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SPORTS Wednesday 19 February 2020

Lightning top Avs in OT for franchise-best 11th straight win

By The Associated Press Division.
DENVER (AP) — Nikita Kuch- Dylan Gambrell, Kevin La-
erov stole the puck from banc and Timo Meier each
Nathan MacKinnon and scored and Brent Burns had
scored 3:03 into overtime, two assists for San Jose,
sending the Tampa Bay which had won four of its
Lightning to a franchise- previous five. Aaron Dell
record 11th straight win, had 23 saves.
4-3 over the Colorado Ava- COYOTES 2, ISLANDERS 1
lanche on Monday night. GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) —
Cameron Gaunce and Antti Raanta stopped
Alex Killorn scored 16 sec- 25 shots, Conor Garland
onds apart during the Bolts' scored his team-leading
three-goal second period 20th goal and Arizona beat
before Colorado came New York.
back to force overtime. Raanta was sharp for the
Steven Stamkos also had a second straight game af-
goal for Tampa Bay in the ter a shaky performance
second period that erased against Ottawa. Clayton
a 1-0 deficit, and Bolts goal- Keller scored his first goal in
tender Curtis McElhinney nine games in the first pe-
stopped 24 shots despite riod, and Garland became
getting bowled over by Arizona's first 20-goal scorer
Colorado's J.T. Compher of the season with a one-
midway through the third timer in the third.
period, sparking the first of New York failed on numer-
two brawls in a tense end- ous good chances against
ing. the Coyotes before An-
McElhinney crumpled awk- thony Beauviller scored the
wardly and lay motionless Islanders' first goal in 166
for a moment before ris- Colorado Avalanche goaltender Pavel Francouz reacts after the puck slips by for a goal for Tam- minutes in the third period.
ing slowly. He was visited pa Bay Lightning left wing Alex Killorn in the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Feb. Semyon Varlamov stopped
by a trainer but stayed in 17, 2020, in Denver. 30 shots.q
the game. Compher was Associated Press
called for interference.
Another scuffle broke out cioretty scored his team- T.J. Oshie scored both ers and Devin Shore scored
after Colorado's Nathan high 27th goal and Vegas goals for Washington in the for Anaheim. Ryan Miller
MacKinnon leveled Ondrej beat Washington. third period. Braden Holtby made 37 saves.
Palat cleanly in front of Nick Holden and Reilly Smith made 26 saves. PANTHERS 5, SHARKS 3
Tampa Bay's bench. also scored for the Golden FLAMES 6, DUCKS 4 SAN JOSE,Calif. (AP) — Ev-
The Avalanche dropped Knights, and Marc-Andre CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — genii Dadonov and Mike
their third straight and lost Fleury made 24 saves. Andrew Mangiapane had Hoffman scored, Aaron
forward Mikko Rantanen to Alex Ovechkin remained three goals and an assist, Ekblad had two assists and
a left shoulder injury when stuck on 698 career goals and Calgary rallied past slumping Florida beat San
he was tripped into the after being held without Anaheim. Jose.
boards at full-speed by Erik a point for the fifth con- Matthew Tkachuk had a Colton Sceviour, Anton
Cernak in the second peri- secutive game, his longest goal and an assist for Cal- Stralman and Vincent
od. Rantanen immediately drought of the season. gary, which trailed 3-1 early Trocheck also scored for
left the ice and headed in- It was Vegas' third-straight in the third period. Sam Florida, which had lost six
side before the Bolts killed victory, and it improved to Bennett and Sean Monah- of seven. Sergei Bobrovsky
the power play. 7-3-2 since coach Pete De- an also scored. Cam Talbot stopped 29 shots, and the
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, CAPI- Boer took over for Gerard made 26 stops for Calgary. Panthers moved within two
TALS 2 Gallant, who was fired on Adam Henrique, Jakob Sil- points of idle Toronto for
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Max Pa- Jan. 15. fverberg, Nicolas Deslauri- third place in the Atlantic