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SPORTS Thursday 6 February 2020
Ovechkin near 700 after 27th hat trick; Caps beat Kings 4-2

By The Associated Press KNIGHTS 2
WASHINGTON — Alex TAMPA, Fla. — Steven
Ovechkin recorded his 27th Stamkos tipped in his 24th
career hat trick and raised goal of the season in the
his career goal total to 698 third period and led Tampa
during a five-minute stretch Bay Lightning over Vegas.
of the third period, rallying Andrei Vasilevskiy made
the Washington Capitals to 28 saves and extended
a 4-2 victory over the Los his streak of consecutive
Angeles Kings on Tuesday games without a regulation
night. loss to 16 games, matching
Ovechkin, who is closing in the franchise record set by
on becoming the eighth Nikolai Khabibulin in 2002-
player in NHL history to 03.
reach the 700-goal pla- Brayden Point and Anthony
teau, moved into the NHL Cirelli also scored, and Ni-
lead with 40 on the season. kita Kucherov had two as-
He singlehandedly over- sists as Tampa Bay won its
turned a 2-1 deficit inside seventh consecutive home
the final 6:10 of regulation. game. Alex Killorn added
He has 14 of those 40 goals an empty net goal with
in his last seven games. 44.7 seconds remaining. Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin celebrates his goal during the third period of the
Ovechkin one-timed a Paul Stastny and Willilam team's NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in Washington.
feed from T.J. Oshie to tie Carrier scored for Vegas, The Capitals won 4-2.
the game at 2-all . Seventy which lost for just the sec- Associated Press
seconds later, he rebound- ond time in regulation in
ed his own miss off goal- six games under new head six games. beat Carolina. snapped a 33-game goal-
tender Jonathan Quick’s coach Peter DeBoer. Marc- Jacob Markstrom made 38 It was Schenn’s first three- scoring drought with his
pads and put Washington Andre Fleury finished with saves for Vancouver. point game since Feb. 19, fourth of the season as the
in front. 13 saves. The Canucks lost in regula- 2019, against Columbus, a Wild won for the second
He added an empty-net- AVALANCHE 6, SABRES 1 tion for the first time since stretch of 79 games. Jor- time in three games.
ter with 1:46 to play, mov- BUFFALO — Andre Bura- Jan. 14, when they were dan Binnington stopped Adam Boqvist and Olli
ing within 10 goals of Mike kovsky had a goal and shut out at Winnipeg 4-0. 25 shots, and Colton Pa- Maatta scored in the third
Gartner for seventh on the three assists for a career- Vancouver had surged rayko and Sammy Blais also period for Chicago. Corey
NHL’s all-time goals list. best four points in Colo- since then, winning five scored. Crawford made 31 saves
John Carlson added his rado’s rout of spiraling Buf- consecutive before a 4-3 The reigning Stanley Cup for the Blackhawks, who
14th goal and 50th and falo. shootout loss at Carolina on champion Blues were 1-4-1 had won six of their previ-
51st assists for Washing- Samuel Girard sparked the Sunday. in their previous six games ous seven games.
ton, which rebounded af- rout with the opening goal DUCKS 3, SENATORS 2, SO but hadn’t played at home PREDATORS 2, JETS 1, OT
ter opening a four-game in a game the Avalanche OTTAWA, Ontario — Rick- in nearly three weeks due WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Mi-
homestand with a loss to scored six times on their first ard Rakell scored the partly to a bye week and kael Granlund scored 1:11
Pittsburgh. Braden Holtby 14 shots. shootout winner and Ana- the All-Star break. into overtime, lifting Nash-
made 29 saves in the win. Valeri Nichushkin had a heim beat Ottawa. St. Louis improved to 10-0-1 ville past Winnipeg.
Jeff Carter scored his 15th goal and two assists, while Nick Ritchie and Ondrej in its last 11 games at home. Granlund’s blast went high
and 16th goals for the Kings. Nikita Zadorov, Nazem Kase scored in regulation The Hurricanes fell to 0-5-0 past goalie Connor Helle-
BLUE JACKETS 1, PANTHERS Kadri and Mikko Rantanen for Anaheim, which has over their last five games buyck and gave the Pred-
0 also scored. Burakovsky’s won four of its last five. away from home. ators their third win in the
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Zach goal was his 17th to match John Gibson made 30 saves Carolina’s Petr Mrazek last four games.
Werenski scored 1:54 into a career high, and he ex- as the Ducks improved to looked rusty in just his third Nick Bonino also scored for
overtime and Columbus tended his point streak to 2-0-0 on their five-game start since Jan. 13, allowing Nashville, which is 4-2-0 in its
extended its points streak five games. road that started with a 3-1 six goals on 26 shots. Se- past six games.
to nine games with a win Philipp Grubauer stopped win in Los Angeles against bastian Aho, Brock McGinn Juuse Saros made 33 saves
over Florida. 23 shots in helping Colo- the Kings. and Martin Necas scored for the Predators, who were
Werenski picked up the rado improve to 4-1-2 in its Drake Batherson and Ar- for the Hurricanes. beginning a four-game trip.
puck off the right boards, past seven. tem Anisimov scored for WILD 3, BLACKHAWKS 2, OT Mason Appleton scored for
circled around to the bot- Buffalo’s Sam Reinhart de- Ottawa. Marcus Hogberg ST. PAUL, Minn. — Matt the Jets, who have one win
tom of the circle and beat flected in Jake McCabe’s stopped 26 shots. Dumba scored with 2:39 in their last eight games (1-
former teammate Sergei point shot in the final sec- BLUES 6, HURRICANES 3 remaining in overtime to lift 6-1).
Bobrovski, who had made ond of the first period. ST. LOUIS — Brayden Minnesota past Chicago. Hellebuyck stopped 34
45 saves to that point. BRUINS 4, CANUCKS 0 Schenn had two goals and Kevin Fiala scored twice for shots for Winnipeg, which
Both teams had some BOSTON — Charlie Coyle an assist, Zach Sanford Minnesota and Alex Stalock ended a three-game
good looks, especially late had a goal and an assist, scored twice and St. Louis made 27 saves. Dumba homestand 1-1-1.q
in the game, but both goal- Tuukka Rask stopped 25
ies were outstanding. shots for his third shutout
Elvis Merzlikins had 32 saves this season and Boston ex-
in picking up his fourth shut- tended its winning streak to
out of the season. Colum- four games.
bus has won eight of nine Brad Marchand, David
and hasn’t lost in regulation Krejci and Karson Kuhlman
since Jan. 9, a streak of 8-0- also scored. Charlie McA-
1. voy had two assists as Bos-
LIGHTNING 4, GOLDEN ton won for the fifth time in