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LA Galaxy's Sebastian Lletget (17) kicks in a goal against
Minnesota United goalie Vito Mannone (1) and Minnesota
United defender Ike Opara (3) during the second half of the
MLS first-round playoff soccer match, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019,
in St. Paul, Minn. The Galaxy won 2-1.
Associated Press

Galaxy beat Minnesota
Minnesota Wild's Zach Parise controls the puck against Montreal Canadiens' Paul Byron in the first
period of an NHL hockey game Sunday Oct. 20, 2019, in St. Paul, Minn. Associated Press United 2-1, move
Wild win for 2nd time this on to face LAFC

season, beat Canadiens 4-3 By DAVE CAMPBELL
AP Sports Writer
By The Associated Press cago for its third straight win. Wilson beat ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The latest edition of "El Trafico"
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Zach Parise scored Corey Crawford from the right edge of the will take place in the MLS playoffs, with the pair of
the go-ahead goal midway through the crease with his third goal after he was left powerhouse Los Angeles teams set to stage their big-
third period and the Minnesota Wild won open and took a cross-ice pass from Carl gest matchup yet.
their second game of the season, beating Hagelin to put Washington ahead 4-3. Lars Sebastian Lletget and Jonathan dos Santos scored
the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Sunday. Eller added an empty-netter from his own four minutes apart midway through the second half,
Jason Zucker, Marcus Foligno and Brad zone with 49.3 seconds remaining. leading the Los Angeles Galaxy to a 2-1 victory over
Hunt also scored for Minnesota, which T.J. Oshie, Nic Dowd and Alex Ovechkin Minnesota in the first round of the MLS playoffs Sun-
matched its highest goal total through also scored for the Capitals, who got 41 day night to spoil United's postseason debut.
eight games this season. The Wild also saves from Braden Holtby. Hagelin had Jan Gregus gave the Loons life with his goal in the
scored four goals in a 7-4 home loss to two assists. 87th minute, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the Galaxy
Pittsburgh. Drake Caggiula, Dominik Kubalik and Pat- hung on to advance to face top seed Los Angeles
Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves and earned rick Kane scored for the Blackhawks, who FC on Thursday in the Western Conference semifinals
his first win of the season. rallied to tie it at 3 midway through the and set up another "El Trafico" derby between the
Phillip Danault scored twice and Tomas third. Alexander Nylander had two assists Southern California rivals.
Tatar added a goal for the Canadiens. and Corey Crawford blocked 25 shots as "I think everybody is excited for this game," Ibrahimov-
Keith Kinkaid stopped 29 shots in his sec- Chicago's two-game winning streak end- ic said. "I think everybody wanted this game.
ond game of the season. ed. The Galaxy are 2-0-3 against LAFC, which joined MLS
Parise took a perfect pass from Zucker JETS 1, OILERS 0, SO in 2018 and set the league record this year with 72
through traffic and sent a shot that beat WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Kyle Connor points by going 21-4-9 in the regular season.
Kinkaid and gave the Wild a 4-3 lead. The and Patrik Laine scored in the shootout "It'll be a special day," Lletget said.
score came just over four minutes after and Winnipeg snapped a three-game los- In front of a frenzied crowd that filled up Allianz Field,
Hunt tied the game on the power play. ing skid. the new-in-2019 stadium for the third-year MLS fran-
The teams squared off for the second time Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves and re- chise, Minnesota had the fans roaring and groaning
in a four-day span. The host Canadiens corded his first shutout of the season. throughout the first half while largely owning the at-
won the previous meeting 4-0. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor Mc- tack. Robin Lod had three prime chances, including
CANUCKS 3, RANGERS 2 David were stopped in the shootout. a one-timer from the middle he sent sailing over the
NEW YORK (AP) — Brock Boeser and Jay Mike Smith made 23 saves for the Oilers, net.
Beagle scored late in a three-goal first pe- who had their two-game winning streak All those missed scoring opportunities came back to
riod and Vancouver held on to beat New snapped. haunt the Loons, when Ibrahimovic's close-range shot
York. FLAMES 2, DUCKS 1 was blocked by Michael Boxall, and Lletget knocked
Bo Horvat also scored and Elias Petters- ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mikael Backlund in the rebound in the 71st minute. Then in the 75th
son had two assists for Vancouver, which scored with 11:03 left, Cam Talbot made minute, dos Santos let one fly for the lower right cor-
bounced back from a 1-0 loss at New Jer- 29 saves and Calgary rallied to beat Ana- ner that was out of a diving goalkeeper Vito Man-
sey on Saturday to win for the fifth time in heim. none's reach. The 6-foot-5 Ibrahimovic leaped to
six games. Jacob Markstrom stopped 38 Backlund got a pass from Matthew Tka- grab the crossbar and briefly swung back and forth
shots to win his third straight start after los- chuk on a 2-on-1 rush after a neutral zone to celebrate what turned out to be the winning goal.
ing his first two. turnover and beat goaltender John Gib- The fourth-seeded Loons were the only home team
Jesper Fast had a goal and an assist, and son with a snap shot from the right faceoff to lose in the first round. The five-time MLS champi-
Artemi Panarin also scored for New York, circle. It was his second goal in two games. on Galaxy, returning to the playoffs after a two-year
which has lost four straight. Henrik Lun- Michael Stone also scored for the Flames, absence, were a tough draw despite their up-and-
dqvist finished with 40 saves. who snapped a three-game road losing down regular season.
CAPITALS 5, BLACKHAWKS 3 streak. "This game was the most difficult game we played
CHICAGO (AP) — Tom Wilson broke a tie Jakob Silfverberg scored for Anaheim, this season," Ibrahimovic said. "They were good. They
with 8:13 left and Washington rebounded which lost for the first time in five home were confident. You could see that in their game."q
after blowing a two-goal lead to beat Chi- games. Gibson made 27 saves.q