Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists, Marc-Andre Fleury stayed sharp in his second straight playoff start and the Penguins pulled away for a 4-1 victory over the Blue Jackets in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series Friday night in Pittsburgh.

Jake Guentzel added a goal and an assist to help the defending Stanley Cup champions take a 2-0 lead. Evgeni Malkin scored his first goal of the postseason, and Patric Hornqvist pushed in an empty-netter.

Fleury finished with 39 saves while filling in for the injured Matt Murray.

Brandon Saad scored for the Jackets, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots.

Game 3 is Sunday night in Columbus, Ohio.

Fleury’s club-record 102nd playoff appearance looked an awful lot like his 101st, when he held the Blue Jackets in check during an early push and then waited for NHL’s best offense to find its footing.

The awakening Friday came earlier than in the opener. Crosby turned the Penguins’ first shot of the game into his 50th career playoff goal, though he had the easy part: flipping it into an open net.

Conor Sheary did the hard part: poke-checking the puck away from Bobrovsky behind the Jackets net and getting it to Guentzel in front. Guentzel then slid it to Crosby.

Saad gave the Jackets a jolt when his wrist shot from the left circle zipped over Fleury’s glove 7 minutes into the second.

The momentum lasted 51 seconds, or as long as it took for Crosby and Guentzel to break in 2-on-1. Crosby fed it to Guentzel and the rookie put the Penguins back in front.

Canadiens 4, Rangers 3: Winger Alexander Radulov scored 18:34 into overtime to lift the Canadiens to a home win and even their series against the Rangers.

The Canadiens forced overtime with 18 seconds remaining in the third when Tomas Plekanec found the back of the net with an extra attacker on the ice.

Blues 2, Wild 1: Jaden Schwartz scored with 2:27 remaining during a 4-on-4 situation and the Blues beat the Wild to leave Minnesota with a 2-0 series lead.

Joel Edmundson had the first goal for the Blues, and Jake Allen made 23 saves.

Zach Parise scored for the Wild late in the second period. Goalie Devan Dubnyk made 20 saves. AP