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Kitzbühel downhill moved to Sunday because of rain, snowfall Goggia wins 4th straight WC downhill to match Vonn

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland, Johnson was fifth, 0.89 behind Goggia is one of the sport’s most net lining the course. She was twisted Jan 23, (AP): Olympic champion Sofia Goggia, giving the United States its flamboyant skiers and personalities around for about 20 meters (yards) Goggia is dominating the World Cup most consistent threat in downhill though her reaction to an impressive before coming to a stop. downhill season like no woman since since Vonn’s stellar career ended two run Saturday was quiet satisfaction in The double Olympic champion in ski great Lindsey Vonn. years ago. the finish area. and later Goggia won her fourth straight Vonn’s best streak in World Cup She blew kisses to the camera and skied down to the finish with her face downhill on Saturday to tie a World downhill was six straight wins in raised both arms in the air with just a bloodied. Cup streak by Vonn in 2018. They are 2009-10, according to the ski-db.com little smile. Goggia’s 11th career The race surface was faster than on the only women to achieve the feat in database. That matched her childhood Friday when bright sunshine bathed the last 25 years. idol ’s run in 1995. World Cup win was her eighth in the south-facing Mont Lachaux slope. “I don’t challenge anyone,” Goggia Vonn won four straight World Cup downhill. Cloud cover and minus-5 Celsius (23 said when asked if she was chasing downhills from January to March Fahrenheit) temperature made condi- Vonn’s record. “The challenge is 2018. They were the last of Vonn’s 82 SKIING tions challenging, though the strong every day with myself.” career World Cup victories, more than winds of one day earlier eased. The Italian star finished 0.27 sec- any other woman on the circuit that Meanwhile the second men’s World onds faster than Lara Gut-Behrami as began in 1967. Runner-up to Goggia on Friday, Cup downhill on the Streif course was both thrived on icy snow slicker than During Vonn’s winning run, Goggia Ester Ledecka was on course for a pushed back a day after rain and snow- in Friday’s race at Crans-Montana also was runner-up three times and also fast time when her run was ended by fall canceled the storied race on won by Goggia. topped the season-long downhill a nasty-looking crash that sent her Saturday. Goggia’s teammate Elena Curtoni standings. Goggia also won the spinning down the hill in the safety The downhill was rescheduled for was third, 0.60 back, ending Breezy Pyeongchang Olympics downhill in net. Sunday morning, and a super-G ini- Italy’s Sofia Goggia speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women’s Johnson’s streak of four third-place February 2018 when Vonn took Ledecka went fast and wide at a tially planned for that time slot was World Cup downhill, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, finishes in downhill. bronze in South Korea. left-hand turn and was caught in the postponed to Monday morning. Jan 23. (AP) NHL Results/Standings

WASHINGTON, Jan 23, (AP): NHL results and standings on Friday. Stars pound Predators Toronto 4 Edmonton 2 Minnesota 4 San Jose 1 Pittsburgh 4 NY Rangers SO 3 Dallas 7 Nashville 0 Washington 4 Buffalo SO 3 Arizona 5 Vegas 2 Chicago 4 Detroit 1 Colorado 3 Anaheim OT 2 Coyotes bounce back East Division West Division P W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 5 3 0 2 8 19 17 Vegas 5 4 1 0 8 18 12 Philadelphia 5 3 1 1 7 19 16 Minnesota 5 4 1 0 8 15 10 DALLAS, Jan 23, (AP): Sabres. Linus Ullmark made 29 saves. NY Islanders 4 3 1 0 6 9 6 Colorado 5 3 2 0 6 17 12 Avalanche 3, Ducks 2, OT Pittsburgh 5 3 2 0 6 18 21 St Louis 4 2 1 1 5 10 15 Joe Pavelski had two goals New Jersey 4 2 1 1 5 9 11 Arizona 5 2 2 1 5 17 18 and two assists and In Anaheim, California, Gabriel Boston 4 2 1 1 5 9 9 Los Angeles 4 1 1 2 4 12 13 NY Rangers 4 1 2 1 3 11 12 Anaheim 5 1 2 2 4 8 13 Landeskog scored 1:38 into overtime, Buffalo 5 1 3 1 3 14 16 Alexander Radulov also San Jose 5 2 3 0 4 14 18 Mikko Rantanen extended his - Central Division North Division scored twice, helping Dallas scoring streak to four games, and the P W L OT Pts GF GA beat the Nashville Avalanche topped the Ducks. Tampa Bay 3 3 0 0 6 13 5 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Landeskog was initially stopped by Florida 2 2 0 0 4 10 6 Montreal 5 3 0 2 8 24 16 Predators 7-0 on Friday Anaheim goalie John Gibson on a Carolina 3 2 1 0 4 9 6 Toronto 6 4 2 0 8 19 17 Nashville 4 2 2 0 4 10 14 Winnipeg 4 3 1 0 6 13 10 night in the Stars’ delayed breakaway, but he got his own rebound Detroit 5 2 3 0 4 10 14 Calgary 3 2 0 1 5 11 6 season opener. and converted a wraparound for his Columbus 5 1 2 2 4 10 16 Edmonton 6 2 4 0 4 15 20 third goal of the season. Chicago 5 1 3 1 3 13 21 Vancouver 6 2 4 0 4 18 28 The Stars unveiled their Western Dallas 1 1 0 0 2 7 0 Ottawa 4 1 2 1 3 11 14 Conference championship banner, Joonas Donskoi also scored for Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. and then rolled past the Predators. Colorado and Phillip Grubauer stopped The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s 36 shots. temporary realignment. Anton Khudobin stopped 34 shots in his first season-opening start, Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 1 and Joel Kiviranta had a goal and In Chicago, Patrick Kane had a goal an assist. and an assist, and the Blackhawks Five of Dallas’ goals came in the earned their first win of the season. Root helps England recovery second period, including three power- defenseman Samuel Girard (49) works with the puck Andrew Shaw, Calvin de Haan and play goals and an unassisted short- next to Anaheim Ducks forward Maxime Comtois (53) during the second