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UNIONDALE: scored 58 seconds break at 1:20 of the extra period for his 19th Dec. 17, and Niklas Backstrom picked up a vic- AVALANCHE 2, FLYERS 1 into overtime as the beat of the season. Manny Malhotra also tory for the first time in his last nine starts Semyon Varlamov stopped 29 shots and the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 after blowing a scored for the Hurricanes, who have won two since Nov. 23. Ryan O’Reilly and Jamie McGinn had a goal two-goal lead on Thursday night. Casey in a row after a five-game losing streak. each and the Avalanche beat the Flyers. Steve Cizikas scored in his 100th NHL game, and Washington’s Alex Ovechkin broke a four- BLUES 5, KINGS 0 Mason also had 29 saves and Wayne Thomas Vanek added a goal for the Islanders. game point-less streak with a goal but also TJ Oshie scored twice and Brian Elliott Simmonds scored for the Flyers, who had Defenseman Andrew MacDonald had two missed a . Troy Brouwer and made 30 saves to lead St Louis past Los their four-game winning streak stopped. assists, and Evgeni Nabokov made 37 saves. Steve Oleksy also scored for the Capitals, who Angeles. St Louis has won four in a row and Varlamov had several good stops throughout Brent Seabrook and Ben Smith scored for have lost three straight and five of six. six of seven. Los Angeles lost a season-high the game, including one on Scott Hartnell Chicago to help the defending Stanley Cup fifth successive game. The Kings’ previous with 3:24 left. It was the second time champions rally from a 2-0 deficit. SENATORS 4, JETS 3 five-game losing streak came Dec 3-13, 2011. Varlamov made a big save on the big forward. had a goal and an assist Elliott, who improved to 11-1-2, picked up his BRUINS 3, PREDATORS 2, OT and Clarke MacArthur scored the winning third shutout of the season and 24th of his CANADIENS 6, STARS 4 scored 54 seconds into goal midway through the third period as the career. He stopped 13 shots in the opening Lars Eller broke a tie midway through the overtime, faking out a defender at the point Senators beat Winnipeg. Kyle Turris stole the period. Brenden Morrow, Vladimir Tarasenko third period and Max Pacioretty had two and then wristing the puck into the net to puck and passed to MacArthur, who scored and Barret Jackman also scored for St Louis. goals and two assists for the Canadiens. PK give the Bruins a victory over the Predators. and helped the Senators win for the third Subban had a goal and three assists, and Marchand’s move past Predators forward straight time. They had not won back-to-back BLUE JACKETS 2, COYOTES 0 Brendan Gallagher and David Desharnais also Mike Fisher gave Bruins goalie Niklas games in nearly seven weeks prior to the sec- Nathan Horton scored in his Columbus scored for , which finished a season- Svedberg a victory in his NHL debut. ond win of their current streak. Milan debut and Curtis McElhinney made 34 saves high six-game road trip at 3-2-1. Valeri Svedberg stopped 33 shots. Jarome Iginla and Michalek and Zack Smith also scored for the for his second shutout of the season as the Nichushkin converted a penalty shot for Johnny Boychuk also scored for Boston, which Senators, who have four wins in their past five Blue Jackets beat the sluggish Coyotes. RJ Dallas. Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin and Brenden ended a two-game losing streak. Viktor games. Dustin Byfuglien, Evander Kane and Umberger also scored for the Blue Jackets, Dillon tallied for the Stars. Stalberg and scored for Nashville. Olli Jokinen scored for the Jets and Al who ended a two-game losing streak with a Marek Mazanec made 22 saves for the Montoya made 25 saves. burst of energy provided by Horton. Horton, SHARKS 5, OILERS 1 Predators, who lost for the first time in three the ex- winger who missed the Brent Burns and Patrick Marleau scored games. WILD 4, SABRES 1 first 40 games following shoulder surgery, goals 49 seconds apart in the first period to lead scored another goal poked in a rebound late in the second period the Sharks to their fifth win in six games. HURRICANES 4, CAPITALS 3, OT against his old team as the Wild stopped a for his 199th career goal. Umberger added a Bracken Kearns and Logan Couture added Jeff Skinner scored three goals, including club-record streak of six straight losses in reg- second power-play goal midway through the goals 1:27 apart in the second period as the the winner in overtime, and Anton Khudobin ulation. Marco Scandella