SPORTS SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2014 Blue Jackets halt Hurricanes

COLUMBUS: Sergei Bobrovsky made 36 saves and Cam wide-open net 1:01 into extra time. Taylor Hall and Anton Atkinson had a goal and an assist to lead the Columbus Belov also scored for the Oilers, who won for just the fourth Blue Jackets past Carolina 3-0 on Friday night, ending the time in 15 games. James Neal, Sidney Crosby and Kris Hurricanes’ season-best five-game winning streak. Letang scored for the Penguins, who had their three-game Boone Jenner and Brandon Dubinsky also scored for the win streak halted. It was just Pittsburgh’s third loss in 15 Blue Jackets, who have won three of four. Playing his first games. game in front of the home fans after missing the first 40 games due to shoulder surgery, offseason free-agent CANUCKS 2, BLUES 1 acquisition Nathan Horton contributed with a first-period Mike Santorelli scored the tiebreaking goal in the third hit that led to Jenner’s goal. and Eddie Lack made 29 saves as the Vancouver Canucks The teams came in separated by five points in the snapped a five-game losing streak with a victory over the Metropolitan Division, with the Hurricanes tied for fourth St. Louis Blues. and the Blue Jackets in seventh. Zac Dalpe also scored for Vancouver, which won for the Bobrovsky, who picked up his second shutout of the first time in the new year. Alex Pietrangelo scored for St. season, was making his first start at home in more than a Louis, which snapped a seven-game winning streak. Brian month. He missed 14 games with a strained groin before Elliott made 20 saves as the Blues failed to pick up at least a winning at Madison Square Garden against the Rangers, 4- point on the road for the first time in nine games. — AP 3 in a shootout, on Monday night.

CAPITALS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 2 Joel Ward scored the go-ahead goal with just over 8 NHL results/standings minutes left in the third period, and Alex Ovechkin added a goal and an assist as the Washington Capitals edged the NY Rangers 3, Dallas 2; Washington 3, Toronto 2; Toronto Maple Leafs. Columbus 3, Carolina 0; NY Islanders 2, Colorado 1 (OT); Nicklas Backstrom also scored, and goalie Michal Edmonton 4, Pittsburgh 3 (OT); Vancouver 2, St. Louis 1. Neuvirth made 32 saves in his first game in seven weeks as the Capitals won on back-to-back nights for the fourth Western Conference DUBAI: batsman Sarfraz Ahmed (left) plays a shot as Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene looks on time this year. Pacific Division It was the fourth straight loss for Toronto after a 3-2 vic- during the fourth day of the second Test match. — AFP W L OTL GF GA PTS tory over Detroit on Jan. 1 in the Winter Classic, and the Maple Leafs have been outscored 21-7 in the defeats. Anaheim 33 8 5 155 116 71 James Van Riemsdyk and Phil Kessel each had a goal and San Jose 28 11 6 148 115 62 Misbah leads Pakistan’s an assist. Los Angeles 27 13 5 118 93 59 Vancouver 24 13 9 123 114 57 RANGERS 3, STARS 2 Phoenix 21 13 9 130 131 51 resistance to foil Rick Nash snapped a tie with 1:58 left, and the New York Calgary 15 23 6 100 142 36 Rangers sent the Dallas Stars to their fifth straight loss. Edmonton 15 27 5 123 164 35 DUBAI: Skipper Misbah-ul Haq led Pakistan’s resistance Nash poked a rebound of Chris Kreider’s shot past Stars Central Division goalie Kari Lehtonen to give New York its first lead of the with a gritty 97 to thwart Sri Lanka’s victory bids on the SCOREBOARD St. Louis 31 8 5 161 99 67 fourth day of the second Test in Dubai yesterday. game. Chicago 29 8 9 169 127 67 Ryan Callahan and Derick Brassard both erased one- Misbah missed his sixth Test hundred by a mere three Colorado 27 12 5 128 