Penguins Gain Ground in East Division
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ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021 16 Dortmund’s Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring his sides first goal during the Champions League, round of 16, second leg soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla FC in Dortmund, Germany, March 9. Dortmund won 5-4 on aggregate. (AP) – See Page 14 Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Juve knocked out of CL by Porto Portuguese side advance to quarters on away goals TURIN, Italy, March 10, (AP): Juventus - and Cristi- ano Ronaldo - crashed out of the Champions League round of 16 on away goals for the second successive year as the Bianconeri were were eliminated by 10-man Porto. Sérgio Oliveira scored in extra time to send Porto into the quarter- finals of Europe’s premier club competition despite a thrilling 3-2 loss in Turin after Federico Chiesa’s two goals had given Juventus hope. Porto, which played most of the second leg at a numerical disadvan- tage after Mehdi Taremi’s sending off, advanced on away goals after the matchup ended 4-4 on aggregate. “There’s great disappointment and sadness, I’m pretty much speechless,” Chiesa said. “We managed to get back into the match and we deserved to go through. Instead, we’re here talking about something else and I really don’t know what to say. “We had all the cards in our hand to go through, just we didn’t show it. We only performed in the second half today and we almost did it ... the dis- appointment is so great. It’s all pretty much meaningless, even my two goals or my performance, because we haven’t got anything out of it.” Juventus went out in the round of 16 on away goals to Lyon last season. Sérgio Oliveira also netted Porto’s first goal, from the penalty spot, but Chiesa scored twice in the second half to level the tie for Juventus and send the match into extra time. SOCCER Porto appeared to have all but won it before Adrien Rabiot reduced the Porto’s Pepe vies for the ball with Juventus’ Federico Chiesa, on the ground, during the Champions League, round of 16, second leg, soccer match between Juventus and Porto in Turin, Italy, deficit three minutes from time to set March 9. (AP) up a tense finale. Both sides also hit the woodwork in an end-to-end match in which the Islanders win 6th straight in shootout momentum kept changing. “These games are marked in the history of the club,” Porto coach Sérgio Conceição said. “I have a group of brave players who interpret- Penguins gain ground in East Division ed what we wanted in the best way, against a great team with players of a UNIONDALE, N.Y., March 10, (AP): bined 11-1 after dropping four straight very high level. Anthony Beauvillier scored the decid- games. “After Taremi’s sending off, we ing goal in the shootout and the New NHL Results/Standings Mattias Janmark scored for the showed the Porto DNA. We never York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins Blackhawks, who have allowed six stopped believing - this is the true 2-1 on Tuesday night for their sixth goals each in losing their last two DNA of Porto.” straight win. games. Malcolm Subban made 31 Brock Nelson scored in regulation WASHINGTON, March 10, (AP): NHL results and standings on Tuesday. saves. Juventus needed to overturn a 2-1 Pittsburgh 4 NY Rangers 2 Washington 5 New Jersey OT 4 deficit from the first leg. It had con- for the Islanders, and Semyon Winnipeg 4 Toronto 3 Carolina 3 Nashville OT 2 Flyers 5, Sabres 4, SO Varlamov stopped 32 shots as Barry Florida 4 Columbus 2 Tampa Bay 4 Detroit OT 3 ceded early in Portugal and almost In Philadelphia, Shayne Gostis- did so again in Turin as Taremi’s Trotz became the third coach in NHL NY Islanders 2 Boston SO 1 Dallas 6 Chicago 1 history to reach 1,700 games behind Philadelphia 5 Buffalo SO 4 behere tied it late in regulation, Sean header bounced off the bar in the East Division West Division Couturier and Nolan Patrick scored sixth minute after Bianconeri defend- the bench. New York beat Boston for the fourth time in four meetings this P W L OT Pts GF GA P W L OT Pts GF GA shootout goals, and Philadelphia hand- er Leonardo Bonucci had blocked NY Islanders 26 16 6 4 36 75 57 season. Vegas 22 16 5 1 33 70 47 ed Buffalo its NHL-worst eighth Zaidu Sanusi’s effort. Washington 25 15 6 4 34 84 80 St Louis 26 14 8 4 32 83 82 straight