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SPORTS Tuesday 5 March 2019
Ovechkin’s shootout

‘goal’ sends Capitals

past Rangers 3-2

By The Associated Press New York out of first place
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex in the Metropolitan Division.
Ovechkin scored in the Travis Konecny, Travis San-
fourth round of a shootout heim, Scott Laughton and
without putting the puck in Sean Couturier scored for
the net, and the Washing- Philadelphia. The Flyers are
ton Capitals extended their 4-0-1 in their last five games
win streak to four games and moved within five
with a 3-2 victory over the points of the final wild card
New York Rangers on Sun- in the Eastern Conference. Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) skates in against New York Rangers goaltender
day. Elliott lost his shutout bid Alexandar Georgiev (40) during a shootout in an NHL hockey game Sunday, March 3, 2019,
Ovechkin was skating to when Adam Pelech scored at Madison Square Garden in New York. The referees ruled that Georgiev threw his stick and
his right when Rangers with 4:45 left. He got his awarded Ovechkin the goal.
goalie Alexandar Georgiev ninth win of the season and Associated Press
threw his stick at the puck, third in his last four starts. back-to-back games for DUCKS 2, AVALANCHE 1 snapped a seven-game
knocking it away from the Robin Lehner made 10 just the second time this ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ja- losing streak. Brian Gibbons
star winger. Ovechkin was saves in 23:18 of work be- season, also doing it Nov. kob Silfverberg had a goal and Zack Smith also scored
credited with the goal after fore getting yanked. Thom- 21-23. and an assist and Anaheim for the Senators. Anders
a review. as Greiss made 12 saves in Dylan Strome and Erik snapped a five-game los- Nilsson stopped 30 shots.
Carl Hagelin and Andre relief. Gustafsson scored for the ing streak. Troy Brouwer and Alek-
Burakovsky scored in the SHARKS 5, BLACKHAWKS 2 Blackhawks, who trail West- Silfverberg, who signed a sander Barkov scored for
first period for Washington, SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Joe ern Conference wild-card $26.5 million, five-year ex- the Panthers, and Roberto
which is in a tight race with Thornton set up Marcus leaders Dallas and Minne- tension Saturday, leads the Luongo made 30 saves.
the Islanders for first place Sorensen for a tiebreaking sota by eight points. Cam team in goals with 17 and Florida has lost four straight.
in the Metropolitan Division. goal early in the third pe- Ward made 29 saves. became the ninth player to JETS 5, BLUE JACKETS 2
Braden Holtby made 22 riod and Melker Karlsson GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, CA- score 100 goals with Ana- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —
saves. tacked on two insurance NUCKS 0 heim. Blake Wheeler scored three
Pavel Buchnevich and goals that sent San Jose LAS VEGAS (AP) — Marc- Cam Fowler also scored of his four goals in the third
Ryan Strome scored for past Chicago. Andre Fleury stopped 19 and John Gibson made period and Connor Hel-
New York. The Rangers lost Tomas Hertl and Timo Mei- shots and earned his sec- 25 saves for his first victory lebuyck had 40 saves as
their fourth in a row, includ- er also scored to help the ond straight 3-0 shutout. since Jan. 19. Winnipeg won its second
ing all three on their home- Sharks end an eight-game Fleury moved within one Derick Brassard scored straight.
stand. stretch of alternating wins victory of tying Jacques for Colorado and Philipp Wheeler’s goal with 2:13
Georgiev made 37 saves, and losses. San Jose moved Plante for eighth on the Grubauer stopped 21 left off Patrik Laine’s feed
including 20 in the second within three points of Cal- NHL’s all-time wins list. shots. The Avalanche have sealed the game, and he
period. He stopped Ovech- gary for first place in the Max Pacioretty, Ryan Car- dropped three of four after added an empty-netter
kin on a breakaway in over- Pacific Division. The Flames penter and Reilly Smith winning four straight. with 34 seconds left. Sami
time. have a game in hand. scored for the Golden SENATORS 3, PANTHERS 2 Niku also tallied for the Jets,
FLYERS 4, ISLANDERS 1 Martin Jones made 28 Knights, who won their SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Ru- who stayed in first place in
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Bri- saves for the Sharks. fourth straight. dolfs Balcers scored the the Central Division despite
an Elliott stopped 29 shots Chicago’s Patrick Kane Vancouver Jacob Mark- tiebreaking goal in the sec- being outshot by Columbus
and Philadelphia knocked failed to record a point in strom stopped 45 shots. ond period and Ottawa 42-26.q

Alaska musher leads in the early

stage of the Iditarod

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Alaska wilderness. way in a blizzard.
— A French man who saw Petit stayed at the check- He was passed by Norway’s
the Iditarod slip from his point for eight minutes be- Joar Ulsom, who beat Petit
grasp when he got lost in fore heading back out on to the finish line in Nome by
a blizzard last year is again the trail. over two hours.
leading the world’s most Pete Kaiser, a 31-year-old After Rainy Pass, mushers
famous sled dog race. musher from Bethel, Alas- head to the next check-
Nicolas Petit was the first ka, was close behind Petit, point in the uninhabited
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race leaving Rainy Pass 11 min- community of Rohn. There
musher to arrive Monday in utes after Petit got back on used to be a roadhouse,
Rainy Pass, a community of the trail. but it’s long gone so the Iditarod musher Mishi Konno runs his team along the trail during
two people and a lodge Petit is a native of France’s checkpoint is in a cabin the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Saturday,
that’s open year-round. Normandy region and now built in the 1930s. March 2, 2019 in Anchorage, Alaska.
The checkpoint is 153 miles lives in Girdwood, just south Mushers must take a 24- Associated Press
(246 kilometers) into the of Anchorage. He was hour layover during the onto the dangerous stretch stumps and rocks that was
nearly 1,000 mile (1,600 ki- leading last year late into race, and many take it in called Farewell Burn, an the site of a large Alaska
lometer) race across the the race when he lost his Rohn before heading out area littered with tree forest fire in the 1970s. q