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St. Louis Blues right wing Vladimir Tarasenko (right), passes in front of defenseman Mikey Anderson (44) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, March 6, in Los Angeles. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Islanders cruise to 4th straight win Canucks sweep Maple Leafs as Ducks end bad run

UNIONDALE, N.Y., March 7, (AP): and NHL Results/Standings Scott Mayfield each had a and an assist and the beat WASHINGTON, March 7, (AP): NHL results and standings on Saturday. the 5-2 on NY Islanders 5 Buffalo 2 Saturday for their fourth NY Rangers 6 New Jersey 3 Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 3 straight victory. 6 Nashville 2 Montreal 7 Winnipeg 1 made 20 Arizona 5 2 saves as the Islanders improved to Vancouver 4 Toronto 2 Dallas 5 Columbus 0 9-0-2 at Nassau Coliseum this sea- Anaheim 5 Colorado OT 4 son and 14-6-4 overall. Cal Clut- Los Angeles 4 St Louis OT 3 Edmonton 3 Calgary 2 terbuck, Brock Nelson and Anders Vegas 4 San Jose 0 Lee also scored. East Division New York beat Buffalo for the fi fth P W L OT Pts GF GA NY Islanders 24 14 6 4 32 68 54 straight time this season, outscoring Washington 23 13 6 4 30 76 75 the Islanders 19-7 in those fi ve meet- 21 13 5 3 29 65 53 ings. The teams meet again Sunday Philadelphia 21 12 6 3 27 70 66 Pittsburgh 23 13 9 1 27 72 74 for their third game in four days in the NY Rangers 22 10 9 3 23 65 58 same venue. New Jersey 20 7 11 2 16 50 66 and Jacob Bryson Buffalo 22 6 13 3 15 50 70 Central Division scored for the Sabres, who dropped GP W L OT Pts GF GA their sixth straight. Bryson put Buf- Tampa Bay 22 16 4 2 34 77 45 falo in front when he scored his fi rst Florida 23 15 4 4 34 78 66 Carolina 23 16 6 1 33 81 62 career goal 33 seconds into his sixth Chicago 25 13 7 5 31 79 74 game, but the Islanders responded Columbus 26 10 11 5 25 69 85 with four goals in the second. Nashville 24 10 14 0 20 57 79 Dallas 19 7 8 4 18 53 50 Detroit 26 7 16 3 17 54 87 West Division P W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 21 16 4 1 33 70 45 St Louis 25 14 8 3 31 81 79 Colorado 22 13 7 2 28 68 55 Canucks 4, Maple Leafs 2 Minnesota 22 13 8 1 27 69 60 In Vancouver, British Columbia, Los Angeles 23 10 8 5 25 68 65 and J.T. Miller scored in Arizona 24 11 10 3 25 65 73 Anaheim 25 7 12 6 20 55 76 a 42-second span in the third period San Jose 22 8 11 3 19 63 86 and Vancouver beat NHL-leading North Division Toronto to sweep the two-game se- GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 26 18 6 2 38 90 63 ries. Winnipeg 24 15 8 1 31 79 69 Horvat tied it on a power play at defenseman Erik Karlsson, (right), skates in front of right wing Reilly Smith (19) during the second period of an Edmonton 26 15 11 0 30 83 80 8:49, and Miller gave the Canucks the NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., March 6. (AP) Montreal 23 11 6 6 28 78 66 Calgary 25 11 12 2 24 68 76 lead at 9:31. Nils Hoglander complet- Vancouver 28 11 15 2 24 81 93 ed the scoring with 3:07 left. Ottawa 26 8 17 1 17 70 102 had a goal and two Strome scored twice and the streak- Guptill smashes quickfire 71 runs Note: Two points for a win one assists, and made 37 ing Rangers sent the Devils to their point for overtime loss. The top four fifth straight loss and eighth in nine teams in each division will qualify for saves to help Vancouver improve to playoffs under this season’s tempo- 11-15-2. games. rary realignment. and Adam Fox, Ryan Strome, Kevin NZ beat Australia, win T20 series scored for Toronto. The Maple Leafs Rooney Libor Hajek and Filip Chytil dropped to 18-6-2 after losing two also scored as New York won its third straight and sixth in eight games. