Sports43 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016

MISSOURI: Corey Crawford #50 of the makes a save against Vladimir Tarasenko #91 of the St Louis Blues at the Scottrade Center on November 9, 2016 in St Louis. — AFP Blackhawks win NHL results/standings Columbus 3, Anaheim 2 (OT); Ottawa 2, Buffalo 1 (SO); Chicago 2, St. Louis 1 (OT). Western Conference Central Division seventh in a row W L OTL GF GA PTS Chicago 10 3 1 49 34 21 St. Louis 7 4 3 32 36 17 ST LOUIS: Artemi Panarin scored 25 seconds into Jenner got his first score this season for Columbus, which won Minnesota 6 4 1 33 22 13 and Corey Crawford made 27 saves to lead the Chicago its fourth straight at home and stretched its point streak to Winnipeg 6 7 1 42 43 13 Blackhawks over the St Louis Blues 2-1 on Wednesday night five (4-0-1). Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves. Anaheim’s Nick Nashville 4 5 3 31 36 11 Dallas 4 6 3 33 46 11 for their seventh straight win. Crawford won his sixth consecu- Ritchie tied it at 2 early in the third period after Rickard Rakell Colorado 5 7 0 24 37 10 tive game and improved to 15-5-5 against the Blues. Chicago scored late in the second. John Gibson made 15 stops. Pacific Division has earned a point in nine straight games. Panarin scored on a Edmonton 9 4 1 43 35 19 wrist shot from the slot for his sixth goal of the season. St SENATORS 2, SABRES 1, SO Anaheim 6 5 3 37 33 15 Louis’ Alex Pietrangelo tied it with 2:11 left in the third on a Bobby Ryan and Kyle Turris scored during a shootout, help- San Jose 7 6 0 30 32 14 drive from the point that squeezed past Crawford, who got a ing Ottawa beat Buffalo. Turris scored in the first round to Los Angeles 7 6 0 35 32 14 piece of the shot. Jake Allen made 28 saves for the Blues. match Sam Reinhart’s tally, and then Ryan put Ottawa ahead in Vancouver 5 8 1 27 41 11 the second round. Mike Condon stopped Brian Gionta on Calgary 5 8 1 36 51 11 BLUE JACKETS 3, DUCKS 2, OT Buffalo’s final attempt and finished with 31 saves. Ryan Dzingel Arizona 5 7 0 35 44 10 Eastern Conference Zach Werenski scored 1:21 into overtime after Columbus got a tying goal for Ottawa 7:15 into the second period. Atlantic Division blew a two-goal lead before escaping with a victory over Nicholas Baptiste scored for Buffalo and made 28 Montreal 11 1 1 42 30 23 Anaheim. Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist and Boone saves while the Sabres lost their second in a row. — AP Ottawa 8 5 0 32 32 16 Tampa Bay 7 5 1 41 38 15 Detroit 7 6 1 38 37 15 Boston 7 6 0 32 35 14 Florida 6 6 1 35 33 13 Kosovo boosted as FIFA Buffalo 5 5 3 26 31 13 Toronto 5 5 3 37 48 13 Metropolitan Division declare players eligible Pittsburgh 9 2 2 41 34 20 NY Rangers 10 4 0 58 34 20 Washington 8 3 1 33 27 17 ZURICH: FIFA yesterday authorized two more footballers to players were ruled eligible to join the team in early September. New Jersey 6 3 3 29 27 15 play for Kosovo as the country participates in World Cup quali- These included players who have already competed for Columbus 6 3 2 35 23 14 fiers for the first time. Melbourne Victory forward Besart Albania, Switzerland, Germany and Norway. Once Serbia’s Philadelphia 6 6 2 49 51 14 Berisha and defender Mergim Vojvoda of Belgium side southern province, Kosovo unilaterally declared independ- NY Islanders 5 6 2 37 40 12 Mouscron, who both played for Albania, can now join Kosovo ence in 2008 and were granted admission to FIFA last May. Carolina 3 5 4 31 41 10 who play Turkey on Saturday. Kosovo’s first-ever World Cup After three qualifying matches Kosovo are sitting bottom of Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the stand- qualifying campaign had already been given a lift when 16 Group I after a 1-1 draw in Finland and two defeats. —AFP ings and are not included in the loss column (L)