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Stars beat Capitals 3-2 despite milestone goal by Ovechkin
The Associated Press Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, left, from Russia, celebrates his goal with center Canadiens (14-4-2), who
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex have gone four games
Ovechkin scored his 484th Nicklas Backstrom (19), from Sweden, during the third period of an NHL hockey game against without winning in regula-
NHL goal, breaking Ser- tion. They have allowed
gei Fedorov’s record for the Dallas Stars, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, in Washington. Associated Press 16 goals while going 1-2-1
most by a Russian-born during that stretch.
player, but the Dallas Stars Lehtonen stopped 33 shots 1 pass from J.T. Brown. Vladimir Tarasenko scored Weise scored with 51 sec-
bounced back to beat the for the Stars, improving to Tampa Bay also got a goal power-play goals in regu- onds left. Montreal outshot
Washington Capitals 3-2 9-1 this season. from Alex Killorn. Ben Bish- lation for the Blues (13-6-1), the Coyotes 33-20.
Thursday night. The victory boosted the op stopped Chris Kreider’s who had lost three of four. Arizona scored three times
Ovechkin’s goal came at Stars’ point total to 32, penalty shot in the third Allen stopped four shots in on its first six shots against
7:01 of the third period, best in the Western Con- and finished with 20 saves, the 3-on-3 overtime period. Mike Condon as Montreal
knotting the score at 2. He ference. Tyler Seguin and improving to 9-0 against Sam Reinhart and Ryan fell behind 3-0 for the third
converted a backhand Cody Eakin also scored for the Rangers in the regular O’Reilly scored in regula- game in a row.
pass from Nicklas Back- Dallas. season. tion for the Sabres (8-9- SHARKS 1, FLYERS 0, OT
strom, shoving the puck Backstrom had a goal for Dominic Moore scored for 2), who have lost three PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Melk-
into the left side of the net. the Capitals. the Rangers, who fell one straight after a stretch of er Karlsson scored 3:45 into
Just more than 4 minutes LIGHTNING 2, RANGERS 1 short of matching the fran- five wins in six games. Linus overtime and Martin Jones
later, Jason Spezza con- TAMPA, Florida (AP) — chise record of 10 straight Ullmark stopped 27 shots. made 34 saves in his third
verted a turnover by Wash- Valtteri Filppula scored a wins accomplished in 1939- COYOTES 3, CANADIENS 2 shutout of the season, giv-
ington’s Jason Chimera short-handed goal to snap 40 and 1972-73. MONTREAL (AP) — Martin ing San Jose a victory over
into the go-ahead score. a tie late in the third period BLUES 3, SABRES 2, SO Hanzal and Shane Doan Philadelphia.
Ovechkin scored No. 484 as Tampa Bay ended New ST. LOUIS (AP) — Alexander scored in the first period Joonas Donskoi set up the
in his 777th game; Fedo- York’s nine-game winning Steen scored the only goal as Arizona held on to beat game-winner on a 2-on-
rov had 483 goals in 1,248 streak. in a shoutout and Jake Al- Montreal. 1 with Karlsson, who beat
games. In their first meeting since len made 32 saves to lift St. Oliver Ekman-Larsson also goalie Steve Mason. It
Dallas has won eight the Lightning beat the Louis over Buffalo. scored for the Coyotes, was the fifth straight road
straight against the Capi- Rangers in Game 7 of last The Blues have won sev- who lost their previous two win for the Sharks, who
tals, including five in a season’s Eastern Confer- en straight and 17 of 19 games. improved to 4-0 on their
row in Washington. Kari ence final, Filppula scored against Buffalo since 1999. Max Pacioretty and Dale six-game road trip and 8-3
with 1:05 to play off a 2-on- Kevin Shattenkirk and Weise had the goals for the away from home this sea-
son.
It also was the 13th win
in 14 games for San Jose
against the Flyers, and the
Sharks’ eighth straight vic-
tory in Philadelphia. The
Flyers last defeated the
Sharks at home on Dec.
21, 2000.
Philadelphia dropped its
sixth in a row at home,
matching its longest skid
since April 2011.
BRUINS 4, WILD 2
BOSTON (AP) — Loui Eriks-
son scored three goals as
Boston beat Minnesota.
Eriksson wrapped up his
hat trick when he convert-
ed a perfect give-and-go
from David Krejci early in
the third period.q