Mattias Janmark also scored for handed wrist by Esa Lindell. period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif, Jan 22. (AP) Chicago in its home opener after against Sri Lanka in 2nd Test beginning the season with a four-game The Stars were the last NHL team to GALLE, Sri Lanka, Jan 23, (AP): shout with the batsman on 39. open the season after their first four trip. Dylan Strome and Alex DeBrincat each had two assists. Joe Root reached an unbeaten 67 Earlier, Sri Lanka did well to games, all scheduled on the road, were to put England back on course post 381 runs having batted for postponed because 17 players tested Kevin Lankinen, a 25-year-old rookie signed by Chicago as a free after they lost their openers cheap- five sessions. positive for COVID-19 during the ly in the second Test against Sri They lost centurion Angelo abbreviated training camp. agent in 2018, stopped 30 shots in picking up his first NHL victory in his Lanka on Saturday. Mathews (110) and debutant second straight start. England finished on 98 for two Ramesh Mendis (0) in the first 15 at stumps on day two, still 283 minutes of the morning. But a Wild 4, Sharks 1 runs behind Sri Lanka. determined Niroshan Dickwella In St Paul, Minnesota, Zach Parise Lasith Embuldeniya, who took scored a career-best 92 to help Sri scored his first goal of the season to Nashville played for the first time the new ball from the City End, Lanka recover. break a second-period tie, sending accounted for both openers. Root Dickwella had been under pres- since Monday, a day before its second Minnesota to the victory. of back-to-back games against joined sure coming into this game after a Joel Eriksson Ek had an early goal for Yorkshire Carolina was postponed because of the Wild against former teammate virus issues for the Hurricanes. team-mate Devan Dubnyk, who made 25 saves for Jonny CRICKET Coyotes 5, Golden Knights 2 the Sharks on the Minnesota ice he Bairstow with In Glendale, Arizona, Conor called home for the previous six years. the side in Garland had a goal and an assist, Kevin Fiala and Jordan Greenway added trouble at five string of low scores, but this effort Darcy Kuemper stopped 29 shots and empty-netters for the Wild (4-1-0) in for two and should silence his critics. Arizona handed Vegas its their first center Drake Caggiula (91) passes the puck in front of their home opener, maintaining momen- counterat- Dickwella was involved in an loss of the season. Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb (3) during the first tum from their strong start on the road. tacked, add- 89-run stand with Dilruwan Perera The Coyotes bounced back from a period of an NHL hockey game, Jan 22, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP) Maple Leafs 4, Oilers 2 ing an unfin- for the seventh wicket and drubbing two nights earlier in Vegas ished 93 runs deserved a maiden hundred but In Toronto, John Tavares broke a tie Root with one of their best games of the the season when he stuffed New Nicklas Backstrom and Nic Dowd for the third crafty James Anderson dismissed early season. on a power play midway through the York’s Tony DeAngelo moments also scored for the Capitals, who won third period, helping the Maple Leafs wicket. him eight runs short of the mile- Arizona’s Nick Schmaltz scored for later. the first of four games they must play Root, the English captain who stone. the third straight game and had an to the win. Bryan Rust and Jared McCann col- without captain Alex Ovechkin, center Toronto played without Auston posted a double hundred in the Anderson set up Dickwella hav- assist. Christian Dvorak also had a lected their first goals of the season for Evgeny Kuznetsov, defenseman first Test, was unbeaten on 67 off ing placed two extra-covers and a goal and an assist. Derick Brassard Matthews and Joe Thornton. Coach Pittsburgh, which has won three Dmitry Orlov and Ilya Sheldon Keefe said before the game 77 balls with 10 fours while wide mid-off and Dickwella took scored his first of the season and Samsonov because of pandemic proto- Bairstow was on 24. the bait, driving uppishly and was Jordan Oesterle closed it out with an straight following an 0-2 start. Teddy Matthews is day to day with “upper- cols. body soreness” following a 3-1 loss to Root was the more dominant well caught by Jack Leach at wide empty-net goal. Blueger also scored, and Jarry finished partner of the two England bats- mid-off. That gave the Lancastrian a with 31 saves. Vanecek was perfect in the shootout the Oilers on Wednesday night, while Penguins 4, Rangers 3, SO to pick up his second victory of the men, using the sweep shot to good five wicket haul – the 30th time he Capitals 4, Sabres 3, SO Thornton will miss at least four weeks In Pittsburgh, Kris Letang scored in season. Defenseman John Carlson after fracturing a rib in that game. effect – both the conventional and had done so in Test match cricket. the final round of a shootout to lift In Washington, Jakub Vrana had a scored the shootout winner. Adam Brooks scored his first NHL reverse. Three balls later, Suranga Pittsburgh to the victory. goal and an assist, Vitek Vanecek Buffalo rookie Dylan Cozens scored goal for Toronto, which improved to Sri Lanka know how crucial Lakmal was caught at gully by Zak Letang ripped a backhand over Igor made 24 saves through overtime and his first NHL goal in the second peri- 4-2-0. Jimmy Vesey and Mitch Marner Root’s wicket is and they unsuccess- Crawley for no score to give Shesterkin to put the Penguins in front. the short-handed Capitals beat the od. Eric Staal and Riley Sheahan each also scored, and Frederik Andersen fully reviewed a leg before wicket Anderson his best figures in Asia. Tristan Jarry collected his first win of Sabres 4-3 in their home opener. scored his first goal since joining the made 30 saves.