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                                                                                                       SPORTS Wednesday 19 april 2017
                  Toronto beats Washington, Ducks defeat Flames




            TORONTO  (AP)  —  Tyler      assists  and  Nick  Ritchie   Michael Stone also scored   Boston and take a 2-1 lead   following their 4-3 victory in
            Bozak  scored  1:37  into    also  scored  for  the  Ducks.   for  Calgary.  Mikael  Back-  in the first-round series.  Game 2.
            overtime  to  cap  Toronto’s   Rickard  Rakell,  Kevin  Biek-  lund  and  T.J.  Brodie  each   Ryan got free in the zone,   This time Bruins rallied from
            comeback from two goals      sa  and  Hampus  Lindholm    had  two  assists  and  Elliott   tapping  it  in  on  assists  by   a  3-0  deficit  with  three
            down in the second period    each had two assists.        finished with 22 saves.      Kyle  Turris  and  Erik  Karls-  goals in second period, ty-
            as  the  Maple  Leafs  beat   John Gibson gave up four    Game  4  is  Wednesday       son. Mike Hoffman added      ing the game on a power
            the  Washington  Capitals                                                                                           play  goal  by  David  Pas-
            4-3  Monday  night  to  take                                                                                        trnak.
            a 2-1 lead in the first-round                                                                                       Noel  Acciari  and  David
            series.                                                                                                             Backes  also  scored  for
            Auston Matthews and Na-                                                                                             the  Bruins.  Tuukka  Rask
            zem Kadri each had a goal                                                                                           stopped 28 shots.
            and  an  assist  and  William                                                                                       Game  4  is  Wednesday
            Nylander  also  scored  for                                                                                         night.
            Toronto. Frederik Andersen                                                                                          PREDATORS     3,   BLACK-
            made 23 saves.                                                                                                      HAWKS 2, OT
            Toronto  trailed  2-0  in  the                                                                                      NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP)
            first  period,  and  then  3-1                                                                                      —  Kevin  Fiala  scored  on
            early in the second, before                                                                                         a  backhander  16:44  into
            Kadri and Nylander scored                                                                                           overtime  as  the  Nashville
            4:07  apart  late  to  tie  the                                                                                     Predators rallied from a 2-0
            score in the final minute of                                                                                        deficit in the third period to
            the period.                                                                                                         push the Blackhawks to the
            Alex   Ovechkin,    Nicklas                                                                                         brink of elimination.
            Backstrom  and  Evgeny                                                                                              Filip Forsberg scored twice
            Kuznetsov all scored for the                                                                                        in the third period to force
            Presidents’  Trophy-winning                                                                                         overtime.   Pekka    Rinne
            Capitals.  Braden  Holtby                                                                                           made 34 saves,
            stopped 24 shots.                                                                                                     even  with  his  franchise
            All three games so far have                                                                                         playoff  scoreless  streak
            been decided in overtime.                                                                                           ending early in the second
            Game  4  is  Wednesday                                                                                              period  at  141  minutes,  5
            night.                                                                                                              seconds.q
            DUCKS 5, FLAMES 4, OT                                                                                               Dennis   Rasmussen    and
            CALGARY, Alberta (AP) —      Chicago Blackhawks right wing Marian Hossa (81), of Slovakia, skates to the bench as Nashville   Patrick  Kane  each  scored
            Corey  Perry  scored  1:30   Predators left wing Kevin Fiala (56), of Switzerland, celebrates with Mike Fisher (12) and James   the first goals this series for
            into  overtime  as  the  Ana-  Neal, right, after Fiala scored the winning goal during overtime in Game 3 of a first-round NHL   the  Western  Conference’s
                                         hockey playoff series Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. The Predators won 3-2 to take a
            heim  Ducks  rallied  from   3-0 lead in the series.                                                                No. 1 seed.
            three  goals  down  to  take                                                                       Associated Press  But  the  Blackhawks,  win-
            a 3-0 series lead in the first-                                                                                     ners  of  three  Stanley  Cup
            round series.                goals on 16 shots before he   night.                      two goals for Ottawa, with   titles  in  the  past  seven
            Perry’s  sharp-angled  shot   was replaced by Jonathan    SENATORS 4, BRUINS 3, OT     Derick Brassard scoring the   years, now trail 0-3 for the
            deflected off several play-  Bernier  in  the  second  pe-  BOSTON  (AP)  —  Bobby     other.  Craig  Anderson  fin-  first  time  since  the  2011
            ers and past Flames goalie   riod. Bernier stopped all 16   Ryan  scored  on  a  tip-in   ished with 17 saves.      quarterfinals.
            Brian Elliott.               shots he faced.              on a power play 5:43 into    It  was  the  second  straight    They lost that series in sev-
            Shea  Theodore  had  two     Sean Monahan had a goal      overtime,  and  Ottawa  re-  overtime  game  of  the  se-  en games to Vancouver.
            goals  while  Nate  Thomp-   and an assist while Kris Ver-  covered  after  giving  up   ries  and  second  consecu-  Game 4 is Thursday night in
            son  had  a  goal  and  two   steeg,  Sam  Bennett  and   a three-goal lead to beat    tive  win  for  the  Senators   Nashville.q



               Starling Marte            Another  change  in  the  ready is missing third base-
                                         drug  agreement  means  man  Jung  Ho  Kang,  who
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                                         Marte  will  not  be  credited  remains in his native South
             Barring    postponements,  for  major  league  service  Korea awaiting a work visa
             Marte  would  be  eligible  during the suspension. That  after  being  convicted  of
             to  return  for  the  July  18  would have delayed his eli-  driving under the influence
             home  game  against  Mil- gibility  for  free  agency  by  in February.
             waukee and would lose 91  a  year  until  after  the  2019  The  Pirates  recalled  Jose
             days’  pay  from  his  $5  mil- season,  but  he  agreed  in  Osuna  from  Triple-A  In-
             lion  salary,  which  comes  2014  to  a  $31  million,  six-  dianapolis  ahead  of  their
             to  $2,486,339.  Under  a  year contract that includes  game  Tuesday  night  in  St.
             change to baseball’s drug  club  options  for  2020  and  Louis.
             agreement  in  collective  ‘21.                          Marte is the second player
             bargaining  during  the  off- Under  the  drug  agree-   to  be  suspended  this  sea-
             season,  he  doesn’t  get  ment, Marte is ineligible for  son for running afoul of the
             paid on off days during the  the  2017  postseason  if  the  league’s drug policy. Phila-
             ban. Under the old agree- Pirates were to advance.       delphia pitcher Elniery Gar-
             ment,  he  would  have  It’s  a  task  made  consid-     cia, who was on the Phillies’   Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Starling Marte slides to catch a
             lost  80  days’  pay,  which  erably  harder  with  Marte  40-man roster but assigned   line drive by St. Louis Cardinals’ Dexter Fowler to end the eighth
             would  have  amounted  to  out of the mix for the next  to Double-A Reading, was      inning of a baseball game Monday, April 17, 2017, in St. Louis.
             $2,185,782.                 three months. Pittsburgh al-  suspended last week.q                                                Associated Press
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