SPORTS SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2015 Bruins get past Lightning

BOSTON: and Brad Marchand scored shootout goals to lift the to a 3-2 victory over the on Thursday night. Boston beat Tampa Bay for the 10th straight time, the longest active slide for a Bruins opponent. Since joining the NHL in 1992, the Lightning have won only five times in 48 games at Boston. The Lightning have also never beaten the Bruins after regulation in 18 tries, going 0-9-9. Tampa Bay failed to capitalize on a power play in overtime. Tuukka Rask made 35 saves for Boston, which is 6-0- 1 in its last seven games, including four straight wins. Vladislav Namestnikov tied it 2-2 for Tampa Bay with 11:56 remaining in the third period when he slid the puck through Rask’s pads. Ben Bishop made 28 saves for Tampa Bay, which had its four-game winning streak ended. Tyler Johnson, who leads the Lightning with 66 points, extended his career-best point streak to eight games.

SENATORS 5, CANADIENS 2 Erik Karlsson scored twice, and goalie Andrew Hammond remained unbeaten in regulation time as Ottawa topped Montreal. Eric Condra, Mark Stone and Marc Methot also scored for Ottawa, which has won nine of 11 as it chases a playoff spot. Hammond made 27 saves to improve to 8-0-1 during that stretch. Max Pacioretty scored twice for Montreal, which has only one win in four games. The Canadiens, who have yielded the fewest goals in the NHL, allowed five for the first time since Nov. 23. Montreal outshot Ottawa 29-28, but the Senators BOSTON: No. 77 of the Tampa Bay Lightning shields the puck from Matt Bartkowski No. 43 of the Boston Bruins during improved to 3-1 against the Canadiens this season. overtime at TD Garden. — AFP

