ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2021 SPORTS 15 Ullmark lifts Sabres over Capitals in SO Ducks take down Avalanche 3-1

WASHINGTON, Jan 25, with Washington and mainstays T.J. Oshie and Nicklas Backstrom each (AP): had a power-play goal. The Capitals stopped 28 shots in regula- were playing without five prominent tion and overtime and players: captain Alex Ovechkin, center Evgeny Kuznetsov, defenseman three more in the shootout Dmitry Orlov and goalie Ilya to help the Samsonov because of COVID-19 pro- tocols and right winger Tom Wilson beat the Washington because of a lower-body injury. Capitals 4-3 for just their Vitek Vanecek made a career-high second victory in six games 45 saves and kissed the post after Taylor Hall’s penalty shot attempt this season. midway through the third period Ullmark picked up his first win clanked off it. of the season six days after learn- Stars 3, Predators 2 ing of the death of his father at age In Dallas, Joe Pavelski helped 63. It was Ullmark’s second con- Dallas tie the NHL record for power- secutive start after taking some play goals in the first two games, scor- time away from playing hockey, ing one of three with the man advan- and the Sabres needed him with tage in another victory over Nashville. injured. Denis Gurianov and Roope Hintz Captain Jack Eichel scored in the also scored on the power play after the shootout and Colin Miller, Victor Stars went 5 of 8 with the man advan- Olfosson and Eric Staal each scored on tage in a 7-0 victory over the Predators the power play for Buffalo, which in their delayed opener. Dallas was 3 snapped a two-game skid. The Sabres of 4 on the power play this time. outshot the Capitals 48-31 and beat The Stars tied the 1995-96 them for the first time in four meet- Pittsburgh Penguins and 1942-43 ings. Detroit Red Wings with eight power- Justin Schultz scored his first goal play goals in the first two games. Blackhawks 6, Red Wings 2 In Chicago, Pius Suter scored his first three NHL goals, Kevin Lankinen made 25 saves and Chicago beat Detroit for its second straight win. Washington Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie (77) skates with the puck next to Buffalo Sabres defenseman Jake McCabe (19) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, on Jan 24, in Washington. (AP)

Connor Murphy and Mattias Korda rallies to beat Kang in playoff at LPGA opener Janmark each had a goal and an as Chicago swept its two-game set with Detroit after beginning the season with four straight losses in Florida. Kim holds off Cantlay to win The American Express Phillipp Kurashev also scored, and Patrick Kane had two assists. LA QUINTA, California, Jan 25, (AP): Si Woo Kim birdied two of the Ducks 3, Avalanche 1 final three holes to finish a rock-solid, Tennessee throttles Kentucky 70-53 St Louis Blues’ Justin Faulk (72) In Anaheim, Calif., Jakob 8-under 64, coolly rallying past late- defends against Los Angeles Silfverberg and Rickard Rakell scored, charging Patrick Cantlay by one shot Kings’ Gabriel Vilardi (13) during and Anaheim held on for a over to win The American Express for his Louisville, NC State stay unbeaten the third period of an NHL hockey Colorado. third PGA Tour victory. game, on Jan 24, in St Louis. (AP) Hampus Lindholm added an empty-net A year after Kim withdrew from the WINSTON SALEM, N.C., Jan 25, Williams knocked down five 3-point- goal for the Ducks, who had not scored desert tournament because of a back (AP): Dana Evans hit a driving shot ers on the way to 16 points, and more than two goals in their first five injury following an awful first round, for the go-ahead three-point play with Stanford bounced back from consecu- games. John Gibson made 32 saves and 8.0 seconds left to help top-ranked tive defeats and its lone two losses of NHL Results/Standings he began the final round with a share the season to beat USC. improved to 2-0-2 in his last four starts. of the lead as he attempted to win for Louisville barely avoid a huge upset by holding off Wake Forest 65-63. Freshman Cameron Brink grabbed Penguins 3, Rangers 2 the first time since the 2017 Players Evans’ driving shot against Gina nine rebounds and Anna Wilson seven Championship. boards and eight points as the Cardinal WASHINGTON, Jan 25, (AP): In Pittsburgh, Jake Guentzel scored Conti and finally