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Subban records 1st NHL shutout, Golden Knights beat Jets 5-0

By The Associated Press points in their last four
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mal- games. Rookie Jordan Bin-
colm Subban stopped 20 nington made 20 saves, im-
shots for his first NHL shutout, proving to 19-4-1.
William Karlsson and Reilly Thomas Vanek scored
Smith each scored twice, twice and Jonathan Ber-
and the Vegas Golden nier made 19 saves for the
Knights beat the Winnipeg Red Wings, who had their
Jets 5-0 on Thursday night. two-game winning streak
Tomas Nosek also scored snapped.
for Vegas, which is 10-1 PENGUINS 2, PREDATORS 1,
since losing to Winnipeg 6-3 SO
in its final game before ac- NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
quiring Mark Stone at the Sidney Crosby’s goal in the
trade deadline. shootout gave Pittsburgh
Subban, whose shutout a win over Nashville and
came in his 35th career ended the Penguins’ three-
start, has won two straight game losing streak.
and seven of his last nine Bryan Rust scored in regu-
starts. He’s also nearly un- lation for the Penguins,
beatable at T-Mobile Are- who moved into a second-
na with a 13-1-0 record in place tie with the New York
two seasons. Islanders in the Metropoli-
Winnipeg dropped to 5-3- Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Malcolm Subban blocks shot by the Winnipeg Jets during the tan Division with 91 points
0 in the second game of first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, March 21, 2019, in Las Vegas. each. Matt Murray made
back-to-backs this season. Associated Press 27 saves.
Laurent Brossoit started in hunt for an Eastern Confer- an empty-net goal as Phila- Toronto in the race for sec- Ryan Ellis scored for Nash-
net for the Jets, but was ence playoff spot. delphia picked up a sorely ond place in the Atlantic ville, which had its three-
pulled after allowing three Joel Armia, Shea Weber, needed victory after drop- Division. game winning streak
goals. Connor Hellebuyck, Jonathan Drouin and Jor- ping three of four. David Pastrnak, Danton snapped. Pekka Rinne
who entered with 14 min- dan Weal also scored for Erik Gustafsson scored, and Heinen and David Backes made 31 saves in the loss as
utes left in the second peri- the Canadiens (39-28-7), Corey Crawford made 25 also scored for the Bru- Nashville remained three
od, allowed two goals and who won their second stops for Chicago (32-31- ins, who are 16-3-1 in their points behind first-place
made 18 saves. straight after dropping two 10), which missed out on last 20 games. Tuukka Winnipeg in the Central Di-
LIGHTNING 6, HURRICANES in a row. a chance to gain ground Rask made 22 saves to im- vision.
3 Thomas Greiss gave up four in the race for the second prove to 18-2-3 in his last 23 FLAMES 5, SENATORS 1
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Ryan goals on 22 shots for the wild card out West. games. CALGARY, Alberta (AP)
Callahan scored the tie- Islanders (42-25-7) before AVALANCHE 3, STARS 1 Drew Stafford scored for the — Andrew Mangiapane,
breaking goal midway being pulled in the second DALLAS (AP) — Philipp Devils, ending a 34-game Garnet Hathaway and
through the third period, period. Robin Lehner made Grubauer made a season- goal-scoring drought. Cory Matthew Tkachuk each
and the Tampa Bay picked 12 saves in relief. high 44 saves, including 23 Schneider made 22 saves had a goal and an assist
up its seventh straight win. KINGS 4, SHARKS 2 in the third period, defen- as New Jersey lost for the As Calgary topped Ottawa
Steven Stamkos had a goal LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anze semen Erik Johnson and Ty- ninth time in 12 games (2- in a game that matched
and two assists and Tyler Kopitar had a goal and an son Barrie scored and Col- 9-1). the top team in the West
Johnson, Anthony Cire- assist, Matt Roy scored his orado beat Dallas to make PANTHERS 4, COYOTES 2 against the team with the
lli, Brayden Point and Ryan first career goal and Los the Western Conference SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Alek- worst record in the East.
McDonagh all scored for Angeles Kings used a three- playoff race even tighter. sander Barkov scored two Mark Giordano scored Cal-
the Lightning, who scored goal third period to top San Grubauer has allowed only goals and Jonathan Huber- gary’s league-leading 18th
four unanswered goals in Jose. two goals while facing 104 deau had three assists as short-handed goal and Mi-
the third period to erase a Dustin Brown and Jeff Cart- shots and carrying Colo- Florida won for the first time kael Backlund also scored
3-2 deficit. er also scored for Los Ange- rado on a three-game win- in three games. for the Flames. Derek Ryan
Victor Hedman had three les, which snapped a five- ning streak. Mike Hoffman and MacK- assisted on two goals. Mike
assists and Louis Domingue game skid at home. Jona- Carl Soderberg added an enzie Weegar also scored Smith made 18 saves.
stopped 25 of 28 shots for than Quick made 23 saves. empty-net goal with 49 sec- goals for the Panthers. Ro- Dylan DeMelo scored for
his 13th win in his past 14 Barclay Goodrow and To- onds left for the final mar- berto Luongo made 32 the Senators (25-43-6).
starts. Lightning forward mas Hertl scored, and Mar- gin, helping the Avalanche saves and broke a five- Craig Anderson stopped 31
Nikita Kucherov became tin Jones made 31 saves for leapfrog idle Minnesota for game losing streak. Evgenii shots.
the first player to reach 120 the Sharks, who trail Cal- eighth place in the confer- Dadonov added two as- OILERS 4, BLUE JACKETS 1
points in a season since gary by five points for the ence standings. sists. EDMONTON, Alberta (AP)
2006-07 with his assist on Pacific Division lead and Tyler Seguin scored the Brad Richardson and Mi- — Connor McDavid had
Johnson’s first-period goal. the best record in the West- lone goal for Dallas with chael Grabner scored for a goal and an assist, Leon
Nino Niederreiter, Dougie ern Conference. 5:01 to play. Goalie Ben the Coyotes, who lost their Draisaitl had three assists as
Hamilton and Jordan Staal FLYERS 3, BLACKHAWKS 1, Bishop’s personal winning third straight. Darcy Kuem- Edmonton snapped a two-
scored for the Hurricanes. SO streak ended at six games. per stopped 18 shots. game skid with a win over
Curtis McElhinney made 26 CHICAGO (AP) — Cart- BRUINS 5, DEVILS 1 BLUES 5, RED WINGS 2 Columbus.
saves. er Hart made 40 saves NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Pa- ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ivan Bar- Kyle Brodziak, Zack Kassian
CANADIENS 4, ISLANDERS 0 and James van Reimsdyk trice Bergeron scored twice bashev recorded his first and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
MONTREAL (AP) — Carey snapped a tie in the third and reached the 30-goal career NHL hat trick to lead also scored for Edmonton.
Price stopped 27 shots for period, helping Philadel- mark for the fifth time and St. Louis past Detroit. David Savard had the only
his fourth shutout of the phia beat Chicago. streaking Boston beat inju- Oskar Sundqvist and Pat goal for the Blue Jackets,
season and Montreal beat Corban Knight also scored ry-ravaged New Jersey to Maroon also scored for the who have lost three in a
New York to remain in the and Sean Couturier added open a six-point lead over Blues, who have earned row.q