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SPORTS Tuesday 10 March 2020
Geekie, Williams lead Hurricanes beat Penguins 6-2

By The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mor-
gan Geekie scored twice
and added an assist in his
NHL debut, Justin Williams
added two third-period
goals and the Carolina
Hurricanes surged past the
Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on
Sunday.
Jake Gardiner added a
goal and an assist and Jac-
cob Slavin also scored for
the Hurricanes, who pulled
into a tie with the New York
Islanders for the second
wild card in the Eastern
Conference.
Alex Nedeljkovic stopped
28 shots to earn the second
win of his career for Caro-
lina.
Patrick Marleau and Evgeni
Malkin scored for Pittsburgh
and Tristan Jarry finished
with 30 saves but the listless
Penguins capped a miser-
able weekend at home by
losing for the second time
in 24 hours to teams they’re
scrapping with for position- Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic (39) makes a save against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the second period of an
ing in the crowded Metro- NHL hockey game, Sunday, March 8, 2020, in Pittsburgh.
politan Division. Associated Press
BLUE JACKETS 2, CANUCKS
1 4-2 lead in the third period. had two assists. lon Dube and Matthew whelmed San Jose.
VANCOUVER, British Colum- Dylan Larkin and Tyler Ber- Allen was tested only in Tkachuk also scored for MacKinnon and Landeskog
bia (AP) — Elvis Merzlikins tuzzi also scored for Detroit. spurts in his 21st career Calgary. David Rittich had scored the first two goals for
made 26 saves in his return Brayden Point scored two shutout. The Blues swept 27 saves to fall to 0-6-1 in his the Avalanche and then
after missing four games goals, and Carter Verhae- their season series from the last seven home starts. set up Vladislav Namest-
with a concussion, and Co- ghe and Pat Maroon had Blackhawks, winning all WILD 5, DUCKS 4 nikov for the go-ahead
lumbus held off Vancouver. one apiece for the Light- four game and outscoring ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — score midway through the
Emil Bemstrom and Eric ning, who completed an Chicago 16-8. Kevin Fiala scored his sec- second period to give Col-
Robinson scored to help unusual weekend in which Corey Crawford had 24 ond goal of the game with orado its 10th win in its past
the Blue Jackets move two they beat the team with saves in his ninth straight 59 seconds remaining on 11 road games.
points ahead of Carolina the NHL’s best record (Bos- start as Chicago lost its the clock in overtime and Former Sharks forward Joo-
and New York Islanders for ton) on Saturday night and second straight following a Minnesota beat Anaheim. nas Donskoi added a goal
the top Eastern Confer- then lost a day later to a four-game winning streak. Alex Galchenyuk, Victor in the third and Pavel Fran-
ence wild card. Detroit team with by far the GOLDEN KNIGHTS 5, FLAMES Rask, and Mats Zucarello couz made 22 saves to
Elias Pettersson got the league’s worst mark. 3 also scored, and the Wild keep the Avalanche two
goal for the Canucks, who Mikhail Sergachev scored CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — reclaimed the first wild card points behind St. Louis in
are tied with the Preda- for the Lightning in the Shea Theodore scored the in the Western Conference. the race for first place in
tors and Jets for the sec- shootout, but Larkin tied it. tiebreaking goal with 1:10 Minnesota has won eight of the Central Division with a
ond wild card in the West. In the third round, Detroit remaining and Vegas re- its past 11 games and sev- game in hand.
Vancouver currently holds goalie Jonathan Bernier covered after giving up a en of eight on the road. Joe Thornton, Melker Karls-
the spot with one more win denied Nikita Kucherov. three-goal lead. Devan Dubnyk made 22 son and Noah Gregor
than Nashville and a game Then Fabbri tucked the Nick Holden had a goal saves in his first start Feb. 23 scored for the Sharks, who
in hand on Winnipeg. puck past McElhinney with and an assist for the Golden after Alex Stalock started lost their third straight game
RED WINGS 5, LIGHTNING 4 a backhand. Knights, who regained top the previous seven games. to end a six-game homes-
DETROIT (AP) — Robby Fab- BLUES 2, BLACKHAWKS 0 spot in the Pacific Division Jakob Silfverberg had two tand. Martin Jones made
bri scored the winning goal CHICAGO (AP) — Jake Al- over idle Edmonton. Tomas goals and an assist, Chris- 20 saves.q
in a shootout as Detroit len stopped 29 shots for Nosek, Max Pacioretty and tian Djoos and Danton
snapped a 16-game losing his second shutout and St. Jonathan Marchessault Heinen also scored, but the
streak against Tampa Bay Louis won for the ninth time also scored for Vegas. Ducks fell short of matching
in the regular season. in 10 games. Making his third start for Ve- a season-high three-game
Fabbri opened the scoring Robert Bortuzzo and Alex gas since being acquired win streak. Ryan Miller
in similar fashion, beating Pietrangelo scored for the from Chicago at the trade made 25 saves.
goalie Curtis McElhinney on Central Division-leading deadline, Robin Lehner AVALANCHE 4, SHARKS 2
a breakaway in the first pe- Blues, who killed four Chica- made 19 saves to improve SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Na-
riod as well. Anthony Man- go power plays as they re- to 3-0-0 with his new team. than MacKinnon and Ga-
tha had a goal and three bounded from a 4-2 home Milan Lucic had a goal and briel Landeskog each had
assists for the Red Wings, loss to lowly New Jersey an assist for the Flames, who a goal and two assists and
who won despite blowing a on Friday. Jaden Schwartz had won three straight. Dil- Colorado’s top line over-