gave the the 100th goal of his NHL career with The 25-year-old South Korean Cardinals their winning margin. But held a 53-22 advantage on the glass. Results and standings from the NHL didn’t flinch when Cantlay shot a games on Sunday. less than two minutes remaining, rally- Louisville had to survive a final shot Texas A&M 70, Missouri 66 Chicago 6 Detroit 2 ing Pittsburgh over New York. 61 and surged out of 13th place to from the Demon Deacons, with Ivana Buffalo 4 Washington SO 3 Pittsburgh trailed 2-1 entering the the front while breaking the Raca missing a 3-pointer from the In Columbia, Mo., N’dea Jones and Vegas 1 Arizona 0 Stadium Course record by two Ciera Johnson led a balanced attack Toronto 3 Calgary 2 third period, before Jared McCann and right at the horn that would’ve given strokes. Si Woo Kim holds the winner’s tro- with 14 points apiece and Jones New Jersey 2 NY Islanders 0 Guentzel scored in the final 20 minutes, phy at the end of The American Wake Forest its first-ever win against Pittsburgh 3 NY Rangers 2 Playing six groups behind Cantlay, grabbed 18 rebounds as Texas A&M Anaheim 3 Colorado 1 extending the Penguins’ win streak to Express golf tournament on the a No. 1-ranked opponent. four games after two opening losses. Kim comfortably birdied the par-5 Pete Dye Stadium Course at PGA Instead, the Cardinals survived to held off Missouri. Dallas 3 Nashville 2 16th to pull even. Kim then buried a Jordan Nixon and Distiny Pitts each Los Angeles 6 St Louis 3 Sharks 5, Wild 3 West, on Jan 24, in La Quinta, remain unbeaten less than a week after San Jose 5 Minnesota 3 19-foot birdie putt on the island green Calif. (AP) ascending to the top spot in the AP made a pair of free throws in the final Edmonton 4 Winnipeg 3 In St. Paul, Minn., Brent Burns on the 17th to take the lead, joyously Top 25 poll for the first time. 15 seconds to seal the win. East Division scored with 1:48 remaining to snap a pumping his fist when his perfectly Evans scored 25 points for Tennessee 70, Kentucky 53 GP W L OT Pts GF GA tie and lead San Jose over Minnesota. paced putt dropped. Washington 6 3 0 3 9 22 21 Louisville (14-0, 7-0 Atlantic Coast In Knoxville, Tenn., Tamari Key Ryan Donato, Evander Kane and Conference), who trailed by nine mid- Pittsburgh 6 4 2 0 8 21 23 Noah Gregor scored for San Jose before scored a career-high 19 points on 8-of- New Jersey 5 3 1 1 7 11 11 way through the fourth quarter before Matt Nieto added an empty-net goal. 10 shooting, Rennia Davis added 15 Boston 5 3 1 1 7 15 10 GOLF going on a 14-2 run to push back in points and a career-high 20 rebounds, Philadelphia 6 3 2 1 7 20 22 Maple Leafs 3, Flames 2 NY Islanders 5 3 2 0 6 9 8 front and set up a tense finish. and Tennessee throttled Kentucky. Buffalo 6 2 3 1 5 18 19 In Calgary, Alberta, Morgan Reilly Conti scored 13 points while Raca The Lady Vols (10-3, 4-1 SEC) took NY Rangers 5 1 3 1 3 13 15 had three assists and Wayne Simmonds Kim wrapped up his third bogey- had 12 to lead the Demon Deacons control in the third quarter when Key Central Division scored his first goal with Toronto. free round of the tournament – all on (7-6, 4-5), who erased an early nine- scored the first six points of the second GP W L OT Pts GF GA Jake Muzzin got his first goal of the the Pete Dye-designed Stadium point deficit by getting on the boards. half to start an 11-1 run for a 38-23 Tampa Bay 4 3 1 0 6 15 10 Course – with a two-putt par on the season and Auston Matthews also N.C. State 89, Virginia Tech 87 lead. Columbus 6 2 2 2 6 15 18 scored for Toronto. Mitch Marner 18th to finish at 23-under 265. Chicago 6 2 3 1 5 19 23 In Raleigh, N.C., Kai Crutchfield Oregon 69, Washington 52 Dallas 2 2 0 0 4 10 2 added two assists and Jack Campbell Kim had a much better time than he Florida 2 2 0 0 4 10 6 stopped 31 shots for his second win in did last year in his return to the Palm scored 10 of her 20 points in the last In Eugene, Ore., Sedona Prince Carolina 3 2 1 0 4 9 6 two starts this season. Springs-area tournament long hosted 4-½ minutes, Jakia Brown-Turner fin- scored 16 points and blocked five Nashville 5 2 3 0 4 12 17 ished with 23 points and North shots, Lydia Giomi added a double- Detroit 6 2 4 0 4 12 20 by Bob Hope. A year ago, Kim shot a Devils 2, Islanders 0 15-over 87 in the opening round on Carolina State rallied from 14 points double off the bench and Oregon West Division In Newark, N.J., Ty Smith set up two the easier neighboring Nicklaus down in the fourth quarter to remain defeated Washington. GP W L OT Pts GF GA first-period goals to become the sixth undefeated, beating Virginia Tech. Vegas 6 5 1 0 10 19 12 Course before withdrawing. Minnesota 6 4 2 0 8 18 15 NHL rookie defenseman to get points Australia’s Cameron Davis shot a Jessica Korda kisses the champi- The Wolfpack (11-0, 6-0 ACC) St Louis 6 3 2 1 7 17 23 in his first five games for New Jersey. 