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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.