SPORTS SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015 Kings down slumping Islanders

UNIONDALE: Anze Kopitar scored with 4:23 left and defenseman Alec Martinez had two assists as the won the third straight game of their road trip by beating the slumping 3-2 on Thursday. Kopitar, who had a and five assists in his previous three games, got to a deflected puck off a drive by defenseman Andrej Sekera and fired it past Jaroslav Halak for his 16th goal. Jonathan Quick made 25 saves in his 400th NHL game. He has won at New Jersey, the , and the Islanders on this trip that has two games left. Nick Shore netted his first career goal in his 28th game, and Tyler Toffoli also scored for the playoff-hopeful Kings.

PREDATORS 3, LIGHTNING 2 Pekka Rinne made 28 saves for his 40th win as the moved into first place in the Central Division. Mike Ribeiro, Paul Gaustad and Mike Santorelli scored for the Predators, who took a one-point lead over St. Louis. The Blues have played one fewer game. Rinne made a pad save on Alex Killornís in- close backhand early in the third. The goalie had a career-best 43 wins in 2011-12. Tampa Bay got goals from Vladislav Namestnikov and Brian Boyle.

DUCKS 3, BRUINS 2 Ryan Getzlaf scored 3:09 into overtime to lift the Anaheim Ducks to victory. Getzlaf, who also assisted on Corey Perryís tying goal late in the third period, beat Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask from the slot with a wrist over his shoulder to snap the Ducksí two- game skid. Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen stopped 27 shots. Loui Eriksson and Ryan Spooner scored for the Bruins. Rask finished with 29 saves. Boston dropped its sixth straight but tied Ottawa for the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference.

RANGERS 5, SENATORS 1 Chris Kreider had two goals and an assist as the New York Rangers clinched a playoff spot. Dan Boyle, Mats Zuccarello and also scored for the Rangers, who have 101 points. Cam Talbot made 23 saves for New York, which handed Ottawaís Andrew Hammond his first regula- tion-time loss. Curtis Lazar scored for the Senators.