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, 33 balls and moved to second place Lewandowski stars, straight in regulation for the fi rst time March 7, (AP): Ish Sodhi led a con- behind Virat Kohli on the list to top this season. Alexandar Georgiev had 24 saves while fi lling in for the injured Igor certed attack by New Zealand’s run-scorers in T20 internationals. Bayern win Klassiker Ducks 5, Avalanche 4, OT Shesterkin, who sustained a groin spin bowlers before Martin Guptill The partnership fi nally was broken In Denver, scored on smashed a quickfi re 71 runs to set up by Riley Meredith in the 12th over BERLIN, March 7, (AP): Robert injury in a 6-1 win over New Jersey Lewandowski scored a hat trick as a power play 1:59 into overtime and Thursday night. a seven-wicket win over Australia when Conway was caught in the deep Anaheim snapped a nine-game win- in the fi fth Twenty20 international for 36. There was a fl icker of hope for Bayern Munich came from behind less streak. P.K. Subban and Mikhail Maltsev on Sunday and a 3-2 win in the fi ve- Australia when New Zealand to stay top of the Bundesliga with Troy Terry had two goals, Rickard scored in a 17-second fi rst-period match series. Kane Williamson fell lbw to Meredith a 4-2 win over Borussia Dortmund Rakell had a goal and two assists and span to give the slumping Devils Leg spinner Sodhi came into the fi rst ball. in their “Klassiker” . Kevin Shattenkirk added a goal and some hope after falling behind 2-0. match as the leading wicket-taker in Guptill was out in the 15th over, Lewandowski completed his an assist to help the Ducks win for the Nathan Bastian closed the gap to 5-3, the series with 10 at an average of having made 71 from 46 balls with hat trick in the last minute, just fi rst time since Feb. 11. but Strome iced the game with an 18 and improved to 13 at 11.8, tak- seven boundaries and four sixes, and after Leon Goretzka put Bayern made 29 saves for empty net goal. ing 3-24 as Australia were held 142-8 having set the foundation on which ahead for the fi rst time. Erling his 389th career win, tying him with Canadiens 7, Jets 1 after choosing to bat on winning the New Zealand’s win depended. Haaland had fi red the visitors Dominik Hasek for 14th place in In Montral, Brendan Gallagher toss. Phillips fi nished the job, hitting into an early two-goal lead. scored twice in the Canadiens’ four- New Zealand surpassed that total 34 from 15 balls with fi ve fours and “We had a bit of luck in the NHL history. end but it was deserved, because Rantanen had two goals, and goal second period. with 27 balls to spare, steered by Gup- two sixes including a six for the win- Josh Anderson, Tyler Toffoli, Joel we were the dominant team,” Brandon Saad and Logan O’Connor till and Devon Conway who put on ning runs in the 16th over off Adam Bayern coach Hansi Flick said. scored for the Avalanche. Center Na- Armia, Paul Byron and Jeff Petry also 106 for the fi rst wicket in 11.5 overs. Zampa. than MacKinnon missed his second scored for Montreal. Tomas Tatar had Sodhi was supported during Aus- “The other night we took a back- straight game following a hit to the three assists and Carey Price stopped tralia’s innings by left-armer Mitchell ward step and today we wanted to SOCCER head at San Jose on Wednesday night. 28 shots. Santner who took the new ball and New Zealand’s captain Kane Wil- not back down from the fight and liamson holds the series trophy after Penguins 4, Flyers 3 The Canadiens were coming off bowled his four overs at a cost of only we showed that with a good open- The win kept Bayern two points 21 runs. Having noted the infl uence of defeating Australia in their 5th T20 ing stand,” Guptill said. “Today In Pittsburgh, Jared McCann a 4-3 overtime loss at Winnipeg on cricket international match at Welling- clear of Leipzig, which increased pounced on a rebound and knocked Thursday night and had had lost six of spin in the previous match in the se- ton Regional Stadium in Wellington, Devon (Conway) was brilliant out the pressure on the defending it past Bryan Elliott with less than 10 their last seven overall (1-2-4). ries, New Zealand also used part-time New Zealand, March 7. (AP) there. champions earlier with a 3-0 win minutes to go to lead the Penguins Mathieu Perrault spoiled Price’s spinners Mark Chapman, who took “I wouldn’t say I