loss. Taremi was also involved in The Islanders also improved to Pittsburgh 25 15 9 1 31 81 77 Minnesota 23 14 8 1 29 71 60 New York Islanders’ Brock Nelson 11-0-2 at Nassau Coliseum, remaining Boston 23 13 6 4 30 66 56 Colorado 23 13 8 2 28 70 58 The Flyers rallied from a 3-1 hole to Porto’s goal as he won the penalty Philadelphia 23 13 7 3 29 76 73 Arizona 25 12 10 3 27 68 75 avoid their first three-game losing (29) looks to pass during the over- the league’s only team without a regu- NY Rangers 24 10 11 3 23 68 67 when he was fouled by Merih Demiral time period of an NHL hockey lation loss at home. Los Angeles 24 10 8 6 26 73 71 streak of the season. New Jersey 22 8 11 3 19 55 71 Anaheim 26 8 12 6 22 61 81 and Sérgio Oliveira converted into the game against the Boston Bruins, David Pastrnak scored for Boston, Buffalo 24 6 14 4 16 56 80 Gostisbehere ripped one from the bottom left corner. San Jose 23 9 11 3 21 66 88 March 9, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP) which lost its second straight and fell Central Division point on one knee past Jonas Johansson Juventus appeared transformed North Division to 3-5-2 in its last 10 games. Jaroslav P W L OT Pts GF GA with 5:46 left in the third to make it after the break and drew level four Juan Cuadrado cross into the top left Halak finished with 26 saves. Tampa Bay 24 18 4 2 38 87 51 P W L OT Pts GF GA 4-all. minutes into the second half as Carolina 25 18 6 1 37 88 66 Toronto 27 18 7 2 38 93 67 corner in the 63rd minute. Florida 25 16 5 4 36 84 72 Winnipeg 25 16 8 1 33 83 72 Lightning 4, Red Wings 3, OT Ronaldo controlled a Bonucci ball Edmonton 27 16 11 0 32 86 82 over the top and knocked it on for Juventus almost won it in stoppage Chicago 27 13 9 5 31 83 86 In Detroit, Blake Coleman scored time as Álvaro Morata had a goal ICE HOCKEY Columbus 27 10 12 5 25 71 89 Montreal 24 11 6 7 29 79 68 Chiesa to curl into the top right cor- Nashville 26 11 14 1 23 63 85 Vancouver 29 12 15 2 26 83 94 2:17 into overtime to lift Tampa Bay ner. disallowed for offside before Dallas 21 8 8 5 21 62 55 Calgary 26 11 12 3 25 71 80 over Detroit, extending the Stanley Cuadrado fired an effort off the bar. Detroit 27 7 16 4 18 57 91 Ottawa 28 9 18 1 19 76 108 Juve’s hopes of turning the tie Beauvillier beat Halak top shelf Cup champions’ season-high point The Bianconeri were made to Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each around grew further five minutes later with a backhand in the third round of division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. streak to nine games. when Taremi was sent off after he regret those wasted opportunities as, the tiebreaker. Varlamov then denied Coleman’s goal was set up by Tyler kicked a ball away and received a five minutes from the end of extra Johnson, who also scored. Detroit’s Brad Marchand to preserve the dominant third period that featured a his first four-point game and Dallas second yellow card moments after his time, Weston McKennie fouled Islanders’ first win in five games Dylan Larkin had a tiebreaking goal first booking. Sérgio Oliveira, who dusted himself 16-5 shot disparity. dominated Chicago. midway through the second period, beyond regulation this season. Jordan The Capitals went up 4-1 before the Chiesa hit the post before complet- off to fire a free kick under the wall Eberle scored for New York, and Joe Pavelski got his team-best 13th and the rebuilding team kept the lead ing the comeback when he headed a and into the bottom left corner. Devils tilted the ice, scoring three con- goal for the Stars. Roope Hintz had a against an NHL power for 20-plus Pastrnak converted for Boston in the secutive goals to force OT. first round. goal and an assist, and defensemen minutes. Stars 6, Blackhawks 1 Erik Cernak pulled Tampa Bay into Penguins 4, Rangers 2 Jamie Oleksiak, John Klingberg and In Dallas, Joel Kiviranta scored 100 Esa Lindell also scored. Anton a 3-all tie 9:40 into the third. Detroit’s Germany’s top division soccer clubs In Pittsburgh, Kasperi Kapanen got Khudobin stopped 21 shots for Dallas, Adam Cerne and Tampa Bay’s his fourth goal in his last five games seconds in and added an assist, rookie Jason Robertson had four assists for which has won two of three by a com- Brayden Point also scored power-play ‘generated’ $4.5 billion last season and surging Pittsburgh held off New goals, and Patrik Nemeth had Detroit’s York.