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SPORTS Friday 1 december 2017

Rask stops 19 shots to lead Bruins to 3-2 win over Lightning

By The Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Charlie
McAvoy and Riley Nash
scored first-period goals,
Tuukaa Rask made 19
saves to snap his four-
game losing streak and the
Boston Bruins hung on for a
3-2 victory over the Tampa
Bay Lightning on Wednes-
day night.
Torey Krug also scored and
Brad Marchand assisted
on the first two goals for
the Bruins, who opened a
3-0 lead to post their fifth
win in six games. Boston im-
proved to 13-3 in its last 16
at home against the Light-
ning.
Steven Stamkos and An-
drej Sustr scored for the
Lightning, and Andrei Vasi-
levskiy made 33 saves.
Tampa Bay, which entered
the game with the NHL’s
best record, lost for the
third time in four games fol-
lowing a season-high five-
game winning streak.
Criticized lately for his un-
even play combined with
recent solid performances
by backup Anton Khudo- Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask makes a save against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the first period of an NHL hockey game in
bin, Rask raised his record Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017.
to just 4-8-2 this season. Associated Press
Khudobin is 7-0-2. also going 0-6-1 in 2012. snap a four-game skid. DENVER (AP) — Nathan since Nov. 18 because of
CANADIENS 2, SENATORS 1 The Senators have not won Kevin Roy also scored for MacKinnon scored a pow- an illness.
MONTREAL (AP) — Carey since sweeping a pair of the Ducks, who jumped er-play goal 59 seconds Bryan Little and Josh Mor-
Price made 25 saves to games from Colorado in out to a 3-0 lead before into overtime after he had rissey scored for the Jets,
lead Montreal to its third Stockholm, Sweden, on holding on for the win. a goal waved off 30 sec- and Connor Hellebuyck
straight win. Nov. 10-11. Vermette snapped an 11- onds earlier to lift Colorado made 23 saves. Winnipeg is
Jonathan Drouin and Phil- Ottawa goalie Mike Con- game scoreless drought past Winnipeg. 7-2-1 in its last 10 games.q
lip Danault scored in the don, pressed into service with his first multigoal game Alexander Kerfoot had a
second period for the Ca- by Montreal when Price since Nov. 25, 2015. goal and an assist and Ni-
nadiens. Price improved missed most of the 2015- Gibson, who was pulled kita Zadorov also scored
to 3-0-0 while allowing just 16 season with an injury, after giving up four goals for the Avalanche, who
two goals on 100 shots started against his former on 22 shots in a 7-3 loss at improved to 8-2-1 at home
since he returned last week team for the first time and Chicago on Monday, im- this season. MacKinnon
after missing 10 games with finished with 28 saves. proved to 8-9-1. also had an assist and fin-
a lower body injury. DUCKS 3, BLUES 2 Kyle Brodziak scored twice ished November with 20
Mark Stone scored his 14th ST. LOUIS (AP) — Antoine in the game’s final 3:48 for points — five goals and 15
goal for Ottawa, which has Vermette scored twice the Blues, who had won assists — in 12 games.
lost seven games in a row and John Gibson stopped four of their previous five. Semyon Varlamov stopped
for it’s longest skid since 37 shots to help Anaheim AVALANCHE 3, JETS 2 31 shots in his first game