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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