HURRICANES 5, PENGUINS 2 Eric Staal had a goal and two assists for the UNIONDALE: Jonathan Quick No. 32 of the Los Angeles Kingsmakes the save as Brock Nelson No. 29 of the New York Islanders looks for . Ryan Murphy, Jay McClement, the rebound at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. — AFP Alexander Semin and Andrej Nestrasil also scored for Carolina, which had been 0-3-3 in its last six home for the best odds at the top pick. Tyler Ennis, Brian Chris Tierney and Logan Couture also had goals for PANTHERS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 1 games since a 7-4 win over Edmonton on March 8. Gionta and Rasmus Ristolainen scored in the Sabresí San Jose, which ended a two-game skid. Brandon Pirri scored twice for the Florida Brad Malone had a pair of assists as Carolina won for fourth-consecutive loss. Detroit got goals from Tomas Jurco, Tomas Tatar, Panthers to send Toronto to its seventh straight loss. the first time in its last five home games against the Stephen Weiss and Justin Abdelkader as it dropped Roberto Luongo delivered a solid performance in Penguins. Brandon Sutter and Ian Cole scored for the SHARKS 6, RED WINGS 4 its second straight at home. Jimmy Howard made goal and Jonathan Huberdeau, Steven Kampfer and Penguins. Carolina goalie Cam Ward had 27 saves. Patrick Marleau scored twice and Antti Niemi seven saves, but allowed three goals in the first Pirri scored second-period goals to put Florida in made 30 saves. Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Matt Nieto, before being pulled for backup Petr Mrazek. front. Pirri added a late empty-netter for his 20th of CAPITALS 3, DEVILS 2 the season. Torontoís Jonathan Bernier was replaced On a quiet night for Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas with 5:26 remaining in the second period after Backstrom, the got rare goals NHL results/standings allowing three goals on 16 shots. The Leafs No. 1 from Matt Niskanen, Karl Alzner and Eric Fehr, along goalie has been pulled seven times this season. with 29 saves from Braden Holtby. Anaheim 3, Boston 2 (OT); Arizona 4, Buffalo 3 (OT); Los Angeles 3, NY Islanders 2; Washington 3, JETS 5, CANADIENS 2 Defenseman Niskanenís fourth goal of the sea- New Jersey 2 (OT); Carolina 5, Pittsburgh 2; Florida 4, Toronto 1; NY Rangers 5, Ottawa 1; San Jose son came 73 seconds into the extra period, off an 6, Detroit 4; Nashville 3, Tampa Bay 2; Winnipeg 5, Montreal 2; Colorado 4, Vancouver 1. Ondrej Pavelec made 39 saves for his sixth con- assist from Alzner. Washington led 2-0, but the secutive win. and each had Devils got one goal on Travis Zajacís short-handed Western Conference Tampa Bay 46 22 7 244 194 99 a goal and an assist and Blake Wheeler, Dustin score with a little more than five minutes left in the Pacific Division Detroit 39 22 12 212 201 90 Byfuglien, and Adam Lowry also scored for the Jets. W L OTL GF GA PTS Ottawa 37 25 11 213 195 85 Dustin Tokarski stopped 17 of 22 shots for the second period, then tied it on Steve Bernierís goal Anaheim 47 22 7 222 213 101 with 29.2 seconds remaining in regulation. Boston 36 25 13 195 193 85 Canadiens, who were resting starter Carey Price. Vancouver 43 27 4 212 199 90 Florida 34 26 14 184 202 82 Ovechkin entered leading the NHL in goals, Los Angeles 37 23 14 199 184 88 Andrei Markov and Brendan Gallagher scored for Calgary 40 27 7 217 195 87 Toronto 27 42 6 194 241 60 Montreal. Backstrom came in No. 1 in assists, and both were in Buffalo 20 46 8 141 249 48 the top five in points. San Jose 36 30 8 207 210 80 Edmonton 21 40 13 177 254 55 Metropolitan Division AVALANCHE 4, CANUCKS 1 NY Rangers 47 19 7 224 168 101 Arizona 23 44 8 158 249 54 Gabriel Landeskog and Alex Tanguay each had a COYOTES 4, SABRES 3 Central Division NY Islanders 44 26 5 228 208 93 scored 56 seconds into overtime to Nashville 46 21 8 214 180 100 Pittsburgh 40 23 11 204 186 91 goal and an assist, and Reto Berra made 33 saves for lift the to the win over Buffalo on, St. Louis 46 21 7 226 182 99 Washington 40 24 10 215 182 90 the Avalanche. Jarome Iginla also scored and Ryan earning cheers from the last-place Sabresí fans hop- Chicago 44 23 6 207 167 94 Philadelphia 30 29 16 196 216 76 OíReilly added two assists as Colorado snapped a ing to get the No. 1 overall pick in the NHL Draft. Minnesota 42 25 7 211 183 91 New Jersey 31 31 12 166 189 74 three-game losing streak. John Mitchell added a late Winnipeg 39 24 12 212 197 90 empty-net goal. Yannick Weber scored his third goal Jordan Szwarz, Oliver Ekman-Larsson and David Dallas 36 28 10 232 236 82 Columbus 34 35 4 198 228 72 Moss also scored for Arizona, which has won consec- Colorado 34 28 12 200 206 80 Carolina 27 36 10 170 201 64 in as many games for Vancouver, which had won utive games for just the second time in 2015. Eastern Conference Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one three in a row, but came out flat before rebounding The 29th-place Coyotes moved six points ahead Atlantic Division point in the standings and are not included in in the third period with 18 shots. Eddie Lack stopped of the Sabres, delighting the home crowd clamoring Montreal 46 21 8 197 167 100 the loss column (L) 34 shots in taking the loss. — AP