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SPORTSThursday 10 March 2016

Bruins win at Lightning to take share of Atlantic lead

TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Brad Montreal Canadiens’ Mike Brown (13) moves in on Dallas Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen as Stars’ Alex Goligoski (33) defends during
Marchand scored 10 sec- the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 8. 2016, in Montreal.
onds into overtime, Jonas
Gustavsson made 42 saves Associated Press
and the Boston Bruins beat
the Tampa Bay Lightning RANGERS 4, SABRES 2 the Sharks, who won their and defenseman Jacob Justin Abdelkader also
1-0 on Tuesday night in a BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Mats second in a row. They’ve Trouba had goals for Winni- scored for Detroit, and Jim-
matchup of Atlantic Divi- Zuccarello had a goal and now won five of their last peg, while Ondrej Pavelec my Howard made 27 saves.
sion leaders. two assists and New York six and have gone 19-5-4 made 27 saves. HURRICANES 4, SENATORS
Patrice Bergeron sent a edged Buffalo after nearly since Jan. 9. The loss ended Winnipeg’s 3, SO
pass from the right wing blowing a three-goal lead. Cam Talbot stopped 19 five-game homestand with RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Rook-
through the slot that J.T. Miller sealed the victory shots for Edmonton, which only one victory (1-3-1). ie Jaccob Slavin scored
Marchand redirected past with a backhander into an had won four of its previous BLUE JACKETS 5, RED WINGS in the fourth round of the
Ben Bishop. empty net with a minute five games. 3 shootout, and Carolina
Boston and Tampa Bay left after he lost a glove on The Sharks started the scor- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — beat Ottawa.
both have 83 points but the rush up the right wing. ing just 1:33 into the game Cam Atkinson scored twice Jeff Skinner scored twice
the Bruins have played one Derrick Brassard and Jesper when a puck bounced in the third period and for Carolina, including one
more game. Fast also scored for New around before landing be- Boone Jenner had a goal with 0.2 seconds remaining
Bishop stopped 32 shots. York, which extended its tween the legs of Talbot, and an assist while Colum- to force overtime, and Jay
ISLANDERS 2, PENGUINS 1 winning streak over Buffalo who spun around in vain bus held off Detroit. McClement had a short-
NEW YORK (AP) — Anders to nine. trying to find it before Cou- David Clarkson and David handed goal.
Lee scored the tiebreak- The Rangers haven’t lost to ture swatted it into the net. Savard also scored for the Cam Ward made 21 saves
ing goal in the third period, the Sabres since a 3-1 de- PREDATORS 4, JETS 2 Jackets, and Joonas Kor- for the Hurricanes, who won
Jaroslav Halak stopped 31 cision on March 12, 2013. WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) pisalo made 32 saves. At- a shootout for the first time
shots before leaving late They improved to 13-2 in — Craig Smith scored twice kinson’s empty-netter with this season. They’ve earned
in the third period and got their past 15 meetings. and Nashville hung on to 17.5 seconds left secured points in three straight.
his 200th career victory Sam Reinhart and Johan beat Winnipeg. the win. Zack Smith, Mark Stone and
and surging New York beat Larsson scored for Buffalo. Colton Sissons and Ryan Jo- Tomas Tatar and Andreas Ryan Dzingel scored for the
Pittsburgh. SHARKS 3, OILERS 0 hansen also scored for the Athanasiou scored 46 sec- Senators, who have lost five
Halak left the game with EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Predators, and Sissons add- onds apart late in the third of seven.
4:22 left with a possible inju- — James Reimer made 31 ed an assist and Colin Wil- to pull Detroit within 4-3. Andrew Hammond made
ry. Thomas Greiss replaced saves in his first shutout of son had a pair of helpers. Darren Helm thought he’d 34 saves for Ottawa, but
him and stopped all three the season, Logan Couture Pekka Rinne turned aside tied it less than a minute lat- Slavin beat him high with a
shots he faced. Halak, in scored twice and San Jose 21 shots. Nashville is 9-0-4 in er, but the puck careened backhand in the tiebreak-
his second season with the beat Edmonton. its last 13 games. off the post behind Korpisa- er. Ward then stopped
Islanders, improved to 200- Joe Pavelski also scored for Forward Drew Stafford lo. Smith to end it.q
115-37 in his career.
John Tavares scored in the
first period for the Islanders,
who improved to 11-2-1 in
their last 14 games in their
first time back at Barclays
Center since Feb. 18. New
York was coming off a 6-1-
0 trip that ended with 6-4
win against the crosstown-
rival Rangers on Sunday.
Kris Letang had the Pen-
guins’ goal and Marc-An-
dre Fleury finished with 25
saves.
CANADIENS 4, STARS 3, OT
MONTREAL (AP) — Alex
Galchenyuk got his sec-
ond goal of the game 1:59
into overtime and Mon-
treal beat Dallas to end a
four-game skid.
Max Pacioretty and Phil-
lip Danault also scored
for Montreal. Ben Scrivens
made 30 saves.
Cody Eakin, Jason Spezza
and Ales Hemsky had goals
for the first-place Stars. Kari
Lehtonen stopped 24 shots.
The 13th-place Canadiens
are 6-0-1 in their last seven
home games.
Galchenyuk one-timed in
a pass from Andrei Markov
from the faceoff circle.