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Pastrnak has hat trick, 5 points as Bruins beat Rangers 6-3

By The Associated Press saves the playoff-chasing ny and Ryan Hartman also
BOSTON (AP) — David Pas- Avalanche beat Vegas. scored for Philadelphia.
trnak had three goals and Matt Calvert, Nathan The Flyers remained mathe-
two assists for a career-high MacKinnon and Gabriel matically alive for a playoff
five points, sending the Bos- Bourque also scored to berth, moving within eight
ton Bruins to a 6-3 victory help the Avalanche stay points of idle Montreal for
over the New York Rangers two points in front of Ari- the final playoff spot with
on Wednesday night. zona for the last wild-card five regular-season games
Coming off a 3-1 road trip spot in the Western Confer- remaining.
but disappointed after ence with five games left. Auston Matthews, Connor
blowing a two-goal lead Barrie's 73rd career goal Brown, Nazem Kadri and
Monday night against NHL- moved him out of a tie with William Nylander scored for
best Tampa Bay, the Bru- Sandis Ozolinsh for most Toronto.
ins broke it open with four among Avalanche de- After the first four Flyers
goals in the third period for fenders. Barrie also had two missed in the shootout,
their 12th consecutive vic- Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak (88) beats New York assists. Couturier deked to his fore-
tory at home. It's their lon- Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist for a goal during the sec- Paul Stastny, Reilly Smith hand and beat Frederik
ond period of an NHL hockey game in Boston, Wednesday,
gest streak since winning 14 March 27, 2019. and Alex Tuch scored for Andersen. Carter Hart se-
straight during the 2008-09 Associated Press Vegas, which was denied cured Philadelphia's third
season. a chance to clinch a play- win the last eight games
Pastrnak completed his their last 10 games against goals and Ryan Strome off spot. Malcolm Subban when he stopped Nyland-
fourth hat trick and third this the Rangers, including los- also scored for the Rangers, stopped 26 shots in his sixth er's attempt.
season with a power-play ing the first two meetings who have lost six of seven. consecutive start. STARS 2, FLAMES 1
goal to make it 4-2 with 7:08 this season. Backup goalie AVALANCHE 4, GOLDEN FLYERS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 4, SO CALGARY, Alberta (AP) —
to play. He became the Jaroslav Halak made 20 KNIGHTS 3 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sean Alexander Radulov and
first Bruins player with a trio saves. Jake DeBrusk, Char- DENVER (AP) — Tyson Barrie Couturier scored in regula- Miro Heiskanen scored to
of hat tricks in one season lie McAvoy and Patrice scored to become Colo- tion and had the only goal lead Dallas over Calgary in
since Hall of Famer Cam Bergeron also scored for rado's career goals lead- in a shootout in Philadel- a game in which Stars goal-
Neely in 1993-94. Boston. er among defensemen, phia's victory over Toronto. tender Ben Bishop left with
The Bruins had gone 1-7-2 in Mika Zibanejad had two Philipp Grubauer made 34 Radko Gudas, Travis Konec- an apparent injury.q

Continued from Page 17 many of the people in this allow us to do it."
Sports gambling is now room have taken place, Wilpon said the ability to
legal in eight states, with and that's where the ac- bet on sports at Citi Field,
more than 20 others at least tion should be," said Bill Mill- home of the Mets, would
considering legalization. er, CEO of the AGA. "And help attract younger fans
Even after the Supreme that's why I think our level to the ballpark, along with
Court decision, the leagues of success from the per- events featuring the New
and the casino industry spective of who wanted to York Excelsior, his esports
maintained an adversarial come, who we invited and franchise in the Overwatch
stance in statehouses, with who said yes, was because League.
the NBA and MLB in partic- they believe this is a com- Although the summit fea-
ular lobbying for a percent- mercial endeavor at this tured a discussion of prob-
age of gambling revenue, point." lem gambling, there was
calling it an "integrity fee" In addition to Bettman — little talk among the head-
they would use to fight off who took the occasion to liners about the potential
attempts at game-fixing announce the league's drawbacks of closer ties
or similar scandals. But no deal with bookmaker Wil- among the gambling in-
state that has legalized liam Hill — executives from dustry, teams and leagues.
sports betting has mandat- the NBA, MLB, MLS and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, center, speaks as part of a Gambling proponents see
panel on sports betting at an event organized by the American
ed those fees, leaving the the PGA Tour participated Gaming Association, Thursday, March 28, 2019, in Oxon Hill, Md. in-game mobile betting in
leagues and sportsbook in panel discussions. While Associated Press particular as a huge un-
operators to work out deals they kept a lower profile, tapped business opportu-
on their own. the NFL and the NCAA also federal level. tal One Arena in downtown nity, and that sort of bet-
The two-day gathering, sent representatives to the Two team owners showed Washington, with plans ting can be particularly en-
which concluded Thurs- conference. up to talk about the way to turn that space into a ticing to gambling addicts,
day, was organized by the Former New Jersey Gov. legal sports betting could sportsbook. said Keith Whyte, executive
American Gaming Asso- Chris Christie, a Republican transform their venues: Ted "You have a sportsbook in director of the National
ciation, a casino-industry whose administration took Leonsis of the Washington the arena, maybe we have Council on Problem Gam-
trade group that spent the fight over sports betting Wizards and Capitals and 20,000 people to watch us bling. "You can gamble on
years trying to persuade prohibition to the Supreme Jeff Wilpon of the New York play on the road. I'd like a thousand different events
sports leagues to embrace Court, urged gambling Mets. to bring 20,000 people in during a game, and at $5
legal gambling, arguing companies to embrace Washington's mayor has to watch football games a bet that's a significant fi-
it would increase fan en- sensible regulations, argu- already signed a bill legal- and go to our partner site nancial risk," said Whyte,
gagement and open up ing that successful imple- izing sports gambling that and eat and gamble. That who attended the confer-
new revenue streams. mentation at the state lev- has yet to take effect. At would be a fantastic reen- ence. "You can have a fan
"It isn't just about what the el will prevent the federal Leonsis' urging, the new law gineering of what we can with a gambling problem
states have done from a government from getting allows city stadiums and do with our building," Leon- spending tens of thousands
legislative enactment per- involved. Sens. Orrin Hatch arenas to apply for sports- sis said. "I want to make the or even hundreds of thou-
spective but the fact that and Chuck Schumer have betting licenses, and Leon- building the iconic, most sands of dollars quote-un-
30-plus commercial agree- introduced a bill to regu- sis this month bought out a important convener place quote 'supporting' their fa-
ments and deals among late sports gambling at the popular sports bar at Capi- for the community. This will vorite club."q