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                                                                                                       SPORTS Tuesday 24 January 2017
               J.T. Miller scores OT winner as Rangers beat Wings, 1-0




            NHL Capsules                                                                                                        6:36 left to put Nashville up
            DETROIT  (AP)  —  J.T.  Miller                                                                                      3-2.
            scored at 1:56 of overtime                                                                                          It  was  Kuemper’s  first-
            to  lift  the  New  York  Rang-                                                                                     career  loss  in  five  starts
            ers to a 1-0 victory over the                                                                                       against the Predators, who
            Detroit  Red  Wings  on  Sun-                                                                                       have won six of seven and
            day.                                                                                                                wrapped  up  a  five-game
            Henrik  Lundqvist  made  21                                                                                         road trip with four wins.
            saves  for  his  second  shut-                                                                                      Ryan Johansen added an
            out of the season and 61st                                                                                          empty netter for Nashville,
            of  his  career.  The  Rangers                                                                                      and James Neal also had a
            managed  only  19  shots  in                                                                                        goal. Pekka Rinne stopped
            a game that featured few                                                                                            21 shots for Nashville.
            memorable chances by ei-                                                                                            Mikael  Granlund  and  Ja-
            ther team.                                                                                                          son  Pominville  scored  for
            The  winner  came  when                                                                                             the Wild. Kuemper had 28
            Mats Zuccarello and Miller                                                                                          saves as Minnesota fell into
            swooped  in  alone  on  De-                                                                                         a first-place tie with Chica-
            troit  goalie  Jared  Coreau.                                                                                       go atop the Western Con-
            Zuccarello made a simple                                                                                            ference.
            pass  to  Miller,  who  lifted                                                                                      PENGUINS 5, BRUINS 1
            the  puck  over  Coreau  for                                                                                        PITTSBURGH  (AP)  —  Conor
            his 16th goal of the season.                                                                                        Sheary  scored  two  goals,
            Detroit  defenseman  Niklas                                                                                         Sidney  Crosby  added  his
            Kronwall played for the first   Nashville Predators left wing Viktor Arvidsson (38), of Sweden, passes away from Minnesota Wild   league-leading  28th  and
            time since Jan. 4, returning   right wing Chris Stewart (7) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017,   Pittsburgh  won  its  fourth
            from a lower-body injury.    in St. Paul, Minn. The Predators won 4-2.                                              straight.
            BLUE JACKETS 7, SENATORS                                                                           Associated Press  The   Penguins   led   2-1
            6, OT                                                                                                               through  two  periods  be-
            OTTAWA,  Ontario  (AP)  —    streak.                      CHICAGO  (AP)  —  Jona-      with Chicago.                fore  breaking  out  in  the
            Cam  Atkinson’s  second      Giroux’s  11th  goal  of  the  than Toews scored the tie-  Corey  Crawford  made  26   third  with  three  goals  in  a
            goal  of  the  game  at  1:09   season  came  on  pass  breaking goal with 1:18 re-    saves to earn his 200th win.  span of 2 minutes, 57 sec-
            of  overtime  lifted  Colum-  from  defenseman  Shayne  maining  and  Chicago  got  Troy Stecher and Bo Horvat      onds.
            bus past Ottawa.             Gostibehere  from  behind  its third straight victory.    scored  46  second  apart    Pittsburgh  won  a  season-
            Atkinson had a breakaway     the net, giving the Flyers a  Toews, who also had three  early in the third period to   high  seventh  straight  at
            after  a  shot  by  Senators   much-needed  win.  Phila-  assists,  connected  from  tie it for Vancouver.          home.  The  NHL’s  best
            captain Erik Karlsson missed   delphia was 3-9-3 in its pre-  the left circle after Richard  Miller  stopped  31  shots  as   home  team,  the  Penguins
            the  Columbus  net  and      vious  15  since  a  10-game  Panik’s shot from right wing  the Canucks lost in regula-  are  13-0-1  in  their  last  14
            went  around  the  boards    winning streak.              went  wide  and  caromed  tion for just the second time   home games.
            out  to  Atkinson,  who  was   Wayne  Simmonds  scored  off the back boards. Toews  in their last 13.               Evgeni  Malkin  had  two
            at center-ice.               late  in  the  second  period  fired  before  Vancouver  PREDATORS 4, WILD 2           assists  for  a  season-best
            The  Blue  Jackets  trailed   to pull the Flyers within one  goalie  Ryan  Miller  could  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Filip   seven-game  point  streak.