BLUES 1, FLYERS 0 advantage after pulling Smith, but couldn’t force for the second time this season, and Tomas Hertl tries and won the season series 2-1. St. Louis’ Brian Elliott and Philadelphia’s Steve overtime. Tobias Rieder had given Arizona a 1-0 lead scored a power-play late in the second period Justin Abdelkader had the lone goal for the Red Mason both earned shutouts, but Elliott picked up early in the first period. The playoff-bound to lead San Jose over the Predators. Wings. Jimmy Howard made 23 saves. Abdelkader the win in a shootout as the host Blues edged the Blackhawks have earned at least one point in six of Niemi followed a 29-save performance in put the Red Wings on the board with a power-play Flyers. Elliott made 28 saves through overtime, and their last seven games. Arizona has lost 13 of 14. December with another strong game against goal midway through the first period, but Columbus Mason stopped 35 shots. T.J. Oshie and Vladimir Nashville to lead the Sharks to their fourth win in five took a 2-1 lead to intermission after Tyutin and Tarasenko both scored in the shootout for the Blues, KINGS 4, CANUCKS 0 games. Just as in that 2-0 win on Dec. 13, it was Hartnell scored in the final six minutes. and Elliott stopped Jakub Voracek and Wayne Jonathan Quick made 19 saves for his fifth Hertl who delivered the winning goal against Pekka Simmonds in the tiebreaker. The Blues have won shutout of the season, and Los Angeles beat Rinne. Tommy Wingels added an empty-netter. AVALANCHE 2, DEVILS 1 three straight and five of seven. St. Louis coach Ken . Justin Williams and Anze Kopitar each Rinne made 19 saves for the Predators, who have Jarome Iginla scored in the second period and Hitchcock, formerly of the Flyers, became the fourth had a goal and an assist, and Tyler Toffoli and Marian lost seven of eight games to fall into a tie for first in netted the decisive goal in the shootout, Semyon NHL coach to earn 700 regular-season victories. Gaborik also scored for Los Angeles, which has won the Central Division with St. Louis. The Sharks Varlamov stopped 23 shots, and Colorado edged Elliott recorded his fourth shutout of the season four of five and 12 of 16. The Kings, 3-0 against the moved within three points of Los Angeles and New Jersey. The Avalanche are 1-1 on a pivotal and 29th in the NHL, including 20 with the Blues. Canucks this season with two meetings remaining, Calgary, who currently hold the final two playoff three-game homestand as they try to remain in the That tied the franchise record set by his former jumped over Winnipeg and into the second wild- spots in the Western Conference. Western Conference playoff picture. Andy Greene teammate Jaroslav Halak. Mason posted his third card playoff spot in the Western Conference. scored the lone goal in regulation for the Devils, and shutout this season and 26th in his career for the Eddie Lack made 16 saves for Vancouver, which BLUE JACKETS 3, RED WINGS 1 Cory Schneider made 28 saves. Flyers, who lost their fourth straight. entered play second in the Pacific Division, one Scott Hartnell scored the go-ahead goal, and Varlamov recently tweaked his groin and sat out point ahead of Calgary and three ahead of the Kings. Sergei Bobrovsky made 41 saves to help Columbus against Los Angeles on Tuesday, ending his streak of PENGUINS 6, OILERS 4 down Detroit. and Cam Atkinson 22 straight starts. The injury didn’t appear to slow Steve Downie and Patric Hornqvist scored just SHARKS 2, PREDATORS 0 added goals, and five players had assists as the Blue him down, especially in the shootout when he over a minute apart late in the third period, and Antti Niemi made 35 saves to shut out Nashville Jackets won at Detroit for the second time in two stopped two of three shooters, including Patrik Elias Pittsburgh avoided an embarrassing collapse by to seal the win. Ryan O’Reilly also scored in the beating Edmonton. Downie’s 12th goal of the sea- shootout for Colorado. Jacob Josefson was the only son on a rebound 14:38 into the third gave NHL results/standings one to beat Varlamov. Pittsburgh the lead after the Penguins let a four-goal lead slip away. Hornqvist doubled it 1:06 later to PANTHERS 4, JETS 2 help the Penguins win for the seventh time in nine Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2 (So); Pittsburgh 6, Edmonton 4; Dallas 5, Carolina 3; Ottawa 5, Aleksander Barkov scored the go-ahead goal late games. Brandon Sutter scored twice for Pittsburgh. Montreal 2; Columbus 3, Detroit 1; Florida 4, Winnipeg 2; St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 0 (SO); in the third period, lifting Florida over Winnipeg. added his 23rd goal of the season Colorado 2, New Jersey 1 (SO); Los Angeles 4, Vancouver 0; Chicago 2, Arizona 1; San Jose 2, Brad Boyes and Derek Mackenzie also scored for and finished with three points. David Perron netted Nashville 0. Florida, and Nick Bjugstad added an empty-net goal with 46 seconds left. Dan Ellis made 18 saves for the his 11th since coming to Pittsburgh from Edmonton Western Conference Tampa Bay 42 20 7 225 180 91 Panthers in his third consecutive start in place of the in January. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 25 shots. Pacific Division Detroit 37 18 11 193 175 85 Anton Lander, Jordan Eberle, Benoit Pouliot and W L OTL GF GA PTS Boston 35 22 10 182 173 80 injured .Jonathan Huberdeau and Derek Roy scored for the Oilers. Marc-Andre Fleury Anaheim 42 20 7 202 192 91 Florida 30 23 14 167 190 74 Jaromir Jagr each had two assists. Ellis took a knee made 25 saves for the Penguins, who moved within Vancouver 38 25 4 189 183 80 Ottawa 31 24 11 190 178 73 from Andrew Ladd to his left side after Ladd was Calgary 37 25 5 197 175 79 two points of the second-place Toronto 27 35 6 183 212 60 pushed into him at 18:44 of the third. Ellis was down in the Metropolitan Division. Los Angeles 33 21 13 184 170 79 on the ice briefly but stayed in the game. Drew San Jose 34 26 8 191 187 76 Buffalo 19 42 6 129 228 44 Metropolitan Division Stafford and Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets, and Arizona 21 39 8 144 226 50 Michael Hutchinson stopped 17 shots. The Panthers BLACKHAWKS 2, COYOTES 1 Edmonton 18 39 11 156 233 47 NY Rangers 42 17 7 203 157 91 Brad Richards scored a tiebreaking power-play Central Division NY Islanders 43 22 4 219 194 90 won their second consecutive game and have goal with 7:11 left in the third period to give Chicago St. Louis 43 19 5 210 167 91 Pittsburgh 39 18 10 195 166 88 earned at least one point in the past three games a win against Arizona. Richards put in a rebound of Nashville 42 20 7 199 168 91 Washington 36 22 10 201 168 82 with Ellis in goal. Kris Versteeg’s blocked . It was the 900th NHL Chicago 40 21 6 192 155 86 Philadelphia 28 27 14 178 198 70 point for Richards, who entered in ninth place among Minnesota 37 23 7 192 170 81 New Jersey 28 29 11 154 178 67 STARS 5, HURRICANES 3 active players. The Blackhawks had seven power plays Winnipeg 33 23 12 189 185 78 Columbus 29 34 4 173 211 62 Alex Goligoski, Cody Eakin and Patrick Eaves Colorado 31 26 11 181 191 73 and converted two of them, including Andrew Shaw’s Carolina 25 33 8 158 183 58 each had a goal and an assist, sparking Dallas to a Dallas 31 27 10 214 224 72 victory over Carolina. Kari Lehtonen needed to make first-period goal. Corey Crawford made 17 saves in Eastern Conference Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one the win, and Arizona’s Mike Smith stopped 43 shots. point in the standings and are not included in only 16 saves to earn the win in his 500th NHL game. Atlantic Division Curtis McKenzie and Jason Demers also scored for The Coyotes had a power play for the last 38.5 sec- Montreal 42 19 7 179 152 91 the loss column (L). onds of the game, and made it a 6-on-4 skating Dallas, which led 3-1 after the first period. —AP