Penguins put effort on power play

• A shaky special teams showing Thursday in a home loss to the Washington Capitals was on the minds of Penguins players before a 2-1 victory Sunday afternoon at Philadelphia. They held the Flyers, who rated third in the NHL on the power play, to 1 for 9 on the advantage and denied a tying-goal opportunity on 48 seconds of power-play time to close the game. "We were really pushing them to where we wanted them to be," winger Pascal Dupuis said after his return from a one-game absence because of a laceration above his right eye. The Penguins surrendered two power-play goals on Thursday, and the Capitals needed less than two full minutes of advantage time to go 2 for 2.

• With two power-play goals against Philadelphia, the Penguins have scored multiple power-play goals in eight games. They have tallied multiple power-play goals in 12 of 78 games coached by Dan Bylsma.

• Bylsma said goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, who served as backup to Brent Johnson against the Flyers, is a "real possibility" to play tonight against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Fleury last played Jan. 14 at Edmonton, where his left ring finger was fractured when a shot awkwardly hit his glove. Fleury plans to wear a new glove, designed with additional padding to protect his injury, upon his return.

• Forward Max Talbot (undisclosed/lower-body injury) did not play against Philadelphia and is "probably more day-to-day" according to Bylsma. Talbot was injured last Tuesday in a home win against the New York Islanders.

Penguins center Sidney Crosby was awarded an assist on defenseman Sergei Gonchar's first-period goal at Philadelphia. Originally the second assist was assigned to right wing Bill Guerin, but official scorers at Wachovia Center later awarded it to Crosby, who has recorded seven points in five games against the Flyers on the season.