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Tuesday 12 November 2019
Devils strike fast, hold off Canucks 2-1

By The Associated Press cago struck early and then
VANCOUVER, British Co- held off Toronto.
lumbia (AP) — Wayne Sim- Jonathan Toews, rookie
monds and Jesper Bratt Kirby Dach and Brandon
scored 22 seconds apart in Saad also scored for the
the first period and Mack- Blackhawks. Alex DeBrincat
enzie Blackwood made had three assists and Dylan
30 saves in the New Jersey Strome added two.
Devils' 2-1 victory over the William Nylander scored
Vancouver Canucks on twice for the Maple Leafs,
Sunday. and John Tavares and An-
Brock Boeser had a power- dreas Johnsson added
play goal for Vancouver. power-play goals in the
The Canucks are 0-3-1 in third as Toronto stormed
their last four games. back with 26 shots in the
Simmonds opened the final period. Auston Mat-
scoring on a power play thews had four assists for
with 8:12 left in the first pe- Toronto, which was 3-0-2 in
riod. Taylor Hall sent a pass its last five and lost in regu-
into the Canucks' zone that lation for the first time in two
Kyle Palmieri directed to weeks.
Simmonds. He put it past Toronto backup Michael
goalie Jacob Markstrom New Jersey Devils' Kyle Palmieri, left, crashes into Vancouver Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom, Hutchinson stopped 29
for the Devils' second road of Sweden, as New Jersey's Wayne Simmonds, back right, scores during the first period of an NHL shots and remained winless
power-play goal of the hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. at 0-4-1.
season. Associated Press FLYERS 3, BRUINS 2, SO
Bratt quickly made it 2-0 at BOSTON (AP) — Joel Fara-
12:10 when he deflected seconds left to give Detroit NEW YORK (AP) — Vin- Winnipeg past Dalla. bee scored in the shootout
Damon Severson's point the comeback victory over cent Trocheck scored the Scheifele went in on a 2-on- to lead Philadelphia to its
shot. Vegas. shootout winner for Florida 1 with Kyle Connor, kept fourth straight win.
Boeser scored with 7:20 left Mantha broke in alone off against New York. the puck and beat Anton Travis Konecny had a goal
in the second. He took J.T. the right wing after taking Frank Vatrano scored in Khudobin with a low shot and an assist, and Phillipe
Miller's pass, used his speed a pass off the boards from regulation and converted for his seventh goal. Myers also scored in regu-
to skate into the Devil's Robby Fabbri, then beat in the shootout for the Pan- Patrik Laine snapped a 10- lation for the Flyers. Carter
zone, then beat Black- goalie Malcolm Subban thers. Evgenii Dadonov had game scoring drought with Hart finished with 26 saves.
wood with a low shot to the with a wrist shot from the a goal and two assists, Alek- a power-play goal and Danton Heinen and Brad
far corner. right circle. Mantha has 11 sander Barkov had a goal Andrew Copp also scored Marchand each had a
It was the second head- goals this season. and a helper and Dominic for the Jets. Connor Hel- goal and Jaroslav Halak
to-head brother clash be- Andreas Athanasiou and Toninato and Brian Boyle lebuyck made 26 saves to stopped 27 shots for the
tween Vancouver's Quinn defenseman Madison Bow- also scored. Sam Montem- help Winnipeg improve to Bruins, who lost their third
Hughes, the 20-year-old ey also scored and Jona- beault made 34 saves. 4-0-1 in its last five. straight (0-2-1) after six-
defenseman picked sev- than Bernier made 17 saves Kaapo Kakko scored the Mattias Janmark and game win streak.
enth overall in the 2018 to help the Red Wings lone shootout goal and Radek Faksa scored for Farabee, who played at
draft, and Jack Hughes, the win their second straight had a power-play goal for Dallas in the opener of a nearby Boston University,
18-year-old center picked games. New York. Ryan Lindgren, four-game trip. The Stars beat Halak high glove-side
No. 1 by the Devils this year. Jonathan Marchessault Filip Chytil, Brady Skjei and had won four in a row. on the Flyers' first shootout
Quinn Hughes assisted on and Max Pacioretty scored Chris Kreider also scored for BLACKHAWKS 5, MAPLE attempt.
Boeser's goal. for Vegas and Subban the Rangers. LEAFS 4 Hart stopped all three tries
RED WINGS 3, GOLDEN stopped 16 shots. The Gold- JETS 3, STARS 2, OT CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick by the Bruins, poke-check-
KNIGHTS 2 en Knights are 1-2-3 in their WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) Kane had two goals and ing away David Pastrnak's
DETROIT (AP) — Anthony last six. — Mark Scheifele scored 21 an assist, Robin Lehner attempt to seal Philadel-
Mantha scored with 30.9 PANTHERS 6, RANGERS 5, SO seconds into overtime to lift made 53 saves and Chi- phia's win.q

Coyotes sign GM John Chayka to long-term extension

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — tract extension. ager, analytics after co- finishing four points out of building our franchise and
John Chayka arrived in "I think the key thing is founding the hockey ana- the final Western Confer- transforming the Coyotes
the desert with an analyt- we're on the right track. lytics firm Stathletes. ence playoff spot. With an into a contender," Coy-
ics background and made We've had a solid process Chayka was elevated to added scoring boost to go otes owner Alex Meruelo
a big splash when, at 26, and that's always the main GM when Don Maloney with its staunch defense, said in a statement. "I am
he became the youngest thing," Chayka said. "Obvi- was fired in 2016. He began Arizona has opened this fully confident that John is
general manager in North ously, you're never satisfied rebuilding Arizona's roster in season 9-6-2, right in the the right person to lead us
American sports history. until you reach your goals. hopes of revitalizing a fran- thick of the Western Con- moving forward and help
As Chayka started to re- We want to win a cham- chise that was among the ference race. us bring the Stanley Cup to
build the Arizona Coyotes pionship here, but it starts NHL's worst in both atten- "John is one of the brightest Arizona."
into playoff contenders, with making the playoffs dance and wins. and hardest-working gen- Chayka has been praised
the recognition grew. and getting your foot in the The Coyotes struggled with eral managers in the en- for revamping a team that
On Monday, the Coyotes door." injuries early in Chayka's tire NHL and over the past had been one of the NHL's
rewarded Chayka, signing Chayka was hired in 2015 tenure, but were in postsea- four seasons, he has done best defensively and worst
him to a long-term con- as assistant general man- son contention a year ago, an excellent job of re- offensively.q