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Saturday 4 January 2020
Eichel converts penalty shot, Sabres beat Oilers 3-2

By The Associated Press seconds in. all-time against Montreal. onds apart in the final min- Christian Dvorak triggered
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jack BLUE JACKETS 2, BRUINS 1, Defenseman Jeff Petry ute of the second period to a three-goal third period by
Eichel scored on a penalty OT scored for the Canadiens put the game out of reach. scoring in the opening min-
shot 1:09 into overtime and BOSTON (AP) — Pierre-Luc (18-17-6), who have lost Jonathan Huberdeau add- ute, Antti Raanta stopped
the Buffalo Sabres rallied Dubois scored 52 seconds four games in a row. Car- ed an empty-net goal in 27 shots and Arizona rallied
from a two-goal deficit for into overtime, Elvis Merz- ey Price made 21 saves in the third to round out the past Anaheim.
a 3-2 win over the Edmon- likins stopped 25 shots and Montreal’s first home game scoring for Florida. Lawson Crouse scored in
ton Oilers on Thursday night. Columbus beat Boston. after a seven-game trip. Tyler Ennis and Chris Tierney the first period, but Arizona
Eichel was awarded the went into the third trailing
penalty shot after Edmon- 2-1. The Coyotes came out
ton’s Oscar Klefbom in- of the locker room buzz-
terfered with the Sabres’ ing to start the third period
captain as he attempted and cashed in on Dvorak’s
to break in alone across goal. Brad Richardson fol-
the Oilers’ blue line. Eichel lowed with his second goal
couldn’t get a shot off on and Carl Soderberg had his
the delayed penalty, and 12th a minute later.
Oilers goalie Mike Smith Jakob Silfverberg scored
made an acrobatic save his 15th goal of the season
to prevent Sam Reinhart and Max Jones also scored
from scoring from the lower for the Ducks, who have
right circle. lost six of eight. John Gib-
Eichel then scored when son gave up four goals for
he drove in on net from the the second straight game.
left wing and snapped a FLAMES 4, RANGERS 3
shot inside the far post. CALGARY, Alberta (AP) —
Reinhart and Curtis Lazar Johnny Gaudreau opened
also scored for Buffalo, and the scoring and then set up
Linus Ullmark stopped 25 the winning goal midway
shots. through the second pe-
Riley Sheahan and Ryan Buffalo Sabres forward Jack Eichel (9) skates during the third period of an NHL hockey game riod as Calgary snapped a
Nugent-Hopkins scored for against the Edmonton Oilers, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, in Buffalo, N.Y. five-game losing streak at
the Oilers. Smith stopped 23 Associated Press home.
shots and dropped to 0-4-1 Less than three minutes
in his past seven appear- after New York tied it 3-all,
ances. Sonny Milano also scored Tampa Bay improved to 15- scored in the first period to Sean Monahan gave the
The Sabres snapped a four- for the Blue Jackets, ty- 2-0 against Atlantic-division give Ottawa (16-20-5) a Flames their third lead at
game skid and improved ing the game two minutes opponents this season. 2-1 lead heading into the 8:22 of the second when
to 2-6-1 in their past nine. into the third period. Du- All the scoring came in the first break. Connor Brown he neatly finished off a
SHARKS 3, PENGUINS 2, OT bois won it by finishing off a first period. scored in the third. Craig pretty tic-tac-toe passing
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brent 2-on-1 rush with Seth Jones. DEVILS 2, ISLANDERS 1 Anderson stopped 25 shots sequence.
Burns’ power-play goal just David Pastrnak scored his UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — for the Senators. Mikael Backlund and Derek
more than two minutes into 30th goal of the season for Nico Hischier scored the MAPLE LEAFS 6, JETS 3 Ryan also scored for Cal-
overtime gave San Jose a Boston, and Tuukka Rask tiebreaking goal early in WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) gary (21-17-5). Cam Talbot
win over Pittsburgh. made 31 saves as the Bruins the third period, Macken- — William Nylander had made 24 saves to beat his
Burns picked up his seventh lost in overtime or a shoot- zie Blackwood stopped 29 two goals and an assist and former team.
goal of the season when his out for the third time in four shots, and New Jersey beat Toronto extended its points New York fell to 1-2-0 on a
slap shot from high in the games. the Islanders. streak to nine games with a four-game road trip that
slot beat Tristan Jarry 2:02 Columbus seemed to score Brock Nelson scored for win over Winnipeg. wraps up Saturday night in
into the extra period to give in the first 17 seconds when New York and Semyon Var- Kasperi Kapanen had a Vancouver.
the Sharks only their third Gustav Nyquist beat Rask, lamov made 29 saves as goal and assist, and Travis AVALANCHE 7, BLUES 3
win in 14 games. Joe Thorn- but the replay showed the Islanders lost their fourth Dermott, Pierre Engvall and DENVER (AP) — Nazem
ton got the primary assist to goaltender interference straight at Nassau Colise- Mitch Marner also scored Kadri scored twice, Nathan
move past Adam Oates for and the goal was waved um. for the Leafs, who are 8-0-1 MacKinnon had a goal
seventh place with 1,080 off. Blue Jackets coach Hischier extended his point during their streak. Frederik and three assists, and Colo-
career assists. John Tortorella, who was streak to three games when Andersen stopped 45 shots. rado snapped a four-game
Tomas Hertl scored his 15th fined $20,000 by the NHL for he scored the go-ahead Kyle Connor and Mark home losing streak with a
goal for the Sharks and Lo- criticizing the officials after goal at 1:09 of the third. Scheifele each had a goal win over St. Louis.
gan Couture added his Sunday’s loss to the Chi- PANTHERS 6, SENATORS 3 and an assist for Winni- Rookie defenseman Cale
13th as San Jose improved cago Blackhawks, held his OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — peg, and Patrik Laine also Makar added a power-
to 3-5-1 under interim temper. Frank Vatrano scored the scored. Connor Hellebuyck play goal and an assist for
coach Bob Boughner. Aar- LIGHTNING 2, CANADIENS 1 deciding goal as part of stopped 12 of 17 shots for the Avalanche, who also
on Dell stopped 36 shots. MONTREAL (AP) — Andrei Florida’s four-goal outburst the Jets before being re- ended a six-game losing
Patric Hornqvist scored Vasilevskiy stopped 38 in the second period. placed by Laurent Brossoit, streak to the Blues, includ-
twice for Pittsburgh, which shots and Tampa Bay ex- Evgenii Dadonov scored his who made 10 saves on 11 ing two losses earlier this
lost for just the second time tended its winning streak to second power-play goal of shots in the third period. season in St. Louis. Mikko
in nine games. Jarry fin- five games with a win over the game to tie it at 2-all The Jets have one win in Rantanen J.T. Compher
ished with 28 saves but the Montreal. for Florida (21-14-5), and their last five games (1-3-1) also had power-play goals,
Penguins couldn’t kill off an Anthony Cirelli and Nikita 89 seconds later Noel Ac- and have lost five straight and Joonas Donskoi had
overtime penalty by de- Kucherov scored for the ciari gave the Panthers the (0-4-1) at home. the other goal for the Ava-
fenseman Kris Letang, who Lightning (22-13-4). Vasi- lead. Vatrano and Colton COYOTES 4, DUCKS 2 lanche. Samuel Girard fin-
was sent off for tripping 46 levskiy improved to 10-1-2 Sceviour scored 44 sec- GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — ished with four assists.q