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Flyers’ winning streak hits 6 with win over Rangers

By The Associated Press tals ended a four-game
Carter Hart made 23 saves road slide by holding off
and the surging Philadel- the Wild.
phia Flyers extended their Richard Panik and Tom Wil-
winning streak to a season- son also scored, Evgeny
high six games with a 5-3 Kuznetsov had two assists,
victory over the New York and Braden Holtby stopped
Rangers on Sunday. 37 shots for his fourth straight
Matt Niskanen, Sean Cou- victory. Washington moved
turier and Travis Konecny into a tie with Colorado for
each scored power-play the league lead with 22
goals. Michael Raffl scored road wins.
short-handed and Derek Ryan Donato, Kevin Fiala
Grant also tallied for the and Zach Parise scored for
Flyers, who swept a home- the Wild.
and-home series against Alex Stalock made 26
the Rangers after winning saves, but Minnesota lost
5-2 on Friday night. for the first time in four
The Flyers’ run combined games and remains one
with the Penguins’ six-game point behind Nashville,
slide has moved Philadel- Winnipeg and Arizona for
phia into second place in the second wild-card spot
the Metropolitan Division. in the Western Conference.
Henrik Lundqvist made his KINGS 4, GOLDEN KNIGHTS Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar (11) scores on Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-
Andre Fleury (29) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Las
first start since Feb. 3 and 1 Vegas.
made 21 saves for New LAS VEGAS (AP) — Anze Associated Press
York. Kopitar scored twice, rook-
Mika Zibanejad scored two ie Calvin Petersen made to 2-0-0 against Vegas, Vegas, while Marc-Andre to extend his point streak
power-play goals and Pav- 42 saves and Los Angeles was brilliant in stifling the Fleury made 13 saves. to six games, and the Dev-
el Buchnevich also tallied improved to 6-2-1 in its last Golden Knights’ normally DEVILS 3, DUCKS 0 ils extended their streak of
on the man advantage for nine games. potent offense that clearly ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — games earning a point to
the Rangers. Zibanejad has The Kings, in last place in the was missing Mark Stone, Pavel Zacha scored two six. New Jersey is 4-0-2 in
a career-high 32 goals on Pacific Division, snapped who is week-to-week with a power-play goals and Cory that span, matching a 3-0-3
the season. Vegas’ franchise record-ty- lower-body injury. Of his 42 Schneider made 34 saves stretch from Jan. 27-Feb. 8
CAPITALS 4, WILD 3 ing eight-game win streak. stops, 19 came in the third for his first shutout in more as its longest of the season.
ST. PAUL, Minn (AP) — Alex The Golden Knights hadn’t period. than a year to lift New Jer- Schneider’s shutout was
Ovechkin scored twice as lost since a 4-0 defeat in Trevor Lewis and Alex Iafal- sey to the win. the 26th of his career, and
part of a three-point night Minnesota on Feb. 11. lo also scored for the Kings. Nico Hischier had a goal, his first since Feb. 21, 2019,
and the Washington Capi- Petersen, who improved Shea Theodore scored for Nikita Gusev had an assist against Ottawa.q

Zamboni driver unlikely to spur

NHL to change goalie rule

By TIM REYNOLDS it recently happened." mon said.
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Ayres became a sensation Winnipeg general man-
NHL general managers last month when he was ager Kevin Cheveldayoff
seem unlikely to suggest called on by the Hurricanes said he originally wasn't
changes to the emergen- in a game at Toronto after planning to watch that
cy backup goaltender pol- injuries to Carolina goalies Carolina-Toronto game on
icy, even after 42-year-old Petr Mrazek and James Re- TV, flipping to it only when
Zamboni driver David Ayres imer. Ayres stopped eight word broke that a Zamboni
became one of the biggest shots and became the first driver was in net.
stories of the season by win- emergency goalie in NHL Like other GMs who spoke Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Pierre Engvall (47) scores his team's
third goal of the game against Carolina Hurricanes emergen-
ning a game for Carolina history credited with a vic- Monday, Cheveldayoff in- cy goalie David Ayres (90) during second-period NHL hockey
last month. tory. dicated he likes the rule as game action in Toronto, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020.
The issue was among the Under NHL rules, when a is. Associated Press
discussion points Monday, team's two goalies are hurt "A lot of guys have played
the first of three days of GM or otherwise incapacitated college or junior," Chevel- through the emergency sit- his big night, he also wasn't
meetings, but the apparent the club "shall be entitled dayoff said. "Being in the uation a couple of times in inclined to call for change.
consensus was that emer- to dress and play any avail- market that we're in, we recent years — once with "The better team won that
gency goaltenders are able goalkeeper who is have certainly an opportu- the team on the cusp of game. That's the reality of
called upon so rarely that eligible." In Carolina's case, nity to have lots of players putting goaltender coach that night," Tallon said. "It
any reaction now would that became Ayres, who that fit that criteria. In some Robb Tallas into a game, happened to us three years
likely feel like an overreac- often gets on the ice at places, there are tryouts. another three years ago ago. Three times it's hap-
tion. Leafs practices when the ... Fortunately in Winnipeg, where a team account ex- pened in 50 years. Do you
"It's such a rare occur- team needs an extra goal- we have a lot of former col- ecutive was summoned. change the whole thing? ...
rence," Vegas general ie. lege players and the like." Neither got into the game. I think we did a good job of
manager Kelly McCrimmon "We're comfortable with Florida general manag- And while Tallon said he fixing it and it turned out for
said. "It's only news because the way that it is," McCrim- er Dale Tallon has been was nervous for Ayres on the better."q