PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby saw a small opening and took advantage for one memorable goal.Crosby put Pittsburgh ahead to stay with a dazzling score in the second period, and the Penguins beat the Dallas Stars 6-2 on Thursday night.There arent too many players in the league that would even think to make that type of play, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. Its a heads-up play by an elite player that thinks the game at an extremely high level and differently than most.Crosby also had two assists as Pittsburgh bounced back nicely from Wednesdays 5-3 loss to the New York Islanders. Eric Fehrs third goal of the season was No. 100 for his career, and Patric Hornqvist, Conor Sheary, Nick Bonino and Ian Cole also scored.Crosby got his league-leading 16th goal in the final 30 seconds of the second. Crosby, from behind the goal, initially tried to bank a shot off Stars goaltender Antti Niemi. When that plan was unsuccessful, he batted his own rebound out of the air, off Niemi and into the net.I was just trying to get it to the net on the first one, Crosby said. The second one, it was just kind of laying there for me. It was pretty slow, so it was a good one to get.Marc-Andre Fleury made 33 saves for Pittsburgh. Fleury, who won for the first time in five starts, has six wins in his last nine home games.He wasnt surprised by Crosbys goal.I see him do that in practice a lot on me, Fleury said. I was glad though because it was big for us.Tyler Seguin and Devin Shore scored for the Stars, who continue to struggle on the road. Niemi, playing in his 400th career game, stopped 34 shots.Dallas has three wins in 14 road games this season. The Stars have lost three straight and seven of their last 10 overall.I think we all take pride in here, Seguin said. Its just not good enough. Its frustrating and we have to dig deeper, especially in those big moments and find ways to win hockey games.Crosby has 16 goals in 18 games after missing the first six because of a concussion. He has six goals and 12 points in his last eight games.The Penguins are 7-0 following a regulation loss and 16-0-1 after the previous 17 regulation defeats dating to last season. Pittsburgh also snapped a four-game skid against the Stars.The defending Stanley Cup champions were an inconsistent group throughout the majority of November, alternating wins and losses most of the month.The Penguins hope Crosbys goal can help turn things around in December.I think we expect better of ourselves every game, Crosby said. Were working hard, but I still think we can execute better.Game notes Stars D Stephen Johns, a Pittsburgh native, registered an assist in his first game against his hometown team. ... Seguin has 13 points in his last 14 games. ... 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Peter OMahony has handed Ireland a big autumn internationals boost by finally recovering from his year-long knee ligament injury.The 27-year-old flanker will take a seat on Munsters bench for Saturdays Guinness PRO12 clash with Zebre at Thomond Park.OMahony tore knee ligaments in Irelands 24-9 Rugby World Cup pool victory over France on October 11 last year, and has since endured a torrid, truncated recovery.The uncompromising back-rower now has the chance to end all those frustrations however, and in the process expand head coach Joe Schmidts options for the four-match November Test schedule.Following the successful rehabilitation of an ACL rupture sustained in Irelands historic World Cup win over France last October, OMahony will hope to see some game time after being named amongst the replacements, read Munsters statement.Simon Zebo has overcome a rib injury to start at full-back too for Munster this weekend, in further positive news for Ireland.Boss Schmidts Ireland side will face New Zealand twice in three weeks across a hugely testing November series, so wiill doubtless need as many frontline stars available as possible.ddddddddddddOMahony himself cannot wait to get back into full swing with his province. Ireland open their autumn run by taking on New Zealand in Chicago on November 5, with OMahonys return potentially proving very timely.I think I have dealt quite well with the injury, not just around the squad but at home as well, OMahony told the Irish Examiner. It was a long-term injury and I prepared myself for that but the last six to eight weeks were tough, just being on the edge and nearly there.Training on your own is tough because its a team sport. For the last few weeks Ive been lacing up the boots to go out and do a full session which was exciting.It will take me another few weeks (to regain full match sharpness). Theres only so much you can train, how much you can simulate in training.So it will be a case of getting out there and throwing myself about and seeing how I get on. ' ' '