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TAMPA, Fla. Wade Davis Jersey . -- Sidney Crosby put together another impressive performance, and the Pittsburgh Penguins needed each one of his big plays. Crosby had three goals and an assist and Matt Niskanen scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 18.6 seconds left, lifting the Penguins to a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night. "It was evident today for us," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said of Crosbys leadership. Niskanen scored from the top of the left circle, with Crosby getting an assist. "We kind of have a little bit of a plan on what we want to do on the power play, and for the most part we just kind of read and take whats there," said Niskanen, who scored for the first time in 22 games. Crosby tied it at 3 with a knee-high re-direction of Rob Scuderis shot 25 seconds into the third, and then put Pittsburgh in front when he scored from the right circle with 9:34 remaining. It was his eighth career hat trick. "Pucks are going to be around there," Crosby said about playing near the net. "Its not an easy place to go, and youre going to have to force yourself to go there as much as you can. Luckily there was some pucks around there, and I was able to get some good quality chances from there." Crosby has a point in all five games this season. Its his longest point streak to start a season since a six-game stretch in October 2005. Alex Killorn got the equalizer for Tampa Bay with 3:02 to play. Valtteri Filppula, Steven Stamkos and Teddy Purcell also scored for the Lightning (3-2). "I think that was an even hockey game," Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. "They got that last break at the end and capitalized on it." Brooks Orpik scored for the Penguins (4-1), who lost 6-3 Friday night at Florida. Pittsburghs Marc-Andre Fleury made 14 saves. Anders Lindback had 21 for the Lightning. Orpik stopped a 110-game goal drought dating to Nov. 21, 2011, when he tied it at 2 just 1:50 after Stamkos goal. The defenceman has 12 career goals in 636 NHL games. Tampa Bay took a 3-2 lead on Purcells knee-high deflection during a power play with 4:18 to go in the second. Stamkos, coming off a hat trick in Thursdays 7-2 victory over Florida, gave Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead from the right circle at 5:11 of the second. Crosby tied it at 1 with an in-close power-play goal 2:14 into the second. "They, obviously, have some world-class players over there," Tampa Bay left wing Ryan Malone said. NOTES: Pittsburgh D Kris Letang and RW Matt DAgostini, both sidelined by lower-body injuries, practiced. ... Tampa Bay G Ben Bishop (3-0) is hopeful of returning for Tuesdays game against Los Angeles. Bishop said he felt pretty good after taking shots in practice Saturday, two days after his right leg got jammed during the third period Thursday night. ... Malone and Pittsburghs Craig Adams fought 4 seconds into the game. ... Malone also received a 10-minute misconduct after a scrum early in the second. 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Pospisil has now established the year-end World Tour Finals as the benchmark for a breakthrough season, with Pospisil and Sock provisionally standing ninth.MANAUS, Brazil -- Mario Mandzukic scored two goals Wednesday to keep Croatia in the mix at the World Cup with a 4-0 win over 10-man Cameroon, which will be going home after the group stage. Mandzukic, who returned to the team at the Arena da Amazonia after sitting out the opening loss to Brazil through suspension, headed in a corner from Danijel Pranjic in the 61st minute and then knocked in a rebound in the 73rd of the Group A game. Ivan Perisic also scored one goal and made another for Ivica Olic. Cameroon was reduced to 10 men after midfielder Alex Song was given a red card for elbowing Mandzukic in the back in an off-the-ball incident in the 40th minute. Cameroon started without the injured Samuel Etoo, the teams best player. And the frustration within the team boiled over in injury time when Benoit Assou-Ekotto head-butted teammate Benjamin Moukandjo in front of their goal. "Its unimaginable. I saw this happen and I need to find out exactly what happened, why exactly these two players exploded," Cameroon coach Volker Finke said. "I really hate to see that. Its not the image of Cameroon I want to project." Croatia now has its future in its own hands. If the 1998 World Cup semifinalists beat Mexico on Monday, they will guarantee themselves a spot in the second round. The Mexicans will advance with only a draw. Cameroon is out, however, and can only play spoiler in its final match against five-time champion Brazil, also on Monday. If the 1990 World Cup quarterfinalists beat Brazil, the host country could still advance or be forced out of the tournament on goal difference. Darijo Srna started the move for the first goal, whipping a cross into the area from the right in the 11th minute. Mandzukic and Nicolas Nkoulou then collided while going for it, but the ball popped loose to Perisic. Custom Tampa Bay Rays Jerseys. The Croatia midfielder stepped up and coolly slid the ball into the path of Olic to tap in. Perisic did it all himself early in the second half, beating Cameroon defender Dany Nounkeu to a long pass from goalkeeper Charles Itandje and taking it all the way back to where it came from. Perisic, with Nounkeu chasing him, ran into the area down the left and gave himself a tough angle before slipping his shot between Itandje and the near post in the 48th. Mandzukic was left unmarked to head home Croatias third goal and followed up with the simplest of tap-ins when Itandje spilled a shot from Eduardo. Cameroon knew it needed points against Croatia, and the team came out fast in an effort to take the early lead. Several dangerous attacks down the right flank caused concern to the Croatia defence early, but none of them materialized into any real danger. A few late chances came close, but nothing got past Croatia goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa. "The team tried with only 10 players, but the second goal arrived very early in the second half, unfortunately," Finke said. "After that it was an uphill battle." The loss of Etoo, who came to Brazil with a right knee injury, was a blow to the team, however. Although Cameroon still went on the attack even without their best attacker, the finishing class of the former Chelsea and Barcelona striker was missing. The loss of Song didnt help, either. The midfielder, well away from the ball, was running back from the Croatia end when he lashed out and elbowed Mandzukic in the back. Referee Pedro Proenca of Portugal immediately pulled out his red card and sent Song off. Song is the cousin of Cameroon great Rigobert Song, one of only two players to be sent off at two different World Cups. The other is Zinedine Zidane. 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