Sports FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2013 Lightning down Philadelphia Flyers TAMPA: Victor Hedman had two goals and an beat Los Angeles to extend the home-team Iginla scored for Boston and Tuukka Rask Markov had three assists and Montreal’s NHL- assist to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat dominance in this California rivalry. Thornton stopped 22 shots. Detroit scored three goals best road power play scored twice in four the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 on Wednesday and Joe Pavelski scored in regulation for the in less than 4 minutes in the second period. chances. Matt Moulson scored for Buffalo as night, spoiling Vincent Lecavalier’s homecom- Sharks, who have won nine straight at home the Sabres lost their fifth consecutive game in ing. Lecavalier, who played 14 years for the against the Kings including the postseason. In RANGERS 5, PANTHERS 2 regulation. Ryan Miller made 28 saves. Lightning after being selected first overall in all, the home team has won the last 14 Rick Nash scored his second goal of the the 1998 draft, faced his old team for the first matchups, including all seven in last spring’s season and Henrik Lundqvist rebounded from HURRICANES 4, DEVILS 3 time and scored a power-play goal late in the playoff series won by Los Angeles. Jeff Carter a poor game with 31 saves to lift New York Patrick Dwyer scored short-handed to cap third period. The former Tampa Bay captain and Drew Doughty scored for the Kings, who over Florida. Mats Zuccarello, Brad Richards a three-goal burst in the second period, and received a standing ovation after a video trib- tied a franchise record by earning a point in and Derick Brassard also scored for the Carolina snapped its six-game road losing ute was played on the scoreboard midway their 11th straight game. They also did that in Rangers. Carl Hagelin added an empty-net streak by beating New Jersey. Justin Faulk through the first. Ondrej Palat and Tyler 1973-74 and 2010-11. Ben Scrivens made 38 goal with 24 seconds left. Nick Bjugstad and scored his first of the season, and Tuomo Johnson also scored for the Lightning, who saves. Thornton got his first shootout attempt Scottie Upshall scored in the third period for Ruutu and Ron Hainsey each had a goal for have won seven in a row at home. Anders since the 2009-10 season and stuffed a back- Florida. Tim Thomas allowed four goals on 21 the Hurricanes, who opened a 4-1 lead and Lindback stopped Wayne Simmonds on a first- held on behind 19 saves from Cam Ward. Eric period penalty shot. Mark Streit also scored Staal’s assist extended his season-best points for the Flyers, who were coming off a 3-1 loss streak to seven games. Travis Zajac, Andy Monday at Florida that ended a 6-0-1 stretch. Greene and Jaromir Jagr scored for the Devils, who lost their third in a row - all with Martin PENGUINS 6, MAPLE LEAFS 5, SO Brodeur in goal. Jagr’s 691st goal moved him Evgeni Malkin had his first two-goal game past former Pittsburgh Penguins teammate in more than 18 months and added the game- Mario Lemieux for ninth place in NHL history. winner in a shootout to rally Pittsburgh past Toronto. Chris Conner, Kris Letang and James JETS 3, ISLANDERS 2 Neal also scored for Pittsburgh, which erased Mark Stuart, Andrew Ladd and Devin 4-1 and 5-3 deficits. Sidney Crosby added two Setoguchi scored in the second period and Al assists to lift his point total to a league-leading Montoya made 28 saves to help Winnipeg 33 and scored in the second round of the defeat New York. The Jets won their second shootout against Jonathan Bernier before straight to start a six-game road trip and Malkin finished it off. Jeff Zatkoff stopped 11 handed the Islanders their ninth loss in 11 of 13 shots after replacing ineffective starter games. John Tavares and defenseman Marc-Andre Fleury less than a minute into the Andrew MacDonald scored for the Islanders, second period. James van Riemsdyk scored who fell behind 3-0. Winnipeg’s Jacob Trouba twice and added an assist for the Maple Leafs. went off for hooking at 14:54 of the third, but Phil Kessel, Tyler Bozak and Nazem Kadri also the Islanders put minimal pressure on scored for Toronto, but the Maple Leafs lost Montoya. their way after taking a big lead. Toronto failed to record a single shot in the third period or SENATORS 6, CAPITALS 4 overtime. There were no such problems for Bobby Ryan scored twice and Zack Smith