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Kucherov has 5 points as Lightning beat Blue Jackets 5-1

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — DENVER (AP) — Andrew
Nikita Kucherov had two Agozzino scored his first NHL
goals and three assists, and goal, Semyon Varlamov
the Tampa Bay Lightning stopped 40 shots for his sec-
beat the Columbus Blue ond shutout of the season
Jackets 5-1 Monday night and Colorado ended a six-
for their sixth straight win. game home skid.
Brayden Point scored twice Tyson Jost and Matt Cal-
and Steven Stamkos also vert also scored as the
had a goal for the Light- Avalanche won their first
ning, who are 8-1-2 in their game at the Pepsi Center
last 11 games. Andrei Vasi- since Jan. 19. Agozzino also
levskiy stopped 40 shots added an assist.
and got his 26th win. Kuch- Malcolm Subban had 35
erov now has 99 points to saves for a Golden Knights
lead the league, with seven team that’s now dropped
goals in the last five games. eight of their last 11 games.
Lukas Sedlak scored and Subban started back-to-
Joonas Korpisalo finished back games for the first
with 15 saves for the Blue time all season with Vegas
Jackets, who had won four electing to rest Marc-Andre
straight. Fleury.
Columbus outshot the FLAMES 5, COYOTES 2
Lightning 19-6 in the first pe- CALGARY, Alberta (AP) —
riod, but Kucherov scored Michael Frolik and Mikael
twice. Stamkos made it 3-0 Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov, right, of Russia, scores past Columbus Blue Jackets Backlund each had a goal
with just 28.1 seconds left goalie Joonas Korpisalo, of Finland, during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Columbus, and an assist in the third pe-
in the second, and Point Ohio, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. riod to help Calgary beat
scored twice in the third. Associated Press Arizona.
Sedlak spoiled Vasilevskiy’s Brett Connolly scored 14 goals and 26 assists dur- Charlie McAvoy scored his Mark Giordano also had
bid for a third consecutive Washington’s other goal ing the stretch— the lon- fourth goal of the season a goal and an assist, and
shutout with 1:45 remain- and John Carlson had two gest by a player in the NHL with 1:01 left in overtime Derek Ryan and Austin
ing. assists to go over 300 for this season. and Boston beat San Jose Czarnik had the other goals
CAPITALS 3, KINGS 2 his career. Pheonix Copley Dylan Strome also had a in a game featuring two of for the Flames, who won
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alex made 26 saves for his third goal and two assists in his the NHL’s hottest teams. their second straight to im-
Ovechkin scored two pow- straight win. fourth three-point game The Bruins won their season- prove to 3-3-2 since the All-
er-play goals, and Wash- Alex Iafallo and Ilya Koval- since joining the Black- best sixth straight game Star break.
ington beat Los Angeles. chuk had third-period goals hawks on Nov. 25, and and extended their point Elias Lindholm assisted on
It was the 10th multi-goal for Los Angeles, which is Brandon Saad, Gustav streak to 11 games (8-0-3). both third-period goals,
game this season for 0-3-2 in its last five. Forsling and Jonathan Boston moved to three Rasmus Andersson also had
Ovechkin, who leads the BLACKHAWKS 8, SENATORS Toews also scored. points ahead of Toronto for two assists, and Mike Smith
NHL with 42 goals. He has 7 Colin White had two goals second place in the Atlan- stopped 27 shots in his third
scored a goal in three CHICAGO (AP) — Alex De- and an assist, Thomas tic Division. straight start (2-0-1).
straight games and has 12 Brincat had three goals Chabot scored twice, and The Sharks lost despite Joe Conor Garland and Jor-
points (five goals, seven and two assists, and Chica- Mark Stone, Bobby Ryan Thornton’s fifth career hat dan Weal scored for the
assists) in the past eight go held on to beat Ottawa and Rudolfs Balcers also trick. San Jose had won Coyotes. Calvin Pickard
games. He is on pace for 57 for its ninth win in 11 games. had goals for NHL-worst seven of its previous eight finished with 29 saves in his
goals, which would be the Patrick Kane scored his Ottawa, which lost for the games and 14 of 18 going third start for Arizona since
second-most in his 14-year 36th goal and added two eighth time in its last 11. into Monday. being claimed off waivers
career. He scored 65 goals assists to extend his point BRUINS 6, SHARKS 5 AVALANCHE 3, GOLDEN from Philadelphia on Nov.
in 2007-08. streak to 18 games — with SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — KNIGHTS 0 29.q

Jagr, back from injuries, plays in Czech second-league game

HAVIROV, Czech Republic (AP) — Jaromir second-league game.
Jagr is back again. “Above all, I’m happy that I was finally
The Czech winger and 13-time NHL All- able to play,” Jagr said. “It’s not easy in
Star has recovered from a series of inju- my age just to train.”
ries that prevented him from playing for Kladno, in fourth place, is seeking to
more than a year and appeared in a reach the playoffs and qualify for the top
game Monday for the Kladno Knights, league. It is 13 points behind first-place
the hometown club he owns in the Czech Jihlava but trails second-place Vsetin by
Republic. three points with three more regular sea-
Jagr, 47, played on the top line alongside son games to go.
center Tomas Plekanec, another former Jagr returned home after the Calgary
NHL player. Flames released the NHL’s second all-
Ex-NHL player Jaromir Jagr plays for Kladno in action against
Havirov team during their First Czech Hockey League match, He didn’t score in nearly 18 minutes but time leading point-scorer on Jan. 28,
in Havirov, Czech Republic, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. celebrated as Kladno, boosted by his 2018, but he was injured in his fifth game
Associated Press presence, won 2-0 at Havirov in a Czech for Kladno.q