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Pacioretty’s OT gives Golden Knights 5-4 win vs Sharks Bruins respond to from Wilson to beat Capitals BOSTON, March 6, (AP): Brad Marchand had two goals and an assist NHL Results/Standings and the responded to a head shot from Capitals forward Tom Wilson with a three-goal second period to beat Washington 5-1. WASHINGTON, March 6, (AP): Re- Shiffrin edges Vlhova to clinch Two days after Alex Ovechkin sults and standings from the NHL games on Friday. slashed Trent Frederic in the groin, the Boston 5 Washington 1 game again took an ugly turn when Wil- Chicago 4 Tampa Bay SO 3 son smashed Brandon Carlo’s head into St Louis 3 Los Angeles OT 2 Minnesota 5 Arizona 1 the glass with 90 seconds left in the fi rst Colorado 3 Anaheim OT 2 period. Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said Vegas 5 San Jose OT 4 45th World Cup slalom victory Carlo left the arena in an ambulance and East Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA went to a hospital but could not confi rm NY Islanders23 13 6 4 30 63 52 that it was a concussion. Washington 23 13 6 4 30 76 75 Kriechmayr adds WC downhill win to world title Frederic and Jarred Tinordi fought Boston 21 13 5 3 29 65 53 Wilson in the game, but the real re- Philadelphia 20 12 5 3 27 67 62 Pittsburgh 22 12 9 1 25 68 71 venge was the scoring. NY Rangers 21 9 9 3 21 59 55 JASNA, Slovakia, March Frederic scored Boston’s second New Jersey 19 7 10 2 16 47 60 6, (AP): Mikaela Shiffrin goal - the fi rst after Wilson’s hit - and Buffalo 21 6 12 3 15 48 65 Central Division denied her Slovakian rival Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an GP W L OT Pts GF GA assist for Boston. Nick Ritchie also Tampa Bay 22 16 4 2 34 77 45 Petra Vlhova a home vic- scored, and Jaroslav Halak stopped 31 Carolina 23 16 6 1 33 81 62 Florida 22 14 4 4 32 72 64 tory Saturday, winning the shots. Chicago 25 13 7 5 31 79 74 Columbus 25 10 10 5 25 69 80 fi rst World Cup slalom fol- Nashville 23 10 13 0 20 55 73 lowing the world champi- Detroit 26 7 16 3 17 54 87 Dallas 18 6 8 4 16 48 50 onships. Nicklas Backstrom had his 700th West Division Shiffrin trailed fi rst-run leader career assist, setting up Jakub Vrana GP W L OT Pts GF GA to spoil the shutout bid with six min- Vegas 20 15 4 1 31 66 45 Vlhova by 0.27 seconds on a hill St Louis 24 14 8 2 30 78 75 where the Slovakian regularly utes left in the game. Vitek Vanacek Colorado 21 13 7 1 27 64 50 stopped 14 of the 18 shots he faced be- Minnesota 21 13 7 1 27 67 55 trains. fore he was pulled with 4:17 left in the Los Angeles 22 9 8 5 23 64 62 But the American had a blistering second period and the Capitals trailing Arizona 23 10 10 3 23 60 71 fi nal run to win the race by 0.34 as the San Jose 21 8 10 3 19 63 82 pair continued its dominance in the 4-0; Ilya Samsonov made six saves on Anaheim 24 6 12 6 18 50 72 seven shots the rest of the way. North Division discipline. Golden Knights 5, Sharks 4, OT GP W L OT Pts GF GA They combined have won 31 of Toronto 25 18 5 2 38 88 59 the 32 World Cup slaloms held since In San Jose, California, Max Pa- Winnipeg 23 15 7 1 31 78 62 cioretty scored his second goal of the 25 14 11 0 28 80 78 January 2017, a streak interrupted only game in overtime and Vegas recovered Montreal 22 10 6 6 26 71 65 once by ’s Michelle Gisin. Calgary 24 11 11 2 24 66 73 “I feel pretty amazing about it,” to win after allowing a bizarre tying Vancouver 27 10 15 2 22 77 91 goal late in the third period. Ottawa 26 8 17 1 17 70 102 Shiffrin said about her 45th career Pacioretty converted off a pass from Note: Two points for a win one point slalom win and 69th overall. “It was Alex Pietrangelo to beat Devan Dub- for overtime loss. The top four teams a really good fi ght for me and that’s a in each division will qualify for play- pretty nice feeling to have right now.” nyk 1:25 into overtime to end a wild offs under this season’s temporary game that gave Vegas a fi ve-game win- realignment. ning streak. SKIING The Sharks had tied the game with lation, and Malcolm Subban made 39 1:07 left in regulation came after Brent saves. The result moved Shiffrin within ’s speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup downhill in Saalbach- Burns’ clear attempt bounced toward Anthony Cirelli, Alex Killorn and Hinterglemm, Austria, on March 6. (Inset): United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates on the podium after winning goalie Oscar Dansk as Kevin Labanc one victory of a World Cup record. Ryan McDonough scored for the Only one skier, male or female, has an alpine ski, World Cup women’s slalom in Jasna, Slovakia, on March 6. (AP) came rushing toward him. Dansk tried Lightning, and Curtis McElhinney to knock the puck away, but didn’t make won more races in a single discipline: Shiffrin by 45 points, with Liensberger stopped 24 shots. Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark tri- 70 points behind in third. clean contact and it hit off Labanc’s Avalanche 3, Ducks 2, OT stick and went into the open net. umphed 46 times in giant slalom in the Vlhova narrowed the gap on overall In Denver, Valeri Nichushkin scored 1970s and 80s. World Cup leader Lara Gut-Behrami. Nemechek holds off Busch to Blackhawks 4, Lightning 3, SO his second goal of the game 2:45 into In Chicago, Philipp Kurashev scored Wendy Holdener fi nished 0.52 be- The Swiss skier sat out the race and overtime, Philipp Grubauer made 26 hind in third. It was the 26th career sla- was holding a lead of 107 points. the only goal in a shootout in Chicago’s saves and Colorado overcame a two- win Truck Series in Las Vegas victory over Tampa Bay. lom podium for the Swiss skier, who is In Austria, Vincent Kriechmayr goal defi cit to beat Anaheim. yet to win a race in the discipline. ended his two-year-long victory LAS VEGAS, March 6, (AP): John “It’s cool to see John Hunter have Alex DeBrincat scored twice and Nichushkin circled around a defend- Dominik Kubalik added a goal in regu- Katharina Liensberger was 1.42 off drought in men’s World Cup down- Hunter Nemechek beat boss Kyle a shot and get back in victory lane,” er and then slid a shot past goalie John hills by winning Saturday, three weeks Busch said. Gibson. the lead in fourth and missed a slalom Busch, ending Busch’s three-race win- podium for the fi rst time this season. after he took the world title in the dis- ning streak at Las Vegas Motor Speed- Nemechek had just three top-10 fi n- Blues 3, Kings 2, OT cipline. In Los Angeles, Mike Hoffman The Austrian beat Vlhova and Shif- way, with a victory in the NASCAR ishes in Cup last year and was out of frin to gold in the slalom at the world Wearing bib No. 1, the Austrian Truck Series race. his ride at the end of the season. Rather scored 1:30 into overtime to lift St. opened the race on the Schneekristall Louis past Los Angeles. championships two weeks ago, ending Nemechek this year stepped down than join a team not capable of win- Hoffman ripped a slap shot from the the American’s streak of four world course with a near-fl awless run. two levels from the Cup Series to drive ning races, he dropped down to drive right faceoff circle past Cal Petersen to titles. Kriechmayr found the fastest line a truck for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Busch’s truck to prove he’s competi- give the Blues their third straight vic- Shiffrin won bronze at the worlds coming out of the start gate, as most of He fi gured in the right equipment, he tive. tory. scored twice for St. but later said she was disappointed in his rivals were already a few tenths of could show he should race at NAS- He got a big push from Busch on a Louis, tying it with 44 seconds left in her skiing. a second behind at the fi rst split. CAR’s top level. restart with six to go and then drove regulation. On Saturday, though, the three-time , who leads the downhill In just his third race driving for away from Busch. It was the fi rst win Wild 5, Coyotes 1 overall champion was back to her best. season standings, came closest but the Busch, Nemecheck led Busch across of what Busch believes can be a big in Glendale, Arizona, Mats Zucca- The race resembled the victory from Swiss skier fi nished 0.17 off the lead. the fi nish line for a 1-2 KBM fi nish. season for the 24-year-old. rello had a goal and an assist, Kaapo Shiffrin’s only previous visit to the Last month, Kriechmayr became the It was Nemechek’s sixth career Truck “Maybe he’ll win eight, 10 races and Kahkonen stopped 24 shots and Min- Slovakian resort, in 2016, when she fi rst skier to win gold in