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Thursday 11 april 2019

16 wins!

And a 2I-AND-DONE

number

of other

things for

the NHL

playoffs

By PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer
DENVER (AP) — Welcome
back to the playoffs , New
York Islanders. Same goes
for you, St. Louis, Dallas,
Carolina and Calgary.
All five teams are return-
ing to the postseason after
at least one season off (or
nine, for the Hurricanes).
It’s a familiar number: In
12 of the last 14 seasons,
the playoff lineup has in-
cluded at least five teams
that hadn’t been there a
year earlier. Same num-
bers apply as always: four
series wins to hoist the Stan-
ley Cup and 16 victories
in total. It’s a clean slate,
too. Just ask Flames coach
Bill Peters, whose team
amassed 107 points and
whose top scorer, Johnny
Gaudreau, accumulated
99 points. “I looked at the
numbers today — Johnny
has zero points and we
have zero wins,” Peters Nowitzki retires after scoring
cracked. “We’re all win-
less. We’re all tied.”
Remember, no lead is 30 as Mavs top Suns 120-109
safe. There were an NHL-
best 138 multi-goal come-
back victories during the Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki gets emotional
regular season. A by-the- after a video played during a break in the first half of
numbers glance — with a
huge assist to NHL research the team’s NBA basketball game against the Phoenix
— heading into a post- Suns in Dallas on Tuesday, April 9, 2019.
season where the Wash- Associated Press
ington Capitals will try to Page 18
defend their title under a
new coach (Todd Reirden)
while their old one (Barry
Trotz) is back in the running
with the Islanders: 7,664 —
Goals scored in the regular
season, the most in league
history.
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