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SPORTS Thursday 15 March 2018
Pastrnak gets hat

trick, Bruins rally to

stun Hurricanes 6-4

By The Associated Press ers had multipoint games
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Da- as the Senators stopped
vid Pastrnak scored three Tampa Bay's 10-game
of Boston's five goals in the streak without a regulation
final 10 minutes for his first loss.
career hat trick, and the One night earlier, the strug-
Bruins stunned the Carolina gling Senators halted Flori-
Hurricanes by rallying for a da's eight-game home win-
6-4 victory Tuesday night. ning streak.
Matt Grzelcyk, Pastrnak Tom Pyatt, Erik Karlsson,
and Danton Heinen scored Ryan Dzingel and Marian
in a span of 77 seconds Gaborik each had a goal
to turn a 4-1 Bruins deficit and an assist for the Sena-
into a 4-all tie. Pastrnak put tors. Magnus Paajarvi also
Boston ahead on a power- scored, and Mike Condon
play goal with 3:30 left and finished with 42 saves
finished off his hat trick with Tampa Bay, sitting atop
an empty-net goal with the NHL standings with 100
1:34 remaining. points, hadn't lost in regula-
Brad Marchand had a tion since Feb. 17. But the
goal and two assists for Lightning's lead over Bos-
the Bruins, who snapped ton in the Atlantic Division
a three-game road losing was trimmed to four points.
streak. Tuukka Rask made The defeat also spoiled the
29 saves. first career hat trick for J.T. Boston Bruins' Sean Kuraly (52) and Noel Acciari (55) struggle for possession of the puck with
Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Tera- Miller, acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Staal, left, and Elias Lindholm, of Sweden, during the second period
vainen and Justin Williams New York Rangers at the of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Associated Press
scored in the second pe- Feb. 26 trade deadline. Ni-
riod for Carolina. Brock Mc- kita Kucherov and Steven a victory over Dallas. behind second-place San after missing a month with
Ginn added a short-hand- Stamkos each had three Brendan Gallagher and Ni- Jose with 12 games remain- a lower-body injury. Smith
ed goal 51 seconds into assists. kita Scherbak also scored ing. was beaten four times on
the third to make it 4-1, but AVALANCHE 5, WILD 1 for the Canadiens, who The Kings had what was first 26 shots in Sunday's 5-2 loss
goalie Cam Ward and the ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Na- hadn't won since March 2. ruled the game-winning to the New York Islanders.
Hurricanes couldn't hold it. than MacKinnon scored his Alex Galchenyuk had two goal 25 seconds into over- Calgary (35-26-10) is two
PREDATORS 3, JETS 1 33rd goal of the season, J.T. assists. time overturned on goal- points behind Colorado
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Compher had his first ca- Antti Niemi made 36 saves tender interference after a and Dallas, who occupy
— Pekka Rinne made 32 reer two-goal game and for his fifth win of the sea- video review. the two wild-card spots in
saves and surging Nashville Colorado dominated Min- son. Niemi hasn't lost in reg- The 21-year-old Hill stopped the Western Conference.
scored two short-handed nesota again. ulation since Feb. 14, going 34 shots and Nick Cousins The Flames are also two
goals in beating Winnipeg Semyon Varlamov made 3-0-3 during that stretch. had a goal and an assist for points back of Los Angeles
to tie for the top spot in the 33 saves for Colorado. Ni- Radek Faksa and Jamie the Coyotes. They played for third place in the Pacific
NHL standings. kita Zadorov and Tyson Benn scored for Dallas. without coach Rick Toc- Division.
Kevin Fiala, Austin Watson Jost also scored for the The Canadiens were at chet, who missed his first Cam Talbot made 31 saves
and Viktor Arvidsson had Avalanche, who have won home for the first time since game while away on a as Edmonton (30-35-4) had
the goals for Nashville, the past three meetings a 1-3-2 trip. leave of absence due to a its three-game winning
which has won 11 of 12. this season by a combined COYOTES 4, KINGS 3, SO family illness. streak snapped.q
The Predators reached 100 score of 19-4. GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Clayton Keller and Christian
points in 69 games, the fast- Colorado has points in 10 Alex Goligoski scored the Dvorak added goals for the
est mark in franchise histo- of its past 11 games (6-1-4) decisive goal in the fifth Coyotes.
ry. The defending Western and is three points behind round of a shootout and Tanner Pearson scored
Conference champions Minnesota for third place Adin Hill earned his first NHL for Los Angeles, and Jack
are even with Eastern Con- in the Central Division. The win for Arizona against Los Campbell made 26 saves
ference-leading Tampa Avalanche pulled into a Angeles. in his second start of the
Bay — and Nashville has tie with Dallas (82 points) Arizona squandered a 3-0 season.
played one fewer game. for the first wild card in the lead as Jeff Carter scored FLAMES 1, OILERS 0
Kyle Connor scored for the Western Conference. two third-period goals for CALGARY, Alberta (AP) —
Jets, losers of three straight. Mikko Koivu scored his 13th the Kings to send the game Mike Smith made 28 saves,
Winnipeg completed a goal of the season for the to overtime. But the last- Johnny Gaudreau scored
six-game road trip and fell Wild, who have lost just place Coyotes rebounded in the second period and
eight points behind the first- three times at home in reg- and improved to 11-3-2 Calgary edged Edmonton
place Predators in the Cen- ulation since Nov. 14. in their last 16 game. They to end a seven-game los-
tral Division. CANADIENS 4, STARS 2 climbed out of the NHL cel- ing streak against its provin-
SENATORS 7, LIGHTNING 4 MONTREAL (AP) — Artturi lar with 57 points, one more cial rival.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mike Lehkonen scored twice than Buffalo. It was a superb bounce-
Hoffman scored two goals and Montreal snapped its Los Angeles, third in the Pa- back performance for
and six other Ottawa play- five-game losing streak with cific Division, is one point Smith in his second game