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Monday 11 February 2019
Marchand's OT goal lifts Bruins over Avalanche 2-1

By GETHIN COOLBAUGH a third straight overtime
Associated Press loss.
BOSTON (AP) — Brad "Tonight's just a wrist shot
Marchand has a knack for that happens to hit our
the net in overtime. A lucky guy's foot and changes di-
bounce helped him get rection," Colorado coach
another winner for the Bru- Jared Bednar said.
ins on Sunday. Colorado (22-22-11) fell
Marchand scored 4:03 4-3 in OT at Washington
into the extra period after on Thursday before losing
his shot deflected off an by the same score Satur-
opponent's skate, extend- day against the Islanders in
ing Boston's points streak New York.
to seven games with a 2-1 "This is kind of the luck
victory over the Colorado we've been having with it,"
Avalanche. Bednar said. "We're work-
Patrice Bergeron left the ing on it, we're watching
puck at the top of the right video on it, guys are pay-
circle for Marchand, who ing attention to what we're
skated into the slot and in- saying and defending hard
advertently used Matt Cal- 3-on-3."
vert's skate to get the puck Bednar called his team's
past goalie Semyon Var- three-game points streak
lamov. "a huge step forward," but
Marchand extended his Boston Bruins' Brad Marchand celebrates after scoring the winning goal in overtime against the the sentiment differed in-
franchise record with his Colorado Avalanche in an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, in Boston. side the Avs' locker room.
14th career overtime goal. Associated Press "It's just not good enough,"
"We got a lucky bounce, Varlamov said. "We've got
and we'll take it," March- Boston (31-17-8) moved for us," said Halak, who Nathan MacKinnon scored to find a way to win in over-
and said. one point ahead of rival snapped a personal five- his 29th goal for Colorado, time."
John Moore also scored Montreal for third place in game skid. "The standing in tying Gabriel Landeskog for The Avalanche sit four
and Jaroslav Halak made the Atlantic Division and our division, it's tight, and it's the team lead. Varlamov points out of the second
35 saves for the Bruins, who trails second-place Toronto going to be a race until the had 33 saves as the Avs lost wild-card spot in the West-
improved to 4-0-3 in their by a point. end so we need to keep their seventh in a row (0-3- ern Conference.q
last seven. "It was a needed point getting points right now." 3) but earned a point with
RANDY CARLYLE streak last month, Murray need is a fresh start to get
Continued from Page 18 issued a statement saying some good mojo," he said.
The Ducks were second in he wasn't considering a "We felt like we were just
the Pacific Division on Dec. coaching change and in- kind of stuck in neutral and
18 after winning 11 of 13, stead was focusing on the as hard as we were trying
but they have gone 2-15-4 roster. to work to get things going
since. Murray shook up the roster better we just couldn't find
Saturday's 6-2 loss at Phila- with a couple of trades that a way to do it."
delphia capped a five- led to two straight wins, but Dallas Eakins, who is the
game trip where the Ducks another losing streak fol- coach of the Ducks' AHL af-
had been outscored 29-7, lowed. filiate in San Diego, would
including 14-0 in the first "It's a combination of ev- be among the favorites to
period. erything but what both- be considered for the job
Murray said he ap- ered me the most was the going into next season. Ea-
proached ownership fol- lack of emotion," Murray kins is in his fourth season in
lowing a 4-1 loss at Mon- said. "We've always pushed San Diego. He does have
treal on Feb. 5 that he back. We never accept In a Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 file photo, Anaheim Ducks NHL coaching experience
was considering making a and they were accepting coach Randy Carlyle, center, watches during the third period with less than two seasons
of the team's NHL hockey game against the St. Louis Blues, in
change. Murray was scout- and that is unacceptable. Anaheim, Calif. in Edmonton.
ing in Europe, but returned We have to change that." Associated Press The Ducks made the play-
and fired Carlyle during a Ducks owners Henry and offs in seven of Carlyle's
Sunday morning meeting Susan Samueli sent an play and serve 1,000 games be fixed," Murray said. "It's eight full seasons with the
at the Honda Center. email to season-ticket hold- as a GM, but this is the first more problematic than I team, going 46-37 in the
"Bob's obviously going to ers saying they have sup- time he will be behind the thought, and the only way postseason. They were
need to implement his vi- ported Murray throughout bench as a coach. Murray it was fair to anyone was swept out of the first round
sion of what he envisions the entire process. said it wasn't fair to name coming down here and last season.
our team doing," Ducks Murray has been with Ana- anyone else as the interim finding out everything go- Carlyle previously coached
captain Ryan Getzlaf said heim since 2005 and has coach. He is also taking ing on." the Toronto Maple Leafs.
following Sunday's prac- been the general manag- over the coaching reigns Anaheim's next three He went 384-256-96 in 736
tice. "We had a good prac- er since 2008. He signed a with two weeks remaining games are at home, begin- games with Anaheim. He
tice, lots of talking and lots two-year extension in De- until the trade deadline on ning Wednesday against is the only person in NHL
trying to understand ex- cember and is under con- Feb. 25, which should allow Vancouver. Defenseman history with over 1,000
actly what's going on and tract through the 2021-22 some time to get a better Cam Fowler said he hopes games played and 900 or
what he wants to see out season. gage on the roster. the change can shake the more games coached. His
of us." Murray became the fifth "It's my job. We have prob- Ducks into making a late career mark behind the
Amid a 12-game losing person in NHL history to both lems here and it has to run. "Sometimes all you bench is 475-334-115.q