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SPORTS Wednesday 16 January 2019

Flyers top Wild 7-4 for 2nd

victory in last 11 games

By The Associated Press to a win over Boston. streak and St. Louis scored
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Carey Price stopped 41 three goals in a five-minute
James van Riemsdyk re- shots for the Canadiens. span to beat Washington
corded a hat trick, and No- Paul Byron scored a short- for its first three-game win-
lan Patrick had two goals handed goal, and Brendan ning streak of the season.
and two assists to lead the Gallagher also scored to Dunn banked the puck in
Philadelphia Flyers to a 7-4 help Montreal earn its third on a double deflection for
victory over the Minnesota victory in four tries. his first goal in 33 games Philadelphia Flyers' Robert Hagg, left, collides with Minnesota
Wild on Monday night. Rask made 19 saves but lost and assisted on Perron's Wild's Nate Prosser during the third period of an NHL hockey
Wayne Simmonds also had for the first time in his last six goal with a no-look back- game, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won
7-4.
two goals for the Flyers. starts. David Krejci scored handed pass.q Associated Press
Carter Hart had 34 saves. a power-play goal — with
It was just the second win Rask pulled for a 6-on-4
in the last 11 games for — with just 38 seconds left
Philadelphia, which began in regulation to send the
Monday with the fewest game into overtime.
points in the league. Brad Marchand also scored
Jason Zucker, Marcus Fo- for Boston, giving the Bruins
ligno, Joel Eriksson Ek and a 1-0 lead about six min-
Ryan Suter scored for Min- utes into the game.
nesota. DEVILS 8, BLACKHAWKS 5
The Wild dropped to 0-5-1 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Kyle
against Metropolitan Divi- Palmieri and Blake Cole-
sion teams. man each scored twice,
AVALANCHE 6, MAPLE and New Jersey had its big-
LEAFS 3 gest offensive game of the
TORONTO (AP) — Carl So- season in beating Chicago.
derberg had his first career Travis Zajac, Sami Vatanen,
hat trick and Colorado Kevin Rooney and Brett
topped Toronto. Seney also scored as the
Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Devils won consecutive
Rantanen and Matt Cal- games for only the third
vert also scored for Colo- time since opening the sea-
rado, which had lost nine son with four straight wins.
of its last 10 games overall Rookie goaltender Mack-
(1-7-2), and seven straight enzie Blackwood won for
in regulation on the road. the fifth time in seven deci-
Semyon Varlamov stopped sions.
17 shots. Patrick Kane scored twice
Igor Ozhiganov, Kasperi and set up two others for
Kapanen and Mitch Marner the Blackhawks. Brent Sea-
scored for Toronto. Frederik brook, Dominik Kahun and
Andersen made 32 saves Brandon Saad also scored
in his return to the starting for Chicago, which left
lineup after missing eight goaltenders Cam Ward
games with a groin injury. and Collin Delia defense-
Auston Matthews added less most of the game in giv-
two assists. ing up at least seven goals
Toronto has lost five of its for the fifth time this season.
last seven games and four The eight goals against tied
of five at home. the most given up by the
CANADIENS 3, BRUINS 2, OT Blackhawks this season.
BOSTON (AP) — Jeff Petry BLUES 4, CAPITALS 1
scored 15 seconds into WASHINGTON (AP) —
overtime, batting the puck Vince Dunn scored his first
out of the air and past Tu- goal since October, David
ukka Rask to lead Montreal Perron extended his point