Sports FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015

CALGARY: Mikael Backlund #11 of the battles Ryan Suter #20 of the during an NHL game at Scotiabank Saddledome yesterday in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. — AFP Red Wings beat Chicago NHL results/standings Ottawa 4, Montreal 2; Detroit 3, Chicago 2 (So); Minnesota 3, Calgary 2 (OT); Los Angeles 4, Colorado 1; Edmonton 4, Boston Blackhawks in shootout 3 (SO); Tampa Bay 4, Anaheim 1. Western Conference CHICAGO: Tomas Tatar scored in regulation and in the shootout, LIGHTNING 4, DUCKS 1 Pacific Division leading the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Steven Stamkos capped Tampa Bay’s four- second peri- W L OTL GF GA PTS Blackhawks on Wednesday night. Gustav Nyquist also scored in od with his 31st of the season, and the Lightning stormed past Anaheim 35 16 7 170 164 77 the tiebreaker for Detroit, which won for just the third time in 11 Anaheim. Anton Stralman, Tyler Johnson and Nikita Kucherov Calgary 32 22 4 168 150 68 shootouts this season. Darren Helm had a goal and an assist, and also scored, and Ben Bishop made 24 saves for the Lightning, Vancouver 32 21 3 158 147 67 Jimmy Howard made 32 saves through overtime. Jonathan Toews who overtook Anaheim and the New York Islanders by a point Los Angeles 27 18 12 159 151 66 gave Chicago the lead with a goal in the first round of the in the overall standings and tied Montreal and St. Louis for sec- San Jose 29 22 8 165 170 66 shootout, but Patrick Kane’s backhander went off the crossbar, ond behind Nashville. Patrick Maroon scored for the Ducks, Arizona 20 31 7 131 194 47 and Patrick Sharp was stopped by Howard on the final attempt. who allowed at least four goals for the fourth time in five Edmonton 17 32 10 139 199 44 Brandon Saad and Kris Versteeg scored in regulation for Chicago, games. John Gibson stopped 28 shots in place of Frederik and Corey Crawford had 26 saves. Andersen, who missed his fourth straight game due to an Central Division upper body injury. Nashville 39 12 6 175 132 84 SENATORS 4, CANADIENS 2 St. Louis 37 16 4 179 141 78 Andrew Hammond made 42 saves in his first NHL start, help- KINGS 4, AVALANCHE 1 Chicago 35 18 5 174 134 75 ing Ottawa to a win over Montreal. Milan Michalek, Jean-Gabriel Jeff Carter scored twice and Jonathan Quick stopped 42 Winnipeg 30 19 10 165 157 70 Pageau, Mark Stone and Kyle Turris, scored for the Senators. shots, helping Los Angeles extend its winning streak to six Minnesota 29 21 7 158 154 65 Defenseman Erik Karlsson had two assists for the fourth straight games with a victory over Colorado. Tyler Toffoli and Dustin Dallas 27 22 8 179 180 62 game. Hammond stopped the first 26 shots he faced. Dustin Brown also scored for the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado 24 23 11 150 165 59 Tokarski made 35 saves, and Max Pacioretty and Nathan Beaulieu Kings, who are back in playoff contention after scuffling a few had goals for the Canadiens. Hammond was called into action weeks ago. Gabriel Landeskog had the lone goal for the Eastern Conference Monday to replace starter Robin Lehner, who was hurt in the sec- Avalanche, which went 2-2 during a four-game homestand Atlantic Division ond period against Carolina. Lehner was unable to play and lost more ground in the standings. Trailing by two goals, Montreal 37 16 4 152 127 78 Wednesday. With Craig Anderson already out with a hand injury, Colorado pulled Semyon Varlamov for an extra skater with Tampa Bay 36 18 6 195 160 78 Hammond got the start. The Senators opened the third period just under three minutes remaining. But Alex Tanguay drew a Detroit 32 14 10 163 143 74 with a 2-1 lead before Stone gave them some insurance with a with 1:39 remaining to negate the advantage. Boston 28 20 9 150 149 65 power-play goal at 9:27. Varlamov stayed on the bench, leading to Carter’s empty-net Florida 25 19 12 138 155 62 goal with 52.3 seconds left. Varlamov made 22 saves in his Ottawa 23 23 10 159 160 56 WILD 3, FLAMES 2, OT 14th straight start. He is 6-6-2 during that stretch. Los Angeles Toronto 23 30 5 162 178 51 Mikko Koivu scored 1:50 into overtime to give Minnesota a vic- has outscored teams 23-12 during its six-game winning Buffalo 16 37 4 105 195 36 tory over Calgary. Alone in the slot, Koivu took a pass from Charlie streak. Coyle and moved in on Jonas Hiller. Koivu put a shot over the Metropolitan Division goalie’s shoulder for his ninth goal this season. Devan Dubnyk OILERS 4, BRUINS 3, SO NY Islanders 38 19 1 188 163 77 NY Rangers 34 16 5 174 136 73 made 35 saves to improve to 11-2-1 since being acquired from Oilers defenseman Martin Marincin scored the lone Pittsburgh 32 16 9 162 144 73 Arizona. The Wild improved to 5-7 in overtime. The Flames fell to shootout goal in the 12th round, and Edmonton snapped a two Washington 31 17 10 171 146 72 11-4. Justin Fontaine and scored in regulation for game skid with a victory over struggling Boston. The teams had Philadelphia 24 23 10 153 167 58 Minnesota (29-21-7). The Wild have been one of the NHL’s hottest gone 0 for 23 in the tiebreaker before Marincin broke the dead- Columbus 25 27 3 147 172 53 teams, going 11-2-2 in their last 15. They have climbed within one lock. He has no goals and one assist in 17 games this season New Jersey 22 26 9 126 155 53 point of the San Jose Sharks, who hold the second wild card spot with Edmonton. Nail Yakupov, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Carolina 20 29 7 127 154 47 in the Western Conference. Jiri Hudler and Lance Bouma scored Teddy Purcell scored in regulation for the Oilers (17-32-10), for Calgary (32-22-4), which is 6-2-1 in its last nine. The Flames who broke a 13-game losing streak against Boston, dating to Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the stand- moved into sole possession of second place in the Pacific 2001. Loui Eriksson, Reilly Smith and David Pastrnak had goals ings and are not included in the loss column (L). Division, one point ahead of Vancouver. for the Bruins (28-20-9), who have lost five in a row. — AP