Marc-Andre Fleury wasn't complaining, mind you.

Not about the two points the Penguins earned with a 3-1 victory Monday against Phoenix at Mellon Arena, and not about running his personal winning streak to three games.

But if he'd been able to script the evening, a game Fleury characterized as "the quietest night," it might have been a bit more challenging.

The Coyotes generated just 18 shots on goal -- the fewest the Penguins have allowed this season -- and only a few constituted serious scoring chances. That meant the toughest part of Fleury's evening might have been resisting the temptation to take a nap while play was going on.

"I like to win, but it's a little more tough to stay sharp and ready when you're just standing there."

Fleury figures to be back in goal tonight and probably a bit busier than he was Monday.

Crosby still tops All-Star voting

Center Sidney Crosby remains the leading vote-getter in Eastern Conference balloting for the NHL All-Star Game Jan. 27 in Atlanta.

He has received 268,045 votes, and is followed by Montreal defenseman Andrei Markov with 182,686 votes and Boston defenseman Zdeno Chara with 132,077. Ryan Whitney of the Penguins ranks seventh among defensemen with 72,888 votes and center Evgeni Malkin is 10th among forwards with 46,089.

Back-to-back doldrums

The Penguins have sputtered early in the second game the past two times they've played on consecutive nights -- Nov. 22 in Ottawa and Saturday in Toronto -- so they can expect a bit of a change in their routine in Calgary tomorrow.

Instead of having a midday meeting at their hotel, which has been standard procedure in such circumstances this season, they likely will do it a couple of hours earlier.

Coach Michel Therrien and his staff theorize that allowing players to sleep so long, then go back to bed in the early afternoon after the team meeting and game-day meal, has led to them being sluggish and unfocused at the opening faceoff.

"When it's a back-to-back game, we have to change our philosophy a little bit," Therrien said. "We have meetings at 12:30, but maybe it's best to do it earlier. We're a young team, and it's a learning process for a lot of those guys."

Pisani's recuperation

Edmonton right winger Fernando Pisani is one of the early season feel-good stories in the NHL.

He returned to the Oilers' lineup Sunday in Anaheim after recovering from a bout with ulcerative colitis that caused him to lose 30 pounds and miss all of training camp.

"A month and a half ago, it was [looking] very grim that I'd be able to play at all this year," he told the Edmonton Journal.