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Tavares scores as Maple Leafs top Isles 2-1 to clinch spot

The Associated Press rookie goaltender.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) Alexander Kerfoot and Ga-
— John Tavares scored briel Landeskog scored in
against his former team the third period for the Av-
and the Toronto Maple alanche.
Leafs clinched a playoff JETS 4, BLACKHAWKS 3, OT
berth with a 2-1 victory over CHICAGO (AP) — Kevin
the New York Islanders on Hayes scored at 3:38 of
Monday night. overtime and Winnipeg
Calle Rosen also had a beat Chicago to snap
goal for Toronto, which a three-game slide and
needed just one point to move into sole possession
secure its postseason spot of first place in the Central
and won for the fourth time Division.
in 11 games (4-5-2). Frederik Hayes cut to the net off the
Andersen stopped 28 shots. right side, got past Dylan
Tavares, held without a Strome and tucked a shot
point while the Maple Leafs past goalie Corey Craw-
lost by a combined 10-1 ford. The playoff-bound
margin in his first two games Jets improved to 96 points,
against the Islanders since two ahead of St. Louis and
leaving last summer to sign Nashville atop the crowd-
with his hometown team, ed division race.
broke through off a pass Strome scored his second
from Mitch Marner to make A shot by Toronto Maple Leafs’ John Tavares (91) gets past New York Islanders goaltender Robin goal of the game with 2:20
it 2-0 at 3:50 of the third pe- Lehner (40) for a goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, April 1, 2019, in left in the third period to tie
riod. Tavares added to his Uniondale, N.Y. The Maple Leafs won 2-1. it at 3. By earning a point,
career best with his 46th Associated Press Chicago avoided being
goal and set a career high two games remaining — season, tying Pavel Bure for fourth straight Metropolitan eliminated from playoff
with his 87th point. including the season finale the franchise record set in Division title. contention for the second
Jordan Eberle scored and at Washington on Saturday 1999-00. BLUES 3, AVALANCHE 2, SO straight season — for now.
Robin Lehner finished with night. The Penguins have Roberto Luongo made 27 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ryan Jack Roslovic scored two
36 saves for the playoff- three games left. saves as the Panthers won O’Reilly scored the only goals to end a 22-game
bound Islanders, who were PANTHERS 5, CAPITALS 3 their third straight game. goal in a shootout and St. drought, and Adam Lowry
playing their final regular- SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Vin- Jakub Vrana, Nicklas Louis slowed Colorado’s also had a goal for the Jets.
season home game. cent Trocheck scored two Backstrom and Evgeny playoff push. Connor Hellebuyck made
New York squandered a goals, including his 100th in Kuznetsov scored for Wash- Trying to hold onto the fi- 25 saves.
chance to pull within a the NHL, and Florida with- ington, and Pheonix Cop- nal postseason spot in Jonathan Toews had a
point of first-place Wash- stood a late surge to beat ley stopped 29 shots in his the Western Conference, goal and an assist for Chi-
ington in the Metropolitan Washington. first start since March 19. T.J. the Avalanche had won cago and set a career
Division. Instead, the Island- Troy Brouwer, Jonathan Oshie had two assists and four straight and were 6-0- high for points with 78. The
ers remained three points Huberdeau and Frank Va- Alex Ovechkin added one. 1 in their previous seven 30-year-old Chicago cap-
behind the Capitals and trano also scored for the The Capitals had their games. They earned one tain’s 34th goal tied his
two ahead of third-place Panthers, and Aleksander four-game winning streak point to move two ahead mark for one season, set in
Pittsburgh. The Capitals Barkov had three assists. snapped and missed a of Arizona for the second 2008-09.
and Islanders each have Barkov has 94 points this chance to clinch their wild card in the West. Both Crawford stopped 34 shots,
teams have three games including Mark Scheifele’s
LUNA Bar pledges to make up roster remaining. penalty shot 40 seconds
Colorado is three points into the second period, but
behind Dallas for the top Chicago lost for the third
pay gap for U.S. women wild card. By getting to time in its last four.

86 points, the Avalanche LIGHTNING 5, SENATORS 2
By The Associated Press eral court earlier this month fans of the U.S. Women’s eliminated Edmonton from OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) —
The maker of LUNA Bar alleging gender discrimina- National Team and were playoff contention. Yanni Gourde had two
brand nutrition bars has tion. inspired to take action and Jaden Schwartz and Vladi- goals and an assist, and
pledged to pay $31,250 to The players have said in make a difference that mir Tarasenko scored in Tampa Bay became the
each of the players who court documents that U.S. matters.” regulation for the Blues, third team in NHL history to
make the U.S. roster for the men’s team players earned The company character- who improved to 7-1-0 in win 60 games in a season
Women’s World Cup, an a $55,000 bonus apiece for ized the payments, which their last eight games. St. with a victory over Ottawa.
amount the company says making the World Cup ros- total $718,750, as a dona- Louis has already wrapped Mikhail Sergachev,
makes up the difference ter in 2014, while the wom- tion, made in partnership up a playoff berth and still Brayden Point and Steven
between bonuses for the en earned a $15,000 bonus with the U.S. Women’s Na- has a chance to win the Stamkos also scored for
men’s and women’s na- each for making the 2015 tional Team Players Asso- Central Division. The Blues the Lightning (60-15-4). Ni-
tional teams. World Cup roster. ciation. are tied with Nashville for kita Kucherov had two as-
California-based Clif Bar “It’s ironic that one of the U.S. Soccer has said that second place, two points sists and Andrei Vasilevskiy
& Company an- most popular sports in the the differences in pay are behind Winnipeg. All three made 22 saves.
nounced the planned pay- world is still experiencing the result of different col- teams have three games The other teams to win at
ments Tuesday on Equal pay inequalities between lective bargaining agree- left. least 60 regular-season
Pay Day, which highlights women and men,” Clif ments that set different Jordan Binnington made games were the 1976-77
the gender wage gap. Bar & Company co- pay structures for the two 24 saves in his 22nd win of Montreal Canadiens (60-8-
The U.S. women’s national owner Kit Crawford said in teams. The agreements are the season, tying Jake Al- 12) and the 1995-96 Detroit
team filed a lawsuit in fed- a statement. “We are big not made public.q len for the most by a Blues Red Wings (62-13-7). q