64 to finish in a career-best third at 20 onship trophy on the 18th green hadn’t played since Jan 3, and the BASKETBALL Colorado 6 3 3 0 6 18 15 Scott Wedgewood, who spent last three-week layoff showed. Los Angeles 6 2 2 2 6 20 20 under. Tony Finau had a 68 and fin- after winning in a one-hole playoff Anaheim 6 2 2 2 6 11 14 season in the AHL, made 28 saves for ished fourth after starting the final against Danielle Kang during the Georgia Amoore’s 3-pointer with San Jose 6 3 3 0 6 19 21 his first NHL shutout since blanking the round with a share of the lead in his final round of the Tournament of 4.4 seconds to play for Virginia Tech Giomi had 11 points and 10 Arizona 6 2 3 1 5 17 19 Devils in December 2017 for Arizona. quest to land his long-awaited second Champions LPGA golf tournament, (7-7, 2-7) cut the gap to 88-87 before rebounds and fellow reserve Sydney North Division Kings 6, Blues 3 PGA Tour win. on Jan 24, in Lake Buena Vista, Raina Perez hit a free throw for the Parrish added 12 points for the short- GP W L OT Pts GF GA Meanwhile in Florida, Jessica Fla. (AP) Wolfpack. A heave from near mid- handed Ducks (11-3, 9-3 Pac-12 Montreal 6 4 0 2 10 29 18 In St. Louis, Anze Kopitar had a court was well off the mark. Conference). Toronto 7 5 2 0 10 22 19 goal and two assists, Jonathan Quick Korda closed with a 5-under 66 and Winnipeg 6 4 2 0 8 22 17 made 28 saves and Los Angeles beat holed a 30-foot birdie putt on the first career-best 60 on Saturday. S. Carolina 69, LSU 65 Indiana 74, Northwestern 61 Edmonton 7 3 4 0 6 19 23 St. Louis. playoff hole to beat Danielle Kang in Kang started the final round at Four In Baton Rouge, La., Aliyah Boston In Evanston, Ill., Mackenzie Holmes Calgary 4 2 1 1 5 13 9 Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando Vancouver 7 2 5 0 4 20 33 Alex Iafallo, Carl Gundstrom, the Diamond Resorts Tournament of scored 11 of her 20 points in the sec- scored 22 points and grabbed 10 Ottawa 5 1 3 1 3 14 20 Gabriel Vilardi, Lias Andersson and Champions and start the LPGA Tour with a two-shot lead, which she quick- ond half and grabbed 14 rebounds to rebounds and Indiana took over after Note: Two points for a win one point Drew Doughty each scored for the season on a good note. ly stretched to four shots with an help South Carolina secure a victory trailing by 13 midway through the for overtime loss. The top four Korda won for the sixth time on the opening birdie and Korda dropping a teams in each division will qualify for Kings as Los Angeles earned a split of over LSU. fourth quarter to beat Northwestern. playoffs under this season’s tempo- its two-game set in St. Louis. Quick LPGA Tour, and it was her first vic- shot on the third hole. That was Destanni Henderson added 16 The Hoosiers (9-3, 7-1 Big Ten) rary realignment. improved to 2-0-2. tory in nearly three years. She shot a Korda’s last mistake. points and eight assists while Zia came to life after Sydney Wood’s layup Cooke had 11 points for South capped a 10-0 run to put the Wildcats Carolina (12-1, 7-0 SEC), which won up 49-36 at the 5:17 mark of the third Rutgers hold on for 1st win at Indiana, edges Hoosiers 74-70 its 26th straight game against confer- quarter. Indiana held Northwestern ence competition. without a and closed within Stanford 86, USC 59 54-48 by the end of the quarter. In Santa Cruz, Calif., Haley Jones Gonzaga 79, Portland 61 Huskies battle past Utah for back-to-back wins had 18 points and 11 rebounds, Kiana In Portland, Ore., Kayleigh Truong scored 17 points on 6-for-7 shooting SEATTLE, Jan 25, (AP): Jamal Bey scored a career- Miami 73-59. Miami scored the game’s first six 64-61. and Jenn Wirth scored 14 and No. high 28 points on near-perfect shooting, ended two of points before a 9-3 Notre Dame run evened the