap Air Max 1 Canada . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East. Air Max 1 For Sale Cheap . Burris threw two TD passes, including a key 15-yard fourth-quarter strike to Bakari Grant that effectively countered a Toronto comeback bid and led Hamilton to a 33-19 victory. PULLMAN, Wash. -- An empty chair sat at the end of Washington States bench at the beginning of the game. Coach Ernie Kent was on the opposite side of the court, seated next to Idaho coach Don Verlin.Both coaches lost their fathers to cancer, so when Verlin donated a Coach for a Day package to an auction for Coaches vs. Cancer, Kent beat out other bidders and chose to spend the first 30 seconds of the game on Idahos bench.I dont think anybodys ever seen that anywhere in the country, where opposing coaches stood on one side of the field, sat on another teams bench, sat in another teams dugout, Kent said. But thats not the importance of what transpired. It was the fact that you have coaches, again coaches, standing up for such a worthy cause.Kent said it ranked near the top of his favorite coaching memories, as it brought awareness to trying to find a cure for cancer.Kents Washington State team beat cross-border rival Idaho 61-48 on Wednesday night in the 271st meeting.Ike Iroegbu had 16 points and seven rebounds for Washington State (5-4), which scored the first four points of the game, never trailed and led by 18 in the second half. Malachi Flynn added 12 points before getting into foul trouble and the Cougars shot 39 percent from the field. Josh Hawkinson had his 47th career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds.Washington State snapped a two-game losing streak to the Vandals in the oldest continuous rivalry west of the Mississippi.Idaho (4-4), coming off a win against UC Davis, shot 26 percent from the field. Victor Sanders lead the Vandals with 18 points on 7-of-15 shooting.Down 11 points at the half, the Vandals never gott within single digits in the second half as they went seven minutes without scoring.ddddddddddddWashington State also went scoreless for five-plus minutes after halftime.Idaho turned it over 14 times but grabbed 20 offensive rebounds. Verlin said the teams biggest issue was not being able to score.Just missed a bunch of shots. You gotta give credit to Washington State, Verlin said. Their defenses size really bothered us around the basket. We just didnt score our ball the way we needed to tonight.The all-time series record belongs to the Cougars, who have won 162 meetings compared to Idahos 109.Those games are always the fun games, you know, Iroegbu said. Especially UW, Idaho, Gonzaga, those are the games where you see your schedule come out every year and you circle them, get ready for that one. And when youre in the gym by yourself, those are the teams you think about playing, one of those three teams here at Washington State. These rivalry games are really important to us.BIG PICTUREWashington State: The Cougars ended a four-game home stand with two wins and two losses, and have three games left before conference play begins. After coming in last place in the Pac-12 last season, the Cougars are looking to put together some momentum before they face Washington to open conference play.UP NEXTIdaho: The Vandals will continue their road trip and play at South Dakota State on Dec. 10. They have two games left before conference play.Washington State: The Cougars will travel to face the Big 12s Kansas State. ' ' '