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SPORTS Friday 8 March 2019

Holtby gets 250th win, Capitals beat Flyers 5-3

By The Associated Press Jaycob Megna had a goal
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alex and an assist for Anaheim
Ovechkin and Nicklas Back- while Nick Ritchie, Rickard
strom each had a goal and Rakell and Adam Hen-
an assist, and Braden Holt- rique also scored. Rookie
by got his 250th career win Troy Terry had three assists
as the Washington Capitals and John Gibson made 28
beat the Philadelphia Flyers saves.
5-3 Wednesday night to re- GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2, FLAMES
claim sole possession of first 1
place in the Metropolitan LAS VEGAS (AP) — Deryk
Division. Engelland scored his sec-
Brett Connolly, Tom Wilson ond goal of the season in
and Andre Burakovsky also the third period to lift Ve-
scored for the Capitals, gas. Shea Theodore also
who won their fifth straight scored for the Golden
and seventh in the last Knights and Marc-Andre
eight. Washington began Fleury stopped 33 shots for
the night tied with the Is- his league-leading 33rd
landers atop the division. win of the season. Vegas
Ovechkin moved one point pulled seven points behind
from reaching 1,200 for his second-place San Jose in
career. He will become the the Pacific Division and 10
third active player and 49th behind first-place Calgary.
all-time to reach the mark. The Golden Knights have
Holtby stopped 27 shots. Washington Capitals’ Braden Holtby deflects the puck with his board during the second period of won five straight since ac-
Claude Giroux had a goal an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Philadelphia. quiring Mark Stone from
and an assist, and Scott The Capitals won 5-3. Ottawa at the NHL trade
Laughton and Philippe Associated Press deadline. Fleury, who re-
Myers also scored for the lumbia (AP) — Alex Edler leading after two periods loose shot and Pietrangelo corded back-to-back
Flyers, whose rally from a scored 3:11 into overtime for the first time this season. rifled a shot through traffic shutouts in his previous two
5-0 deficit fell short. Phila- as Vancouver rallied past Frederik Anderston finished for the game-winner with starts, tied Jacques Plante
delphia had won 16 of 21 Toronto. Loui Eriksson and with 29 saves. 52 seconds remaining for for eighth on the NHL’s all-
to close within reach of a Josh Leivo also scored for BLUES 5, DUCKS 4 his 12th goal of the season. time wins list with his 437th
postseason spot after sink- the Canucks, who trailed ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Pietrangelo, Brayden victory. The 15-year veter-
ing to the NHL’s worst re- 2-0 after two periods and Robert Thomas and Alex Schenn and Ryan O’Reilly an netminder has allowed
cord in January. The Flyers snapped a three-game Pietrangelo scored 12 sec- each had a goal and an just one goal in his last 228
remained seven points out skid. Adam Gaudette had onds apart late in the third assist for St. Louis, which has minutes, 43 seconds. Travis
of the second wild card in two assists and Jacob Mark- period, and St. Louis rallied won 14 of its last 18 games. Hamonic scored Calgary’s
the Eastern Conference. strom stopped 28 shots. to beat Anaheim. Vladimir Tarasenko and lone goal, while Rittich
CANUCKS 3, MAPLE LEAFS Morgan Rielly and Ron Thomas got his second Colton Parayko each had made 36 saves. Rittich, who
2, OT Hainsey had goals for the goal of the game with 1:04 two assists and Jordan Bin- dropped to 22-7-5, is 10-3-2
VANCOUVER, British Co- Maple Leafs, who lost when left on the rebound of a nington stopped 23 shots. since Dec. 31.q

NTSB blames jammed part for accident at Michigan airport

By DAVID KOENIG mined that a jammed part commit to take off — or
AP Airlines Writer prevented pilots from tilting almost certainly overshoot
A plane carrying the Univer- the nose of their MD-83 jet the runway even with
sity of Michigan basketball upward during takeoff. The heavy braking.
team had already reached pilots, however, had no The captain, Mark Radloff,
the critical speed at which way of knowing that until told investigators that when
pilots could no longer stop they were speeding down he tried to tilt the plane
it on the runway. The cap- the runway at 158 mph upward it felt heavy, as if
tain abandoned the take- (254 kph), the board con- there were a stack of bricks
off anyway, surprising the cluded. on the nose.
pilot in the next seat. The 110 passengers and six “This thing is not flying,” Ra-
The plane hurtled 950 feet crew members used emer- dloff said to Andreas Gru-
(290 meters) past the end gency chutes to escape, seus, who was instructing
of the runway, tore through although one slide failed to Radloff on the plane. Rad-
a chain-link fence and inflate. One passenger suf- loff saw a chain-link fence
crossed a paved road be- In this March 8, 2017, file photo, emergency personnel work at fered minor injuries. in the distance and didn’t
fore stopping. the scene after a plane carrying the Michigan men’s basketball The plane, operated by think the plane could clear
The captain’s last-second team slid off a runway during an aborted takeoff at Willow Run Ameristar Charters, was it.
decision to abort the take- Airport, in Ypsilanti, Mich. heavily damaged. “Abort, abort, abort,” he
off in the 2016 incident Associated Press After the accident, the called out.
might have prevented a thing right after things start- portation Safety Board. pilots faced criticism for Later, Gruseus told Radl-
disaster, safety officials said ed to go very wrong,” said In its report on the acci- aborting the takeoff af- off he wasn’t supposed to
Thursday. Robert Sumwalt, the chair- dent in Ypsilanti Township, ter the plane reached the abandon the takeoff at
“These two pilots did every- man of the National Trans- Michigan, the board deter- speed at which pilots must such a high speed. q