PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.Patric Hornqvist, Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel also scored -- each getting his third of the season -- to help the defending champion Penguins win for the third time in four games and improve to 5-0-1 at home.Crosby, playing for the second straight game after missing the first six with a concussion, scored with 2:25 left as he caught a pass from Scott Wilson at the top of the crease and quickly turned to his forehand to put the puck behind Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak.Crosby, who also scored in his season debut on Tuesday, now has points in 10 straight regular season games dating back to last season.Kessel added a power-play goal to cap the scoring 32 seconds later.Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 35 shots while starting for the eighth straight game. Fleury won for the 19th time in his last 24 home starts and has given up two or fewer goals in five of the first six home games.Travis Hamonic and Shane Prince scored for the Islanders, who fell to 0-3-0 on the road. Halak finished with 31 saves.Prince, playing for the first time after missing five games with a lower-body injury, tied the score at 2-2 with 4:22 remaining. Fleury left the net to play a shot into the zone but the puck caromed off the boards to Prince, who put it into an empty net.Malkin had broken a 1-1 tie with 7:12 left in the third as he took a pass from Kessel and pulled up ahead of Islanders defenseman Dennis Seidenberg before placing a shot between Halaks pads.Pittsburgh won three of four against the Islanders last season, the eighth time in nine years the Penguins won the season series. The Islanders played the second half of a back-to-back after falling at home against Montreal on Wednesday.Hornqvist opened the scoring with a power-play goal 46 seconds into the game. Pittsburgh has scored a power-play goal in all six home games.Crosby, standing at the left post, set up Hornqvist on the opposite side during a slick passing sequence that also involved Kessel.Fleury kept it a one-goal game with three saves in succession on Nick Leddys point shot, Thomas Hickeys redirection and a blocker stop on Josh Bailey. Prince later hit the post to the left of a sprawled Fleury on a breakaway.The Islanders tied it late in the second period on their 28th shot. Hamonic finished a 2-on-1 from Prince, beating Fleury to the blocker side.Game notes G Matt Murray, who led the Penguins to the Stanley Cup in June, dressed as Fleurys backup for the second straight game since returning from a broken hand sustained in last months World Cup of Hockey. ... 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Last week, Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores described Mauricio Pochettinos team as animals, and they comfortably out-ran Manchester City in their 2-1 win at the Etihad on Sunday.But are Spurs the fittest team in the league? Using EA Sports Player Performance data, weve taken a look at a number of key running stats - as well as Premier League teams goals for and against in the final minutes of matches.While not a fool-proof method of determining which team is the fittest, the numbers show Tottenham are indeed one of the hardest-working sides in the division…Distance covered Christian Eriksen scored an 83rd-minute winner for Spurs at Man City on Sunday Only Bournemouth (3060.6km) have run further than Tottenham this season (3003.8km). Tottenham out-ran Man City Spurs covered 121km to Man Citys 112km on Sunday and made 551 high-intensity sprints to Citys 494. Liverpool (fourth in the standings with 2910.2km) and Manchester United (fifth with 2903km) are also among the teams to have covered the most ground.In contrast, only bottom-of-the-league Aston Villa (2750.8km) and Stoke (2789.2km) have run less than Manchester City (2795.5km) and Chelsea (2802.7km) players this season. Distance covered (Kms) - Premier League Rank Team Distance covered (Kms) 1 Bournemouth 3060.6 2 Tottenham 3003.8 3 West Brom 2917.5 4 Liverpool 2910.2 5 Man Utd 2903 6 West Ham 2881.9 7 Leicester City 2874.3 8 Arsenal 2871.5 9 Southampton 2863.6 10 Crystal Palace 2860.6 11 Watford 2859.7 12 Sunderland 2858.8 13 Newcastle 2854.5 14 Everton 2837.9 15 Norwich City 2812.9 16 Swansea City 2812.8 17 Chelsea 2802.7 18 Man City 2795.5 19 Stoke City 2789.2 20 Aston Villa 2750.8 Sprints Andrew Surman and his Bournemouth team-mates have made the second-most number of sprints this season When it comes to high-intensity sprints, Tottenham players top the pile. Pochettinos men have made 13,937 sprints between them this season. Bournemouth are next on the list with 13,858 sprints.Liverpool (13,793) and Arsenal (13,683) follow - but West Ham players have made just 11,781, the lowest total in the Premier League.Surprisingly, Leicester City - renowned for their high-speed counter-attacking this season - have made the fewest number of sprints of the current top four (12,557). Total sprints - Premier League Rank Team Sprints 1 Tottenham 13,937 2 Bournemouth 13,858 3 Liverpool 13,793 4 Arsenal 13,683 5 Crystal Palace 13,052 6 Everton 12,820 7 Aston Villa 12,816 8 Man City 12,761 9 Leicester City 12,557 10 Sunderland 12,527 11 Man Utd 12,477 12 Newcastle 12,426 13 Chelsea 12,422 14 Swansea City 12,387 15 Southampton 12,372 16 Watford 12,209 17 West Brom 12,158 18 Norwich 12,151 19 Stoke City 12,038 20 West Ham 11,781 Scoring late goals Danny Welbecks injury-time goal against Leicester secured victory for Arsenal Man City may not cover as much distance as most Premier League teams, but they have been the best this season at scoring late goals.dddddddddddd. Theyve found the net 12 times from the 80th minute onwards this season.However, Tottenham - despite their running exertions - have still been able to score 10 times in the final 10 minutes of Premier League matches. Only two teams can better that.At the other end of the scale, Aston Villa have managed just one late goal so far this season and Manchester United - so famous under former boss Sir Alex Ferguson for scoring crucial late goals - have netted just four. Goals scored from 80mins - Premier League Rank Team Goals scored from 80mins 1 Man City 12 2 Everton 11 T3 Sunderland 10 T3 Tottenham 10 5 Leicester City 9 6 West Ham 8 T7 Crystal Palace 7 T7 Liverpool 7 T9 Bournemouth 6 T9 Watford 6 T11 Arsenal 5 T11 Chelsea 5 T11 Newcastle 5 T11 Stoke City 5 T15 Man Utd 4 T15 Norwich City 4 T15 Southampton 4 T15 West Brom 4 19 Swansea City 3 20 Aston Villa 1 Conceding late goals Norwich have conceded the most late goals this season Norwich have conceded the most goals late on in Premier League games this season, giving away 10 goals from the 80-minute mark. Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Liverpool have also proven to be susceptible to conceding late goals, having each conceded nine times during that period.Of the top four, Man City have the best record in the final 10 minutes, conceding just four times, although Tottenham and Arsenal - who have each conceded five during that period - have also regularly kept their concentration late on. Goals conceded from 80mins - Premier League Rank Team Goals conceded from 80mins 1 Norwich City 10 T2 Aston Villa 9 T2 Crystal Palace 9 T2 Liverpool 9 T5 Chelsea 8 T5 Everton 8 T5 Newcastle 8 T8 Leicester City 7 T8 Man Utd 7 T8 Stoke City 7 T11 Bournemouth 6 T11 Watford 6 T11 West Brom 6 T14 Arsenal 5 T14 Tottenham 5 16 Man City 4 T17 Southampton 3 T17 Sunderland 3 T17 Swansea City 3 T17 West Ham 3 Who do you think is the fittest team in the Premier League? Let us know using the message boards or by tweeting @SkyFootball Also See: Who has the toughest run-in? 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