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SPORTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2014 Wild down Flyers, Leafs win PHILADELPHIA: Jason Zucker scored with 45.4 seconds left to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 vic- tory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night. Nino Niederreiter had a goal and an assist, and Marco Scandella also scored for the Wild, who won their fourth straight. Darcy Kuemper stopped 37 shots. Mark Streit and Claude Giroux scored for the Flyers, who lost their fourth straight. Ray Emery had 27 saves. The Wild improved to 4-6 on the road and earned just their second win in 10 visits to Philadelphia (2-7-1). MAPLE LEAFS 5, LIGHTNING 2 James van Riemsdyk scored two goals to lead Toronto to a much-needed victory over Tampa Bay. David Clarkson, Richard Panik and Roman Polak added goals for Toronto, which scored early in the first period and three times in the second to snap a three-game losing streak. Alex Killorn and Steven Stamkos scored for Tampa Bay, which has dropped two straight after beating the Rangers in New York 5-1 on Monday. The usually high-scoring Lightning couldn’t break through Jonathan Bernier, who redeemed himself after being pulled from Tuesday’s 9-2 loss to Nashville after allowing three goals on 12 shots in 20 minutes. Bernier recorded his sixth win of the season, stopping 26 shots. CANADIENS 4, BLUES 1 Max Pacioretty scored twice as Montreal beat St. Louis. Dale Weise and Lars Eller also scored, and Carey Price made 31 saves. Vladimir Tarasenko had the lone goal for St. Louis. Jake Allen stopped 26 shots in defeat. Pacioretty netted the winner at PHILADELPHIA: Darcy Kuemper No. 35 of the Minnesota Wild stops a shot by Mark Streit No. 32 of the Philadelphia Flyers in the second 7:32 of the second - his team-leading ninth goal. He period at the Wells Fargo Center. — AFP got the better of Allen on a breakaway after taking a stretch pass from linemate Pierre-Alexandre the first period. Arizona’s Mike Smith made 24 third period to help Chicago edge Calgary. With the defending Stanley Cup champions, who have Parenteau from his own zone. The Canadiens (15-5- saves. Dallas’ Kari Lehtonen stopped 26 shots. the game tied 3-3, Kane’s unassisted goal at 9:12 won three straight. The Kings largely controlled 1) stretched their lead atop the Eastern Conference came after goalie Jonas Hiller turned over the puck play with 39 shots, and they hung on through a to three points. The Blues have lost consecutive CAPITALS 3, AVALANCHE 2 behind his net. It was the seventh goal of the sea- scoreless third period for their sixth win in eight games after winning 10 of 11. Alex Ovechkin scored late in the third period, son for Kane, who has scored in three straight meetings with Carolina. Braden Holtby stopped 27 shots, and Washington games. He had scored only four times in the first 16 Jeff Skinner and Eric Staal scored for the SENATORS 3, PREDATORS 2 outlasted Colorado. Nicklas Backstrom had a goal games. Adam Clendening scored his first in the Hurricanes, who have lost four of five. Cam Ward Bobby Ryan, Alex Chiasson and Jared Cowen all and an assist, Jason Chimera also scored, and NHL, and Daniel Carcillo and Brent Seabrook added stopped 36 shots, but Carolina failed to build on scored in the second period, Robin Lehner stopped Ovechkin added an assist for the Capitals. goals for Chicago, who began a six-game road trip. the momentum of its victory in Dallas on Tuesday 33 shots, and Ottawa topped Nashville. Washington won the last two games of its three- Paul Byron, Wideman and Sean Monahan to open a five-game road trip. Shea Weber and Olli Jokinen scored for game trip. Ovechkin broke a 2-all tie when he scored for Calgary, which had won seven of nine. Nashville, and Carter Hutton - playing for just the poked his own rebound over the goal line with 5:56 Corey Crawford made 24 saves for the win. Hiller DUCKS 4, CANUCKS 3 third time this season - stopped 16 shots. left. It was his ninth of the season and first in four stopped 18 shots. Corey Perry scored the shootout winner, lifting Ryan’s power-play goal tied it 1-1 at 6 minutes games.The Avalanche played half the game with- Anaheim over Vancouver. Perry’s goal on of the second period. Chiasson put Ottawa ahead out Alex Tanguay after he was hit in the face on a KINGS 3, HURRICANES 2 Anaheim’s