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SPORTSFriday 8 April 2016

Detroit shuts out Flyers 3-0 as playoff race winds down

The Associated Press Detroit Red Wings center Andreas Athanasiou reacts after scoring on Philadelphia Flyers goalie Steve Mason during the second
DETROIT (AP) — Jimmy How- period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Detroit.
ard made 30 saves, Darren
Helm, Andreas Athanasiou Associated Press
and Kyle Quincey scored
for Detroit, and the Red scheduled to be played at World Hockey Association. Mark Messier, Jari Kurri, Paul and two assists Oliver Bjork-
Wings took a step toward Rexall, with the Oilers mov- More than 150 Oilers alum- Coffey, Glenn Anderson strand had a goal and as-
a 25th consecutive playoff ing into a new downtown ni were on hand for the and Grant Fuhr. sist for Columbus.
appearance with a 3-0 win arena in the fall. farewell game and lengthy BLUE JACKETS 5, MAPLE Sergei Bobrovsky made 26
over the Philadelphia Flyers The Oilers have played postgame ceremony, in- LEAFS 1 saves for the Blue Jackets.
on Wednesday night. in the building since 1974 cluding the likes of Hall of TORONTO (AP) — Brandon Morgan Rielly scored for
The Red Wings (93 points) when they were in the Famers Wayne Gretzky, Dubinsky scored two goals the Leafs, who can finish
lead Boston (91) in the race and Brandon Saad added no higher than 29th place
for third place in the Atlan- a goal and assist and Co- overall in the league.
tic Division. Philadelphia lumbus beat Toronto. Garret Sparks made 27
(91) is tied with the Bruins Matt Calvert had a goal saves for Toronto.q
for the second wild card.
The Flyers have three
games remaining, while
Detroit and Boston each
have two. The Bruins host
the Red Wings on Thursday
night. Helm scored in the
first period and Athanasi-
ou added a short-handed
goal in the second for De-
troit, which hasn’t missed
the postseason since 1990.
Quincey’s goal was an
empty-netter.
Howard held on for his sec-
ond shutout of the season.
OILERS 6, CANUCKS 2
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP)
— Patrick Maroon scored
twice and Edmonton won
at Rexall Place for the final
time, beating Vancouver.
Nail Yakupov, Connor Mc-
David, Leon Draisaitl and
Taylor Hall also scored for
the Oilers, who snapped a
three-game losing skid.
Matt Bartkowski and Bo
Horvat scored for the Ca-
nucks, who had their three-
game winning end.
It was the final NHL game