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Saturday 24 October 2015
Wild wins 3-2 to send Blue Jackets to another loss
Chris Kreider, former Coy- the puck over to J.T. Miller
otes defenseman Keith trying to play the puck be-
Yandle and Rick Nash hind the goal line. Miller
also scored for New York. found Hayes along the
Nash’s goal was his 700th goal line, and the center
career point. Mats Zucca- lifted a backhander into
rello added two assists. the net.
Klas Dahlbeck scored for KINGS 4, SHARKS 1
Arizona. The Coyotes have SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jeff
lost four in a row after open- Carter scored twice, Jho-
ing the season 3-0. nas Enroth made 39 saves
Hayes broke a 1-1 tie at and Los Angeles beat San
2:35 of the third period. Jose for its third straight
Goalie Mike Smith turned victory.q
Columbus Blue Jackets new head coach John Tortorella,top, joins players watching a replay on
a goal by Minnesota Wild’s Zach Parise against Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, of Russia, in
the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, in St. Paul, Minn.
Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) — third, helping the Stars finish time Norris Trophy winner
Thomas Vanek broke a tie a perfect four-game trip.
in the second period and They are 6-1-0 overall. for four to six weeks.
the Minnesota Wild beat Antti Niemi stopped 33
Columbus 3-2 on Thursday shots for his third victory Jaromir Jagr and Vincent
night, pushing the Blue of the season and fourth
Jackets to 0-8-0 and spoil- straight against Pittsburgh. Trocheck scored for Flor-
ing John Tortorella’s debut. Niemi made 37 saves in a
Columbus’ start is the worst 3-0 win over the Penguins ida. The Panthers have
season-opening regula- two weeks ago in Dallas.
tion losing streak in the NHL Nick Bonino scored for Pitts- dropped three in a row.
since the New York Rang- burgh. The Penguins (3-4-0)
ers started 0-11-0 in 1943- had won three straight. CAPITALS 3, CANUCKS 2
44. Tortorella took over as Evgeni Malkin’s four-game
coach Wednesday after points streak ended, as did VANCOUVER, British Co-
Todd Richards was fired. his stretch of three straight
Zach Parise tied for the games with a goal. The lumbia (AP) — Alex Ovech-
league lead with his sixth Penguins have scored 11
goal 5:04 in. goals in their first seven kin broke a tie with 4:55 left
After Alexander Wennberg games. They ended a five-
and Brandon Dubinsky game homestand, their and Washington Capitals
countered for Columbus, longest this season, and will
Nino Niederreiter tied it and play six of their next seven beat the Vancouver Ca-
Vanek scored the winner on the road.
with 8:48 left in the second BLACKHAWKS 3, PANTHERS nucks 3-2 on Thursday night
with his third goal of the 2
season. CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick for their fourth straight vic-
Devan Dubnyk made 27 Kane and Brent Seabrook
saves for his fourth win in each had a goal and two tory.
five games this season. assists and Chicago beat
Sergei Bobrovsky made 20 Florida in its first game since Jay Beagle pulled Wash-
saves for the Blue Jackets. top defenseman Duncan
STARS 4, PENGUINS 1 Keith had surgery in his right ington even at 5:42 of the
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jason knee.
Spezza scored his fifth goal Artem Anisimov also scored third, and Ovechkin won
of the season and Dallas for the Stanley Cup cham-
beat Pittsburgh for its fifth pions, and Corey Crawford it with his fifth goal of the
straight victory. made 16 saves to improve
Johnny Oduya and John to 5-1 in seven career starts season. Jason Chimera
Klinberg scored their first against Florida. Keith had
goals of the season and a meniscal tear repaired scored in the first for the
Mattias Janmark got his Tuesday, sidelining the two-
Capitals, but Radim Vrbata
and Henrik Sedin each had
a goal and an assist in the
second for Vancouver.
Washington’s Braden
Holtby made 23 saves. He
stopped Daniel Sedin on
a 2-on-1 midway through
the third, and made a save
against Bo Horvat with less
than 7 minutes left.
Washington is 5-1-0 and has
beaten Chicago, Carolina
and Calgary on its streak.
RANGERS 4, COYOTES 1
NEW YORK (AP) — Henrik
Lundqvist made 34 saves
and Kevin Hayes broke a
tie early in the third period
in New York’s victory over
Arizona.
