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SPORTS Friday 4 January 2019

Matt Murray makes 28 saves, Penguins rout Rangers 7-2

By The Associated Press games.
NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Leon Draisaitl scored his
Murray stopped 28 shots 22nd of the season for Ed-
to keep up his strong play monton, his sixth goal in five
since returning from an inju- games. Draisaitl also had
ry, and the Pittsburgh Pen- an assist and Mikko Koski-
guins beat the New York nen stopped 29 shots for his
Rangers 7-2 on Wednesday 12th win.
night for their season-high Brad Richardson scored for
seventh straight victory. Arizona.
Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Mal- CANUCKS 4, SENATORS 3,
kin, Jake Guentzel, Kris Le- OT
tang and Dominik Simon OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) —
each had a goal and an Elias Pettersson completed
assist. Zach Aston-Reese a hat trick in overtime and
and Tanner Pearson also Vancouver held off Ot-
scored to help the Pen- tawa. Pettersson's second
guins win for the ninth time goal put Vancouver ahead
in 10 games. Patric Horn- 3-1 early in the third period,
qvist had two assists. but Christian Wolanin and
Murray improved to 6-0 Mark Stone scored for Ot-
with a 1.49 goals-against tawa, with Stone tying it
average in six games since with 50 seconds left.
coming back from a lower- Pettersson won it by bury-
body injury Dec. 15. He also ing a 2-on-1 feed from
moved to 8-0 in his career Brock Boeser. Pettersson
against the Rangers, in- was named an All-Star for
cluding the playoffs. the first time earlier in the
Ryan Strome and Pavel day. The 20-year-old rookie
Buchnevich scored for the has 22 goals.
Rangers. They are 2-0-2 in Sven Baertschi also scored
their previous four games for the Canucks, and Ja-
and 2-0-5 in their past sev- cob Markstrom stopped 30 Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray (30) attempt to cover up the puck as he is pressured
en at home. shots. Matt Duchene also by New York Rangers center Brett Howden (21) during the second period of an NHL hockey game
Henrik Lundqvist, picked as scored for the Senators. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York.
an All-Star for the fifth time STARS 5, DEVILS 4 Associated Press
earlier in the day, gave up DALLAS (AP) — Miro Heis-
six goals on 18 shots before kanen celebrated his first Benn scored in his second Lindholm and Michael Fro- sists, Martin Jones made 31
he was pulled less than five All-Star nod with two goals, straight game but didn't lik also scored for Calgary. saves and San Jose held off
minutes into the third pe- including a third-period tie- play for most of the final Darren Helm, Jacob de la Colorado.
riod. Alexandar Georgiev breaker, to lift Dallas past two periods because of an Rose and Andreas Athana- Evander Kane, Joonas
replaced him and finished New Jersey. upper-body injury. siou scored for Detroit. Donskoi and Lukas Radil
with six saves. Heiskanen and Tyler Seguin Kyle Palmieri, Jesper Bratt, Gaudreau put the Flames also scored for the Sharks.
OILERS 3, COYOTES 1 each scored twice after Drew Stafford and Brian ahead 4-3 after a slick play They extended Colorado's
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jamie Benn tied it at 1 in Boyle scored for New Jer- by Matthew Tkachuk, who recent slide after a 9-0-
Connor McDavid scored the first period. Heiskanen, sey. stickhandled below the 2 stretch lifted the Ava-
two goals and assisted on a 19-year-old rookie defen- FLAMES 5, RED WINGS 3 goal line and then slipped lanche into first place in the
another to help Edmonton seman, has nine goals. DETROIT (AP) — Johnny a pass between goalie Jim- Central Division in early De-
beat Arizona to end a six- Seguin and Benn have Gaudreau's power-play my Howard and the side of cember.
game losing streak. been under scrutiny since goal with 10:23 left lifted the net. Gaudreau was in Tyson Jost scored twice,
McDavid raised his team- Stars CEO Jim Lites ripped Calgary past Detroit. front to tap in the puck for and Matt Calvert and Ty-
leading total to 61 points Dallas' highest-paid play- Detroit led 2-0 after one his 22nd goal of the season. son Barrie also had goals
(23 goals, 38 assists). He ers Friday for "terrible play." period, but the Flames ral- SHARKS 5, AVALANCHE 4 for Colorado. The Ava-
began the night fourth in Seguin ended a five- lied to hand the Red Wings DENVER (AP) — Joe Pav- lanche have dropped six in
the NHL in scoring, and has game goal drought that their sixth straight loss. Sean elski and Brent Burns each a row, two in overtime, and
12 points in the past five dated almost two weeks. Monahan, TJ Brodie, Elias had a goal and three as- are 3-8-3 since Dec. 4.q