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Malkin Gets 5 Points as Penguins Win

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When the Winnipeg Jets last visited Pittsburgh, Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr each provided four assists while leading the Penguins to a nine-goal onslaught on March 5, 1996.

Sixteen years later, Evgeni Malkin welcomed the Jets in similar fashion.

Malkin produced four assists -- he even added his 30th goal of the season, a beauty on a breakaway -- to lead the Penguins to an 8-5 victory in a game that resembled a shootout from the 1980s.

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