both downhill Series victory, fi rst since 2018. He get back upstairs,” Busch said. nesota jumped on Arizona early. also beat the home nation’s favorite, and super-G at world championships spent 2019 in the Xfi nity Series and Zuccarello scored on Minnesota’s Veronika Velez-Zuzulova. since American standout last year running Cup. TRUCK RACING goaltender Os- second shot of the game, and Brad The main difference, however, was did it in 2005. “We’re here for wins,” Nemechek car Dansk (35) makes a save against Hunt and Nick Bjugstad also had goals the lack of spectators on Saturday The Austrian had two previous said. San Jose Sharks left wing Rudolfs in the fi rst period. Jordan Greenway amid anti-coronavirus measures. downhill wins on the World Cup but Busch rallied from a lap down to fi n- It was the fi rst Truck Series start of Balcers (92) during the second period scored early in the second period and The result gave new impetus to the none since his triumph in Wengen, ish second. the season for Busch, who by NAS- of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, had an assist for the Wild. Kevin Fiala battle for the slalom season title. With Switzerland, in January 2019. CAR rules is limited to only fi ve events California, on March 5. (AP) also scored. three races left, Vlhova was leading Matthias Mayer - also Austrian - a year in each of the lower divisions. was 0.27 behind in third. He has made his KBM debut at his Feuz increased his lead over Mayer home track the last three seasons with in the discipline standings to 68 points, three consecutive victories. Ledecky earns 3rd title in Texas; Lochte reaches fi nal with only the season-ending downhill Busch started 29th but drove to the at the World Cup Finals remaining. A front to win the second stage as Toy- SAN ANTONIO, March 6, (AP): Lochte didn’t make it out of the Kathleen Baker won the 200 back in race win is worth 100 points. ota drivers crossed the fi nish line fi rst Katie Ledecky led all the way in win- 100 butterfl y preliminaries, fi nishing 2:07.54, the second-fastest time in the Mayer, however, rather thought his through sixth. But his own hired driver ning the 200-meter freestyle Friday 31st. He’s been in heavy training in world this year. World-record holder chances were gone. never stopped challenging him and at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet, Gainesville, Florida, which has left Regan Smith was second at 2:08.80. Feuz can become the second skier to a fl at left tire with 45 laps remaining earning her third title in three days. In the 400 individual medley, earn the downhill globe in four straight nearly ended Busch’s race. seasons. Only Austrian great Franz He saved the truck from wrecking at She touched in 1 minute, 56.62 sec- SWIMMING Chase Kalisz took the men’s race in speed but as he slowed the truck down, onds, adding the 200 free to her earlier 4:16.53, and Melanie Margalis won Klammer managed that feat once, in the 1970s. Busch then spun to bring out the cau- wins in the 400 free and 1,500 free. him “dead tired.” He missed making the women’s event in 4:37.81, sec- , who won the last tion. The caution mitigated the damage She fi nished third in the 100 free. fi nals in the 100 breaststroke and 100 ond-quickest in the world this year. World Cup downhill before the and Busch was down just one lap and Ryan Lochte is bidding to make freestyle Thursday. Smith came back to win the 100 fl y worlds, trailed by 0.42 in fourth. The in 29th on the restart. his fi fth Olympic team at age 36. He Olympic champion Ryan Murphy in 57.88, second-fastest in the world Italian led Kriechmayr by 0.07 seconds John Nemechek celebrates after win- Using expletives as he addressed fi nished eighth in the 200 free fi nal. won the men’s 200 backstroke in this year. Tom Shields, who at 29 in Friday’s downhill until that race was ning the NASCAR Trucks auto race his team, Busch lectured KBM that Andrew Seliskar won in 1:47.01; 1:56.06, the fastest time in the world was the oldest fi nalist, won the men’s stopped after nine starters because of at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on the only way to lose a race is to beat Lochte touched last in 1:50.27. this year. race in 52.25. fog and snowfall. March 5, in Las Vegas. (AP) themselves.