first shootout attempt was the only one with 6:42 remaining in the period, scoring his fifth shot by Ovechkin. Tanguay skated off the ice and Tanner Pearson ended his 11-game goal the Ducks needed. They got another from Jakob of the season. Cowen made it 3-1 just 2:06 later. didn’t return because of a jaw injury. drought with the tiebreaking score, and Jonathan Silfverberg after Vancouver’s Radim Vrbata and Jokinen made it a one-goal game in the open- Quick made 25 saves against Carolina in Los Nick Bonino failed to score. ing minutes of the third period, getting his first BLACKHAWKS 4, FLAMES 3 Angeles’ NHL-best 10th home victory of the sea- The Ducks (12-4-5) earned their first win in five point with the Predators. Nashville outshot Ottawa Patrick Kane scored the tiebreaking goal in the son. Jarret Stoll and Trevor Lewis also scored for games. The Canucks lost for the second time in 16-3 in the third period. three. Anaheim also avenged a Nov. 9 home shootout loss to Vancouver. The Canucks (13-6-1) RED WINGS 4, JETS 3 NHL RESULTS/STANDINGS lost their first one-goal game this season, becom- Tomas Tatar scored two goals and added an ing the last in the NHL to do so. Rookie Bo Horvat, assist as Detroit defeated Winnipeg. Justin with his first NHL career goal, Jannik Hansen and Abdelkader had the tying goal and an assist for the Minnesota 3, Philadelphia 2; Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 2; Montreal 4, St. Louis 1; Ottawa 3, Radim Vrbata scored for the Canucks in regulation. Red Wings, and Johan Franzen scored his sixth of Nashville 2; Detroit 4, Winnipeg 3; Dallas 3, Arizona 1; Washington 3, Colorado 2; Chicago 4, Andrew Cogliano, Ryan Getzlaf, and Matt the season. Dustin Byfuglien, Adam Lowry and Calgary 3; Anaheim 4, Vancouver 3 (SO); Los Angeles 3, Carolina 2; Florida 3, San Jose 2 (SO). Beleskey had goals for Anaheim. Former Canucks Mathieu Perrault had goals for Winnipeg. Ondrej Western Conference Eastern Conference center Ryan Kesler played his first game in Pavelec made 23 saves. Detroit rested Jimmy Pacific Division Atlantic Division Vancouver since being traded to the Ducks in the summer. Howard after he was in net for the Red Wings’ 5-0 W L OTL GF GA PTS Montreal 15 5 1 59 52 31 victory over Columbus on Tuesday. With backup Anaheim 12 4 5 58 53 29 Tampa Bay 13 6 2 75 59 28 Jonas Gustavsson out because of a dislocated Detroit 10 4 5 54 45 25 PANTHERS 3, SHARKS 2 shoulder, Petr Mrazek played in his 12th career Vancouver 13 6 1 61 60 27 Nick Bjugstad scored twice during regulation Los Angeles 11 5 4 53 44 26 Boston 12 8 0 53 49 24 game and first this season, and made 28 saves. Ottawa 9 5 4 50 47 22 and added the winning goal in the shootout as Calgary 12 7 2 66 57 26 Florida won its fourth straight in San Jose. San Jose 10 9 3 59 60 23 Toronto 10 8 2 63 62 22 STARS 3, COYOTES 1 Florida 7 5 5 38 44 19 San Jose’s Patrick Marleau tied it with 33 sec- John Klingberg, Cody Eakin and Jason Spezza Arizona 8 10 2 49 62 18 onds remaining in regulation, taking a pass from Edmonton 6 11 2 48 65 14 Buffalo 5 13 2 34 69 12 all scored in the third period, rallying Dallas past Metropolitan Division Joe Thornton and firing it past Roberto Luongo, Arizona. Ales Hemsky had two assists as Dallas end- central division Pittsburgh 13 3 1 64 35 27 who had stopped Marleau’s penalty shot earlier in ed a seven-game, home-losing streak (0-5-2). The Nashville 12 5 2 54 40 26 NY Islanders 12 6 0 59 52 24 the third period. Stars won for just the second time in 11 home St. Louis 12 6 1 50 39 25 Washington 9 7 3 55 52 21 Luongo stopped 28 shots and won for the games (2-5-4). Arizona has lost its last five games in Chicago 11 7 1 55 39 23 NY Rangers 8 7 4 52 58 20 fourth time in his last five games against the Dallas. Winnipeg 10 8 3 43 47 23 New Jersey 8 9 2 47 56 18 Sharks. The Panthers swept the season series. Klingberg and Eakin scored 33 seconds apart in Minnesota 11 7 0 53 41 22 Philadelphia 7 9 2 53 58 16 Logan Couture ended a season-worst eight- the opening minute of the third period. Klingberg’s Dallas 7 9 4 56 68 18 Carolina 6 10 3 45 58 15 game goal-less streak with a power-play tally for goal from the slot was his first in the NHL, in his Colorado 6 9 5 49 64 17 Columbus 6 11 1 44 64 13 the Sharks, who played at home for the first time in sixth game, and it tied it 19 seconds into the peri- two weeks.