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SPORTSFriday 29 December 2017
Hischier scores twice as Devils extend win streak to 5

By The Associated Press round.
COYOTES 3, AVALANCHE 1
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Top DENVER (AP) — Alex Goli-
goski scored the go-ahead
overall draft pick Nico His- goal midway through the
second period, and Arizo-
chier scored two goals in na beat Colorado.
Tobias Rieder scored 54
the first period, and the seconds into the game
and Antti Raanta stopped
New Jersey Devils extend- 25 shots for the Coyotes,
who won for only the sec-
ed their season-high win- ond time in 10 games. Law-
son Crouse added his first
ning streak to five games goal of the season with
4:25 remaining.
with a 3-1 victory over Arizona fell to Colorado
6-2 on Saturday prior to the
the Detroit Red Wings on NHL’s three-day break.
Goligoski put the Coyotes
Wednesday night. ahead for good 10:34 into
the second with his fourth
Taylor Hall had two assists, goal of the season.
Arizona won despite going
Cory Schneider made 31 0 for 4 on the power play
and failing to score on a
saves and the Devils killed 5-on-3 chance that lasted
1:53. Colorado’s penalty kill
off all five Red Wings pow- has not allowed a goal in
its last 28 chances.
er plays in extending De- BRUINS 5, SENATORS 1
BOSTON (AP) — Riley Nash
troit’s losing streak to three scored two goals, Kevan
Miller got his first of the
games. Sami Vatanen season and surging Boston
beat Ottawa for its 14th win
scored into an empty net in 18 games.
Tuukka Rask stopped 25
with 23 seconds to play for shots for the Bruins, improv-
ing to 9-0-1 in his past 10
the final margin. games. Rask was selected
the NHL’s first star for last
Justin Abdelkader scored week.
Danton Heinen and Da-
for Detroit, which outshot vid Backes also scored for
Boston in the first meeting
New Jersey 25-19 in the fi- between the teams since
Ottawa beat the Bruins in
nal two periods. Jimmy the opening round of the
playoffs last spring. Nash
Howard made 29 saves. New Jersey Devils center Nico Hischier, right, of Switzerland, flips over while competing for the also had an assist on Mill-
er’s goal.
The two-goal game was puck with Detroit Red Wings’ Tyler Bertuzzi (59) and Frans Nielsen (51), of Denmark, during the Thomas Chabot scored
the second of the season second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, in Newark, N.J. and Craig Anderson made
for the 18-year-old Swiss 18 saves for struggling Otta-
Associated Press wa, which lost for the ninth
time in 11 games (2-7-2).
center and it gave him sev- NEW YORK (AP) — Mats Zuc- also beat Grubauer from one. HURRICANES 3, CANADIENS
1
en for the season. carello and Mika Zibanejad the right side, the Rangers’ Malkin and Phil Kessel both RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Se-
bastian Aho scored two
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, DUCKS scored in the shootout to goalie denied Alex Ovech- scored third-period power- goals in the third period,
and Carolina beat Mon-
1 lift New York to victory over kin to secure the win. play goals for Pittsburgh, treal.
Aho’s power-play goal mid-
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Washington. PENGUINS 5, BLUE JACKETS while Jake Guentzel netted way through the third put
Carolina in front, and he lat-
Cody Eakin scored to snap Ondrej Pavelec stopped all 4, SO the equalizer with 1:40 left er added an empty-netter.
Teuvo Teravainen scored
a second-period tie and 30 shots he faced through PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney in regulation. Conor Sheary Carolina’s other goal, while
Alex Galchenyuk tallied for
Vegas beat Anaheim for its overtime and both Wash- Crosby and Evgeni Malkin also scored his 10th for the Montreal.q

fifth straight victory. ington skaters in the tie- scored in the shootout, and Penguins, who rallied from

Shea Theodore and Wil- breaker. Pittsburgh rallied past Co- three two-goal deficits, in-

liam Karlsson also scored His first shutout of the sea- lumbus. cluding two in the third pe-

for the expansion Golden son and the 18th of his ca- Crosby and Malkin both riod. Murray made 29 saves

Knights (24-9-2), who lead reer helped the Rangers beat Sergei Bobrovsky be- in regulation.

the Western Conference improve to 4-1-1 in their last tween the legs in the shoot- PREDATORS 2, BLUES 1

with 50 points. They have six games. out. Matt Murray stopped ST. LOUIS (AP) — Calle

earned at least one in 10 Philipp Grubauer had 37 Pierre-Luc Dubois and then Jarnkrok scored his second

straight games by going saves for the Capitals, who Artemi Panarin to clinch goal in two games and Pe-

9-0-1 during that stretch. have lost three straight (0-1- the win. kka Rinne made 29 saves

It’s the longest point streak 2) since winning 11 of 13. Crosby thought he had as Nashville beat St. Louis,

for a team in its inaugural After neither team could scored the game-winner 23 snapping its season-high

NHL season, eclipsing the get anything past the seconds into overtime, but three-game losing streak.

mark of nine games in a backup goalies through 65 the goal was overturned Craig Smith scored his 13th

row set by the 1993-94 Flori- minutes, Zuccarello finally because of goaltender of the season for the Pred-

da Panthers (5-0-4). put one past Grubauer on interference by Brian Du- ators, who leapfrogged

Malcolm Subban made 27 the first shootout attempt moulin. the Blues to take over first

saves, and David Perron as he skated in, moved Four of the last five regular- place in the Central Divi-

added an empty-net goal. to the right and beat the season meetings between sion with 49 points.

Rickard Rakell scored early Washington goalie with a the Penguins and Blue Vladimir Sobotka scored his

for the Ducks, and John backhand. Jackets have gone to over- first goal in nine games for

Gibson stopped 24 shots. Pavelec then stopped T.J. time. Pittsburgh needed a St. Louis. Jake Allen made

RANGERS 1, CAPITALS 0, SO Oshie and, after Zibanejad big third-period rally in this 24 saves, but the Blues lost

for the sixth time in their last

eight.

The win continued a pat-

tern of dominance for

Nashville, which topped

its division rival for the sixth

time in their last eight reg-

ular-season meetings. The

Predators also eliminated

the Blues from last sea-

son’s Stanley Cup playoffs

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