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SPORTSWednesday 2 March 2016
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Hornqvist’s hat trick powers Penguins past Coyotes, 6-0
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Patric goal snapped a tie with Pittsburgh Penguins’ Patric Hornqvist, left, celebrates his third goal of an NHL hockey game
Hornqvist had his first ca- 2:48 to play, and New York against the Arizona Coyotes with teammate Phil Kessel (81) during the second period in
reer hat trick, beating goal- beat Columbus in Eric Sta- Pittsburgh, Monday, Feb. 29, 2016.
ie Louis Domingue three al’s much-anticipated de-
times as the Pittsburgh Pen- but. Associated Press
guins made quick work of Mats Zuccarello also scored
the sinking Arizona Coyotes and Antti Raanta made 26 troit beat Dallas for its third period goal. scored one goal and as-
6-0 on Monday night. saves in giving the Rangers straight victory. By earning one point for the sisted on two others to help
Chris Kunitz and Kris Letang their 13th win in 18 games Datsyuk put a rebound past overtime loss, the Stars tied the Sharks move within two
both had a goal and an (13-4-1). goalie Antti Niemi at 2:33 of Chicago atop the Central points of second-place
assist. Matt Cullen scored Henrik Lundqvist’s backup overtime while Mattias Jan- Division. Anaheim and four points
his ninth of the season and denied Cam Atkinson on mark was off for hooking. Detroit had failed to score of leader Los Angeles in the
Sidney Crosby added three the doorstep with less than The Red Wings moved into in its last 20 power plays Pacific Division.
assists as Pittsburgh began a second remaining to pre- third place in the Atlantic over seven games. Brent Burns also had a goal
a busy week by sending serve the victory. Division, one point ahead The Red Wings have won and two assists, and Melker
the Coyotes to their sixth Atkinson scored his 20th of Boston. their last seven games in Karlsson and Nick Spaling
straight loss. goal of the season and Rookie center Andreas Dallas dating to Oct. 14, added goals for San Jose.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped Joonas Korpisalo had 22 Athanasiou scored De- 2010. Martin Jones made 21
30 shots for his fifth shutout saves for Columbus, which troit’s first two goals, and SHARKS 6, CANADIENS 2 saves to earn wins on back-
of the season and the 43rd finished 7-3-3 in February. Jimmy Howard made 39 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Joe to-back nights for the first
of his career. Stepan gave the Rang- saves to win for the first time Pavelski and Joe Thornton time since November.
Domingue made 27 saves ers the lead on a partial since Dec. 3. each had three points to Brendan Gallagher and
but Arizona was never in breakaway while Eric’s Dallas’ Vernon Fiddler put key a dominant perfor- Torrey Mitchell scored for
it while going winless on a brother, Marc Staal, was in in his own rebound to tie mance from San Jose’s the Canadiens, who lost in
five-game road trip. The the penalty box. Eric Staal the score with 1:31 to play top line, and the Sharks regulation for the first time
Coyotes have dropped was acquired Sunday from in the third period. beat Montreal for their sixth in five games. Montreal fell
eight consecutive games Carolina for prospect Aleksi victory in the past seven seven points behind Pitts-
away from home and Saarela and two second- The Stars had an extra meetings. burgh in the race for the fi-
haven’t won on opposing round draft picks. skater on after pulling Ni- Pavelski had two goals and nal playoff spot in the East-
ice since Jan. 25. FLYERS 5, FLAMES 3 emi. Fiddler also assisted on one assist, while Thornton ern Conference.q
LIGHTNING 2, MAPLE LEAFS PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Colton Sceviour’s second-
1 Brayden Schenn had his
TORONTO (AP) — Tyler first career hat trick, scor-
Johnson scored twice and ing all three goals in the first
Tampa Bay beat Toronto two periods and leading
for its seventh straight vic- Philadelphia past Calgary.
tory. Claude Giroux had four as-
It was Johnson’s first mul- sists and Wayne Simmonds
tigoal game of the sea- scored twice for the Fly-
son. He was questionable ers, who have won three
to play after taking Kevan straight as they remain in
Miller’s clearing attempt off the thick of the Eastern
his forehead in a 4-1 win at Conference playoff race.
Boston on Sunday. Philadelphia held on after
The Lightning’s winning nearly wasting a 4-1 lead
streak matches a season and remained three points
high. Andrei Vasilevskiy behind Pittsburgh for the fi-
made 31 saves. nal wild card in the East.
Nazem Kadri scored late in Sean Monahan, Micheal
the third period for Toron- Ferland and Michael Frolik
to, and Garret Sparks had scored for the Flames.
26 stops. The Maple Leafs Michael Neuvirth stopped
have lost two straight and 26 shots and won his 16th
seven of eight. game of the season.
RANGERS 2, BLUE JACKETS RED WINGS 3, STARS 2, OT
1 DALLAS (AP) — Pavel Dat-
NEW YORK (AP) — Derek syuk scored a power-play
Stepan’s short-handed goal in overtime and De-
