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SPORTS A17
Saturday 9 April 2016

NHL Capsules GOLDEN
Pens down GREAT

Caps to clinch Warriors win 70th game, keep hope for 73 alive
playoff home-
ice advantage Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry, cen-
ter, scores past San Antonio Spurs’ Danny
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sid- Green (14), Tim Duncan (21) and Kawhi
ney Crosby scored in Leonard (2) during the second half of an
overtime and the streak- NBA basketball game Thursday, April 7,
ing Pittsburgh Penguins 2016, in Oakland, Calif. Golden State won
rebounded after blowing 112-101.
a three-goal lead to beat Associated Press
the Washington Capitals
4-3 on Thursday night to
clinch home-ice advan-
tage in the first round of the
playoffs.
The Penguins have won
eight games in a row and
14 of their past 15 to vault
into second place in the
Metropolitan Division. The
Presidents’ Trophy-winning
Capitals have lost three
consecutive games for the
first time all season and
have dropped four of their
past five.
Matt Cullen scored twice
and Matt Murray stopped
27 shots for the Penguins,
who have thrived since los-
ing star center Evgeni Mal-
kin to an upper-body injury.
Conor Sheary also scored
for Pittsburgh.
Marcus Johansson had
two goals and Andre Bura-
kovsky one for Washing-
ton. Braden Holtby made
31 saves but fell short in his
second attempt to tie Mar-
tin Brodeur’s single-season
record of 48 wins.
STARS 4, AVALANCHE 2
DALLAS (AP) — Jason Dick-
inson scored in his first NHL
game, and Dallas beat
Colorado to move closer
to the Central Division and
Western Conference titles.
With one game remaining
for each team, the Stars
and St. Louis are tied with
107 points, but Dallas holds
the tiebreaker. Dallas hosts
Nashville, and St. Louis
hosts Washington, both on
Saturday night.

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