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Rangers score early and often to beat Blues 6-3
NEW YORK (AP) — The New ty-net goals, Ales Hemsky New York Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh (27) trips over St. Louis Blues right wing Vladimir
York Rangers scored three had a goal and two as- Tarasenko (91), of Russia, as Rangers left wing Rick Nash (61) block the puck in front of the Rang-
goals in the first period to sists while John Klingberg ers’ goal in the third period of an NHL hockey game in New York, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015. The
lay the foundation for a and Colton Sceviour had Rangers defeated the Blues 6-3.
6-3 victory over St. Louis a goal and an assist for the
on Friday in a predictably Stars. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
high-scoring encounter Tyler Myers’ first goal this
between two of the early- season had tied the game New Jersey’s Sergey Kali- high sticking, Blackhawks ond to put New Jersey
season pacesetters in the 3-3 at 9:17 of the third. nin scored a power-play goalie Corey Crawford ahead.
NHL. Blake Wheeler and Jacob goal with 2:27 left to give stopped Kyle Palmieri’s shot Chicago rookie Artemi Pan-
The Rangers remained four Trouba also scored for the the Devils a 3-2 win against from the left circle but Kali- arin scored from a sharp
points clear atop the Met- Jets. Chicago and their second nin was alone at the edge angle with 6:41 left in the
ropolitan Division while the Los Angeles goaltender victory over the defending of the crease and slipped third. Kane assisted on that
Blues dropped three points Jhonas Enroth stayed un- Stanley Cup champions in- the rebound in the net. one and scored a 5-on-3
behind Central Division beaten in a Kings uniform side a week. Adam Henrique and Palm- goal in the first to extend his
leader Dallas, which beat with 31 saves, as the hosts With Patrick Kane off for ieri had scored in the sec- point streak to 11 games.q
Winnipeg by the same 6-3 beat the Islanders 2-1.
scoreline. Enroth has yielded two
Elsewhere, Los Angeles goals over his first three
had a tight win against the starts in place of Jonathan
New York Islanders, and Quick, racking up a .979
Ottawa edged Vancou- save percentage. He was
ver for its first win in regu- outstanding during a pro-
lation time at home this longed third-period pen-
season. alty kill.
New York’s Derick Bras- Drew Doughty and Milan
sard, Mats Zuccarello and Lucic scored for the Pa-
Kevin Hayes all scored in cific Division-leading Kings.
the first period, and J.T. Brock Nelson scored an
Miller, Ryan McDonagh early goal for New York,
and Dan Girardi also net- which has scored more
ted for the Rangers, who than two goals only once
are the highest-scoring in its past eight games.
team in the league. Ottawa’s Bobby Ryan and
Dmitrij Jaskin, Vladimir Chris Wideman had pow-
Tarasenko and Troy Brou- er-play goals as the Sena-
wer scored for St. Louis, tors beat Vancouver 3-2.
which had won its previous Erik Karlsson also scored for
three games. the Senators.
Dallas’ Jamie Benn scored Sven Baertschi and Al-
the tiebreaking goal on a exander Edler scored for
third-period power play the Canucks, who have
and the Stars pulled away played four of seven
to defeat Winnipeg 6-3. games on their current
Antoine Roussel and Ver- road trip.
non Fiddler added emp-
Curry still hot as Warriors down
Timberwolves, improve to 10-0
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gold- MVP, bit 15 of 25 shots, in-
en State’s Stephen Curry cluding 8 of 13 3-pointers,
scored 21 points in the first to finish with 46 points.
quarter to set up another Draymond Green had 23
dominant performance points, 12 assists and eight
personally and by his team rebounds for the Warriors,
as the Warriors won 129-116 who are the fourth de-
at Minnesota on Thursday fending champion to start
to make it 10 straight wins the season with at least 10
to start the season. straight wins.
In the day’s other two Karl-Anthony Towns had
games, reserve Tyler John- 17 points and 11 rebounds
son sank two key late bas- for the Timberwolves, who
kets to give Miami the nar- have lost all four home
rowest of wins against Utah, games this season while
and Phoenix rolled past a winning all four away.
depleted Los Angeles Clip- Ricky Rubio missed his sec-
pers lineup. ond straight game with a
Curry, the reigning league strained left hamstring.q
