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Wednesday 14 March 2018
Ovechkin reaches 600 goals as Capitals beat Jets 3-2

By The Associated Press berto Luongo allowed five
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex goals on 25 shots.
Ovechkin scored twice to The Panthers are three
reach 600 goals and Evge- points behind New Jersey
ny Kuznetsov had the over- for the final playoff spot in
time winner as the Wash- the Eastern Conference.
ington Capitals returned to SHARKS 5, RED WINGS 3
first place by beating the SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) —
Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Mon- Eric Fehr scored his first
day. goal with San Jose and the
Ovechkin scored in each Sharks closed a six-game
of the first two periods to homestand by handing
get to 42 this season. Detroit its seventh straight
The Russian winger be- loss.
came the 20th player and Joonas Donskoi, Kevin La-
fourth-fastest in NHL history banc and Timo Meier also
to 600 goals and is on pace scored to help the Sharks
to lead the league in goals win for the fourth time on
for the seventh time. the homestand and re-
Kuznetsov made it a night main in second place in
of celebration for Washing- the Pacific Division.
ton by scoring on a break- Chris Tierney added an
away 4:11 into overtime. Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) watches his shot get past Winnipeg Jets goal- empty-net goal to seal it.
Jets winger Patrik Laine tender Connor Hellebuyck (37) for a goal in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Mon- Martin Jones made 23
scored his 16th in the past day, March 12, 2018, in Washington. It was Ovechkin's 600th career goal. saves for San Jose.
12 games to get to 41 Associated Press Henrik Zetterberg, Trevor
goals this season. Nikolaj GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, FLYERS Vegas with 2:40 left. ber. Daley and Gustav Nyquist
Ehlers also scored a 4-on-4 2 Erik Haula and William Karls- RANGERS 6, HURRICANES 3 scored for the Red Wings,
goal for Winnipeg, which PHILADELPHIA (AP) — son also scored for the Pa- NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy who matched their longest
got 40 saves from Connor Marc-Andre Fleury made cific Division leaders, who Vesey scored three times, losing streak of the season.
Hellebuyck. 38 saves to become the completed a 4-1 road trip. Mats Zuccarello had two Jimmy Howard stopped 29
Capitals goaltender Philipp 13th goalie in NHL his- Fleury, who earned his first goals and the Rangers shots.
Grubauer stopped 26 shots tory with 400 career victo- NHL win on Oct. 18, 2003, stopped a three-game KINGS 3, CANUCKS 0
in his third consecutive ries, and Ryan Carpenter became the third active slide. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jona-
start. scored the winning goal for goalie to reach the mile- Vladislav Namestnikov than Quick made 35 saves
stone, joining Roberto Lu- also scored for the Rang- for his fourth shutout of the
ongo and Henrik Lundqvist. ers, who earned their first season and Los Angeles
Claude Giroux and Wayne home win since Feb. 9. moved back into playoff
Simmonds scored for the Pavel Buchnevich and position with a win over
Flyers, who have lost six of Mika Zibanejad each had Vancouver.
seven. three assists. Tyler Toffoli, Anze Kopitar
BLUE JACKETS 5, CANA- Backup goalie Alexandar and Tanner Pearson scored
DIENS 2 Georgiev made 41 saves for the Kings, who jumped
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — for his second win of the into third place in the Pa-
Seth Jones was the driving season. Teuvo Teravainen, cific Division with their fifth
force behind two power- Lee Stempniak and Victor victory in seven games.
play goals in the first pe- Rask scored for the Hurri- Los Angeles is one point
riod, helping the Blue Jack- canes. Scott Darling, who ahead of Anaheim in the
ets to their fifth consecutive has struggled in his first sea- division standings.
In this Sept. 10, 1993, file photo, Ken Flach, left, of Alpharetta, victory. son with Carolina, made 17 Anders Nilsson made 30
Ga., and Rick Leach, right, of Laguna Beach, Calif., check out Alexander Wennberg had stops. saves for the Canucks, who
the winner’s trophy after taking the U.S. Open men’s doubles title a goal and three assists for SENATORS 5, PANTHERS 3 were shut out for the sec-
in New York. Columbus, and Nick Folig- SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matt ond consecutive game.
Associated Press no, Boone Jenner and Ian Duchene scored twice, in- Vancouver has scored
Ken Flach, owner of 6 Grand Cole also scored. cluding the go-ahead goal three goals during a four-
with three minutes left, and
Behind a run of eight wins
game losing streak.
Slam doubles titles, dead at 54 in 11 games overall, the Ottawa got the road win. BLUES 4, DUCKS 2
Blue Jackets moved past Magnus Paajarvi also had ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) —
By The Associated Press Flach’s widow, Christina, idle New Jersey into the two goals for Ottawa, Ivan Barbashev had a goal
Ken Flach, who won four wrote that he “passed first wild-card position in and Jean-Gabriel Pageau and an assist to help St.
Grand Slam titles in men’s away after fighting pneu- the Eastern Conference. added one late. Louis beat Anaheim.
doubles and two in mixed monia.” Columbus also pulled with- Craig Anderson made 35 Robert Bortuzzo, Vladimir
doubles, has died, accord- “Ken was taken far too in two points of third-place saves, and Erik Karlsson Sobotka and Patrik Ber-
ing to the ATP World Tour soon and his sudden pass- Philadelphia in the Metro- and Mike Hoffman each glund also scored for the
and International Tennis ing comes as a real shock politan Division. Brendan added two assists. Blues, who have won con-
Federation. He was 54. to everyone in tennis,” ATP Gallagher and Jonathan Jonathan Huberdeau, secutive games after los-
The ATP World Tour an- President Chris Kermode Drouin scored for banged- Mike Matheson and Ev- ing nine of 10. They are
nounced Tuesday that said, adding that Flach up Montreal, which has genii Dadonov scored for one point behind Anaheim
Flach died Monday night “will be remembered as lost five straight. The Cana- the Panthers, who had and Colorado for the final
in California after a brief ill- one of the great U.S. dou- diens have been playing won eight straight home playoff spot in a crowd-
ness. bles players in the history of without Carey Price, Max games. Vincent Trocheck ed Western Conference
In a posting on Facebook, our sport.”q Pacioretty and Shea We- had two assists, but Ro- race.q