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Tuesday 8 December 2015

NHL Roundup

Rangers beat Senators to go top of Metro division

NEW YORK (AP) — The New Los Angeles Kings left wing Tanner Pearson, right, tries to score on Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop during the third period
York Rangers returned to of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, in Los Angeles. The Kings won 3-1.
the top of the NHL Metro-
politan Division with a 4-1 (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
win against Ottawa on
Sunday, with Derick Bras- Portland wins MLS Cup, beating Columbus 2-1
sard scoring twice.
The Rangers moved a point CRAIG MERZ tle, Columbus midfielder Darlington Nagbe kept go- a shot hit the post and
above Washington, but Associated Press Wil Trapp sent a back pass ing with the ball and sent a crossbar then the arm of
the Capitals have three COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — to goalkeeper Steve Clark, pass wide to Lucas Melano, Crew defender Michael
games in hand. Diego Valeri scored at the who tried to move the ball who found Wallace for the Parkhurst.
Another divisional leader, 27-second mark for the from his right foot to the left header. Even though Portland has
Los Angeles, fastest goal in MLS Cup his- for a clearance. But Clark Kamara, who tied for the been in MLS since 2011, the
boosted its lead in the Pa- tory and the Portland Tim- didn’t see Valeri closing MLS regular-season lead Timbers as a brand have
cific with a 3-1 win against bers won the league title and the midfielder poked with 22 goals, got his fourth been in existence for 40
Tampa Bay, while New Jer- for the first time, beating the ball away from him and in five playoff games with years back to the North
sey ended Florida’s road the Columbus Crew 2-1 on into the goal. the aid of a poor punch by American Soccer League.
winning streak. Sunday. The Crew had barely re- Timbers goalkeeper Adam The last time the Timbers
New York goaltender Rodney Wallace made it covered when a mental Larsen Kwarasey. played for a championship
Henrik Lundqvist stopped 2-0 in the seventh minute, gaffe gave Portland a con- Kwarasey was bumped by was a loss to the Tampa
23 shots while Ryan Mc- and the Crew’s Kei Kama- troversial second goal. Kamara and the ball spilled Bay Rowdies in the 1975
Donagh and Jesper Fast ra scored in the 18th off a Crew midfielder Tony in front of the goal. Diego NASL Cup.
scored for the Rangers. scramble in front of the Tchani and several team- Chara cleared the ball to Columbus is founding
Marc Methot scored for goal. mates stopped playing Crew midfielder Federico member (1996) of MLS. It
Ottawa. But the early deficit was when the ball rolled several Higuain and he fed Kama- won its only championship
Los Angeles extended its too much for Columbus to feet over the right bound- ra for the score. in 2008, beating the New
home winning streak to six overcome. ary. Instead of a stoppage Portland almost doubled York Red Bulls 3-1 in Carson,
by beating Tampa Bay 3-1. Just after the opening whis- for a throw-in, Portland’s the lead in the 61st, but Calif.q
Andy Andreoff, Brayden
McNabb and Milan Lucic
scored for the Kings.
Brian Boyle scored for Tam-
pa Bay,
which started with back-
up goalie Andrei Vasilevs-
kiy, with first-choice Ben
Bishop suffereing a poke
in the eye by a stick in the
previous game, but he lat-
er came off the bench.
New Jersey’s Lee Stemp-
niak and Kyle Palmieri
scored first-period goals
to set up a 4-2 win against
Florida.
Cory Schneider made 34
saves while Adam Hen-
rique and Mike Cammalleri
also scored for the Devils,
who had lost their previous
four home games.
Aaron Ekblad and Huber-
deau scored for the Pan-
thers,
who had won five straight
overall and a club record-
tying five in a row on the
road.q