SPORTS SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2014 EDMONTON: Luke Gazdic #20 of the Edmonton Oilers fights Zenon Konopka #24 of the Buffalo Sabres during an NHL game at Rexall Place on March 20, 2014 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. — AFP Red Wings fly over Penguins DETROIT: Daniel Alfredsson scored his sec- KINGS 2, CAPITALS 1, SO game losing streak. Drew Stafford also scored and 23rd in the last 24. Brendan Gallagher ond goal of the game with 1 second left in Marian Gaborik got the deciding goal in for Buffalo, which had been outscored 21-6 and Thomas Vanek scored for the Canadiens, overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 5-4 the shootout and Los Angeles beat during its skid. Taylor Hall had Edmonton’s and Carey Price stopped 37 shots. Johansen victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Washington to give Darryl Sutter his 500th goal as it ended a two-game win streak in a took advantage of rookie defenseman Jarred Thursday. regular-season victory as an NHL coach. matchup of teams with the worst records in Tinordi’s giveaway at the Canadiens’ blue line. Alfredsson’s shot went off Pittsburgh goal- Jonathan Quick tied Rogie Vachon for the the NHL. The Oilers (25-37-9) dropped to 10- Johansen intercepted a weak pass and beat tender Marc-Andre Fleury and appeared to be most career victories by a Kings goaltender 5-3 in their last 18 games, and are 11 points Price on a partial breakaway for his team-lead- knocked into the net by Penguins defense- and stopped Alex Ovechkin, who leads the ahead of the Sabres (20-42-8). Edmonton had ing 27th goal of the year at 16:59 of the third man Rob Scuderi, who scored into his own league with 46 goals, on the Capitals’ second numerous chances on the power play late in period. net earlier in the game. The goal stood after shot in the tiebreaker. Ovechkin is 2 for 15 this the first period before Justin Schultz and Hall video review. Detroit was up 2-0, trailed 3-2 season in the tiebreaker and 25 for 83 in his connected for a man-advantage goal on DEVILS 4, WILD 3, OT and led 4-3 lead with 7:43 left. Craig Adams career. Quick made 21 saves, losing his Buffalo goalie Matt Hacket, who was making Andy Greene scored from in close 2 min- pulled Pittsburgh back into a tie two minutes shutout bid with 7:36 remaining when Joel his first start of the season for the Sabres. utes into overtime as New Jersey ended a later. Gustav Nyquist, Tomas Tatar and Todd Ward extended his goal-scoring streak to a Conacher tied the score near the midpoint of three-game losing streak by beating Bertuzzi also scored for Detroit. Evgeni Malkin career-best four games with his 22nd of the the second period and then put them ahead Minnesota in Zach Parise’s first game against season. Anze Kopitar scored at 14:09 of the early in the third. his former teammates. Adam Henrique and had two goals and Lee Stempniak added one first period for Los Angeles. Patrik Elias each had three assists and com- for Pittsburgh Fleury made 25 saves. Detroit’s COYOTES 2, PANTHERS 1 bined to set up the game-winner for New Jimmy Howard stopped 39 shots. FLYERS 4, STARS 2 Radim Vrbata and Antoine Vermette Jersey, which blew a two-goal third-period Wayne Simmonds scored two goals as scored first-period goals as Phoenix held on lead. Michael Ryder, Mark Fayne and Jaromir SHARKS 3, DUCKS 2 Philadelphia beat Dallas for its fourth straight to win its third in a row. Coyotes goalie Mike Jagr also scored for New Jersey, which played Brent Burns scored the tiebreaking goal win. Mark Streit and Michael Raffl also scored Smith had a shutout until Chris Gomez scored with a lot more energy with their playoff with 3:59 to play to help San Jose beat for Philadelphia, which maintained its hold on with 4:08 to play. Smith had 22 saves. Phoenix hopes fading in the wake of the losing streak. Anaheim and take sole possession of first second place in the Metropolitan Division. has won five of six and seven of nine. Vrbata’s Parise, Mikael Granlund and Matt Cooke tal- place in the Pacific Division for the first time in Jamie Benn scored twice for Dallas, which lost goal came on a power play. The victory, cou- lied for the Wild, who have points in 17 of 21 more than three months. its fourth straight. The Stars began the day pled with Dallas’ loss to Philadelphia, put the games. Joe Thornton tied the game earlier in the two points behind Phoenix for the final wild- Coyotes four points ahead of the Stars for the third and got his second assist on the game- card spot in the Western Conference. eighth and final playoff spot in the West. LIGHTNING 5, SENATORS 4 winner for the Sharks, who have won seven of Simmonds scored his second of the game Robert Luongo had 20 saves for the Panthers. Teddy Purcell scored twice and Ryan eight to move two points ahead of Anaheim, with 7:39 left to put Philadelphia ahead 3-1. Callahan had a power-play goal midway although the Ducks have a game in hand. The Just 30 seconds later, Benn scored his second BLUE JACKETS 3, CANADIENS 2 through the third period to lead Tampa Bay Sharks, who trailed by 13 points after games of the contest. Raffl provided some insurance Ryan Johansen scored late in the third over Ottawa. Valteri Filpulla and Eric Brewer on Jan. 15, have not been alone in first since for Philadelphia by beating Thomas with a period to give Columbus a victory that ended also scored for the Lightning, who have won Dec 6. Patrick Marleau also scored and Antti backhander on a breakaway with 3:12 to play. Montreal’s three-game winning streak. Derek five in a row. Ben Bishop stopped 27 shots. Niemi made 26 saves for San Jose. Teemu MacKenzie and Brandon Dubinsky also scored Clarke MacArthur, Erik Karlsson, Ales Hemsky Selanne and Mathieu Perreault scored for the SABRES 3, OILERS 1 for Columbus. Sergei Bobrovsky, the reigning and Milan Michalek scored for the Senators. Ducks, who have lost six of their last eight. Cory Conacher had two goals and an assist Vezina Trophy winner, made 25 saves while Robin Lehner had 23 saves while losing his Frederik Andersen made 25 saves. as Buffalo beat Edmonton to end a seven- starting the Blue Jackets’ 16th straight game sixth straight game. — AP .