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Toews, Blackhawks beat
slumping Ducks 1-0 in OT
The Associated Press son. Andersen finished with 4-1 defeat at the New York Chicago Blackhawks center Artem Anisimov, left, and Anaheim
CHICAGO (AP) — Jona- 23 stops. Rangers the previous night, Ducks center Ryan Kesler, right, battle for a loose puck during
than Toews scored 51 sec- ISLANDERS 4, FLAMES 0 lost for the seventh time in the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 26, 2015,
onds into overtime and NEW YORK (AP) — Jaroslav nine games this season. in Chicago.
Corey Crawford made Halak stopped 29 shots for COYOTES 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3
39 saves as the Chicago his second shutout in three TORONTO (AP) — Max Associated Press
Blackhawks beat the Ana- starts and Frans Nielsen Domi and Shane Doan had
heim Ducks 1-0 on Monday scored twice as New York power-play goals in the first
night in a rematch of last cruised past Calgary. period as Arizona held on
season’s Western Confer- Mikhail Grabovski and Cal to beat Toronto.
ence finals. Clutterbuck also scored Kyle Chipchura added
Crawford earned his sec- and Kyle Okposo and Niko- a power-play goal in the
ond straight shutout and lay Kulemin each had two third for the Coyotes (5-3-
No. 14 for his career as the assists to help the Islanders 1), while Klas Dahlbeck also
Blackhawks closed out a improve to 4-1-1 at home scored for Phoenix, which
perfect 4-0 homestand. this season. topped the Leafs (1-5-2) for
They also beat Tampa Bay Halak, making his fourth a third straight time dating
1-0 in overtime on Saturday start, also had a shutout back to last season.
night on Toews’ first goal of at Columbus last Tuesday Mike Smith made 24 saves
the season. night. to improve to 4-2-1 on the
Taking advantage of the Grabovski beat Flames season.
open ice for the NHL’s new goaltender Joni Ortio with Shawn Matthias, James
3-on-3 overtime, Toews a snap shot on the power van Riemsdyk and Morgan
skated in and beat Frederik play with just under 6 min- Rielly had the Toronto goals
Andersen over his left shoul- utes left in the second for a while James Reimer made
der. 1-0 lead. The Islanders then 20 saves for his first regula-
The Ducks were shut out for scored three in the third, tion loss of the season.
the second straight game with Nielsen make it 2-0 Rielly got the Leafs to within
and became the first NHL about 5 1/2 minutes into one at 17:34 of the third
team since the New York the period, and later cap- with Reimer pulled for an
Americans in 1930-31 to be ping the scoring with 1:50 extra attacker, but Toron-
shut out five times in their left. to was unable to find the
first eight games of the sea- The Flames, coming off a equalizer.q
Federer eases past Kukushkin
in Swiss Indoors 1st round
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Switzerland’s Roger Federer ponent on Thursday will
Roger Federer eased to a thanks the fans after winning be Philipp Kohlschreiber of
6-1, 6-2 first-round win at his his first round match against Germany, who beat Jerzy
hometown Swiss Indoors Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Ku- Janowicz of Poland, 6-4,
on Tuesday against Mikhail kushkin at the Swiss Indoors 3-6, 6-3.
Kukushkin of Kazakhstan. tennis tournament at the St. Also Tuesday, sixth-seeded
Top-seeded Federer, a Jakobshalle in Basel, Swit- John Isner of the United
six-time champion at Ba- zerland, on Tuesday, Octo- States fired down 19 aces
sel, took just 55 minutes ber 27, 2015. in beating Ernests Gulbis of
to complete victory over Latvia, 6-3, 6-4.
64th-ranked Kukushkin. Associated Press Eighth-seeded David Gof-
Federer created 13 break- fin of Belgium, runner-up
point chances and took against Federer last year,
four of them to clinch his rallied to beat Andreas
first win in more than five Seppi of Italy, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
weeks. Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria
Since winning two Da- earned a second-round
vis Cup singles rubbers match against Rafael Nad-
against the Netherlands, al by beating Sergiy Stak-
also played on indoor hovsky of Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4,
hard courts in Switzerland, and Croatian Dusan Lajo-
Federer lost his opening vic advanced when an-
Shanghai Masters match other Ukrainian Alexandr
against Albert Ramos-Vino- Dolgopolov retired when
las of Spain. the score was 6-4, 2-0.q
Federer’s Round of 16 op-
