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Saturday 17 February 2018
Penguins beat Kings 3-1 for 10th straight home win

By The Associated Press Eastern Conference.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Zach Halak, who faced 51 shots
Aston-Reese broke a third- in a loss to Columbus on
period tie with a power- Tuesday night, had 15
play goal and the Pitts- saves in the first period, 14
burgh Penguins beat the in the second and another
Los Angeles Kings 3-1 on 21 in the third for his 42nd
Thursday night for their 10th career shutout.
straight home victory. Henrik Lundqvist finished
Two nights after scoring his with 32 saves for the Rang-
first two NHL goals, Aston- ers, who have lost six of eight
Reese gave the Penguins overall and dropped to 0-4-
the lead at 5:24 of the pe- 1 in five visits to Bazrclays
riod. Kris Letang's point shot Center since the Islanders
through traffic clipped As- moved to the Brooklyn are-
ton-Reese's skate and went na in 2015. The Rangers re-
between goalie Jonathan mained four points behind
Quick's pads. the Hurricanes, who lost at
The Penguins' home streak New Jersey.
is the longest since a fran- LIGHTNING 4, RED WINGS 1
chise-record 13-game run TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven
during the 2013-14 season. Stamkos scored twice, Ni-
The Penguins haven't lost kita Kucherov had a goal
in Pittsburgh since Jan. 4, and three assists, and Tam-
a 4-0 setback to Carolina. pa Bay beat Detroit for the
Pittsburgh has won eight of 11th straight time. Andrei
10 overall and 13 of 17. Vasilevskiy made 38 saves
Ryan Reaves scored in the and Victor Hedman picked
second period, and Evgeni Pittsburgh Penguins' Zach Aston-Reese (46) can't get a shot past Los Angeles Kings goaltender up three assists for the Light-
Malkin added an empty- Jonathan Quick (32) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Feb. ning, who were coming off
15, 2018.
netter. Matt Murray, play- Associated Press an 0-2 road trip. Alex Killorn
ing his 100th NHL game, had the other Tampa Bay
stopped 34 shots. la also scored for the Gold- NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nico Carolina. Scott Darling had goal. Tomas Tatar scored
Dion Phaneuf scored a en Knights, while Marc-An- Hischier had a goal and 17 saves. for Detroit and Jimmy How-
power-play goal in his Kings dre Fleury stopped 28 shots two assists, and Stefan No- ISLANDERS 3, RANGERS 0 ard stopped 28 shots.
debut two nights after be- to improve to 18-6-2 and esen scored twice to help NEW YORK (AP) — Jaroslav SENATORS 3, SABRES 2, OT
ing acquired from Ottawa move seven wins shy of 400 New Jersey win its second Halak stopped 50 shots for OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) —
along with Nate Thomp- for his career. straight after losing four in his first shutout of the sea- Mike Hoffman scored 1:13
son in a trade for Marian Leon Draisaitl scored Ed- a row. son as theIslanders kept up into overtime to lift Ottawa
Gaborik and Nick Shore. monton's lone goal, his Kyle Palmieri and Damon their recent mastery of the past Buffalo. Hoffman took
Quick finished with 36 saves 17th of the season, and Severson also scored for crosstown-rival Rangers. a cross-ice pass from Erik
for the Kings, losers of three Cam Talbot finished with 24 the Devils, and Keith Kinkaid Josh Bailey, Jordan Eberle Karlsson and beat Robin
straight. saves. made 27 saves. and Thomas Hickey each Lehner with a one-timer
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, OILERS Vegas improved to 14-1- Hischier had the primary as- scored for the Islanders, from the left side to end the
1 1 against Pacific Division sist on Palmieri's go-ahead who have won all three Senators’ two-game skid.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — William teams in its inaugural sea- goal late in the second pe- meetings this season and Marian Gaborik, making
Karlsson got the 100th point son, while avenging its two riod and helped blow the 10 of the last 11. Rookie his Ottawa debut two days
of his career with his 30th losses, which both came game open in the third, sensation Mathew Barzal after being acquired from
goal of the season as Ve- against the Oilers. The 8-2 combining with Noesen to had three assists to help Los Angeles, and Derick
gas beat Edmonton for the loss in Edmonton on Nov. 14 score goals in a 32-second the Islanders move into Brassard also scored for the
first time in three meetings. still ranks as the worst loss in span. a tie with Columbus one Senators, who rallied after
Ryan Carpenter, Jonathan Vegas' 57-game history. Jeff Skinner and defense- point behind Carolina for trailing twice in the third
Marchessault and Erik Hau- DEVILS 5, HURRICANES 2 man Brett Pesce scored for the second wild card in the period. q

Denver Nuggets make 24 3-pointers, beat Bucks 134-123

By The Associated Press cord, on 40 attempts. doubles in franchise history for the Timberwolves. They
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Nikola Jokic finished with 30 points, with nine. allied from a deficit as large
Jokic had a triple-double 15 rebounds and a career- TIMBERWOLVES 119, LAKERS as 15 points in the second
wrapped up in the first half, high 17 assists, reaching 111 quarter and 12 points late
and the Denver Nuggets a triple-double with 1:54 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Taj in the third to raise their
put together one of the remaining in the second Gibson scored a season- home record to 24-7 on
Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis An- best 3-point shooting nights quarter. high 28 points and Jimmy an emotional evening that
tetokounmpo puts in a layup in NBA history in a 134-123 Milwaukee's Giannis An- Butler added 24, providing started with a tribute to for-
as Denver Nuggets' Nikola victory over the Milwaukee tetokounmpo also had a the Minnesota with the pro- mer coach and executive
Jokic, right, watches during Bucks on Thursday night. triple-double with 36 points, duction and energy for a Flip Saunders.
the first half of an NBA basket- Denver matched a fran- 11 rebounds and 13 assists. comeback victory over Los Julius Randle had 23 points
ball game Thursday, Feb. 15,
2018, in Milwaukee. chise record with 24 3-point- He passed Kareem Abdul- Angeles. and nine rebounds for the
Associated Press ers, one shy of the NBA re- Jabbar for the most triple- Jeff Teague had 20 points Lakers.q