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            Crosby helps Penguins beat Flyers 5-0 for 3-1 series lead



            By The Associated Press                                                                                             na  Trophy  finalist  Andrei
            PHILADELPHIA  (AP)  —  Sid-                                                                                         Vasilevskiy  stopped  three
            ney  Crosby  scored  his  fifth                                                                                     breakaways    in   making
            goal  of  the  series  and  be-                                                                                     27  saves  as  the  Lightning
            came  the  Pittsburgh  Pen-                                                                                         bounced back from a loss
            guins'  career  postseason                                                                                          in  Game  3  to  tale  a  3-1
            points  leader  in  a  5-0  win                                                                                     lead in the first-round series.
            over the Philadelphia Flyers                                                                                        Tampa  Bay  can  wrap  up
            on Wednesday night.                                                                                                 the  best-of-seven  series  in
            The Penguins lead the first-                                                                                        Game 5 at home on Satur-
            round  playoff  series  3-1  as                                                                                     day.
            its  shifts  to  Pittsburgh  for                                                                                    Kyle  Palmieri  scored  on
            Game 5.                                                                                                             a  5-on-3  advantage  for
            Matt  Murray  stopped  26                                                                                           the  Devils.  Cory  Schneider
            shots for his second shutout                                                                                        made 34 saves.
            of  the  series  and  the  two-                                                                                     New Jersey's Sami Vatanen
            time  defending  Stanley                                                                                            was  knocked  out  of  the
            Cup  champion  Penguins                                                                                             game  on  the  hit  by  Kuch-
            are a win away from play-                                                                                           erov late in the first. No pen-
            ing in the second round for                                                                                         alty  was  called  but  Kuch-
            the 11th time in the last 12                                                                                        erov  appeared  to  jump
            seasons.                                                                                                            before  hitting  Vatanen  in
            Crosby  scored  in  the  sec-                                                                                       the  shoulder  and  head
            ond  period  for  a  4-0  lead                                                                                      area.
            and passed Pittsburgh own-                                                                                          PREDATORS 3, AVALANCHE
            er and Hall of Famer Mario   Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby, left, tries for a goal as Philadelphia Flyers' Brian Elliott defends   2
            Lemieux  for  most  playoff   during the first period in Game 4 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series Wednesday, April 18,   DENVER  (AP)  —  Filip  Fors-
            points with 173. Crosby and   2018, in Philadelphia. The Penguins won 5-0.                                          berg  scored  another  cre-
            the  Penguins  followed  a                                                                         Associated Press  ative  goal,  Pekka  Rinne
            7-0 Game 1 win and a 5-1                                                                                            rebounded  from  a  rocky
            Game 3 victory with anoth-   was spectacular in goal yet  Fourth-line   winger   Mar-  LIGHTNING 3, DEVILS 1        performance with 31 saves,
            er dominant outing.          again, and San Jose Sharks  cus  Sorensen  scored  for  NEWARK,  N.J.  (AP)  —  Ni-    and  Nashville  withstood  a
            Evgeni  Malkin,  Phil  Kes-  completed  a  first-round  the  third  straight  game  to  kita  Kucherov  scored  two  furious rally by Colorado to
            sel  and  Kris  Letang  each  sweep.                      open  the  scoring  for  San  goals,  set  up  another  and  take a 3-1 lead in the first-
            scored to give the Penguins  Hertl  scored  just  1:16  af-  Jose and Jones did most of  knocked  New  Jersey's  top  round series.
            a  3-0  lead  in  the  second  ter  the  Ducks  finally  got  a  the rest of the work with 30  defenseman  out  of  the  Colton  Sissons  and  Craig
            and  chase  Flyers  goalie  puck  past  Jones  when  he  saves.                        game  with  a  big  hit,  and  Smith  also  added  goals
            Brian  Elliott.  Riley  Sheahan  deflected a point shot from  Andrew  Cogliano  scored  the  Tampa  Bay  Lightning  for the Predators, who can
            made it 5-0 late in the third.  Marc-Edouard  Vlasic  past  the lone goal for the Ducks,  moved  within  a  game  of  close out the best-of-seven
            SHARKS 2, DUCKS 1            John Gibson. San Jose then  who were outscored 16-4 in  making  the  Devils'  first  trip  series  Friday  when  it  shifts
            SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — To-  held on to advance to the  the series and swept for the  to the playoffs in six years a  back to Nashville for Game
            mas  Hertl  scored  the  tie-  second  round  against  the  first time since 1999 against  short one.               5. Rinne was solid early af-
            breaking goal 9:09 into the  expansion  Vegas  Golden  Detroit. Gibson finished with  J.T.  Miller  also  scored  and  ter  being  pulled  from  the
            third  period,  Martin  Jones  Knights.                   22 saves.                    had  two  assists,  and  Vezi-  last game.q

             Golovkin gets opponent for May 5 fight in Martirosyan




                                                                      for  six  months  by  the  Ne-  and  the  rematch  was  the  will definitely be the fiesta
                                                                      vada  Athletic  Commission  most  anticipated  bout  of  de resistance of Cinco De
                                                                      for  failing  two  drug  tests.  the  year.  But  Alvarez  test-  Mayo."
                                                                      Golovkin  will  defend  his  ed positive for clenbuterol.  Martirosyan  has  lost  three
                                                                      WBC,  WBA  and  IBF  titles  Should  Triple  G  beat  Mar-  of his last six fights, includ-
                                                                      against  Vanes  "The  Night-  tirosyan  (36-3-1,  21  KOs),  ing to Erislandy Lara for the
                                                                      mare"  Martirosyan  at  the  the  rematch  with  Alvarez  WBA  super  welterweight
                                                                      StubHub Center.              likely will take place later in  crown last May. He has not
                                                                      "Vanes  Martirosyan  is  now  the year. Alvarez's promot-  fought since.
                                                                      the  most  important  fight  ers say he will return to the  "I'm sparring, I'm on weight,"
                                                                      of  my  career.  He  has  my  ring in September.         Martirosyan  recently  told
                                                                      respect  and  I  am  training  Tom  Loeffler,  Triple  G's  the  Los  Angeles  Times.
                                                                      hard  to  defend  my  titles  promoter,  said  extra  seats  "When they asked me if I'd
                                                                      against him," said Golovkin.  will  be  added  at  StubHub  take  this  fight,  I  said  yes.  I
                                                                      "I am happy to be back on  Center for the fight.         didn't  ask  about  money
              In this Sept. 13, 2017, file photo, Gennady Golovkin attends a   HBO  and  fighting  at  Stub-  "Vanes  Martirosyan  brings  at all. It's a good show for
             news conference in Las Vegas.                            Hub Center because they  a  passionate  Armenian  L.A. Cinco De Mayo. Arme-
                                                    Associated Press  have  great  boxing  fans.  I  fan  base  from  nearby  nians will pack the place. I
                                                                      will  give  my  fans  another  Glendale  and  an  aggres-  have a lot of Mexican fans.
             CARSON,  Calif.  (AP)  —  The  middleweight  cham-       big drama show."             sive style of fighting," Loef-  I do believe in my heart I'm
             Gennady  Golovkin  finally  pion has found a replace-    Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 knock-  fler  said.  "Best  of  all,  he  is  going  to  beat  (Golovkin)
             has  an  opponent  for  his  ment  for  Canelo  Alvarez,  outs)  and  Alvarez  fought  ready and wants the fight.  because he's never fought
             May 5 fight.                 who  has  been  suspended  to a draw last September,  Golovkin  vs.  Martirosyan  someone with my style."q
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