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SPORTSFriday 24 November 2017
Josh Anderson scores in OT, Blue Jackets win 5th straight
By The Associated Press Columbus Blue Jackets’ Josh Anderson celebrates his goal against the Calgary Flames during the third-period goals Jan 24
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — overtime period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. The Blue for a 5-2 win in Chicago,
Josh Anderson scored two Jackets beat the Flames 1-0 in overtime. and the Lightning battled
minutes into overtime to back from a 4-1 deficit to
give the Columbus Blue Associated Press win 5-4 in overtime at home
Jackets their fifth straight Mar. 27.
win, 1-0 over the Calgary over struggling Montreal. Benn scored the game’s Point took a pass from Ste- Kunitz tied it 2 just 31 sec-
Flames on Wednesday onds into the third.
night. Pekka Rinne made 27 saves first goal at 12:47 of the ven Stamkos while posi- CAPITALS 5, SENATORS 2
Sergei Bobrovsky had 22 WASHINGTON (AP) —
saves for Columbus in his in regulation and overtime, opening period. Skating tioned near the post and Alex Ovechkin scored his
third shutout this season first goal in seven games,
and 22nd of his career. then denied all three Mon- through the slot, he took a put the winner past Corey Jakub Vrana had two goals
Mike Smith turned away 40 for the first time in his career
shots for Calgary. treal shootout attempts as pass from Charles Hudon Crawford. and the Washington beat
It was the first time this sea- Ottawa.
son that either team ended Nashville won for the eighth and beat Rinne with a wrist Tampa Bay got also goals Ovechkin’s 14th goal came
regulation scoreless. in his first game this season
The Jackets outshot Cal- time in nine games. shot to the stick side. from Ondrej Palat and Chris as linemates with Nicklas
gary 2-1 for much of the Backstrom, who led the
game. Jordie Benn and Joe Mor- Forsberg tied it at 1 with a Kunitz, and Andrei Vasilevs- team in assists last season.
The Flames, however, dom- Backstrom assisted on the
inated puck possession in row scored for the Cana- second remaining in the kiy made 29 saves. Ryan play.
the first 90 seconds of over- Evgeny Kuznetsov added
time before the Jackets diens, who have lost their first. Callahan had two assists. a goal and two assists, and
pushed into the offensive Alex Chiasson had a goal
zone. last five. Morrow’s goal LIGHTNING 3, BLACKHAWKS Patrick Kane scored twice and an assist for the Capi-
Calgary’s T.J. Brodie sought tals, who have earned at
to set up play from behind evened the score with less 2, OT and Crawford stopped 35 least a point against the
his own net, but the puck Senators in nine consecu-
rolled off onto the stick of than a minute left in the TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden shots for the Blackhawks, tive meetings. Braden Holt-
Nick Foligno, who sent it by made 29 saves to help
to Anderson for the game- third period. Point scored a power-play who blew leads in losing Washington avoid its first set
winner. of back-to-back home loss-
PREDATORS 3, CANADIENS In the tiebreaker, Turris beat goal 3:25 into overtime, both games between the es this season. Ryan Dzingle
2, SO scored on a second-period
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fil- Antti Niemi with a wrist shot and Tampa Bay rallied teams last season. power play for Ottawa be-
ip Forsberg scored a pair of fore the Senators failed to
power-play goals and Kyle between the pads. again to beat Chicago. Tampa Bay scored four capitalize later in the peri-
Turris had the only goal in a od on a 5-on-3 advantage
shootout to lead Nashville that lasted 76 seconds.q
Study to look at long-term
health risks of playing soccer
Basel’s Eder Balanta up, fights for the ball against Manches- LONDON (AP) — A major term health of former foot- The issue regarding a po-
ter United’s Marouane Fellaini, during the Champions League study into whether soccer ballers,” FA chief executive tential threat of long-term
Group A soccer match between Switzerland’s FC Basel 1893 players are at risk of degen- Martin Glenn said. brain damage to former
and England’s Manchester United at the St. Jakob-Park stadium erative brain disease was “Dementia can have a players was given a big-
in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. commissioned on Thursday devastating effect and, ger profile this month when
amid concerns that the as the governing body of former England captain
Associated Press sport’s authorities in Eng- English football, we felt Alan Shearer fronted a BBC
land haven’t done enough compelled to commission documentary, in which he
to tackle the issue. a significant new study in expressed concerns about
The Football Association order to fully understand if the effects of heading a
and Professional Foot- there are any potential risks ball during his career.
ballers’ Association ap- associated with playing the The FA has been criticized
pointed an independent game.” for its apparent lack of in-
research team, based in Researchers will address terest into understanding
Scotland, to undertake a the question: “Is the inci- whether heading a foot-
study entitled “Football’s In- dence of degenerative ball is linked to demen-
fluence on Lifelong Health neurocognitive disease tia. Among those wanting
and Dementia Risk” from more common in ex-pro- more research undertaken
January 2018. fessional footballers than in is the family of ex-England
“This new research will be the normal population?” and West Bromwich Albion
one of the most compre- The study should produce striker Jeff Astle, who died
hensive studies ever com- initial results within the next in 2002 from brain injuries.q
missioned into the long- two to three years.