went after them at Freiburg. It was Leipzig’s sixth past the Flyers. bid with a power-play goal 1-9 from two overs, and Glen Phillips from ball one. But it was just good to straight league victory. Ten rounds The Penguins took two of three from with 8:46 to go for Winnipeg, which whose two overs cost 21 runs. spend a bit more time out there and remain after this weekend. the Flyers during Philadelphia’s extend- had won six of its previous seven. The spinners shared 12 of New create a partnership with Devon. He It was the sixth consecutive ed stay in Pittsburgh, with McCann pro- Coyotes 5, Wild 2 Zealand’s 20 overs, more than in any got off to a good start, I caught up and league game in which Dortmund viding the difference in the fi nale when In Glendale, Arizona, of the Black Caps’ previous T20 in- pushed on and the best part about it conceded at least four goals in Brandon Tanev’s smacked off El- scored twice, Conor Garland had a ternationals. That followed Austra- was we got the win.” Munich, a bitter blow for Edin liott’s pad and ended up on McCann’s goal and an assist, and Arizona rallied lia’s record in the fourth match when While Australia couldn’t contain Terzić’s team after frustrating stick. McCann fi red it into the net, then Aston Agar, Adam Zampa and Glenn Guptill, New Zealand managed to Bayern for the fi rst 88 minutes. to beat Minnesota. Maxwell bowled 11 overs. mostly neutralize Australia’s big hit- went skates over skull after tripping Lawson Crouse scored for the fi rst Dortmund complained that Le- over Elliott immediately after scoring ters. roy Sané fouled Emre Can in mov- time in 21 games, and Jakob Chych- Australia also tried a new opening his fi fth of the season. run also scored for the Coyotes, who CRICKET ing him off the ball in the buildup to Zach Aston-Reese, Bryan Rust and combination, promoting Josh Philippe Goretzka’s goal, but referee Marco trailed 2-0 after one period. Niklas to join Aaron Finch but the move was Evgeni Malkin also scored for Pitts- Hjalmarsson, Clayton Keller and De- Fritz allowed play to continue. burgh. Tristan Jarry fi nished with 19 The drop-in pitch at Sky Stadium unsuccessful and Philippe was out for “If it was a Bayern player it rick Brassard each had two assists. hosted the last three matches of 2 in the second over, trapped lbw by saves as the Penguins pulled back into Darcy Kuemper stopped 32 shots. would have been a foul. That’s a tie with the Flyers in the cramped the series in the space of six days. Trent Boult who took 2-26. just the way it is,” Dortmund Matt Dumba and Jordan Greenway Australia made 208-4 in the third Finch made 69 in the third match East Division. scored 52 seconds apart in the fi rst for captain Marco Reus claimed. , and match, winning by 64 runs, but in and carried his bat for 79 in the fourth. The visitors made a furious the Wild, who lost for the fourth time the fourth on a pitch which had But he was out for 36 Sunday, falling start. Haaland scored in the sec- scored for the in 11 games (7-3-1). Cam Talbot fi n- Flyers. slowed considerably and favored to Sodhi. The Australian captain had ond minute with the help of a ished with 26 saves. spin it defended a total of just 156- been dropped by Tim Southee off defl ection from Bayern defender Panthers 6, Predators 2 Stars 5, Blue Jackets 0 6, winning by 50 runs. Sodhi in a potentially costly miss but Jerome Boateng, seven minutes In Nashville, Tennessee, Noel Ac- In Dallas, Joe Pavelski scored his Until Sunday, each match in the se- fell only two balls later to a catch by before Thorgan Hazard set Haa- ciari scored three goals for his third NHL-leading ninth power-play goal ries had been won by the team batting New Zealand’s Tim Southee bowls to Mitchell Santner. land up for a tap in. career hat trick, and Florida got its and the Stars tallied twice in the open- fi rst. New Zealand won the fi rst two Australia during their 5th T20 cricket Hard-hitting Glenn Maxwell was But Lewandowski pulled one second straight victory. ing period for the fi rst