113 59 Scoreboard at the close on the fourth day of the second goal deficits, Brad Richards had two assists, and Henrik runs but a career best 70 by Sarfraz Ahmed and a test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Dubai yesterday. Lundqvist made 24 saves for the Rangers, who improved to Minnesota 24 17 5 112 115 53 defiant 32 by Bilawal Bhatti kept Pakistan’s fight to take 7-2-1 in their past 10 games. Dallas 20 17 7 125 135 47 them to 330-7 at close on a cloudy day. When bad light and Pakistan first innings 165 Ryan Garbutt and Cody Eakin both had a goal and Nashville 19 20 6 108 135 44 drizzle ended play 15 overs before schedule, Saeed Ajmal Sri Lanka first innings 388 assist, but the Stars remained winless in 2014. Lehtonen Winnipeg 19 22 5 125 139 43 was on seven and Pakistan were leading by 107 runs with a Pakistan second innings (Overnight 132-3) stopped 31 shots for Dallas, which went 0-3 on its three- full day’s play remaining. Khurram Manzoor c P. Jayawardene b Pradeep 6 game trip through the New York metropolitan area. Eastern Conference Sarfraz added an invaluable 67 runs for the seventh with Bhatti to frustrate the Sri Lankan bowlers who Ahmed Shehzad c P. Jayawardene b Herath 9 Atlantic Division Mohammad Hafeez c P. Jayawardene b Pradeep 1 ISLANDERS 2, AVALANCHE 1 bowled with discipline and patience on a pitch which had Boston 28 14 2 128 98 58 Younus Khan c P. Jayawardene b. Lakmal 77 Michael Grabner knocked in a shot from the slot at 1:46 little response for bowlers. Tampa Bay 26 14 4 126 106 56 Misbah-ul-Haq b Herath 97 of overtime, giving the New York Islanders a win over the Sri Lanka will look for an early wrap up of Pakistan’s sec- Montreal 25 15 5 115 106 55 b Karunaratne b Eranga 23 Colorado Avalanche. ond innings to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series Detroit 19 15 10 115 125 48 Sarfraz Ahmed not out 70 It was the sixth road win in a row for the Islanders, who after the first Test ended in a draw in Abu Dhbai last week. Bilawal Bhatti b Eranga 32 forced the overtime when Brock Nelson’s goal early in the Toronto 21 20 5 125 141 47 The third and final Test will be played in Sharjah from Saeed Ajmal not out 7 third period evened the score. Ottawa 19 18 8 129 145 46 Thursday. When left-arm spinner Rangana Herath spun one Extras (b-1, lb-7) 8 Brian Strait helped set up the game winner with a pass Florida 17 21 6 104 137 40 across Misbah’s bat to hit the off stump just 20 minutes Total (7 ; 123.3 overs) 330 to Grabner in the Avalanche zone. Goalie Kevin Poulin, who Buffalo 12 26 5 75 120 29 before tea it looked as if the match would be over soon but Still to bat: Rahat Ali, had 30 saves, won his fourth straight decision and Metropolitan Division Sarfraz and Bhatti kept the fight before Eranga bowled Fall of wickets: 1-11 2-12 3-19 4-148 5-200 6-245 7-312 improved to 5-1 in his last six games. Nathan MacKinnon, Pittsburgh 32 12 2 150 111 66 Bhatti in the dying moments. Bowling (to date): Lakmal 22-3-62-1, Pradeep 19-3-50-2, who leads NHL rookies in points, scored the lone goal for Philadelphia 23 17 4 117 119 50 Sarfraz said he felt more responsibility after Misbah’s fall. “When I was playing with Misbah, he was guiding me,” Herath 43.3-8-124-2, Eranga 33-9-70-2, Mathews 5-1-9-0, the Avalanche. Washington 22 16 6 135 133 50 said Sarfraz. “But when he got out I felt more responsibility Sangakkara 1-0-7-0. NY Rangers 23 20 3 114 123 49 and I will continue to fight today and if we add another 100 OILERS 4, PENGUINS 3 Carolina 19 17 9 111 128 47 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored two goals, including the then we can win this match.” New Jersey 18 18 9 104 113 45 winner in overtime, and added an assist as the Edmonton Sarfraz