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SPORTS Tuesday 6 March 2018
Filip Forsberg scores in OT, Predators beat Avalanche 4-3

By The Associated Press stretch, and 35 goals over-
DENVER (AP) — Filip Fors- all.
berg scored at 1:07 of Paul Stastny had a goal
overtime and the Nash- and an assist, and Con-
ville Predators matched nor Hellebuyck stopped
the franchise record with 33 shots for the Jets. Teuvo
their eighth straight victory, Teravainen scored for the
beating the Colorado Ava- fourth straight game for the
lanche 4-3 on Sunday. Hurricanes. Jordan Staal
Nashville has won nine in a also scored.
row against Colorado, in- BLUE JACKETS 4, SHARKS 2
cluding three this season. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Ar-
Nashville's Ryan Ellis tied it temi Panarin scored two
with 1:06 left in regulation goals and Columbus end-
with goalie Pekka Rinne off ed its California swing with
for an extra attacker. Austin the victory over San Jose.
Watson and Kyle Turris also Nick Foligno and Sonny Mi-
scored, and Rinne made 22 lano got Columbus started
saves. with first-period goals and
Nikita Zadarov, Matt Ni- Sergei Bobrovsky made
eto and Mikko Rantanen 34 saves to help the Blue
scored for Colorado. Jackets salvage the final
DUCKS 6, BLACKHAWKS 3 game of their three-game
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ja- trip. They remained a point
kob Silfverberg and Corey ahead of Florida for the
Perry each scored twice Nashville Predators left wing Filip Forsberg, front right, follows the flight of his winning goal past second wild-card spot in
and Anaheim earned Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov, back, as defenseman Tyson Barrie trails the the Eastern Conference.
points at home for the play in overtime of an NHL hockey game Sunday, March 4, 2018, in Denver. Evander Kane scored his
eighth game in a row, Associated Press first goal since joining the
beating Chicago. Sharks, and Joonas Donskoi
Rickard Rakell scored for made eight saves in relief. GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, DEVILS a league-best 19 games. also scored.
the third straight game, PANTHERS 4, FLYERS 1 2 He has a point in the last WILD 4, RED WINGS 1
Marcus Pettersson had his SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Evge- NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Trad- 25 games he has played. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) —
first career goal, and John nii Dadonov scored twice, ing deadline acquisition He missed three games Eric Staal and Zach Parise
Gibson made 37 saves. Roberto Luongo made 39 Tomas Tatar scored his first with an injury, so the per- scored in the second pe-
The Ducks moved into third saves and Florida beat Phil- goal with Vegas and the sonal streak is longer than riod, Jason Zucker added
place in the Pacific Division, adelphia for its season-best Golden Knights beat New the league-recognized run. two late goals and Minne-
a point ahead of Los Ange- sixth straight victory — all at Jersey to avoid their first Sami Vatanen also scored sota beat Detroit.
les. They improved to 6-0-2 home. four-game losing streak. for the Devils. Devan Dubnyk made 28
in their last eight games at Aleksander Barkov scored Deryk Englland and David JETS 3, HURRICANES 2 saves to help Minnesota
home and 6-1-1 in their last his 25th goal of the season Perron also scored for the RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Patrik rebounds from consecu-
eight overall. and had an assist, and Jon- Golden Knights. Marc-An- Laine scored twice for the tive road losses at Arizona
Nick Schmaltz had two athan Huberdeau added dre Fleury, who stopped second straight game and and Colorado. Staal and
goals, and Tomas Jurco a goal. The Panthers are a half-dozen excellent extended his points streak Parise scored in a 2:57 span
scored for the Blackhawks. in the final Eastern Confer- chances in the first period, to eight in Winnipeg's vic- to erase a 1-0 deficit. The
They are 1-7-1 in their last ence playoff position. made 33 saves, including tory over Carolina. goals came shortly after
eight road games. An- Travis Konecny scored for a last-second shot by Kyle Laine had his third multi- rookie Nick Seeler traded
ton Forsberg gave up four the Flyers, and Petr Mrazek Palmieri to win for the 22nd goal game in the last four punches with Detroit’s Luke
goals on 21 shots before made 22 saves in his sixth time in 33 games. games and has seven Witkowski on a delayed
getting pulled midway straight start. Philadelphia Taylor Hall had a goal and multi-point nights during his penalty.
through the second period, has lost three straight after an assist for New Jersey to streak. He has 10 goals and Justin Abdelkader scored
and Jean-Francois Berube winning six in a row. extend his points streak to six assists in the eight-game for Detriot.q

Wild wins 3rd title as Dutch

dominate track championships

APELDOORN, Netherlands ing the points race title ver and Canadian Jasmin
(AP) — Kirsten Wild has won she won in Hong Kong 12 Duehring getting bronze.
her third title of the week months ago but the British Dutch rider Jeffrey
on the final day of the rider could only manage Hoogland produced a
world track cycling cham- 12th place, continuing a powerful ride to win the
pionships with a victory in frustrating few days after men's kilo, before collaps-
the points race on Sunday. she crashed in the women's ing as he got off his bike.
The 35-year-old Dutch- omnium. He recovered in time to
World champion Kirsten Wild of The Netherlands celebrates win- woman also took gold in Wild dominated the race collect his medal.
ning the women's points race at the World Championships Track the scratch race and the Sunday to score 49 points In the last race, Germany's
Cycling in Apeldoorn, eastern Netherlands, Netherlands, Sun-
day, March 4, 2018. omnium. with Jennifer Valente of Roger Kluge and Theo Re-
Associated Press Elinor Barker was defend- the United States taking sil- inhardt won the Madison.q