time this sea- by 53 runs and four runs but hadn’t international match at Wellington Re- probably the wicket New Zealand back in the 26th and equalized Acciari, who began the day with no previously been able to put together gional Stadium in Wellington, New most wanted and he fell to the new- from the spot before the son, winning for only the second time Zealand, March 7. (AP) points in 14 games this season, scored in the past 12 games. a substantial innings when chasing in comer Chapman for 1 in the 11th over interval after Mahmoud Dahoud twice in a three-goal second period as The 36-year-old Pavelski scored 45 Wellington. Conway was promoted to open when Australia was 77-3. fouled Kingsley Coman in the area. the Panthers took the lead for good. seconds after Jason Dickinson poked It needed a stronger foundation with Guptill on Sunday the new open- Matthew Wade made a brisk 44 Haaland hurt his right ankle after He fi nished off the hat trick with an a loose puck under the left leg of Blue from its openers: Guptill and Tim ing pair immediately struck gold, before being dismissed by Boult and a foul from Boateng and had to go unassisted goal with 3:02 left. Jackets goalie Joonas Korpisalo. Stars Seifert put on only 20 in the third reaching their century partnership in Marcus Stoinis fell to Sodhi for 26. off in the 60th. Boateng was carried and Frank Vatrano rookie Jake Oettinger made 21 saves match and 21 in the fourth as Austra- the 12th over. Australia then couldn’t muster a late off 10 minutes later after injuring each had a goal and an assist as the in his fi rst career shutout, coming in lia fought back to level the series. Guptill posted his 17th T20 from charge to enlarge it’s total. himself making a clearance. Panthers improved to 8-1-1 on the his seventh start. road this season. Jonathan Huberdeau Roope Hintz, Radek Faksa and also scored, and Sergei Bobrovsky Kempe scored off a pass from Ga- Golden Knights 4, Sharks 0 his 65th career shutout. three games, all losses to the Toronto Miro Heiskanen also scored for Dal- briel Vilardi to cap a 3-on-1 rush and In San Jose, California, Alex Tuch Devan Dubnyk stopped 28 shots as Maple Leafs. made 28 saves. las. It was the second straight game Eeli Tolvanen and Viktor Arvids- help the Kings end a four-game losing scored twice and Marc-Andre Fleury the Sharks lost for the fi fth time in the Jesse Puljujarvi and Kailer Yama- Heiskanen scored after coming up streak. earned his NHL-leading fourth shut- moto also scored for the Oilers. son scored for Nashville, which lost empty in his fi rst 17. fi rst six games of a seven-game home- its third straight and dropped to 1-9 Matt Luff scored and Jonathan out in his return from a rare night off stand - their longest of the season. and Noah Han- Kings 4, Blues 3, OT Quick made 22 saves for the Kings, to help Vegas win. ifin had the goals for the Flames. combined against the Central Divi- Oilers 3, Flames 2 sion’s top three teams. Filip Forsberg In Los Angeles, Adrian Kempe who had not overcome a three-goal and Reilly Smith also Gaudreau converted on the power had two assists, including the 200th of scored 1:45 into overtime, Anze Ko- defi cit to win since Dec. 18, 2014. scored. Tuch and Fleury did the rest In Edmonton, Alberta, Connor play, and Hanifin got his first of the his career. pitar had two goals and an assist and David Perron, Nathan Walker and of the damage as the Golden Knights McDavid scored the tiebreaking goal season. the Kings rallied for the win after Ryan O’Reilly scored for the Blues, swept the back-to-back in San Jose with 3:45 left and added two assists to Mike Smith made 34 saves in the Rangers 6, Devils 3 trailing by three goals in the fi rst pe- whose four-game winning streak and extended their winning streak to lead the Oilers. The star forward was win. Jacob Markstrom stopped 30 In Newark, New Jersey, Ryan riod. ended. six games. Fleury made 24 saves for held without a point in his previous shots for Calgary.

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