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SPORTS Tuesday 3 april 2018

Capitals beat Penguins to clinch Metropolitan Division title

By The Associated Press Pasrnak scored and Anton
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Philipp Khudobin stopped 20 shots
Grubauer made 36 saves for the Bruins, who lost Bran-
and the Washington Capi- don Carlo and Riley Nash
tals celebrated star Alex to injuries a day earlier.
Ovechkin's 1,000th career DUCKS 4, AVALANCHE 3, OT
regular season game by ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — On-
clinching their third straight drej Kase scored 1:34 into
division title with a 3-1 win overtime to cap Anaheim's
over the Pittsburgh Pen- comeback from a two-
guins on Sunday night. goal deficit.
Ovechkin was held with- Andrew Cogliano had a
out a point but it hardly goal and an assist, and
mattered. T.J. Oshie, Dmi- Adam Henrique and Ryan
try Orlov and Tom Wilson Kesler also scored for the
scored for Washington Ducks, who moved into
while Grubauer kept the third place in the Pacific Di-
NHL's best power play in vision. Anaheim is one point
check as the Capitals as- ahead of Los Angeles with
sured themselves home-ice three games remaining for
advantage through the first both teams.
two rounds of the postsea- Kase was looking to shoot
son. all the way on a 2-on-1
The Penguins have the top break and won it by going
power play in the league to the short side over Jona-
but went 0 for 5 with the than Bernier's right shoulder.
man advantage. Patric Ryan Miller made 19 saves
Hornqvist picked up his 27th after replacing John Gib-
of the season late in the Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) and Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin (8) work along son at the start of the sec-
third period to avoid a shut- the boards during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, April 1, 2018. ond period, helping the
out. Matt Murray stopped Associated Press Ducks to their fifth straight
31 shots but couldn't quite home win. Gibson, who
match Grubauer. for the Devils. New Jersey ing held out of Saturday's second goal with 1:21 left made 10 saves before de-
A night after earning a play- increased its lead to seven loss to Buffalo for mainte- in overtime and Philadel- parting, appeared to be
off berth for a franchise- points on Florida for the last nance. Craig Smith and phia Flyers recovered from shaken up late in the first
record 12th straight year, playoff spot in the Eastern Ryan Johansen also scored blowing a late lead to inch when Gabriel Landeskog
Pittsburgh lost at home in Conference. The Devils, vy- to help Nashville move closer to returning to the was cross-checked by Kes-
regulation for just the sec- ing for their first trip to the closer to clinching the playoffs after a one-year ler into the goalie, who was
ond time since Jan. 4. postseason since reach- Presidents' Trophy with the absence. being evaluated for an un-
Ovechkin downplayed his ing the Stanley Cup Final in league's best record. Juuse Travis Konecny added a disclosed injury.q
milestone game before- 2012, have three games re- Saros finished with 29 saves. dazzling goal and an assist,
hand, half-jokingly saying maining — two fewer than Tampa Bay, which went Nolan Patrick also scored
it didn't matter much. The the Panthers. 0 for 5 on the power play, and Petr Mrazek made 36
32-year-old knows his ca- Daniel Carr scored for the played the final two peri- saves for the Flyers. Phila-
reer has been equally de- Canadiens, who have al- ods without captain Ste- delphia who opened an
fined by his 603 goals and ready been eliminated ven Stamkos, who left the eight-point lead over idle
his team's inability to make from playoff contention. game with an undisclosed Florida, the last team that
a deep playoff run. Carey Price finished with lower-body injury. can overtake it for a play-
The Capitals have won 10 of 30 saves while playing his Ondrej Palat scored for off spot in the Eastern Con-
12 to create some breath- 556th game with Mon- the Lightning, and Andrei ference — the Flyers have
ing space in the cramped treal, pulling into a tie with Vasilevskiy finished with three games left and the
and crowded Metropolitan Jacques Plante for most 21 saves while lost his third Panthers five.
DEVILS 2, CANADIENS 1 games by a goaltender in consecutive game. Patrice Bergeron tied it with
MONTREAL (AP) — Taylor franchise history. The Lightning fell to 5-6-0 in 3.8 seconds left in regu-
Hall scored a short-handed PREDATORS 4, LIGHTNING 1 the past 11 games and sit lation for the Bruins. With
goal late in the third period TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Filip two points behind Boston the goaltender pulled,
to lift New Jersey. Forsbeg had two goals and for the top spot in the East- Bergeron got his 30th goal
Nico Hischier tied the score an assist to lead the Nash- ern Conference. on feed from Brad March-
early in the third and Keith ville pastTampa Bay. FLYERS 4, BRUINS 3, OT and after the Flyers twice
Kinkaid stopped 25 shots in Forsberg returned to the PHILADELPHIA (AP) — failed to clear the puck.
his sixth consecutive start Predators' lineup after be- Claude Giroux scored his Noel Acciari and David