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Rangers top Canadiens 2-1; series tied 2-2

The Associated Press Markus Nutivaara, William SAN JOSE, California (AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — Rick Karlsson and Boone Jenner — Joe Pavelski and Logan
Nash and Jesper Fast each had a goal and an Couture each scored two
scored, Henrik Lundqvist assist and Columbus avoid- goals and the San Jose
made 23 saves and the ed a sweep in the best-of- Sharks rebounded from
New York Rangers beat the seven playoff series. back-to-back shutouts in
Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Jack Johnson and Josh An- emphatic fashion and tied
Tuesday night to level their derson also scored for the their first-round playoff se-
first-round playoff series at Blue Jackets, who were ries at two games apiece.
two games apiece. able to outlast the Pen- Pavelski scored on a pair of
New York’s win also ended guins when they pushed deflections, including one
a six-game losing streak at back hard in the second just 15 seconds into the
home in the playoffs going and third periods and then game for the fastest play-
back to the 2015 Eastern got a short-handed goal off goal in team history, the
Conference Final. from Jake Guenztel with 27 previously dormant power
Torrey Mitchell scored for seconds left in the game. play scored four times and
Montreal and Carey Price Sergei Bobrovsky had 27 San Jose held Connor Mc-
made 30 saves. saves to help the Blue Jack- David off the score sheet
Game 5 is Thursday night in ets get their first playoff win for the second straight
Montreal before the series in three years and their first- game. Now they will try to
returns to Madison Square ever in regulation. carry that over into Game
Garden on Saturday night. The Penguins now lead 3-1 5 in Edmonton on Thursday
The Rangers, who gave up in the best-of-seven series, night. q
the tying goal with 18 sec- which returns to Pittsburgh
onds left in the third period for Game 5 on Thursday Montreal Canadiens’ Bran-
don Davidson (88) checks
of Game 2 before losing night. New York Rangers’ Michael
in overtime, stopped Mon- Patric Hornqvist, Ron Hain- Grabner (40) during the sec-
treal in the final minutes in sey and Tom Kuhnhackl ond period of an NHL hockey
this one. also scored for Pittsburgh, game in Game 4 of an NHL
BLUE JACKETS 5, PENGUINS and Marc-Andre Fleury hockey first-round playoff se-
4 had 29 saves. ries Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in
New York.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — SHARKS 7, OILERS 0 Associated Press

Aaron Hernandez
Continued from Page 17 ing the sister of Hernan- squandered potential.
dez’s fiancee. Hernandez “I just think it got to him
was convicted and sen- — the guilt,” Mixson Philip
tenced to life in prison. said. “Each man has to
Last week, Hernandez was live with himself. You can
acquitted in the 2012 drive- put on an act like nothing
by shootings of two men in happened, but you’ve got
Boston. As the jury was de- a soul. You’ve got a heart.
liberating, cameras spied You can’t say you don’t
Hernandez blowing kisses think about these things.
to the young daughter There’s no going around
he fathered with fiancee that.”
Shayanna Jenkins. Miami Dolphins center Mike
Prosecutors said he gunned Pouncey said on Instagram
the two men down after that he spoke with his for-
one accidentally spilled a mer college teammate a
drink on him in a nightclub. day earlier.
Hernandez then got a tat- “Today my heart hurts as I
too of a handgun and the got the worse news I could
words “God Forgives” to have imagined,” he said.
commemorate the crime, “I will forever miss you and
according to prosecutors. love you bro.”
Investigators suggested Friends were also grieving
Hernandez shot Lloyd to in Connecticut, where Her-
In this Sunday Jan. 1, 2012, file photo, New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez (81)
tries to break free of Buffalo Bills linebacker Chris Kelsay (90) during the fourth quarter of an NFL keep him quiet about the nandez was raised.
football game in Foxborough, Mass. two earlier killings. “Especially after him get-
Associated Press A lawyer who represents ting acquitted of the dou-
The Patriots had no im- championship, Hernan- three seasons. Lloyd’s mother said she’s ble murder.
mediate comment. At the dez dropped to the fourth After catching 79 passes moving forward with a That was a positive thing in
White House event in the round of the NFL draft be- for 910 yards and seven wrongful-death lawsuit our minds,” said Alex Cug-
afternoon, Republican cause of trouble in college touchdowns in his sec- against Hernandez’s es- no, who grew up with Her-
President Donald Trump that included a failed drug ond year to help the team tate. nandez in Bristol. “I don’t
congratulated the Super test and a bar fight. His reach the Super Bowl. In the Dorchester neighbor- believe that he would have
Bowl champions but made name had also come up But the Patriots released hood where Lloyd grew up, killed himself. It just doesn’t
no mention of Hernandez. in an investigation into a him in 2013, shortly after he a family friend of the victim add up. It’s fishy. It makes
A star tight end for the shooting. was arrested in the killing wondered if Hernandez you wonder what really
University of Florida when Still, he was a productive of semi-pro football player could no longer bear the went on behind those walls
it won the 2008 national tight end for the Patriots for Odin Lloyd, who was dat- weight of his crime and his in prison.”q