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PITTSBURGH -- Connor McDavid versus Sidney Crosby used to make the hockey world come to a standstill and watch.
Not so much these days.
Twice in eight days two of the game's biggest stars met. And twice in eight days McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers handled Crosby and the reeling Penguins, this time in a clinical 4-0 win on Sunday.
McDavid scored his 24th goal of the season just over a minute in and added two assists. Darnell Nurse scored twice in the third period to break it open and Calvin Pickard turned aside all 41 shots he faced for his second shutout of the season as the Oilers ended a four-game eastern road trip on a high note after losses to Columbus and Buffalo.
"We don't love the two losses there, we've played a lot of hockey lately," McDavid said. "That's no excuse, obviously. But six games in nine games with travel coast to coast, it's been a grind here. So we'll take the two points here."
Mattias Ekholm had a goal and an assist for Edmonton, which won its sixth straight meeting against the struggling Penguins.
Tristan Jarry stopped 38 shots for Pittsburgh. The Penguins have lost six of their past seven, getting outscored 30-10 in the process.
Saturday's game
BOSTON -- David Pastrnak reached 40 goals for the third consecutive season, and the Boston Bruins beat the fading Penguins 5-1 on Saturday.