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                                                                                                       SPORTS Tuesday 3 January 2017
             NHL Capsules

               Maple Leafs beat Red Wings in Centennial Classic



             The Associated Press        of the cage at 3:40 of over-  —  Corey  Perry  scored  the
             TORONTO  (AP)  —  Auston  time.                          decisive   shootout   goal
             Matthews scored in regula-  Anthony Mantha tied it for  while Ryan Kesler had a hat
             tion and overtime in his first  Detroit  with  1.1  seconds  trick and goalie John Gib-
             outdoor game to lead the  left.                          son  made  51  saves  to  set
             Toronto  Maple  Leafs  to  a  Leo Komarov, Mitch Marn-   career  and  franchise  re-
             5-4 victory over the Detroit  er, and Connor Brown also  cords in Anaheim’s victory
             Red  Wings  on  Sunday  in  scored  for  Toronto,  and  over Philadelphia.
             the Centennial Classic.     Frederik  Andersen  made  Kesler had his fourth career
             In a game delayed 30 min-   33 saves.                    hat trick and the first since
             utes  at  the  start  because  The Maple Leafs have won  2011, with Vancouver. Gib-
             of  sun  on  the  ice  at  BMO  five  straight  to  improve  to  son faced a career-high 54
             Field, Matthews won it with  17-12-7.                    shots, falling two shy of the
             the  20th  of  his  rookie  sea-  Mantha  scored  twice  for  club record. Jonathan Ber-
             son  after  the  Maple  Leafs  Detroit,  Jonathan  Ericsson  nier,  who  played  briefly  in
             blew  a  three-goal  lead  in  and  Dylan  Larkin  added  the  second  period,  made   Toronto  Maple  Leafs  right  wing  Connor  Brown  (12)  celebrates
                                                                                                   his  goal  with  teammates  Zach  Hyman  (11)  and  Auston  Mat-
             the third period.           goals  and  rookie  Jared  one save                       thews  during  the  third  period  of  the  NHL  Centennial  Classic
             After  eluding  Red  Wings  Coreau  stopped  23  shots.  Philadelphia had a season-   hockey game against the Detroit Red Wings in Toronto on Sun-
             defender Danny DeKeyser,  The Red Wings dropped to  high  55  shots  and  limited     day, Jan. 1, 2017.
             the  19-year-old  Matthews  16-16-5.                     Anaheim  to  25  shots  on                                            Associated Press
             flipped a quick backhand-   DUCKS 4, FLYERS 3, SO        goal. Travis Konecny, Sean   Schenn  scored  for  the  Fly-  Chorney’s  shot  from  the
             er  into  the  upper  reaches  ANAHEIM,  California  (AP)  Couturier   and   Brayden   ers and Steve Mason made  point  beat  goalie  Mike

