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SPORTSFriday 16 October 2015
NHL Capsules
Flyers G Neuvirth stops 30 shots in 3-0 win
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mi- for the Coyotes, who
chal Neuvirth stopped 30
shots in his second straight are off to a 3-0 start
shutout, leading the Phila-
delphia Flyers to a 3-0 win for the first time since
over the Chicago Black-
hawks on Wednesday 2003-04. Last season
night.
they lost 50 games for
Sam Gagner, Claude Gir-
oux and Matt Read scored the only time since the
to lead the Flyers to their
12th straight regular-season franchise relocated
home victory over Chica-
go. The Flyers have not lost from Winnipeg to Ari-
to the Blackhawks in Philly
during the regular season zona for the 1996-97
since Nov. 9, 1996.
The Blackhawks beat the campaign.
Flyers in the 2010 Stanley
Cup Final and clinched Duclair, who had only
with a Game 6 win in Philly.
Filling in for Steve Mason, one goal in 20 previ-
Neuvirth was sensational
in his ninth career shutout. ous NHL games, com-
Mason missed a second
straight game because of pleted his hat trick on
unspecified family reasons
and there was no word a short wrist shot at
when he would return.
10:57 of the second
COYOTES 4, DUCKS 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — An- period. The 20-year-
thony Duclair scored the
game’s first two goals en old left wing was ac-
route to his first career hat
trick and Mike Smith made quired last March in
37 saves for his 28th career
shutout to lead Arizona. a multiplayer trade
Rookie Max Domi had a
goal and an assist and Mar- that sent defenseman
tin Hanzal had three assists
Keith Yandle to the
New York Rangers.
BRUINS 6, AVALANCHE
2
DENVER (AP) — Jimmy
Hayes had a goal and Philadelphia Flyers goalie Michal Neuvirth, center, of Czech Republic knocks the puck away from Chi-
cago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews, right, with right wing Patrick Kane, left, behind them during the
three assists, Jonas
Gustavsson stopped third period of a hockey game, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, in Philadelphia. The Flyers won 3-0.
20 shots and Boston
Associated Press
avoided its worst start 4:28 remaining in the sec- Mitchell added another for the Senators. Mark Stone
in more than 50 years. ond ended a rough eve- Colorado. had two assists and Craig
The Bruins raced out to a ning for Semyon Varlamov, SENATORS 7, BLUE JACKETS Anderson made 37 saves.
5-0 lead by the second pe- who stopped 14 of 19 shots 3 Brandon Saad, Boone Jen-
riod and cruised from there
to end a three-game slide. before being relieved by COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ner and Brandon Dubinsky
Kevan Miller and Hayes Reto Berra. — Bobby Ryan and Mika scored for Columbus and
scored 2:22 apart in the David Krejci added an Zibanejad each had a goal Ryan Johansen had two
first period, with Tyler Ran- empty-net goal with 1:29 and two assists, assists. The Blue Jackets
dell, Chris Kelly and Ryan left. Erik Karlsson added a ca- have dropped their first four
Spooner scoring in the sec- Gabriel Landeskog had a reer-high four assists, and games in regulation for the
ond. Spooner’s goal with power-play goal and John Ottawa improved to 3-0-0 first time in the franchise’s
on the road for the first time 15-year history.
since the start of the 2007-
08 season. Former Vezina Trophy win-
Kyle Turris had a goal and ner Sergei Bobrovsky came
an assist, and Marc Meth- in with a 4.65 goals-against-
ot, Milan Michalek, Jean- average and was shaky
Gabriel Pageau and Mike from the start, finishing with
Hoffman also scored for just 21 saves.q
