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SPORTS Friday 22 March 2019
Lightning edge Capitals 5-4 in OT for 6th straight win

By The Associated Press in Vegas. 22 shots for Toronto, which
WASHINGTON (AP) — An- John Gibson stopped 20 was playing on consecu-
drei Vasilevskiy made a shots for the Ducks, who tive nights after a 3-0 loss at
franchise-record 54 saves, were shut out for the sev- Nashville.
Nikita Kucherov scored enth time in 2019. Casey Mittelstadt and Alex-
twice and the NHL-lead- Anaheim had won six of ander Nylander scored for
ing Tampa Bay Lightning nine in a late-season surge Buffalo, which dropped to
won their sixth consecutive before getting shut down 1-7-1 in its past nine.
game, beating the Wash- by Hellebuyck. CANUCKS 7, SENATORS 4
ington Capitals 5-4 in over- MAPLE LEAFS 4, SABRES 2 VANCOUVER, British Co-
time Wednesday night in a BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — John lumbia (AP) — Bo Horvat
potential playoff preview. Tavares and Auston Mat- had two goals and an as-
Victor Hedman scored thews each had a goal sist and Vancouver kept its
3:01 into overtime to keep and assist, and Toronto playoff hopes alive with a
the Lightning rolling in their won for just the second win over short-handed Ot-
first game since clinch- time in six games in beating tawa. Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy, of Russia,
stops the puck during the third period of the team’s NHL hockey
ing the Presidents’ Trophy Buffalo. The Canucks matched their game against the Washington Capitals, Wednesday, March 20,
and home-ice advantage Mitchell Marner and Zach longest winning streak of 2019, in Washington.
throughout the playoffs. Hyman also scored and the season with their third Associated Press
Vasilevskiy was on top of the Maple Leafs inched straight victory. cob Markstrom stopped 21 apart in the third period.
his game as Washington to within four points of the Elias Pettersson had two shots. Anthony DuClair scored on
set a franchise record with idle Boston Bruins in the assists. He leads all rookies Ottawa made it interest- the power play with under
58 shots. He rebounded in race for second place in with 27 goals, 36 assists and ing when Max Veronneau, two minutes left with goal-
the overtime after allowing the Atlantic Division stand- 63 points. Brady Tkachuk and Oscar tender Craig Anderson on
Evgeny Kuznetsov to tie the ings. Garret Sparks stopped Canuck goaltender Ja- Lindberg scored goals 4:48 the bench.q
score with 52.6 seconds left
in regulation.
Kucherov’s goals came on
the power play and gave
him 37 overall this season
and increased his league-
leading point total to 119.
Anthony Cirelli and Ste-
ven Stamkos also scored
for the Lightning. Stam-
kos added two assists. The
Lightning’s league-leading
power play went 3 for 3,
and their penalty kill was 5
for 6, thanks in large part to
Vasilevskiy.
Lars Eller, Carl Hagelin and
T.J. Oshie scored for the
Capitals, who are trying
to hold on to first place in
the Metropolitan Division.
Braden Holtby allowed five
goals on 28 shots as the
Lightning beat the Capitals
for the second time in five
days.
JETS 3, DUCKS 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) —
Connor Hellebuyck made
29 saves in his first shutout
of the season, and Kyle
Connor had a goal and an
assist in Winnipeg’S fourth
straight victory.
Mark Scheifele scored a
power-play goal in the first
period and Nikolaj Ehlers
added a goal for the Jets,
who extended their lead
atop the Central Division
to three points over Nash-
ville. Jacob Trouba had
two assists as the Jets com-
pleted a Southern Califor-
nia sweep and moved into
position to clinch a playoff
berth as early as Thursday