            5-3  after  two  periods  be-  and  Ivan  Provorov  tied  it  move across the crease.  Forsberg  scored  twice,  in-  Crosby  added  two  assists
            fore Lukas Sedlak and Matt   early in the third. Steve Ma-  Panik  had  a  goal  and  an  cluding  the  tiebreaking   for  a  three-point  game.
            Calvert scored 31 seconds    son finished with 36 saves.  assist and Patrick Kane also  goal in the third, and Nash-  Matt  Murray  made  44
            apart  to  tie  it  less  than  2   Nick Leddy and Alan Quine  scored for the Blackhawks,  ville  rallied  from  two  goals   saves  to  win  his  fourth
            1/2  minutes  into  the  third.   scored  for  New  York,  and  who  have  won  seven  of  down to beat Minnesota.  straight game.
            Atklnson  then  gave  Co-    Thomas  Greiss  stopped  44  their last nine. Marian Hos-  Forsberg took a pretty feed   David Krejci scored his 11th
            lumbus a 6-5 lead with 9:10   shots.                      sa added an empty-netter  from  Ryan  Ellis  and  one-    for  the  Bruins,  who  have
            remaining, before Kyle Tur-  BLACKHAWKS 4, CANUCKS  with 24 seconds left for his  timed it from the left circle     lost four straight and five of
            ries  tied  it  for  Ottawa  on   2                       18th  goal  and  400th  point  past  Darcy  Kuemper  with   their last six.q
            the power play less than 2
            minutes later.
            Nick  Foligno,  Scott  Har-
            rington  and  Zach  We-        AP source: Giants work to finalize deal with Korean Hwang
            renski  also  scored  for  the
            Blue  Jackets,  and  Joonas
            Korpisalo  finished  with  28   JANIE McCAULEY             Monday the deal was not  training,  the  person  said.  and  couldn’t  start  the
            saves.                          AP Baseball Writer         yet  complete  and  would  There would be additional  four-game NL Division Se-
            Zach Smith and Mike Hoff-      SAN  FRANCISCO  (AP)  —  include  an  invitation  to  performance bonuses.         ries  loss  to  the  Chicago
            man  each  had  two  goals     The  San  Francisco  Giants  big league spring training  While  San  Francisco  has  Cubs.  Second  baseman
            and Mark Stone also scored     were  working  Monday  to  if  Hwang  passes  a  physi-  Eduardo  Nunez  penciled  Joe  Panik  was  limited  to
            for the Senators. Mike Con-    finalize  a  minor  league  cal. The person spoke on  in as the starting third base-  127  games  last  year  and
            don had 22 saves.              contract  with  South  Ko-  condition  of  anonymity  man  and  unlikely  playoff  dealt  with  a  concussion
            FLYERS 3, ISLANDERS 2, OT      rean infielder Hwang Jae-   because  the  team  had  star Conor Gillaspie also in  after  a  back  injury  de-
            NEW YORK (AP) — Claude         gyun, who could provide  not  made  a  formal  an-     the  mix,  the  Giants  know  railed his 2015 season.
            Giroux  scored  at  3:20  of   some  insurance  at  third  nouncement.                how  quickly  things  can  San Francisco also added
            overtime  as  Philadelphia     base.                       Hwang  would  earn  $1.5  change  as  Nunez  dealt  veteran  infielder  Jimmy
            rallied  from  two  goals      A person with knowledge  million  if  on  the  major  with a strained right ham-   Rollins  this  offseason  with
            down  and  ended  New          of  the  negotiations  said  league roster out of spring  string  late  in  the  season  a minor league deal.q
            York’s three-game winning
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