             Predators GM Poile optimistic                                                         23 saves.                    Condon through a screen.
                                                                                                   CAPITALS 2, SENATORS 1
                                                                                                                                The defenseman has three
                                                                                                                                goals in 130 NHL games in
                                                                                                   WASHINGTON  (AP)  —  De-
             P.K. Subban returns soon                                                              fenseman  Taylor  Chorney  parts of seven seasons.
                                                                                                   broke a tie early in the third  Karl Alzner also scored, and
                                                                                                   period  with  his  first goal  of  Braden  Holtby  stopped  23
            JIM DIAMOND                                                                            the  season  as  Washington  shots.  Kyle  Turris  scored  for
            Associated Press                                                                       held on to beat Ottawa.      Ottawa.q
            NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A                                                              WNBA players were
            day  after  placing  defen-
            seman  P.K.  Subban  on  in-
            jured  reserve  with  an  up-                                                          near site of Istanbul
            per-body  injury,  Nashville
            Predators  general  man-
            ager  David  Poile  is  hope-                                                          attack, coach says
            ful the former Norris Trophy
            winner’s stay on IR is brief.                                                          DOUG FEINBERG                a  Santa  Claus  costume
            “I think his timeframe is go-                                                           AP Basketball Writer        opened  fire  at  a  night-
            ing  to  be  a  good  one,”                                                            A handful of WNBA players,  club in Istanbul during New
            Poile  said  Monday.  “I’ve                                                            including  Essence  Carson,  Year’s  celebrations,  leav-
            got  my  fingers  crossed                                                              Chelsea  Gray  and  Jantel  ing at least 39 people dead
            on  that.”  Subban  has  not    In this Oct. 1, 2016, file photo, Nashville Predators defenseman   Lavender of the Los Ange-  in what the province’s gov-
            played  in  a  game  since   P.K. Subban warms up before an NHL hockey preseason game   les  Sparks,  were  next  door  ernor described as a terror
            Dec.  15  and  has  missed   against the Tampa Bay Lightning, in Nashville, Tenn.      to  a  deadly  shooting  in  a  attack.
            Nashville’s  last  seven  con-                                        Associated Press  nightclub  in  Istanbul  early  About  two  dozen  WNBA
            tests  due  to  the  injury.                                                           Sunday.Sparks coach Brian  players are in Turkey during
            When placing the blueliner   with injuries.”              Central Division and 10th in   Agler confirmed to The As-  their offseason playing in a
            on injured reserve Sunday,   Poile  noted  that  Subban  the Western Conference.       sociated Press that Carson  league there.
            the team said Subban will    has  been  working  out  ev-  Poile  has  been  active  in   had texted him to say that  Carson  had  tweeted  ear-
            be  re-evaluated  in  two  to   ery  day  and  has  skated  the trade market in recent   the three players were OK.  lier in the evening that she
            three weeks.                 some. Subban is scheduled  years.  Asked  if  Subban’s    The WNBA later told the AP  was  “stuck  inside  of  the
            The  Predators  are  3-2-2  in   to  talk  with  reporters  Tues-  progress might prompt the   that all of its players in Tur-  club  because  of  ‘terror’
            his absence.                 day morning.                 general  manager  to  ac-    key were accounted for.      shooting in Istanbul. Praises
            Poile  met  with  reporters   Subban  leads  all  Nashville  quire a defenseman, Poile   “The  attack  at  Reina  in  Is-  to the most high.”
            Monday  after  a  public     defensemen  with  seven  said  he  is  expecting  Sub-    tanbul  was  tragic  and  we  The  incident  occurred  a
            practice  to  discuss  the  in-  goals this season. His aver-  ban back in the next cou-  send  our  heartfelt  condo-  week after the WNBA start-
            jury  and  the  uncertainty   age  ice  time  of  25:03  per  ple weeks.               lences  and  prayers  to  the  ed offering to its players a
            about when the Predators     game ranks second on the  “Hopefully if I get that date   victims  and  their  families,”  phone application to assist
            can  expect  Subban  back    team,  behind  only  fellow  wrong,  if  it’s  off,  he’s  still   WNBA  President  Lisa  Bor-  them  in  trying  to  stay  safe
            in the lineup.               defenseman Roman Josi.       coming  back,”  Poile  said.   ders  said  in  a  statement.  while traveling overseas.
            “When you do that, just like   “Whenever  you  miss  a  “It’s not like he’s not com-   “The WNBA was in contact  The  league  has  partnered
            when  we  said  it  is  day-to-  player  of  his  abilities,  it  ing back.”           with  our  players  in  the  re-  with  LiveSafe,  a  safety
            day,  it  is  just  a  little  bit  of   takes away from your line-  Asked if the Predators had   gion after the incident; we  communications  platform,
            a  guesstimate  in  terms  of   up  and  everybody’s  very  ruled  out  the  possibility  of   are  thankful  each  one  of  to  provide  a  mobile  secu-
            where he is at,” Poile said.   curious as to what’s going  surgery,  a  team  spokes-  them is safe and account-    rity app to its 60-plus play-
            “We thought that he would    on,” Poile said.             man  stepped  in  and  said,   ed for.”                   ers  competing  in  Russia,
            be back sooner, but some-    Entering  Monday’s  action,  “We’re  not  talking  any    An  assailant  believed  to  Turkey,  China  and  other
            times this is what happens   the Predators are fifth in the  more about that.”q        have  been  dressed  in  countries this offseason.q
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