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ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2021 SPORTS 15 Blues edge Coyotes 5-4 in OT in Game 6 of marathon series Golden Knights’ 3 power-play goals spoil Sharks home debut SAN JOSE, California, Feb 14, (AP): Jonathan Marchessault scored the fi rst of Vegas’ three power-play goals and the Golden Knights spoiled San Jose’s fi rst home game in nearly a year with a 3-1 victory over the Sharks. Mark Stone and Chandler Stephen- Durant helps Nets rout Warriors son also scored as Vegas took advan- tage of its fi rst three opportunities with the man advantage to win for the ing leader last season, was a healthy Suns beat 76ers for 5th straight victory fourth time in fi ve games. Marc-Andre scratch. Fleury made 24 saves. Mitch Marner scored early in the Tomas Hertl scored for the Sharks, fi rst period for Toronto, and Frederik SAM FRANCISCO, Feb who were unable to get a boost with Andersen stopped 23 shots. their return from a season-opening 12- 14, (AP): Kevin Durant game road trip. Martin Jones made 23 Hurricanes 4, Stars 3, SO won his long-anticipated saves. In Dallas, Vincent Trocheck scored The Sharks played their fi rst home the only goal in the shootout after Joe fi rst trip back to the Bay game since March 8 last year after Pavelski tied it for Dallas late in regu- Area to play the Warriors starting this season with the extended lation, and Carolina beat the Stars for team he helped win two ti- trip. San Jose was given the unbal- their fourth win in four tries this season anced schedule because of local re- against the defending Western Confer- tles over three years, scor- strictions that banned contact sports ence champions. ing 20 points in the Brook- and practices, forcing the Sharks to Dallas has just one win in eight lyn Nets’ 134-117 victory hold training camp in Arizona. games since sweeping a four-game over Golden State. Blues 5, Coyotes 4, OT homestand to start the season. Two of Carolina’s four victories over the Stars The NBA Finals MVP in both In Glendale, Arizona, Mike Hoff- have been in regulation, the other two title runs, Durant missed his initial man beat goalie Antti Raanta over the in shootouts. three shots before hitting a 3-point- shoulder with a wrist shot 1:49 into Jordan Martinook, Teuvo Teravain- er at the 5:49 mark of the fi rst quar- overtime to lift St. Louis past Arizona en and Jordan Staal scored in regula- ter and fi nished 8 for 19 from the in the sixth of seven straight games be- tion for Carolina. fl oor and 1 of 6 on 3s. tween the teams. Jason Dickinson and Jason Robert- Stephen Curry didn’t have his best The team played four straight games son scored for Dallas. stroke either, going 10 of 17 for 27 in St Louis, with Arizona winning points and 2 for 9 from deep as cold- the last three. The Blues won 4-1 on Blackhawks 3, Blue Jackets 2, OT In Chicago, Alex DeBrincat scored shooting Golden State lost its third Friday night in Arizona and tied the straight to the Nets and missed a series 3-3 with the overtime victory. 35 seconds into overtime and Chicago rallied to beat Columbus. chance at its fi rst three-game winning They will fi nish off the longest-regular streak all season. series in NHL history Monday at Gila Nicolas Beaudin scored for the sec- ond straight game for Chicago, and The Warriors saw nemesis James Carl Soderberg got his fi rst goal of Harden in a Nets uniform for the fi rst ICE HOCKEY the season. Kevin Lankinen made 29 time, and he had 14 assists to go with saves, rebounding from a shaky perfor- 19 points, including fi ve 3s, and eight mance in his previous start. rebounds. Kyrie Irving scored 23 DeBrincat got a bouncing pass from points as Brooklyn snapped a seven- River Arena. game losing streak on the Warriors’ Before a limited crowd, Jordan Patrick Kane in OT, tipped it into the air and then knocked it in off Joonas home fl oor in its fi rst visit to Chase Kyrou tied it at 4 for the Blues with Center. a breakaway goal with 5:37 left in the Korpisalo’s arm for his eighth goal of third. Nick Schmaltz and Dryden Hunt the season. Jazz 112, Heat 94 scored in the third to give Arizona a Senators 2, Jets 1 In Salt Lake City, Donovan Mitchell 4-3 lead. scored 26 points to help Utah beat Mi- Ivan Barbashev had a goal and an In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Brady Tka- ami for its seventh consecutive victory. assist for St Louis, and Kyle Clifford chuk tipped in Mike Reilly’s shot from and Zach Sanford also scored, and the point with 8.2 seconds remaining Ville Husso made 32 saves. to lift Ottawa past Winnipeg. Ottawa improved to 3-12-1, win- BASKETBALL Islanders 4, Bruins 1 ning for the fi rst time in fi ve games this In Uniondale, New York, Mathew season against Winnipeg. The Jets beat Bojan Bogdanovic added 19 points, Barzal scored on a power-play goal in the Senators 5-1 on Wednesday night and Rudy Gobert had 16 points, 12 re- in the opener of the two-game series. Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant, top, shoots asGolden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins defends during the third period and New York ended the fi rst half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco on Feb 13. (AP) bounds and three blocks for the Jazz. Boston’s points streak at 10 games. Evgenii Dadonov also scored for Georges Niang chipped in 14 points Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored twice, Ottawa, and Marcus Hogberg made 30 and a career-high fi ve assists. Jordan Eberle added a goal and Semy- saves. Mark Scheifele scored for Win- NBA-leading Utah improved to 22- on Varlamov made 28 saves for the Is- nipeg, and Connor Hellebuyck stopped Stanford women crush Beavers NBA Results/Standings 5. It has won 18 of 19 games since a landers. They are 3-0-3 in their last six. 27 shots. 4-4 start. Kendrick Nunn scored 20 Brad Marchand and Patrice Berger- Red Wings 4, Predators 2 points for Miami. Jimmy Butler added on scored for Boston, and Tuukka WASHINGTON, Feb 14, (AP): Results and 15 points, eight rebounds and fi ve as- Rask stopped 38 shots. The Bruins lost In Nashville, Tennessee, Luke Missouri State rallies to top Glendenning had a goal and two as- standings from the NBA games on Saturday. sists. for just the second time this season in Phoenix 120 Philadelphia 111 regulation - both to the Islanders. sists, Jonathan Bernier made 21 saves Indiana 125 Atlanta 113 Suns 120, 76ers 111 and Detroit beat Nashville. Illinois State on late basket New York 121 Houston 99 In Phoenix, Devin Booker scored 36 Lightning 6, Panthers 1 Robby Fabbri, Adam Erne and An- Brooklyn 134 Golden State 117 Utah 112 Miami 94 points, Chris Paul added 18 points and In Sunrise, Florida, Tyler John- thony Mantha also scored to help De- NORMAN, Ill, Feb 14, (AP): Brice Calip scored with 1.4 seconds left to Eastern Conference 10 assists and Phoenix beat Philadel- son scored two of Tampa Bay’s four troit snap a two-game losing streak and phia for its fi fth straight victory. improve to 4-10-0. give No. 25 Missouri State a 73-72 vic- Atlantic Division second-period goals and the Lightning W L Pct GB The Suns have won eight of their avenged a loss to Florida two nights Filip Forsberg and Rocco Grimaldi tory over Illinois State for the Lady Bears’ ninth straight victory. Philadelphia 18 9 .667 - past nine games and improved to 16- earlier. scored for Nashville. The Predators Brooklyn 16 12 .571 2-1/2 Missouri State (13-2, 9-0 Missouri Boston 13 12 .520 4 9. They shot 61% and got a big game Alexander Volkov had his fi rst NHL beat Detroit 3-2 on Thursday night for from their bench, especially from their only victory in fi ve games. Valley Conference) fell behind by 16 New York 13 15 .464 5-1/2 goal, Ondrej Palat, Mathieu Joseph early in the second quarter and trailed Toronto 12 14 .462 5-1/2 Dario Saric. He scored 15 points in and Barclay Goodrow also scored, and Canucks 3, Flames 1 54-47 after three but grabbed the lead Southeast Division his fi rst game back after missing 10 Andrei Vasilevskiy made 33 saves. In Vancouver, British Columbia, with a 7-0 run midway through the final W L Pct GB straight. Joel Embiid had 35 points on The Lightning strengthened their hold period. There were three ties and four Charlotte 13 14 .481 - 12-of-23 shooting for the 76ers. They Tyler Myers’ goal with just over fi ve Miami 11 15 .423 1-1/2 on fi rst place in the Central Division minutes remaining proved to be the lead changes after that. have lost two in a row but still hold the with a 3-1-0 trip. Atlanta 11 15 .423 1-1/2 winner and Vancouver snapped a six- Stanford 83, Oregon St. 58 Orlando 10 17 .370 3 top spot in the Eastern Conference at Frank Vatrano scored for Florida. Stanford’s Kiana Williams (23) Washington 6 17 .261 5 18-9.