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SPORTS A19
Friday 1 April 2016
Cousins, Gagner lift Flyers
to 2-1 SO win over Capitals
The Associated Press with a thumping of the Cal-
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick
Cousins and Sam Gagner gary Flames.
scored in the shootout after
Brayden Schenn tied the Corey Perry, Brandon Pir-
game late in the third pe-
riod of regulation to lift the ri, Jamie McGinn, Nate
Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1
victory over the Washing- Thompson and rookie Shea
ton Capitals on Wednes-
day night. Theodore also scored,
The win propelled the Flyers
out of a tie with Detroit for helping the Ducks take
the final playoff spot in the
Eastern Conference. over first place in the Pa-
Alex Ovechkin scored in
regulation for Washing- cific Division with their 23rd
ton (54-16-6), which was
seeking a franchise record in a row over the Flames at
for victories after already
clinching home-ice advan- Honda Center.
tage throughout the play-
offs with the league’s best The Philadelphia Flyers
regular-season record.
Steve Mason made 29 won 23 straight over the
saves in regulation and
overtime for the Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins at the
stopped T.J. Oshie and
Evgeny Kuznetsov in the Spectrum from 1980-87.
shootout.
DUCKS 8, FLAMES 3 The Flames
ANAHEIM, California (AP)
— Jakob Silfverberg scored haven’t won in Anaheim
twice while Ryan Kesler
had a goal and three as- since Jan. 19, 2004, when
sists as the Anaheim Ducks
tied an NHL record for con- Roman Turek made 36
secutive regular-season
home wins over one team saves in a 5-1 victory and
the head coaches were
Darryl Sutter and Mike Bab-
cock.
The Ducks, vying for their
fourth straight division title,
are a point ahead of the
Los Angeles Kings with six
games left on the sched-
ule.
SENATORS 2, JETS 1 Philadelphia Flyers’ Nick Cousins, center, is sent flying after a hit from Washington Capitals’ Tom
Wilson, right, in front of goalie Braden Holtby during the second period of an NHL hockey game,
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Philadelphia.
— Alex Chiasson and Zack Associated Press
Smith scored as the Ot- sixth win of the season as at 6:55 of the third period, in front of the Jets’ net. Chi-
Ottawa improved to 6-0-1 but Chiasson put Ottawa asson quickly jumped on
tawa Senators end a four- in its last seven against the back in front less than two it and slapped it in for his
Jets. minutes later. A deflected eighth of the season.
game road losing streak Mark Scheifele scored the pass went off Scheifele’s Michael Hutchinson finished
tying goal for Winnipeg skate, leaving a loose puck with 18 saves for Winnipeg.
with victory over the Win-
nipeg Jets.
Andrew Hammond
stopped 20 shots for his
