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A20    SPORTS
             Saturday 25 February 2017
                                                                      slanders beat Canadiens,


                                                                      Rangers edge Maple Leafs





                                                                      The Associated Press         trnak  scored  their  26th  PREDATORS 4, AVALANCHE
                                                                      MONTREAL  (AP)  —  Rookie  goals  of  the  season,  and  2
                                                                      Anthony  Beauvillier  scored  Boston  improved  to  5-1-0  NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP)
                                                                      in the first period and Thom-  under interim coach Bruce  —  Filip  Forsberg  scored  his
                                                                      as  Greiss  made  24  saves  Cassidy.                     second  straight  hat  trick,
                                                                      as  the  New  York  Islanders  Anton  Khudobin  made  27  and  Nashville  completed
                                                                      beat  the  Montreal  Cana-   saves  in  his  second  start  a  sweep  of  the  five-game
            Los  Angeles  Kings  center  Trevor  Lewis,  right,  falls  as  he  tries   diens 3-0.  since Christmas for the Bru-  season  series  with  Central
            to  pass  the  puck  while  under  pressure  from  Boston  Bruins
            defenseman  Colin  Miller  during  the  second  period  of  an  NHL   Anders  Lee  scored  in  the  ins,  who  nursed  an  early  Division-rival Colorado.
            hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Los Angeles.     second  period  and  John  lead to their first win in Los  Forsberg,  who  now  has  a
                                                     Associated Press  Tavares  added  an  empty-  Angeles  since  March  24,  team-high  22  goals,  has
                                                                      netter  in  the  final  minute  2012.                     five  goals  combined  in  his
                                                                      to  seal  the  Islanders’  third  Pastrnak   punctuated   a  last  two  second  periods.
                                                                      straight  win.  New  York  has  strong  all-around  game  Forsberg, who scored three
                                                                      won the first two games on  with  his  seventh  power-    times in the second period
                                                                      a  crucial  nine-game  road  play  goal  of  the  season  of Tuesday night’s overtime
                                                                      swing  and  improved  to  early in the second period.  loss to Calgary, got the hat
                                                                      12-4-2  since  interim  coach  Dominic  Moore  ended  his  trick  with  an  empty-net
                                                                      Doug Weight replaced the  26-game goal drought with  goal with 36.5 seconds left.
                                                                      fired Jack Capuano.          an  empty-net  score,  and  Viktor Arvidsson also scored
                                                                      Josh Bailey and Brock Nel-   David  Krejci  added  an-    a  goal,  and  Roman  Josi
                                                                      son  each  had  two  assists,  other empty-netter with 7.2  and  Ryan  Johansen  each
                                                                      and Greiss got his third shut-  seconds left.             added two assists as Nash-
                                                                      out of the season.           Kevin Gravel scored his first  ville  won  its  fifth  and  final
                                                                      Carey  Price  finished  with  NHL  goal  and  Peter  Budaj  game  against  Colorado
                                                                      21 saves as the Canadiens  stopped  21  shots  for  the  this season.
                                                                      lost coach Claude Julien’s  Kings,  who  have  lost  six  of  Goalie  Pekka  Rinne  made
                                                                      1,000th  NHL  game.  Mon-    eight.                       20  saves  for  the  win  after
                                                                      treal is 1-2-0 since Julien re-                           being pulled Tuesday night.
                                                                      placed Michel Therrien last  FLAMES 3, LIGHTNING 2        Jarome  Iginla  had  a  goal
                                                                      week  and  has  totaled  just  TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Sean  and  an  assist  for  the  Ava-
                                                                      14  goals  while  going  2-7-1  Monahan  scored  his  100th  lanche, who have lost three
                                                                      in the last 10 games, includ-  NHL goal, Brian Elliott made  straight.  Peter  Wiercioch
                                                                      ing four shutouts.           23 saves, and Calgary kept  also had a goal.
                                                                                                   up its strong play.
                                                                      RANGERS 2, MAPLE LEAFS 1,  Dougie  Hamilton  had  a  BLACKHAWKS  6,  COYOTES
                                                                      SO                           goal  and  two  assists,  and  3
                                                                      TORONTO  (AP)  —  Mika  Mikael         Backlund     also  CHICAGO  (AP)  —  Patrick
                                                                      Zibanejad    scored    the  scored  to  help  the  Flames  Kane  scored  three  goals
                                                                      shootout  winner  and  the  improve to 7-2-1 over their  for his third career hat trick
                                                                      New  York  Rangers  contin-  last 10 games.               to lead Chicago to its third
                                                                      ued a strong February.       Tampa Bay, which entered  straight  win  and  eighth  in
                                                                      Henrik  Lundqvist  made  32  with  a  seven-game  points  nine games.
                                                                      saves and J.T. Miller scored  streak  (5-0-2),  got  goals  Kane has 23 goals to lead
                                                                      the  tying  goal  in  the  third  from   Vladislav   Namest-  the   Blackhawks,   who
                                                                      period  for  the  Rangers,  nikov and Nikita Kucherov.  closed three points behind
                                                                      who improved to 8-1-1 this  Andrei  Vasilevskiy  stopped  first-place Minnesota in the
                                                                      month.                       22 shots.                    Central  Division  and  West-
                                                                      New York moved into third  After Blacklund scored 5:04  ern Conference.
                                                                      place  in  the  Metropolitan  into the second, Monahan  Rookies Nick Schmaltz and
                                                                      Division with 80 points.     put  the  Flames  up  2-1  just  Ryan Hartman each had a
                                                                      Connor  Brown  scored  for  1:21  later  on  his  20th  goal  goal and assist. Blackhawks
                                                                      Toronto,  which  fell  to  1-7  this season.              defenseman  Michal  Roz-
                                                                      in  shootouts  this  season.  According  to  the  Elias  sival scored his first goal of
                                                                      Frederik  Andersen  had  a  Sports  Bureau,  Monahan,  the season in his first game
                                                                      stellar  performance  in  de-  at  22  years  and  134  days,  since Jan. 15.
                                                                      feat with 37 saves.          is  the  sixth-youngest  ac-  Chicago captain Jonathan
                                                                      The  Leafs  hold  the  third  tive  NHL  player  to  reach  Toews added two assists to
                                                                      playoff  spot  in  the  Atlan-  100 goals. The five to do it  extend  his  points  scoring
                                                                      tic Division (68 points), two  quicker  are  Steven  Stam-  streak  to  five  games  and
                                                                      points back of Ottawa (70)  kos, Sidney Crosby, Jaromir  increase  his  output  to  22
                                                                      and four behind Montreal.    Jagr,  Alex  Ovechkin  and  points in his past 13.
                                                                                                   Patrick Kane.                Jakob    Chychrun,   Ryan
                                                                      BRUINS 4, KINGS 1            Hamilton  and  Kucherov  White  and  Radim  Vrbata
                                                                      LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brad  both had power-play goals  scored for the Coyotes.q
                                                                      Marchand and David Pas-      late in third.
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