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SPORTS Saturday 14 OctOber 2017

Stamkos scores 1st goal since surgery as Lightning edge Pens

By The Associated Press help the Wild (1-1-1) hand
TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Ste- Chicago (3-1-1) its first reg-
ven Stamkos scored his ulation loss.
first goal since having right Stewart tapped Zucker’s
knee surgery in November feed past Corey Crawford
and the Tampa Bay Light- from the doorstep at 9:28
ning beat the Pittsburgh of the third to give Minne-
Penguins 5-4 on Thursday sota a 2-1 lead. Stewart
night. and Zucker broke in 2-on-1
Stamkos made it 3-1 with a against Duncan Keith after
power-play goal at 3:49 of fellow defenseman Brent
the second period from the Seabrook fell down. The
low left circle. The Lightning goal withstood a review
star previously scored Nov. after the Blackhawks chal-
15 at Detroit, the same lenged Zucker was offside.
game that he had a sea- Zucker added a power-
son-ending lateral menis- play goal with 7:31 to go on
cus tear in the knee. Stam- the delay-of-game penalty
kos entered with five assists that resulted from the failed
in three games this season. Chicago challenge. He
Stamkos also tied Vincent banged the puck in from
Lecavalier for the Lightning behind the net off Craw-
team record with 112 pow- ford’s skate. Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos (91) is swarmed by teammates after scoring against
er-play goals, Stewart scored into an the Pittsburgh Penguins during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017,
Slater Koekkoek got his first empty net with 4:04 re- in Tampa, Fla.
two NHL goals, and Victor maining to make it 4-1. Mik- Associated Press
Hedman and Nikita Kuch- ko Koivu added another for St. Louis. Jake Allen assisting on both. season.
erov also scored for the empty-netter with 2:01 left. stopped 33 shots in the Tomas Hertl and Chris Tier-
Lightning. Eric Staal also scored for Blues’ first loss in five games PREDATORS 4, STARS 1 ney also scored for the
Alex Killorn had four as- Minnesota. this season. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sharks, and Martin Jones
sists, and Andrei Vasilevskiy Ryan Hartman and Jona- Samuel Girard scored his made 23 saves.
made 36 saves. than Toews scored for Chi- RED WINGS 4, COYOTES 2 first NHL goal and had an Jason Pominville scored
Jake Guentzel, Conor cago. GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — assist to lead Nashville past twice for Buffalo. The Sa-
Sheary, Bryan Rust and Matt Luke Glendening broke Dallas. bres are 0-2-1 to begin
Hunwick scored for two- PANTHERS 5, BLUES 2 a tie with a short-handed The 19-year-old Girard was coach Phil Housley’s first
time defending Stanley SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Rober- goal with 3:24 left and De- playing his second NHL season.
Cup champion Pittsburgh. to Luongo moved into a tie troit beat winless Arizona. game.
Antti Niemi, who allowed for fourth on the NHL career Dylan Larkin got the assist Filip Forsberg and P.K. Sub- JETS 4, CANUCKS 2
four goals on 13 shots over victory list with 454, mak- on Glendening’s goal, his ban also had a goal and VANCOUVER, British Co-
9:16 against Chicago on ing 37 saves to help Florida second of the night, after an assist, and Viktor Arvids- lumbia (AP) — Patrik Laine
Oct. 5 in his Penguins de- beat St. Louis. Red Wings goalie Jimmy son scored for the Preda- and Tyler Myers scored 3:13
but, stopped 29 shots. The 38-year-old Luongo is Howard made a flexible tors. Pekka Rinne made 30 apart late in the second
tied with Curtis Joseph on save at the other end. How- saves. period to help Winnipeg
WILD 5, BLACKHAWKS 2 the career list. ard finished with 33 saves. Jamie Benn had Dallas’ beat Vancouver.
CHICAGO (AP) — Chris Vincent Trocheck scored Frans Nielsen sent in a long lone goal. The Stars have Josh Morrissey and Nikolaj
Stewart broke a tie mid- the go-ahead goal, Ian empty-net goal with 1:34 to lost three of four to open Ehlers, into an empty net,
way through the third pe- McCoshen had his first NHL go to seal Detroit’s third vic- the season. also scored.
riod with the first of his two goal, and Jared McCann, tory of the season. Connor Hellebuyck made
goals and Minnesota beat Aaron Ekblad and Nick The Coyotes have one SHARKS 3, SABRES 2 31 saves, and Bryan Little
Chicago for its first victory Bjugstad also connected point through four games. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — had two assists.
of the season. for Florida. Martin Frk and Henrik Zetter- Timo Meier scored late in Daniel Sedin and Christo-
Jason Zucker had a goal Paul Stastny and Vince berg also scored for Detroit. the second period, lifting pher Tanev scored for Van-
and an assist, and Devan Dunn — also with his first Clayton Keller scored twice San Jose past Buffalo for couver, and Jacob Mark-
Dubnyk made 36 saves to career goal — countered for Arizona, with Max Domi the Sharks’ first win of the strom stopped 16 shots.q