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SPORTS Tuesday 25 February 2020
Caps end slide, beat Penguins to move back into 1st place

By The Associated Press nesota on four power-play
WASHINGTON (AP) — T.J. chances.
Oshie scored the go-ahead SABRES 2, JETS 1
goal midway through the BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) —
third period, Braden Holtby Kyle Okposo enjoyed his
made 33 saves and the first two-goal game in 23
Washington Capitals beat months, and Buffalo con-
the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 tinued its playoff push with
on Sunday to snap their los- a victory over Winnipeg.
ing streak at four and leap- Okposo scored the go-
frog their archrivals into first ahead goal 7:37 into the
place. third period and the Sabres
The Capitals endured a won their fifth in six games.
back-and-forth, chippy Rookie Jonas Johansson
game to win for just the stopped 25 shots to earn
second time in their past his first victory in three NHL
eight games. starts. The Sabres' recent
Despite being outshot 36- surge has moved them
23, Washington put to- into a tie for fifth with Mon-
gether responses to some treal in the Atlantic Division
potential momentum- standings with 66 points
crushing Penguins goals. each, and six back of third-
Pittsburgh's Patric Hornqvist place Toronto.
and Sidney Crosby scored Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby (70) and Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin Captain Blake Wheeler
26 seconds apart late in the (71) battle for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, in scored for Winnipeg. Con-
Washington. Also seen is Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov (9).
second and Evgeni Malkin Associated Press nor Hellybuyck finished with
had a highlight-reel goal in 23 saves to drop to 5-4-1 in
the third that tied it. Theodore's winner 3:50 into cause of a quad injury and and an assist, Jordan Bin- his past 10 games.
Tom Wilson scored 76 OT came after the Golden Edmonton beat Los Ange- nington made 32 saves and STARS 2, BLACKHAWKS 1
seconds into the third to Knights squandered a two- les. St. Louis beat Minnesota. DALLAS (AP) — Tyler Seguin
make it 2-2, two-time Pen- goal lead late in the third Leon Draisaitl scored on the Jordan Kyrou, Brayden scored the tiebreaking
guins Stanley Cup cham- period. Mark Stone picked power play, Ryan Nugent- Schenn and Ivan Barba- goal in the second period
pion Carl Hagelin put the up his fourth assist on Theo- Hopkins had a goal and shev also scored for the and Dallas beat Chicago.
Capitals up and Oshie dore's goal. Edmonton moved ahead Blues, who have won four The Stars' Joe Pavelski
shoveled the puck in on a Vegas' 5-3 lead appeared of idle Vancouver into sec- straight and retained their opened the scoring in the
scramble in front with 9:20 safe until Adam Henrique ond place in the Pacific Di- spot atop the Western Con- first period.
left. Pittsburgh's Matt Mur- forced overtime with goals vision. Mike Smith made 21 ference standings. Blackhawks rookie Dominik
ray allowed four goals on 1:42 apart. Both came saves. Marcus Foligno scored and Kubalik tied the game in
22 shots. Jakub Vrana also when the Ducks brought on The Oilers are 9-4-2 in their Devan Dubnyk stopped 22 the second period on the
scored for Washington. the extra attacker. past 15 games. shots for Minnesota, which power play.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 6, DUCKS Nick Ritchie also had two Anze Kopitar had a pow- ended a two-game win- Seguin's goal came at 16:29
5, OT goals for the Ducks, who er-play goal, Dustin Brown ning streak. The Wild are of the second. He outma-
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Wil- have dropped their last also scored and Calvin Pe- three points out of the fi- neuvered Chicago goalie
liam Karlsson got his third two. tersen made 27 saves for nal playoff spot in the West Corey Crawford, whose 31
career hat trick, Shea The- OILERS 4, KINGS 2 the Kings, who have lost going into Monday's trade saves included stopping
odore scored in overtime LOS ANGELES (AP) — Con- three of four. deadline. a second-period penalty
and Vegas extended its nor McDavid had a goal BLUES 4, WILD 1 St. Louis has given up just shot by Mattias Janmark.
winning streak to a season- and two assists in his return ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Os- two goals over the last four Dallas goalie Anton Khudo-
high six games. after missing six games be- kar Sundqvist had a goal games and shut down Min- bin also stopped 31 shots.q

Capitals acquire Kovalchuk from

Canadiens for 3rd-rounder

By STEPHEN WHYNO retain 50% of Kovalchuk’s up front,” Capitals general
AP Hockey Writer $700,000 salary and cap manager Brian MacLellan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The hit. The 36-year-old Koval- said. “He is a skilled forward
Ovi and Kovy show is com- chuk becomes the fourth who can make plays and
ing to the NHL. The Wash- prominent Russian player contribute to our offensive
ington Capitals on Sunday on the Capitals, joining for- game.” Kovalchuk was
acquired winger Ilya Kov- wards Alex Ovechkin and named MVP of the 2018 Detroit Red Wings goaltender Jonathan Bernier (45) deflects a
alchuk from the Montreal Evgeny Kuznetsov and de- Olympics when a team of shot by Montreal Canadiens left wing Ilya Kovalchuk (17) during
Canadiens for a 2020 third- fenseman Dmitry Orlov. He Russian players, compet- the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020,
round pick and will be able has six goals and seven ing as neutral athletes, won in Detroit.
to add him to one of the assists for 13 points in 22 the gold medal. He signed Associated Press
most explosive offenses in games since joining the with the Los Angeles Kings were teammates for Russia He’s expected to be in the
hockey. Washington made Canadiens. that summer and had his at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Washington area for the
the move to get another “Ilya is a talented offen- contract terminated after Olympics. In 919 regular- Capitals’ morning skate
top-nine forward hours sive player who we feel putting up 43 points in 81 season NHL games, Kov- Tuesday and play that
after its second victory in will provide us with addi- games. alchuk has 442 goals and night against the Winnipeg
eight games. Montreal will tional depth and flexibility Ovechkin and Kovalchuk 430 assists for 872 points. Jets.q