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Andersen makes

35 saves, Maple

Leafs beat Wild 4-2

By The Associated Press his Calder Trophy-winning
TORONTO (AP) — Frederik campaign.
Andersen made 35 saves RANGERS 4, BRUINS 2
to help the Toronto Maple NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy
Leafs beat the Minnesota Vesey scored two first-peri-
Wild 4-2 on Wednesday od goals 29 seconds apart,
night. Henrik Lundqvist made 31
Nazem Kadri, Patrick Mar- saves and New York beat
leau, Connor Carrick and Boston for its fifth straight
Connor Brown scored for victory.
Toronto. Playing with star Pavel Buchnevich and Rick
center Auston Matthews Nash also scored for the
out day to day due to an resurgent Rangers. They
upper-body injury, Toronto improved to 8-7-2 after los-
improved to 10-7-0. ing seven of their first eight
Jason Zucker scored twice games.
for Minnesota, and Devan David Pastrnak and Patrice Minnesota Wild left wing Jason Zucker (16) looks for a rebound on a save by Toronto Maple Leafs
Dubnyk stopped 15 shots. Bergeron scored for Boston. goalie Frederik Andersen (31) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Nov.
8, 2017, in Toronto.
The Wild have lost three in LIGHTNING 5, SHARKS 1
Associated Press
a row to fall to 5-7-2. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) —
Toronto coach Mike Bab- Vladislav Namestnikov had Koekkoek also scored for with three points. Stamkos They gave up a total of six
cock shifted Marleau to the two goals, Nikita Kucherov the Lightning (12-2-2), who (28 points) and Kucherov during their winning streak.
middle with Matthews out. scored his 15th of the sea- lead the NHL standings with (26) rank 1-2 in the league Andrei Vasilevskiy made
Matthews was scratched son and Tampa Bay ended 26 points.Steven Stamkos in scoring. 32 saves for the win. San
for the first time since being San Jose’s four-game win- had three assists for Tampa Joonas Donskoi scored 25 Jose starter Martin Jones
drafted in 2016. He played ning streak. Bay. Kucherov added two seconds in for the Sharks, allowed four goals on 21
in 98 straight games, includ- Jake Dotchin got his first and Namestnikov had one who allowed five goals for shots and was pulled after
ing all 82 last season during career goal and Slater as all three players finished the third time this season. two periods.q

U.S. hockey women beat Canada 4-2 in Four Nations Cup

By TERESA M. WALKER Jennifer Wakefield, who against Finland, made it a
AP Sports Writer had a hat trick and an as- 2-0 lead with a slap shot at
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (AP) sist Tuesday night in a 9-0 17:50 of the first.
— The Americans showed win over Sweden. Coach The Canadians answered
off their special teams skills Laura Schuler said Wake- by taking the first seven
in beating Canada for field usually is a part of the shots and outshooting the
the second time in three power play, but Canada United States 15-9 in the
games as part of their pre- still is busy evaluating play- second. Johnston got Can-
Olympic exhibition tour. ers before roster cuts for ada on the board with a
Kendall Coyne and Megan the 2018 Winter Games. power-play goal 3:07 into
Bozek each had a goal “Our special teams didn’t the second.
and an assist and the Unit- get the job done tonight,” That was the only time
ed States women’s hockey Schuler said. “Our power Canada made the Ameri-
team beat Canada 4-2 play didn’t produce like cans pay for being short-
on Wednesday night in a how we would like them to, handed in a game with lots
physical game at the Four and our penalty kill at the of shoving between teams
Nations Cup. same time wasn’t as suc- that know each other so
Cayla Barnes and Alex cessful as we have been in well.
Carpenter each had pow- the past. I think we need to The United States went up
er-play goals as the Ameri- shoot more and get more 3-1 when Coyne scored a
cans went 3 of 5 with the pucks through.” U.S. goaltender Maddie Rooney makes a save against Canada power-play goal off a re-
advantage. Brianna Deck- The Americans took the during the second period of a Four Nations Cup hockey game bound 50 seconds into the
er had two assists, and first game 5-2 in Quebec in Wesley Chapel, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. third. Agosta pulled Cana-
goalie Maddie Rooney City, and Barnes was in Associated Press da within 3-2 with 4:29 left
made 20 saves for her sec- the stands watching when onship. on the U.S. roster at 18, was on a short-handed goal,
ond win in two nights with Canada evened it up with Rooney from Andover, Min- only called up Oct. 28 and but Carpenter answered
the Americans trying to win a 5-1 win in Boston on Oct. nesota, has been in net for withdrew from Boston Col- with the Americans’ third
this event for a third straight 25. both wins over Canada. lege to chase an Olympic power-play goal from the
time and eighth overall. Since the Canadians rallied “Maddie played really well berth. She scored in the first left circle 36 seconds later.
“We did so many things to win the 2014 Olympic for them I thought,” Schuler period of Tuesday night’s In the other game Wednes-
right, it’s a great thing to gold medal 3-2 in overtime, said. “At the same time, I 8-2 win over Finland and day, Linda Valimaki scored
build off of,” U.S. coach the Americans have been thought we missed a lot of scored her second goal in the game-winner as Fin-
Robb Stauber said. on a tear winning five of six opportunities, missed the as many nights at 15:03 of land rallied with three goals
Rebecca Johnston and international events and net when we had some the first skating into the left in the third period to beat
Meghan Agosta scored for now 10 of 13 games over- pretty good chances. Ob- edge of the right circle to Sweden 3-1. Finland will
Canada, which went 1 of all against their rivals. They viously, that affected the beat goalie Ann-Renee play Canada on Friday fol-
9 on the power play. The are poised to meet again outcome of the game.” Desbiens for a 1-0 lead. lowed by the United States
Canadians did not dress Sunday in the cup champi- Barnes, the youngest player Bozek, who didn’t dress and Sweden.q