SPORTS SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2014

FLORIDA: #91 of the (center) battles with Mike Weber #6 of the as he’s held back by Alex Killorn #17 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on March 6, 2014. — AFP Sabres spoil Stamkos’ return

TAMPA: Jhonas Enroth made 43 saves to spoil the NHL-leading the night on Niklas Kronwall’s midway through the each had two assists. Seguin scored twice in the return of Tampa Bay star Steven Stamkos before and did just that, scoring three goals in first period and Tomas Jurco’s score with 7:50 the first period, and completed his hat trick at and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Lightning 3-1 the first period. The Canadiens fought back, left in the second. tied it at 1 12:53 of the third. His third three-goal game on Thursday night. Stamkos had been side- though, holding the Coyotes to one in the midway through the second period. Jean- this season tied Bill Guerin and Mike Modano lined since breaking his right shin Nov 11 at second period while setting up Alex Sebastien Giguere made 35 saves for the for the Stars record. ’s Zac Dalpe Boston, causing him to miss 45 games. The Galchenyuk’s goal on a two-man advantage. Avalanche, who have won four straight. scored at 18:15 of the second period. center received a partial standing ovation dur- Vrbata made it a two-goal lead in the third Jimmy Howard stopped 22 shots for the Red ing pregame introductions, when it was period and Shane Doan scored less than 2 min- Wings, who retired Nicklas Lidstrom’s No. 5 jer- OILERS 3, ISLANDERS 2, OT announced that he is the new team . utes later to put it out of reach, giving Phoenix sey before the game. Taylor Hall scored the overtime winner and Right wing Ryan Callahan, acquired its first winning streak since Jan. 16-18. It was the Edmonton Oilers rebounded from a listless Wednesday from the New York Rangers for for- the team’s first win over Montreal since Dec. 9, BLACKHAWKS 6, BLUE JACKETS 1 start to earn a come-from-behind victory over mer Tampa Bay captain Martin St. Louis, made 1998, in Arizona. Andrei Markov had a goal Andrew Shaw and Jonathan Toews had the New York Islanders. The Oilers got the win his Lightning debut. Tyler Myers, Marcus and an assist, and P.K. Subban had a pair of two goals apiece, and the after trailing 2-0 after the second period. Sam Foligno and Cody Hodgson scored for the assists for Montreal. beat the Columbus Blue Jackets. Brandon Gagner stole a puck in the neutral zone and Sabres. Enroth stopped a combined seven Bollig and Bryan Bickell also scored as Chicago went around defender Brian Strait before send- shots by Stamkos (three) and Callahan (four) BRUINS 3, CAPITALS 0 bounced back from a 4-2 home loss to ing it on net, where Hall was able to slip it past through two periods. Tuukka Rask got the first win of his career Colorado on Tuesday night. Corey Crawford Evgeni Nabokov 2:29 into overtime. Ryan against Washington, Gregory Campbell and made 22 saves for his 10th consecutive victory Smyth and Philip Larsen also scored for the KINGS 3, JETS 1 Loui Eriksson scored second-period goals and against Columbus. Ryan Johansen scored his Oilers, who have won two games in a row and Mike Richards scored the go-ahead goal on the beat the Capitals 3-0. Rask’s 25th goal for the Blue Jackets, who had won are 7-2-2 in their past 11 games. Frans Nielsen a giveaway by the Winnipeg Jets to lift the Los sixth shutout of the season and 22nd of his three in a row. Sergei Bobrovsky made 14 and Anders Lee scored for the Islanders, who Angeles Kings to their sixth straight victory. career came just five days after the Capitals stops before he was pulled during the have lost 10 of their past 13 games. The Dustin Brown scored Los Angeles’ first goal beat him 4-2, also in Boston. But since then Blackhawks’ three-goal second period. Islanders have also lost 10 games this season in and Alec Martinez added a third-period power- Washington is 0-3 and Boston is 3-0. Rask was which they led heading into the third period. play goal. Jonathan Quick made 17 saves for 0-3-3 against the Capitals, but was rarely chal- BLUES 2, PREDATORS 1 the Kings (36-22-6). Olli Jokinen had his 15th lenged Thursday when his teammates’ tight Ian Cole had a goal and an assist to lead the SHARKS 5, PENGUINS 3 goal for Winnipeg (30-27-7) and Ondrej checking limited Washington’s opportunities. St. Louis Blues to their third straight win. Joe Thornton scored the tiebreaking goal Pavelec stopped 38 shots. Jets defenseman Capitals goalie Braden Holtby suffered his first Magnus Paajarvi had the other goal for the with 5:39 left in regulation to help the San Tobias Enstrom was at the boards by the Kings’ loss against the Bruins after winning the first Blues, who have won all four of their games Jose Sharks overcome a two-goal deficit to bench and made a pass across the ice that was four matchups of his career. Boston finished against Nashville this season. Ryan Miller beat the . Justin Braun supposed to be for Jokinen, but Richards inter- the scoring on Brad Marchand’s empty-net stopped 20 shots to win his third game in as started the comeback with a goal late in the cepted it halfway, crossed the blue line and goal with 1:34 left. many starts since being acquired from the second and Patrick Marleau and Brent Burns then fired a shot by Pavelec at 16:15 of the sec- Buffalo Sabres on Friday. scored scored tying goals earlier in the third for the ond period. AVALANCHE 3, RED WINGS 2, OT for the Predators, losers of six of seven. Sharks, who have 10 wins and one tie in their Andre Benoit scored off an assist from rook- last 11 home games against Pittsburgh. Burns COYOTES 5, CANADIENS 2 ie Nathan MacKinnon with 31.4 seconds left in STARS 6, CANUCKS 1 added an empty-net goal and Antti Niemi Radim Vrbata scored two goals and the overtime, lifting the Colorado Avalanche over had three goals and two made 19 saves for San Jose. Olli Maatta scored Phoenix Coyotes bounced back from a shaky the . MacKinnon has a point assists to lead the to a 6-1 victory two goals and Chris Kunitz also scored for the second period to beat Montreal, their first win in 13 straight games, breaking Wayne over the . Jamie Benn, Alex Penguins, who last won at the Shark Tank on over the Canadiens since 1998. The Coyotes Gretzky’s record for an 18-year-old NHL player. Goligoski and Ryan Garbutt also scored for Oct. 22, 1997. Jeff Zatkoff made 42 saves in his wanted to jump on Montreal early after the Colorado’s P A Parenteau made it a 2-all game Dallas, which built a 5-0 lead. Kari Lehtonen first appearance since beating Los Angeles on Canadiens won a six-round shootout against 5:49 into the third period. Detroit took leads made 31 saves, and Benn and Rich Peverley Jan 30. — AP