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SPORTS Wednesday 20 december 2017

Noesen helps Devils rally past Ducks, move atop Metropolitan

By The Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Ste-
fan Noesen scored on a re-
bound with 4:07 to play and
added an empty net goal
as the New Jersey Devils ral-
lied from a two-goal deficit
to beat the Anaheim Ducks
5-3 on Monday night.
Myles Wood had two goals,
Jesper Bratt also scored
and Brian Boyle added
three assists as the Devils
won their second straight
game to start a six-game
homestand. Cory Sch-
neider had 21 saves and
was helped by a goalpost
on a shot by Rickard Rakell
during a power play before
Neosen, a former Duck,
scored the go-ahead goal.
The Devils took over first
place in the Metropolitan
Division. They are tied with
Washington with 43 points
but hold the tiebreaker by
having played one fewer
game.
It was the teams’ first game
since the late November
trade that sent defense-
man Sami Vatanen to
the Devils for the popular Anaheim Ducks goalie Ryan Miller (30) makes a save as Ducks defenseman Andy Welinski (73) checks New Jersey Devils right
Adam Henrique. wing Stefan Noesen (23) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, in Newark, N.J.
Henrique had a wonder- Associated Press
ful return, scoring a spec- skid and Philadelphia’s six- Brusk set up second-period Jones scored, and Sergei week.
tacular goal and adding game winning streak. power-play goals by David Bobrovsky made 38 saves J.T. Compher also scored
an assist as the Ducks had Alec Martinez, Trevor Lewis Backes and Charlie McA- — including a penalty shot and Mikko Rantanen
their point-scoring streak and Tyler Toffoli also scored voy and added a goal by Tim Schaller — for the sealed the win with a
snapped at seven games for the Kings, who were 0-2- of his own, Tuukka Rask Blue Jackets. late empty-netter as the
(3-0-4). Ryan Getzlaf and 1 after an eight-game win- stopped 16 shots to keep Columbus lost for the third Avalanche completed a
Jakob Silfverberg also ning streak. up his hot stretch, and Bos- in four games and was sweep of the two-game
scored for Anaheim. Ryan Jakub Voracek scored a ton beat Columbus. dominated in the first two seasons series.
Miller had 29 saves in losing power-play goal and Brian Brad Marchand, Danton periods when they fell into Barrie scored his first goal
for the first time in regula- Elliott stopped 21 shots for Heinen, Torey Krug and Pa- a 3-0 hole. since Oct. 13 in the first pe-
tion (3-1-4) this season. the Flyers, who were trying trice Bergeron also scored AVALANCHE 4, PENGUINS 2 riod. He followed that up
KINGS 4, FLYERS 1 to become the first team for the Bruins, who had a DENVER (AP) — Defense- with another in the second
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Adri- since the 1966-67 Toronto season-high scoring total man Tyson Barrie scored for his fifth career two-goal
an Kempe jumped out of Maple Leafs to immediate- while halting a two-game twice, Semyon Varlamov game.
the penalty box and scored ly follow a 10-game winless skid. Rask improved to 6-0-1 stopped 30 shots — even Chad Ruhwedel and Ev-
a big goal in the third peri- streak with seven straight in his last seven starts. McA- getting a little help from the geni Malkin scored for the
od, Jonathan Quick made victories. voy also had an assist and posts along the way — and Penguins, who finished a
36 saves and Los Ange- BRUINS 7, BLUE JACKETS 2 his first career NHL fight. Colorado beat Pittsburgh three-game trip with a 1-2
les ended its three-game BOSTON (AP) — Jake De- Josh Anderson and Seth for the second time in a mark.q