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Greiss, Islanders beat Blue Jackets 2-0

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo on Saturday.
Thomas Greiss made 31 LIGHTNING 6, MAPLE LEAFS
saves in his fifth shutout of 2
the season, helping the TORONTO (AP) — Tyler
New York Islanders beat Johnson and Cedric Pa-
the Columbus Blue Jackets quette each scored two
2-0 on Monday night. goals, powering the NHL-
Ryan Pulock and Anders leading Lightning to anoth-
Lee scored as New York er victory.
(40-22-7) improved its play- Anthony Cirelli and On-
off positioning in the tough drej Palat also scored for
Metropolitan Division. The Tampa Bay (53-13-4), and
Islanders improved to 16-8- Ryan McDonagh, Yanni
1 against divisional oppo- Gourde and Jan Rutta had
nents. two assists apiece. Nikita
Columbus (38-28-3) lost Kucherov helped set up
for the fourth time in six the game's first goal for his
games, dropping into a tie NHL-best 111th point of the
with Montreal for the sec- season.
ond wild card in the East- Andrei Vasilevskiy made 26
ern Conference. Sergei saves to improve to 12-1-2
Bobrovsky made 18 saves, over his last 15 starts.
but the Blue Jackets were New York Islanders goaltender Thomas Greiss makes a save behind Columbus Blue Jackets left Auston Matthews and Con-
unable to get to the steady wing Nick Foligno (71) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 11, 2019, nor Brown scored for To-
Greiss. in Uniondale, N.Y. ronto (42-22-5). Frederik An-
Pulock put the Islanders in Associated Press dersen allowed four goals
front when he drove a slap on 19 shots before he was
shot by Bobrovsky 6:11 into shutout and 34th win of the of five games to move into for just the second time in pulled early in the second
the first. Pulock surpassed season. Twenty-five of those the wild-card race. Brian El- 13 games since Colorado period. Garret Sparks fin-
his point total from his rook- wins have come since the liott, subbing for the injured moved into its longtime ished with 21 saves in relief.
ie year, registering his 33rd start of December, the best Corey Hart, made 20 saves. home for the 1999-2000 BLACKHAWKS 7, COYOTES
point of his sophomore sea- total in the league over The lowly Senators lost for season. 1
son. that span. Jones is the first the 11th time in 12 games. Mrazek's fourth shutout of CHICAGO (AP) — Brendan
Lee added an empty-nett- goaltender in San Jose his- Chris Tierney and Filip the season propelled the Perlini scored three goals
er in the third period. tory to post four consecu- Chlapik scored, and Craig Hurricanes into a tie with against his former team for
SHARKS 3, WILD 0 tive 30-win seasons, and Anderson stopped 33 shots. Pittsburgh for third place in his first career hat trick, and
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Mar- he's the only goaltender in HURRICANES 3, AVA- the Metropolitan Division. the Blackhawks earned
tin Jones made 24 saves to the league since 2015-16 to LANCHE 0 Carolina currently holds the their third straight win.
continue his hot streak and have four 30-win seasons. DENVER (AP) — Andrei tiebreaker. Patrick Kane fired in his 41st
lead San Jose to its fifth FLYERS 3, SENATORS 2 Svechnikov had two goals Colorado remains two goal as Chicago moved
straight win. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Os- and an assist, Petr Mrazek points behind Minnesota for within five points of the sec-
Barclay Goodrow, Tomas kar Lindblom, Michael Raffl stopped 38 shots and Car- the final wild-card spot. The ond wild card in the West-
Hertl and Logan Couture and Scott Laughton scored olina earned a rare win at Wild lost earlier to San Jose. ern Conference. Jonathan
scored for the Sharks. in the second period to Pepsi Center. Philipp Grubauer turned Toews, Brandon Saad and
Devan Dubnyk made 26 lead hard-charging Phila- Defenseman Dougie Ham- back 30 shots. He was back Chris Kunitz also scored,
saves for the Wild. delphia to the win. ilton also scored as the in net over Semyon Var- and Corey Crawford made
For Jones, it was his third The Flyers have won four Hurricanes won in Denver lamov after shutting out 24 saves.q

GAY SLUR least," Dubas said. "I've NHL's collective bargaining
Continued from Page 18 known Morgan now for five agreement, when TV cam-
"I didn't hear it," Rielly said years and this is a cause eras recorded him appear-
of the slur. "I know I didn't that he's supported socially ing to shout a gay slur to-
use that word and I didn't throughout his time here." ward an official during the
hear it during play. I did lis- A few weeks ago, Rielly 2017 playoffs.
ten to the video. asked to be formally in- Chicago forward Andrew
"I'm not sure if it came from volved in the gay pride pa- Shaw, now with Montreal,
the ice or not. Either way, rade in Toronto this June, was suspended one game
that word has no place in Dubas said. and fined $5,000 for di-
this building. This is a team A Vancouver native, Rielly recting a gay slur toward
that wants to be involved was Toronto's first-round an official during the 2016
in the community and with pick in the 2012 draft. He's playoffs. Last month, the
the movement." second among NHL defen- NHL celebrated Hockey
Dubas said he was about semen in scoring this sea- is For Everyone. The Leafs
to leave the rink Monday son, with 18 goals and 47 hosted 30 players from the
night when notified of the assists in 69 games. Toronto Gay Hockey Asso-
alleged comments. The NHL has issued fines ciation during a You Can Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly speaks during
"When it came out that it and suspensions in the past Play awareness night on a press conference with general manager Kyle Dubas Tuesday,
was Morgan who was al- for players using slurs. Feb. 24. The group works for March 12, 2019, in Toronto, as they address an NHL investigation
leged to have used a ho- Anaheim captain Ryan inclusion in sports, including into an alleged slur used during an NHL hockey game the night
mophobic slur, it was sur- Getzlaf was fined $10,000, LGBTQ athletes, coaches before against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
prising to me, to say the the maximum under the and fans.q Associated Press