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SPORTS Friday 12 april 2019
Blue Jackets stun Lightning

with 3rd-period comeback

By The Associated Press Mathew Barzal brought went by Winnipeg's Con-
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Seth the puck into the offensive nor Hellebuyck for the go-
Jones scored the go-ahead zone on a 2-on-1 break, ahead goal.
goal on the power play to faked in front to draw Mur- David Perron also scored
cap Columbus' three-goal ray out and sent a back- for St. Louis early in the
third period, and the Blue hand shot that bounced third, and Jordan Binning-
Jackets rallied to beat the off the left post, but Bailey ton made 24 saves.
Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 in was there to knock it in. Patrik Laine scored late in
Game 1 of the teams' first- Game 2 is Friday night back the first period and Helle- Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones (3) celebrates
round Eastern Conference at the Nassau Coliseum. buyck stopped 24 shots for his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning with defenseman Zach
playoff series Wednesday BLUES 2, JETS 1 the Jets, who host Game 2 Werenski (8) and center Matt Duchene (95) during the third pe-
riod of Game 1 of an NHL Eastern Conference first-round hockey
night. WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) on Friday. playoff series Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Tampa, Fla.
Jones made it 4-3 from the — Tyler Bozak scored with STARS 3, PREDATORS 2 Associated Press
slot with 5:55 to play as the 2:05 left in the third period NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
Blues Jackets erased a 3-0 to give the St. Louis Blues Rookie Miro Heiskanen fenseman in NHL history goal game and the young-
deficit after the Lightning the victory in Game 1 of scored two goals in his first to score a goal in their first est in franchise history with
scored three times in the the Western Conference postseason game, and the career playoff game and a postseason goal at 19
opening period. opening-round playoff se- Dallas Stars beat the Preda- the first since Adam Lars- years, 266 days. Mats Zuc-
With Columbus trailing 3-1 ries. tors in Game 1 of their first- son with New Jersey on carello also scored, helping
in the third, David Savard Pat Maroon sent a back- round Western Conference May 1, 2012, against Phila- Dallas continue its success
deked around Lightning hand pass from behind series. delphia, according to NHL from the regular season in
defenseman Victor Hed- the net out to Bozak in the Heiskanen became the Stats. He also became the Nashville, where the Stars
man and scored 7:56 into slot, and Bozak's quick shot eighth rookie teenage de- third-youngest with a multi- won twice.q
the period to make it a
one-goal game. Josh An-
derson picked up a short-
handed goal that tied it at
3 at 11:54.
Nick Foligno had the other
goal for Columbus, and
Sergei Bobrovsky ended up
with 26 saves after strug-
gling in the first period.
The Lightning, who
matched the 1995-96 De-
troit Red Wings for the
most wins in a regular sea-
son with 62, got first-peri-
od goals from Alex Killorn,
Anthony Cirelli and Yanni
Gourde. Andrei Vasilevskiy
stopped 22 shots.
Game 2 is Friday night in
Tampa Bay.
ISLANDERS 4, PENGUINS 3,
OT
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) —
Josh Bailey scored on a re-
bound at 4:39 of overtime,
leading the New York Is-
landers past the Pittsburgh
Penguins in the opener of
their Eastern Conference
first-round playoff series.
Jordan Eberle had a goal
and an assist, and Brock
Nelson and Nick Leddy also
scored for New York, which
was opening a postseason
series at home for the first
time in 31 years. Robin Leh-
ner stopped 41 shots.
Phil Kessel and Evgeni Mal-
kin each had a goal and
an assist, and Justin Schultz
also scored for the Pen-
guins. Matt Murray finished
with 29 saves.
On the winning goal,