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SPORTS Wednesday 4 april 2018

Maple Leafs beat

Sabres 5-2, tie

franchise mark

TORONTO (AP) — William athan Bernier stopped 22
Nylander and Auston Mat- shots for the Avalanche.
thews each had two goals Colorado leads St. Louis by
and an assist as the playoff- one point for the second
bound Toronto Maple Leafs Western Conference wild
beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 card, but the Blues have
on Monday night. a game in hand. The Ava-
Andreas Johnsson also lanche host the Blues on
scored as Maple Leafs ex- Saturday in the final game
tended a franchise record of the regular season for
with their 48th win and both.
matched the team mark PANTHERS 3, HURRICANES 2
for points (103) set in 2003- SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Alex-
04. Backup goalie Curtis ander Petrovic scored the
McElhinney stopped 32 tiebreaking goal in the third
shots to help Toronto win for period and Florida snapped
the 15th time in the last 17 a three-game skid.
at home. Evgenii Dadonov and
Matthews extended his MacKenzie Weegar also
point streak to seven scored to help the Panthers Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Curtis McElhinney (35) reaches for a loose puck as defenseman
games in Toronto’s 28th pull five points behind idle Jake Gardiner (51) and Buffalo Sabres centre Sam Reinhart (23) battle for position during third
home win of the season. He New Jersey for the second period NHL hockey action in Toronto on Monday, April 2, 2018.
has five goals and 10 points wild card in the Eastern Associated Press
on his run. Conference. stalwart defenseman Ryan las Backstrom started a — Blake Wheeler scored
Sam Reinhart got his ca- Florida has four games re- Suter, the Wild wrapped up three-goal second period, twice and Winnipeg held
reer-high 24th goal for the maining, one more than their home schedule with Braden Holtby made 34 off Ottawa.
last-place Sabres, and Ja- the Devils. Roberto Luongo a postseason-caliber per- saves, and Washington Andrew Copp had a goal
son Pominville also scored. stopped 26 shots. formance punctuated by won for the seventh time and an assist, and Josh
Chad Johnson finished with Derek Ryan and Trevor van a staggering 21-3 shots ad- in eight games and 11th in Morrissey, Brandon Tanev
31 saves. Riemsdyk scored for Caro- vantage in the third period. the last 13. and Mathieu Perreault also
KINGS 3, AVALANCHE 1 lina, and Scott Darling fin- Joel Eriksson Ek added an Alex Ovechkin got his scored for the Jets, who
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dustin ished with 32 saves. empty-net goal as the Wild league-leading 46th goal, pulled five points behind
Brown’s short-handed goal On the go-ahead goal, finished 27-6-8 at Xcel En- and Alex Chiasson and An- first-place Nashville in the
helped Los Angeles move Petrovic shot from the ergy Center, currently the dre Burakovsky also scored Central Division with three
back into third place in the boards above the right cir- second-best home record for the Capitals. games remaining. Adam
Pacific Division with a win cle and beat Darling with in the NHL. Holtby won for the fourth Lowry and Mark Scheif-
over Colorado. 7:58 left for his second of Cam Talbot made 37 saves time in his last five starts, ele each had two assists,
Torrey Mitchell and Kyle the season. for the Oilers, who lost their and improved to 7-0-0 in and Connor Hellebuyck
Clifford also scored for the WILD 3, STARS 0 fifth straight game and en- seven career starts against stopped 32 shots.
Kings, who are one point ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Zach sured a sub-80-point finish St. Louis. Thomas Chabot and Matt
ahead of Anaheim. Jona- Parise scored twice and for the eighth time in the Vladimir Tarasenko and Duchene each scored
than Quick made 27 saves Devan Dubnyk made 22 nine years. Patrik Berglund scored for twice and Christian Wola-
and the Kings won their saves to blank his original The Wild reached 98 points the Blues, who lost their nin got his first NHL goal for
third consecutive home team, pushing Minnesota to match the fourth-most in second straight. Jake Allen Ottawa, which was playing
game. to the brink of the playoffs. franchise history. finished with 30 saves. its final home game of the
Alexander Kerfoot had a Playing for the first time in CAPITALS 4, BLUES 2 JETS 6, SENATORS 5 season. Craig Anderson fin-
power-play goal and Jon- nearly three years without ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nick- OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) ished with 34 saves.q