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SPORTSWednesday 30 December
NHL Roundup:
Capitals go 8 straight with
win over Sabres
BUFFALO, New York (AP) period and Jay Beagle allegation against him.
scored about 12 minutes Minnesota’s Mikko Koivu
— Washington extended later to help the Eastern scored twice to lead the
Conference-leading Capi- Wild past Detroit 3-1.
its winning streak to eight tals improve to 27-6-2; the Devan Dubnyk made 28
best start in franchise histo- saves in a surprise appear-
games by beating Buffalo ry. Holtby got his 22nd ca- ance. He was expected to
reer shutout and second miss the game after receiv-
2-0 on Monday and moved this season. He leads the ing stitches to his arm af-
NHL with 23 victories and is ter Sunday’s practice, but
within a point of Dallas for 15-0-1 in his past 17 games. took his place because
Sabres forward Evander replacement Darcy Kuem-
the overall NHL lead. Kane played for the first per was a late scratch with
time since The Buffalo News an upper-body injury.
Capitals goaltender reported that police were Charlie Coyle scored while
investigating a sex crime Koivu scored a power-play
Braden Holtby made 31
saves to help Washington
boost its lead in the Metro- Buffalo Sabres goaltender Linus Ullmark, of Sweden, gets beat
politan Division to 12 points for a goal by Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin during the
over the New York Rang- second period of an NHL hockey game, Monday Dec. 28, 2015
ers, who lost at Nashville. in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert)
Alex Ovechkin scored 19 goal in the third and add- the Rangers.
ed an empty-net tally for Montreal’s Max Pacioretty
seconds into the second Minnesota, which had lost scored in the third round of
three of four. Pavel Datsyuk the shootout to five the Ca-
scored for the Red Wings. nadiens a 4-3 win against
Nashville’s James Neal Tampa Bay, ending a six-
scored twice in a 5-3 win game losing streak.
for the Predators against Los Angeles’ Tyler Toffoli re-
the New York Rangers. corded a hat trick to lead
Mike Ribeiro had three as- the Kings past Vancouver
sists while Filip Forsberg, 5-0.
Craig Smith and Ryan Ellis Colorado ended a run of
also scored for the Preda- 13 successive losses at San
tors. Jesper Fast, Rick Nash Jose by beating the Sharks
and J.T. Miller netted for 6-3.q
Richard Gasquet withdraws from
Australian Open over back injury
MELBOURNE, Australia Juan Monaco and Thana-
(AP) — World No. 9 Rich- si Kokkinakis. Britain’s Kyle
ard Gasquet has with- Edmund will take his place
drawn from the Australian in the main draw.
Open because of a back Gasquet aggravated the
injury. injury while playing in exhi-
Tournament organizers bitions this month, and he
tweeted news of Gas- has also withdrawn from
quet’s withdrawal late the Qatar Open, due to
Tuesday, adding “we wish start on Monday.
him a speedy recovery.” He is a previous Wimble-
France’s Gasquet is the don semifinalist and U.S.
third withdrawal from the Open quarterfinalist, and
Grand Slam tournament his best Australian Open
which starts on Jan. 18 result was the fourth
at Melbourne Park, after round, four times.q