scored just 106 sec- final period. Mike Smith stopped 29 shots for Sharks beat the Oilers for the sixth straight time. made 38 saves in his first start in 21/2 months, onds before Pominville. Jason Zucker had the the Coyotes, who were shut out for the first Joe Pavelski added a goal and an assist and leading Carolina over the Capitals. Skinner third goal in the second period against Ryan time this season and saw their streak of six Antti Niemi made 23 saves for San Jose. Nail took a pass from Ryan Murphy to cap a 3-on-1 Miller. The Wild won for the first time since straight overtime games broken. Yakupov scored for the last-place Oilers. — AP Russia beat US in world junior hockey quarters

MALMO: Russia beat the United States 5-3 in Providence’s John Gillies stopped 20 shots. the world junior hockey quarterfinals “It’s not a good feeling, but I think it will make Thursday, rallying to take the lead on Nakita us all better players,” Gillies said. Russia has Zadorov’s two power-play goals. Zadorov won the under-20 event 13 times, the first scored on 5-on-3 advantages in a 1:01 span in nine as the Soviet Union. Canada advanced to the second period to give Russia a 4-3 lead. the semifinals for the 16th straight year. It The 6-foot-4 defenseman plays for the won the last of its record 15 titles in 2009 in London Knights in the Ontario Hockey Ottawa, Ontario. Anthony Mantha scored on a League. Russia will face Sweden, a 6-0 winner penalty shot, beating Marvin Nyffeler with a over , in the semifinals Saturday. In backhander, and Griffin Reinhart, Curtis Lazar the other quarterfinals, Canada beat and Derrick Pouliot added goals for Canada. Switzerland 4-1, and Finland topped the Zach Fucale made 19 saves, allowing only Czech Republic 5-3. Nico Dunner’s goal with a second left in the “We want to play Sweden,” Zadorov said second period. before the Swedes’ victory. “It was a close “Our mentality is we wanted to get better game last time (3-2 loss), and we’re going to every day, and that’s what we’ve done,” watch some video and play better.” Pavel Mantha said. “We need to continue to do that Buchnevich also scored twice for Russia, in our next game.” Canada is 22-0-0 against center Mikhail Grigorenko Switzerland in the event and has a 130-34 added a goal, and Andrei Vasilevski made 30 scoring advantage. Sweden, 5-0-0 in the tour- saves. “The power plays were the game- nament, is seeking its third title and second in changer,” said Grigorenko, who has two goals three years. winger Filip and an assist in 18 games for Buffalo this sea- Forsberg had two goals and two assists, Lucas son. “We scored two goals. We took the lead, Wallmark also scored twice, Carolina and we kept it. Those two 5-on-3s in a row Hurricanes center Elias Lindholm added a were the key. “This game made us a better goal and three assists, Jacob de la Rose had a team today than we were yesterday. I think goal, and Erie Otters goalie Oscar Dansk made we deserved to win. Hopefully, we can keep 18 saves. the same energy, same compete level for the Lindholm has three goals and four assists semifinals.” in 21 games this season for Carolina, and New Jersey Devils farmhand Stefan Forsberg has a goal and four assists in 12 Matteau, Plymouth Whalers forward Ryan games for Nashville. Finland overcame a 3-1 Hartman and Wisconsin’s Nic Kerdiles had deficit to beat the Czech Republic, taking a 4- first-period goals for the United States, the 3 lead on Saku Kinnunen’s goal with 8:21 left. tournament winner last year in Russia. Saku Maenalanen scored twice, and Juuso “Penalties,” said Matteau, off for tripping Ikonen and Henri Ikonen added goals for when Zadorov scored the tying goal. “They Finland. Dominik Simon, Martin Prochazka buried their chances. The refs did their job. I and Radek Faksa scored for the Czech know North American teams coming over Republic. Norway beat Germany 3-0 in Game here ... maybe the officiating is different, but 1 of the best-of-three relegation series. MALMO: Slovakian team gather around their goalie prior to the World Junior Hockey we still gave them a reason to call penalties. Joachim Svendsen made 29 saves, and Martin Championships quarter final between Sweden and Slovakia at the Malmo Arena in That’s what shot us in the foot. But we got Ronnild, Didrik Svendsen and Andreas Sweden, on Thursday, Jan 2, 2014. The team gathering failed to pep-up their perform- power plays, too. We didn’t finish.” Klavestad scored. — AP ance enough and Slovakia lost the game by 6-0 to Sweden. — AP