the Penguins, who fired a season-high 48 netted the go-ahead goal with 2:23 remaining shots at Bernier. He made 43 stops, but went in Ottawa’s win over Washington. Smith’s just 1 for 3 in the shootout. goal came after John Carlson tied the game for the Capitals on a power play. Chris Phillips BLUES 4, AVALANCHE 1 had a goal and an assist, and Mika Zibanejad Jaroslav Halak made 24 saves, David Backes and Colin Greening added goals for Ottawa. had a goal and an assist and the streaking St Erik Karlsson had two assists and Craig Louis Blues beat Colorado. Alexander Steen Anderson stopped 29 shots. It was Ottawa’s scored his 20th of the season and Jaden first win in regulation at the Verizon Center Schwartz also had a goal for the Blues, who since March 12, 2006. Eric Fehr, Marcus have won five straight. Semyon Varlamov Johansson and Brooks Laich also scored for stopped 31 shots and Patrick Bordeleau Washington, which led 3-1 before dropping scored for the Avalanche, who had won three its fourth straight. in a row. Colorado’s 17-5-0 start was a fran- chise best this deep into the season, but the PREDATORS 4, BLUE JACKETS 0 Blues have been the better team lately. They Rookie goalie Marek Mazanec made 19 have won 10 of 12 and earned points in 11 of saves for his second shutout, and Matt Cullen those games. One of their wins in that stretch and Nick Spaling each had a goal and an was a 7-3 victory over Colorado on Nov. 14, assist as Nashville blanked Columbus. Mike which came in the middle of a three-game Fisher and David Legwand also scored for the skid for the Avalanche. Steen made it 2-0 on a Predators, who have found their groove on power play, tying Washington’s Alex Ovechkin the heels of a four-game losing streak. for the NHL lead in goals. Mazanec, filling in while Pekka Rinne recovers from a hip injury, earned his fifth win - all in BLACKHAWKS 3, FLAMES 2 the last six games. The Predators improved to Patrick Kane scored twice, including the 11-1-2 when scoring first and 9-0-1 when tiebreaking goal with 18 seconds left, and leading after the opening period. The Blue Chicago rallied for three straight goals in the DETROIT: Detroit Red Wings right wing Daniel Cleary (71) checks Boston Bruins defense- Jackets have alternated wins and losses for six third period to beat Calgary. Patrick Sharp man Johnny Boychuk in the third period of an NHL hockey game in Detroit on games. also scored for the Blackhawks (18-4-4), the Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013. — AP top team in the NHL. The defending Stanley hand past Scrivens. It was his first shootout shots. After the Panthers scored twice to cut COYOTES 3, WILD 1 Cup champions improved to 4-1-0 on their goal since Dec. 16, 2007, against Anaheim. their deficit to one, Zuccarello’s power-play Radim Vrbata scored two goals and seven-game road trip. Matt Stajan and Sean Antti Niemi then stopped Tyler Toffoli to seal goal made it 4-2 with 1:28 left. The Rangers Thomas Greiss made 28 saves to lead Phoenix Monahan scored for the Flames, who are 1-5-2 it. Niemi made 38 saves as San Jose opened a improved to 3-1 on a five-game road trip. The over Minnesota. in their last eight home games. After Sven difficult stretch of three games in four days five goals tied their season high. Lundqvist The win snapped a three-game losing Baertschi lost the puck at the Calgary blue line, against top-five teams. was back between the pipes after getting streak for the Coyotes, who are 6-0-2 in their a shot from Niklas Hjalmarsson caromed pulled from a 5-0 loss at Tampa Bay on past eight games at Minnesota. The Wild have sharply off the skate of Flames defenseman RED WINGS 6, BRUINS 1 Monday, when the 2012 Vezina Trophy win- lost two straight and scored a total of one Chris Butler. The puck went straight to Kane at Niklas Kronwall, Henrik Zetterberg, Gustav ner gave up four goals in two periods. goal in that stretch. The Wild were playing the side of the net, where he spun and lifted a Nyquist and Tomas Tatar each a goal and an their first game without leading scorer Zach backhand over goalie Reto Berra. assist in Detroit’s victory over Boston. Justin CANADIENS 3, SABRES 1 Parise, expected to miss two to three weeks Abdelkader and Drew Miller and also scored Alex Galchenyuk and David Desharnais with a foot injury sustained Monday in St SHARKS 3, KINGS 2, SO for the Red Wings. Johan Franzen had three scored, Carey Price made 24 saves and Louis.