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SPORTS Thursday 15 November 2018

Suspension over early, Wilson helps lead Caps past Wild

By The Associated Press Smith had 31 saves in his
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Tom third straight start.
Wilson returned early from MAPLE LEAFS 5, KINGS 1
his player-safety suspension LOS ANGELES (AP) — Na-
and scored a first-period zem Kadri scored two pow-
goal, helping the Washing- er-play goals and John Ta-
ton Capitals cool off Min- vares had a goal and two
nesota with a 5-2 victory on assists for Toronto.
Tuesday night for the Wild's Morgan Rielly and An-
first regulation loss at home. dreas Johnsson also scored
Dmitry Orlov had his first two in Toronto's fourth win in
goals of the season and an five games overall and its
assist, Andre Burakovsky seventh win in eight road
and T.J. Oshie also scored games this season. Frederik
and Pheonix Copley made Andersen made 22 saves
26 saves for the Capitals, as the powerful Leafs swept
whose four-game trip was their two-game season se-
jump-started in the morning ries with NHL-worst Los An-
by an arbitrator's reduction geles by a combined 9-2.
of Wilson's 20-game ban by Adrian Kempe scored for
six games to make him im- the Kings, who have lost
mediately eligible. three straight while scoring
Mikko Koivu and Matt Washington Capitals' Tom Wilson, top left, scores a goal on Minnesota Wild goalie Devan just two combined goals
Dumba had goals for the Dubnyk, right, in the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in St. Paul, Minn. since winning their debut
Wild, who played at home Associated Press under interim coach Willie
for the first time in 17 days Desjardins last week. The
after a 5-2 finish on their Andreas Athanasiou add- goals to lead New York zel scored for the Penguins, NHL's lowest-scoring team
franchise-record seven- ed a goal and an assist for past Vancouver. who have one win in seven went 3-4-0 on a seven-
game road swing. They the third straight game, and Jordan Eberle had a goal games (1-5-1). Casey De- game homestand.q
fell to 5-1-2 at Xcel Energy Anthony Mantha, defense- and an assist and Josh
Center, becoming the last man Dennis Cholowski, Mi- Bailey also scored to help Penguins star Crosby
team in the NHL to lose at chael Rasmussen and Luke the Islanders end a three-
home in regulation this sea- Glendening also scored game skid. skips practice with
son. for Detroit, which has won Mathew Barzal and Brock
back to .500 (8-8-2) after a sists and Thomas Greiss upper-body injury
Wilson played right wing seven of its last eight to get Nelson each had two as-
on the first line with cap-
tain Alex Ovechkin and 1-7-2 start. Jimmy Howard stopped 22 shots as New
center Evgeny Kuznetsov. made 24 saves. York improved to 5-0-2 in
He just finished serving his Lawson Crouse scored for the last seven meetings
fourth suspension in a little Arizona. Darcy Kuemper against Vancouver.
more than a year, this for a stopped 12 shots and rook- Brendan Leipsic had a goal
blind-side hit to the head of ie Hunter Miska made eight and an assist, and Jake Vir-
an opponent during a pre- saves in his NHL debut. tanen also scored for the
season game. PANTHERS 2, FLYERS 1 Canucks, who have lost
SABRES 2, LIGHTNING 1 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aar- two straight after a 4-0-2
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Cart- on Ekblad and Evgenii stretch. Jacob Markstrom,
er Hutton stopped 29 shots Dadonov scored goals, starting for the ninth straight
and the Buffalo Sabres won Roberto Luongo made 29 game with Anders Nilsson
their third straight game by saves and Florida beat Phil- injured, finished with 29
beating Eastern Confer- adelphia for its fifth straight saves.
ence-leading Tampa Bay. win. DEVILS 4, PENGUINS 2
Jeff Skinner scored his team- Jakub Voracek had the NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Taylor
leading 13th goal and Kyle lone goal for the Flyers, Hall scored the game-win- Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) attacks on
Okposo also scored for Buf- who had won three straight ning goal on a breakaway New Jersey Devils goaltender Keith Kinkaid (1) during the first
falo. Defenseman Nathan and five of six. at 8:07 of the third period period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in
Newark, N.J.
Beaulieu had two assists, Both teams have rebound- and added an empty-net Associated Press
and the Sabres improved ed nicely after struggling tally to lead New Jersey
to 10-6-2 for their best start early in the season. The past struggling Pittsburgh. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney
since opening 11-7 in 2011- Panthers are 7-5-3, while Hall also had two assists, Crosby has skipped practice while being evaluated
12. the Flyers are 9-8-1. and Travis Zajac and Da- Wednesday for an upper-body injury.
Anthony Cirelli scored for Just eight seconds after Vo- mon Severson each had Coach Mike Sullivan declined to get into specifics about
the Lightning, who lost con- racek tied the game, Luon- a goal and an assist as the Crosby's injury. Crosby did not miss a shift and played
secutive games for the first go stoned him on a break- Devils snapped a three- more than 21 minutes during Pittsburgh's 4-2 loss to New
time since an 0-3 skid from away after Nolan Patrick game losing streak by Jersey on Tuesday night.
March 24-29 last season. won the face-off. Oskar beating the Penguins for The 31-year-old Crosby is off to an uneven start for the
RED WINGS 6, COYOTES 1 Lindblom hit a post on a the second time in just over Penguins, with eight goals and 11 assists in 16 games.
DETROIT (AP) — Defense- shot a few minutes later for a week. Keith Kinkaid had Pittsburgh has dropped five of six games overall and is
man Mike Green had a Philadelphia. 29 saves for New Jersey, 7-6-3 nearly a quarter of the way into the season. The Pen-
goal and two assists, and ISLANDERS 5, CANUCKS 2 which was returning home guins host Tampa Bay on Thursday night.
Detroit extended its win- NEW YORK (AP) — Tom after a 1-6 trip. Pittsburgh shook up its lineup on Wednesday, trading for-
ning streak to four games. Kuhnhackl scored two Phil Kessel and Jake Guent- ward Carl Hagelin to Los Angeles for Tanner Pearson.q