Walter Whyte had 13 points and eight rebounds 20-ranked Gonzaga beat Portland for Utah’s last three possessions with a and a defen- count. Dane Goodwin’s 3-pointer with 4:33 left for Boston University (3-5, 3-5 Patriot League). its 12th-straight win. sive , and Washington rallied to an 83-79. before halftime gave Notre Dame a 19-16 lead and Sukhmail Mathon added 12 points and eight Gonzaga’s Jill Townsend scored 11 Bey was 10 of 11 shooting, making all four 3-point the Fighting Irish never trailed again. rebounds. Jack Hemphill had seven rebounds. and 10-different Bulldogs players attempts, and had four steals and a blocked shot for Kameron McGusty scored 20 points for Miami E.J. Stephens had 17 points and seven rebounds entered the scoring column. the Huskies (3-11, 2-7 Pacific-12 Conference), who (6-8, 2-7), Isaiah Wong added 16 and Elijah Olaniyi for the Leopards (5-3, 5-3). Justin Jaworski added 14 Haylee Andrews scored 25 points scored the game’s last eight points. UW has won 10. points. Tyrone Perry had 13 points and seven for Portland (7-5, 4-2 West Coast back-to-back games for the first time this season. rebounds. Dylan Hastings tied a career high with five Conference), Alex Fowler 13 and Boston U 64, Lafayette 61 blocks. McKelle Meek 10. In Easton, Pa., Javante McCoy posted 14 points as Wyoming 93, Nevada 88 Clemson 86, Syracuse 77, OT BASKETBALL Boston University narrowly defeated Lafayette In Laramie, Wyo., Marcus Williams scored 13 of In Clemson, S.C., Kendall Spray his 28 points in the last 3-1/2 minutes as Wyoming scored 24 points with seven 3-point- Erik Stevenson scored 18 points for UW, includ- held off Nevada 93-88. ers, Amari Robinson added 23 and ing a three-point play with under a minute to go that Williams broke a 75-75 tie with a jumper in the short-handed Clemson upended gave the Huskies their final lead, 81-79. paint and converted the three-point play. He made 3 of Louisville guard Dana Evans, (left), Syracuse after blowing a 25-point Branden Carlson led the Utes with a career-high 4 free throws for an 81-79 lead, and closed the game shoots the winning basket against halftime lead. 18 points, Riley Battin and Timmy Allen scored 15 making another 3 of 4 at the line in the last 31 seconds. Wake Forest guard Gina Conti (5) The Tigers were outscored 23-9 in the Graham Ike had 18 points for Wyoming (10-5, 4-4 in the fourth quarter of an NCAA each and Alfonso Plummer 13. third quarter and 20-9 in the fourth before Mountain West Conference). Xavier DuSell added women’s college basketball game scoring 16 points in overtime to end a Rutgers 74, Hoosiers 70 13 points. Kwane Marble II had 13 points and seven in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, four-game losing streak and beat the In Bloomington, Ind., Geo Baker scored 19 points rebounds. on Jan 24. (AP) Orange for the first time ever in 10 tries. with four 3-pointers and a key free throw with eight seconds left, Ron Harper Jr added 15 points and Rutgers defeated Indiana 74-70. Armaan Franklin’s Kuwait’s first women’s weightlifting tourney kicks off pull-up 3-pointer brought the Hoosiers, who had trailed by as many as 14 after halftime. KUWAIT CITY, Jan 25, (KUNA): Behbahani said, in a statement to a stepping-stone to develop lifters abilities. Jackson-Davis was 4 of 10 shooting. Race Kuwait’s first women’s weightlifting tour- KUNA, that the goal behind this tourna- She also added that lifters participating Thompson scored 11. Indiana forward Jerome Hunter (21) works the nament kicked off on Sunday with 34 par- ment is prepping and scouting for lifters under the weight categories 49kg, 55kg, ball toward the basket against the defense of ticipants, set to take place at Al-Tadamon to represent Kuwait in future tourna- 59kg are scheduled for Day 1, preceded by Notre Dame 73, Miami 59 Rutgers guard Caleb McConnell (22) during an SC over the course of three days. ments. the 71kg, 76kg classes on Day 2, and Day In Coral Gables, Fla., Prentiss Hubb scored 19 NCAA college basketball game, on Jan 24, in Head of the women’s council of Behbahani applauded Day 1’s lifters 3 for the 81kg, 87kg category in addition to points with five 3-pointers and Notre Dame beat Bloomington, Ind. (AP) Kuwait’s Sporting Federation, Shahad performances, which as she said should be honoring podium position winners.