improved on his highest Test score of 40 he 45 for the sixth with Sarfarz to help Pakistan avoid innings Columbus 20 20 4 120 126 44 Oilers came from behind to stun the Eastern Conference- made against South Africa at Centurion earlier this year by defeat but finally succumbed to some persistent effort leading Pittsburgh Penguins. NY Islanders 17 22 7 126 150 41 posting his maiden half century. He has so far hit seven from Herath who has figures of 2-124. The Oilers tied it late in regulation and had a power play Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the boundaries during his 123-ball stay. Paceman Nuwan Pradeep had the best figures of 2-50 to start the overtime session. Jordan Eberle made a perfect standings and are not included in the loss column (L). Sri Lanka had a good chance of dismissing Sarfraz at 51 while Eranga took 2-70. Pakistan resumed on 132-3 and pass to Nugent-Hopkins, who snapped the puck into a but paceman Suranga Lakmal dropped a regulation caught needed Younis and Misbah to dig deep but Younis tried to and bowled chance to add to his team’s woes after Misbah drive a slightly wide from Lakmal, managing only foiled them for nearly two sessions. Misbah’s valiant effort to edge it to wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene, who helped Pakistan avoid their first-ever innings defeat held his eighth catch of the match. against Sri Lanka before his 412-minute resistance ended. Younis batted for 235 minutes and hit five boundaries, Herath said Sri Lanka will look for early wickets. “The adding 129 runs for the third wicket with his skipper. Sri pitch is still 50-50 so if we can get them for another 50 Lanka took the second new ball with the score at 198-4 more we can win,” said Herath. and were instantly rewarded in the second over when Misbah, who took 38 balls to add to his overnight score Eranga had Shafiq caught in the slip. of 53, hit eight boundaries and a six under difficult circum- Both Misbah and Sarfraz survived confident leg-before stances. appeals-with the skipper reverting Indian umpire He added an invaluable 129 for the fourth wicket with Sundaram Ravi’s decision on 78 to add to Sri Lanka’s day- Younis Khan (77), 52 with Asad Shafiq (23) for the fifth and long frustration. — AFP Stuard leads in Hawaii, Scott lurks

HAWAII: Masters champion Adam about working for Scott at Waialae ber seven Zach Johnson, who Scott made an ominous move up this week. “I’ve no nerves because, clinched his 11th PGA Tour title at the leaderboard late in the day after for one, he’s so good it’s embarrass- the Hyundai Tournament of little-known American Brian Stuard ing. “Every single shot is what you Champions in Kapalua on Monday, had seized control of the $5.6 mil- see (as a highlight) on Sports carded a 67 to end the second lion Sony Open in Hawaii during Center, especially that last one. It round five strokes off the pace. Friday’s second round. was unbelievable.” Also at five under was fellow Stuard spectacularly eagled his Scott, who was initially intro- American James Hahn, who pro- final hole, the par-five ninth, to duced to Weatherley by multiple duced the shot of the day by holing shoot a five-under-par 65 on anoth- ASP World Tour Champion surfer out from 193 yards in the right er gorgeous, sun-splashed day with Kelly Slater four years ago in San rough for a rare albatross (three- COLUMBUS: Corey Tropp No. 26 of the Columbus Blue Jackets stick checks Andrej Sekera No. 4 of the Carolina barely a hint of wind at Waialae Diego, has been equally impressed under par) at the par-five ninth. Hurricanes during the third period at Nationwide Arena. — AFP Country Club in Honolulu. this week by his stand-in caddie. 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