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Saturday 24 March 2018
Anze Kopitar scores 4 goals,
Kings beat Avalanche 7-1
By The Associated Press of first-place Vegas with went the other way on a Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar, front, scores a goal past
DENVER (AP) — Anze Kopi- eight games remaining in two-man breakaway, and Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov in the first
tar became the first Kings the regular season. San Connolly beat Jimmy How- period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, March 22, 2018, in
player with a four-goal Jose also opened a four- ard with a wrist shot to the Denver.
game since 1993, Jona- point lead over third-place glove side.
than Quick stopped 29 Los Angeles in the Pacific MAPLE LEAFS 5, PREDATORS Associated Press
shots and Los Angeles beat Division with a game in 2
the Colorado Avalanche hand as the Sharks close NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
7-1 on Thursday night. in on home-ice advan- Auston Matthews had a
Kopitar was so efficient tage in the first round of goal in his return from a
that he picked up his fourth the playoffs. Tomas Tatar shoulder injury that side-
career hat trick with 7:33 scored the lone goal for lined him for 10 games and
remaining in the second the Golden Knights, who Toronto beat Nashville.
period. He added anoth- were kept in the game by The Predators had been
er goal early in the third. a sterling performance by 14-0-1 since their previous
This was the first four-goal goalie Malcolm Subban. regulation loss on Feb. 17.
game by a Kings player He stopped 42 shots but it James van Riemsdyk and
since Luc Robitaille on Nov. wasn't enough for Vegas to Mitchell Marner each had
25, 1993, at Quebec. To- come up with the win. a goal and an assist, and
bias Rieder had two goals BLUE JACKETS 4, PANTHERS William Nylander and Jake
and Jake Muzzin scored his 0 Gardiner also scored for
first goal since Feb. 3. Los COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Toronto. The Maple Leafs
Angeles improved to 6-0-2 Sergei Bobrovsky stopped have won five of six.
in its last eight roads games 33 shots for his fifth shutout Morgan Rielly had three
and passed Anaheim for of the season, Cam At- assists for the Maple Leafs,
the third spot in the Pacific kinson had a goal and an and Tyler Bozak had two.
Division. Mikko Rantanen assist, and Columbus beat Frederik Andersen stopped
scored for Colorado. Florida for its 10th straight 23 shots. Viktor Arvidsson
LIGHTNING 7, ISLANDERS 6 victory. and Scott Hartnell scored
NEW YORK (AP) — J.T. Mill- Sonny Milano, Seth Jones for Nashville.
er scored twice, Brayden and Thomas Vanek also HURRICANES 6, COYOTES 5
Point had a goal and two scored. The Blue Jackets RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jeff
assists, and high-scoring joined Philadelphia (1984- Skinner scored his second
Tampa Bay held off New 86) and Pittsburgh (2010- goal with 1:58 left, and
York. Anthony Cirelli, Mikhail 13) as the only teams with Carolina beat Arizonade-
Sergachev and Victor Hed- 10-game winning streaks in spite giving up a weird goal
man each added a goal consecutive seasons. when the puck stuck in
and an assist, Tyler Johnson CAPITALS 1, RED WINGS 0 goalie Cam Ward's skate.
also scored, and Braydon DETROIT (AP) — Philipp Skinner added an assist,
Coburn and Yanni Gourde Grubauer made 39 saves and Valentin Zykov scored
each had two assists. for his third shutout of the two goals, the second ty-
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped season, and Brett Connolly ing it at 5 with 10:14 re-
35 shots for his NHL-lead- scored on a third-period maining. Phil Di Giuseppe
ing 42nd victory, extend- breakaway to lift Washing- had a goal and two assists,
ing Tampa Bay's franchise ton past Detroit Red. and Jaccob Slavin had
record. The Lightning im- The Capitals have won six three assists. Teuvo Tera-
proved to 12-2-1 in their last of seven and lead Pitts- vainen also scored, and
15 games, extending their burgh and Columbus by Ward made 28 saves. Alex
Eastern Conference and four points atop the Metro- Goligoski scored twice, in-
Atlantic Division leads to six politan Division as the reg- cluding arguably the most
points over idle Boston. ular season winds down. bizarre goal of the season
Anders Lee, Ryan Pulock Washington has turned in- when Ward unknowingly
and Anthony Beauvillier creasingly to Grubauer of skated across the red line
each scored twice for the late after Braden Holtby with the puck lodged in his
Islanders. They lost for the struggled in February and right skate.
12th time in 14 games (2-8- at the beginning of March. Rookie Clayton Keller had
4). Holtby wasn't available a goal and an assist, Josh
SHARKS 2, GOLDEN KNIGHTS Thursday because of an Archibald and Nick Cous-
1, OT injury coach Barry Trotz de- ins also scored and Darcy
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — scribed as a tweak. Kuemper stopped 24 shots
Logan Couture scored 39 The Capitals took the lead for Arizona.
seconds into overtime to with 13:19 remaining in OILERS 6, SENATORS 2
send San Jose to its season- the game after Detroit OTTAWA, Ontario (AP)
high sixth straight victory. defenseman Xavier Ouel- — Connor McDavid had
Brent Burns also scored let couldn't control the two goals and two assists
and Martin Jones made puck near Washington's and Edmonton eliminat-
24 saves to help the Sharks blue line. Connolly and ed Ottawa from playoff
move within seven points teammate Jakub Vrana contention.q
