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                NHL: Bobrovsky shuts out opposition for 3rd game in a row



            The Associated Press                                                                                                seconds  as  St.  Louis  won
            COLUMBUS,  Ohio  (AP)  —                                                                                            back-to-back games after
            COLUMBUS,  Ohio  (AP)  —                                                                                            losing five in a row.
            Sergei  Bobrovsky  made                                                                                             Perron scored his 13th goal
            33  saves  for  his  third  con-                                                                                    of the season and Tarasen-
            secutive  shutout  and  the                                                                                         ko  added  his  29th  of  the
            Columbus  Blue  Jackets                                                                                             season  to  help  new  Blues
            handed  the  New  Jersey                                                                                            coach  Mike  Yeo  to  his
            Devils  their  eighth  straight                                                                                     first  win  against  his  former
            loss  with  a  2-0  victory  on                                                                                     team.
            Tuesday night.                                                                                                      Devan  Dubnyk  made  18
            Bobrovsky  shut  out  the                                                                                           saves for Minnesota, which
            Devils  for  the  second  time                                                                                      has lost two of its past three
            in  three  days  as  he  made                                                                                       games.
            20  saves  in  a  3-0  win  on                                                                                      AVALANCHE      3,   HURRI-
            Sunday.                                                                                                             CANES 1
            Tuesday’s  shutout  was  his                                                                                        DENVER  (AP)  —  Gabriel
            career-high  sixth  this  sea-                                                                                      Landeskog and Tyson Bar-
            son.  Bobrovsky  has  not  al-                                                                                      rie  scored  goals  46  sec-
            lowed a goal since the Ca-                                                                                          onds  apart  in  the  second
            nadiens’  Alex  Galchenyuk                                                                                          period and the Avalanche
            scored in overtime on Feb.                                                                                          beat the Hurricanes.
            28.Oliver  Bjorkstrand  and   St. Louis Blues’ Vladimir Tarasenko, left, of Russia, scores a goal against Minnesota Wild goalie De-  Barrie  also  added  two  as-
            Cam Atkinson scored third-   van Dubnyk during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in St. Paul,   sists  and  Calvin  Pickard
            period  goals  for  Colum-   Minn. The Blues won 2-1.                                                               had 25 saves for Colorado,
            bus, which leads Pittsburgh                                                                        Associated Press  which  got  a  rare  home
            by  two  points  for  second   extend  the  NHL’s  longest  lowed four goals on 19 shots  each had two assists.     win.  The  Avalanche  are
            place  in  the  Metropolitan   active  point  streak  to  11  before  being  replaced  by  Gustav   Nyquist   scored   9-21-2 at Pepsi Center and
            Division.                    games.                       Reto  Berra  with  6:46  left  in  twice  for  the  Red  Wings,   had lost 12 of their past 14
            FLYERS 6, SABRES 3           Evander  Kane  had  a  goal  the  second.  Berra,  seeing  while Henrik Zetterberg ex-  overall  before  rallying  to
            BUFFALO, New York (AP) —     and  assist  for  the  Sabres,  his  first  NHL  action  since  tended  his  point  streak  to   beat the Hurricanes.
            Radko  Gudas  had  a  goal   who     continued    losing  Dec. 9. 2015, stopped eight  seven games with an assist   Justin  Faulk  scored  for  the
            and  two  assists,  and  the   ground in the standings by  shots.                      on both goals.               Hurricanes and Eddie Lack
            Flyers continued their late-  dropping  to  1-5-2  in  their  New  York  won  its  fifth  Frederik Andersen made 22   stopped 22 shots. Carolina
            season playoff push with a   past  eight.  Robin  Lehner  straight  road  game  and  saves. Petr Mrazek, making     is 2-5-3 in its past 10 games
            win over the Sabres.         stopped  24  shots  and  has  is 24-8-0 on the road while  his  eighth  straight  start  for   and is tied with New Jersey
            Jordan  Weal  and  Travis    allowed 24 goals in his past  Florida has won just once in  Detroit, stopped 25 shots.  for last place in the Metro-
            Konecny  had  a  goal  and   six games.                   its past six home games.     BLUES 2, WILD 1              politan Division.
            assist  each,  and  Claude   RANGERS 5, PANTHERS 2        MAPLE LEAFS 3, RED WINGS  ST.  PAUL,  Minnesota  (AP)     ISLANDERS 4, OILERS 1
            Giroux scored to snap a 12-  SUNRISE,  Florida  (AP)  —  2                             —  Vladimir  Tarasenko  and   EDMONTON,  Alberta  (AP)
            game  goal  drought  and     Henrik  Lundqvist  made  43  TORONTO  (AP)  —  James  David  Perron  scored  and       —  Anders  Lee  scored  a
            cap  a  three-goal  second-  saves  to  earn  his  30th  win  van  Riemsdyk  broke  out  Jake  Allen  made  32  saves   pair  of  goals  and  the  Is-
            period outburst. Matt Read   of the season and lead the  of  a  scoring  slump,  and  and  the  Blues  edged  the   landers  earned  a  victory
            also  scored  while  Steve   Rangers over the Panthers.   the  Maple  Leafs  snapped  Wild.                         over the Oilers.
            Mason stopped 31 shots.      Nick  Holden,  Kevin  Hayes,  a  five-game  losing  streak  Allen  was  10.5  seconds   Joshua  Ho-Sang,  with  his
            The Flyers improved to 3-0-1   and  Chris  Kreider  scored  with  a  victory  against  the  away   from   a   second   first  career  NHL  goal,  and
            in their past four and vault-  goals for the Rangers. Tan-  Red Wings.                 straight shutout before Wild   Andrew  Ladd  also  scored
            ed  ahead  of  idle  Tampa   ner  Glass  had  a  goal  and  Alexey  Marchenko  and  center Mikko Koivu threw a      for  the  Islanders,  who
            Bay  into  11th  place  in  the   an assist. Pavel Buchnevich  Nazem  Kadri  also  scored  puck on net from near the   snapped   a   two-game
            Eastern Conference stand-    added an empty-net goal.     for  the  Maple  Leafs,  who  blue  line  which  bounced   losing  skid.  Zack  Kassian
            ings.                        Aaron Ekblad and Thomas  were 0-2-3 in their previous  past Allen.                     scored  for  the  Oilers,  who
            Jack Eichel had two goals    Vanek scored for the Pan-    five  games.  Rookie  Mitch  Allen’s scoreless streak had   had  a  two-game  winning
            and  assist  for  Buffalo  to   thers and James Reimer al-  Marner  and  Tyler  Bozak  reached  159  minutes,  8.5   streak snapped.q
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