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            Bergeron scores 2 in 1,000th game, Bruins beat Islanders 3-1




            By The Associated Press                                                                                             empty-net  goal  with  2:50
            BOSTON  (AP)  —  Patrice                                                                                            left  and  had  two  assists,
            Bergeron  celebrated  his                                                                                           Calle Jarnkrok had a goal,
            1,000th career game with a                                                                                          and Ellis also had an assist.
            pair of goals as the Boston                                                                                         SABRES 5, WILD 4, SO
            Bruins  beat  the  New  York                                                                                        BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Sam
            Islanders  3-1  on  Tuesday                                                                                         Reinhart  scored  the  lone
            night.                                                                                                              shootout  goal  and  Buffalo
            Bergeron,  just  the  fifth                                                                                         won for just the third time in
            player  in  Bruins’  history  to                                                                                    nine games.
            play  1,000  games  with  the                                                                                       Reinhart  also  had  a  goal
            club,  scored  early  in  the                                                                                       and  an  assist  in  regulation
            second period and added                                                                                             for  the  Sabres,  who  led
            an empty-netter in the final                                                                                        by  two  in  the  second  pe-
            minute.                                                                                                             riod before giving up Zach
            Peter  Cehlarik  also  scored                                                                                       Parise’s tying goal with 1:37
            and  Tuukka  Rask  stopped                                                                                          left in the third. Linus Ullmark
            28 shots for the Bruins, who                                                                                        stopped  41  shots  through
            handed  the  Metropolitan                                                                                           overtime in a game Buffalo
            Division-leading   Islanders                                                                                        never trailed.
            their  first  regulation  loss  in                                                                                  Jack Eichel set up two goals
            more than three weeks.                                                                                              and C.J. Smith also scored.
            Brad Marchand and David                                                                                             Buffalo’s   once   anemic
            Pastrnak  assisted  on  both   New York Islanders goaltender Robin Lehner (40) drops to make a save against Boston Bruins   power-play unit converted
            of Bergeron’s goals.         center Patrice Bergeron (37) during third period of an NHL hockey game in Boston, Tuesday, Feb.   both opportunities on goals
            Jordan  Eberle  scored  for   5, 2019. The Bruins defeated the Islanders 3-1.                                       from  Evan  Rodrigues  and
            the  Islanders  and  Robin                                                                         Associated Press  Rasmus Dahlin.
            Lehner  finished  with  24  overtime  to  lead  San  Jose  as they try to stay in the mix  helped  send  the  Kings  to  BLACKHAWKS 6, OILERS 2
            saves.                       over Winnipeg.               for their first playoff berth in  their third win in four games.  EDMONTON,  Alberta  (AP)
            CAPITALS 3, CANUCKS 2        Pavelski’s  29th  goal  of  the  nearly a decade.         Adrian  Kempe,  Dion  Pha-   — Patrick Kane had a goal
            WASHINGTON  (AP)  —  T.J.  season  came  on  a  2-on-     Matt  Murray  made  28  neuf  and  Ilya  Kovalchuk  and an assist, and Chicago
            Oshie  scored  as  part  of  a  1  with  Brent  Burns  after  a  saves  for  the  Penguins  but  also  scored  for  Los  Ange-  scored  four  goals  in  less
            dominant     performance,  Winnipeg  turnover,  giving  lost  for  the  third  time  in  les.  Jack  Campbell  made  than  a  three-minute  span
            Braden  Holtby  made  30  the  Sharks  a  three-game  four starts since the All-Star  29 saves and Anze Kopitar  of the third period.
            saves and stopped a pen-     winning streak to start off a  break.  Pittsburgh  struggled  had three assists.       Erik   Gustafsson,   John
            alty  shot,  and  Washington  four-game trip.             to generate any consistent  Pavel  Zacha  scored  for  Hayden,       Dylan   Strome,
            beat  Vancouver  in  Jay  Logan  Couture  and  Mar-       offensive  pressure  against  New  Jersey,  and  Keith  Drake      Caggiula     and
            Beagle’s  return  to  his  old  cus  Sorensen  also  scored  McElhinney  while  playing  Kinkaid stopped 20 shots.  Dominik Kahun also scored
            home arena.                  for San Jose. Kevin Labanc  without  injured  star  Evgeni  CANADIENS 4, DUCKS 1       for  the  Blackhawks,  who
            Alex   Ovechkin    assisted  had  a  pair  of  assists  and  Malkin, who missed his third  MONTREAL (AP) — Brendan  have  won  five  straight.
            on  Oshie’s  16th  goal  of  Pavelski also had an assist.  consecutive game with an  Gallagher  had  two  goals  Cam  Ward  stopped  25
            the  season  to  pick  up  his  Martin  Jones  stopped  25  upper-body injury.         and an assist, and Montreal  shots.
            1,180th  career  point  and  shots.                       GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, LIGHT-     beat slumping Anaheim.       Leon  Draisaitl  scored  both
            become NHL’s career scor-    Blake  Wheeler  and  Ma-     NING 2, SO                   Jesperi  Kotkaniemi  and  goals for Edmonton, which
            ing  leader  among  Russian  thieu  Perreault  scored  for  TAMPA,  Fla.  (AP)  —  Alex  Phillip  Danault  also  scored  matched  a  season-high
            players.  Ovechkin  went  the  Jets,  who  had  their  Tuch  scored  the  only  goal  for  the  Canadiens,  who  with  its  sixth-straight  loss.
            into  the  game  tied  atop  three-game winning streak  in  a  shootout  and  Vegas  improved  to  7-1-1  in  their  Cam  Talbot  turned  aside
            that  list  with  former  team-  snapped  and  their  run  of  halted  a  four-game  losing  last nine games. Jonathan  23  of  27  shots  before  giv-
            mate Sergei Fedorov.         seven consecutive victories  streak  with  a  victory  over  Drouin  had  three  assists.  ing way to Mikko Koskinen,
            Holtby made 13 saves and  at  home  ended.  Connor  Tampa Bay.                         Carey Price made 24 saves  who made six saves.
            denied Bo Horvat on a pen-   Hellebuyck made 35 saves.    Vegas got goals from Cody  for  his  sixth  straight  victory  BLUE  JACKETS  6,  AVA-
            alty shot in a busy second  HURRICANES 4, PENGUINS 0      Eakin  and  Valentin  Zykov  — his longest winning streak  LANCHE 3
            period  to  help  the  strug-  PITTSBURGH  (AP)  —  Cur-  in  regulation.  Marc-Andre  since the 2016-17 season.    DENVER (AP) — Josh Ander-
            gling  Capitals  pick  up  two  tis   McElhinney   stopped  Fleury stopped 24 shots.   Captain    Ryan    Getzlaf  son scored the tiebreaking
            important  points.  Holtby  23  shots,  Brett  Pesce  and  Brayden  Point  and  Ma-    scored  for  the  Ducks,  who  goal  with  9:31  remaining,
            was run over by Horvat pri-  Jordan  Martinook  scored  thieu Joseph scored for the  have  lost  five  in  a  row.  Sergei  Bobrovsky  stopped
            or to Elias Pettersson’s goal  from way out, and Michael  NHL-leading Lightning, and  Chad Johnson stopped 28  27  shots  and  Columbus
            with 7.6 seconds remaining  Ferland and Andrei Svech-     Andrei  Vasilevskiy  made  shots.                         snapped  a  five-game  skid
            and was attended to by a  nikov  poured  it  on  late  as  35  saves.  Steven  Stamkos  PREDATORS 5, COYOTES 2      by beating Colorado.
            team  athletic  trainer  be-  Carolina  began  a  pivotal  had two assists to give him  NASHVILLE,  Tenn.  (AP)  —  Pierre-Luc  Dubois  scored
            fore finishing the game.     five-game  trip  with  a  vic-  14  points  over  his  last  10  Craig  Smith,  Filip  Forsberg  twice for Columbus, includ-
            Brett  Connolly  and  Jakub  tory over Pittsburgh.        games.                       and Ryan Ellis scored in the  ing an empty-netter. Oliver
            Vrana  scored  third-period  McElhinney  collected  his  KINGS 5, DEVILS 1             second  period,  and  Nash-  Bjorkstrand,  Cam  Atkinson
            goals  for  the  defending  first  shutout  of  the  season  NEWARK,  N.J.  (AP)  —  Tyler  ville beat Arizona to snap a  and  Alexander  Wennberg
            Stanley  Cup  champions,  and ninth of his 11-year ca-    Toffoli  scored  twice  in  35  three-game skid at home.  also had goals.
            who had lost eight of their  reer  by  stuffing  Jared  Mc-  seconds  early  in  the  third  Pekka Rinne made 24 saves  Nikita Zadorov, Samuel Gi-
            previous nine games.         Cann  and  Jake  Guentzel  period  to  spark  Los  Ange-  as Nashville avoided being  rard  and  defensemen  Erik
            SHARKS 3, JETS 2, OT         with sprawling saves in the  les.                         swept  by  Arizona  this  sea-  Johnson  scored  for  Colo-
            WINNIPEG,  Manitoba  (AP)  first  period  and  never  let-  Toffoli,   who   had   the  son,  though  the  Coyotes  rado,  which  dropped  its
            —  Joe  Pavelski  scored  a  ting  up  as  the  Hurricanes  overtime   winner   Mon-   did take the series 2-1.     fourth  straight  and  fell  to
            short-handed goal 2:49 into  picked  up  two  big  points  day  against  the  Rangers,  Roman  Josi  scored  an  3-12-2 since Dec. 21.q
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