Sports42 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014 Bruins fly past resilient Red Wings Coyotes knock off winless Oilers 7-4 DETROIT: David Krejci and Reilly Smith scored in regulation and again in the shootout as the Boston Bruins beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 Wednesday night. The Bruins outshot Detroit 35-18 in regulation, and Jimmy Howard made three key saves in overtime - the last to stop Torey Krug at point-blank range. Howard, though, couldn’t stop Krejci and Smith in the shootout, while neither Gustav Nyquist or Andrej Nestrasil could get their shots on net. Nyquist tied the score at 2:56 of the third period, snapping a wrist shot past Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask to end Detroit’s streak of nine scoreless power plays. Tomas Tatar also scored for the Red Wings. Boston had two great chances in the final minute of regulation, but Howard made a pad save on Dougie Hamilton, then knocked away Simon Gagne’s attempt to put in the rebound. FLAMES 2, BLACKHAWKS 1, OT Jonas Hiller made 49 saves and Mikael Backlund scored at 4:35 of overtime, lifting the Calgary Flames to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. Dennis Wideman also scored for the Flames, who were coming off a 3-2 win at Nashville on Tuesday. The Blackhawks controlled the action for much of the night, enjoying a whopping 50-18 advantage in shots on goal. But Hiller was outstanding and Backlund used a wrist shot to beat Corey Crawford on the goaltender’s glove side for his first goal of the season. Andrew Shaw scored in the third period and Crawford had 16 saves in Chicago’s first loss in three games. The overtime began with a nice stop by Crawford on Paul Byron’s breakaway opportunity just 40 seconds into the extra period. Brad Richards had a chance CHICAGO: Mark Giordano #5 of the Calgary Flames and Brandon Saad #20 of the Chicago Blackhawks collide against the boards at the to win the game for the Blackhawks, but his United Center on October 15, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. The Flames defeated the Blackhawks 2-1 in overtime.—AFP tip off a nice pass from Duncan Keith went wide. It looked as if it was only a matter of Crawford was there to stop Brian McGrattan. Jordan Eberle’s stick. Smith got a bit of a bad Chipchura put Arizona up 2-1 late in the break on Edmonton’s second goal when a period with a one-timer off a nice feed from time while Chicago played keepaway for COYOTES 7, OILERS 4 dump-in by Leon Draisaitl took a strange car- Joe Vitale behind the goal. In the second peri- much of the first two periods, but Hiller Mikkel Boedker scored two of this three om off the backboards right out front to od, Murphy beat Ben Scrivens with a wrister stepped up and the Flames jumped in front at goals goal in the third period and added an Fayne, who punched it in for his first of the from the top of the left circle, and 11:55 of the second. Joe Colborne won a face- assist, helping the Arizona Coyotes outlast the season. Arcobello scored on a 3-on-1 early in Klinkhammer scored 1:07 later on a one-timer off with Jonathan Toews and sent the puck winless Edmonton Oilers 7-4 on Wednesday the third period and Hall cut Arizona’s lead to out front on a feed from behind by Erat. back to Wideman, who let loose with a long night. Boedker scored in the first period and 6-4 late in the period against Smith, who Boedker put the Coyotes back up two goals slap shot that went off the stick of Blackhawks gave Arizona a two-goal lead midway stopped 23 shots. But four goals wasn’t nearly midway through the third period, flipping a rookie Trevor van Riemsdyk and into the net. through the third. He added an empty-net enough the way Edmonton’s defense has soft backhander that Scrivens blocked, but That was the only goal until the goal for his first career hat trick, giving him been playing. Boedker scored his first goal on inadvertently knocked back into the goal with Blackhawks were successful on their seventh five goals in three games. Connor Murphy, a power play in the first period, sneaking the inside of his left pad. Boedker closed it out power play with 5:45 left in regulation. With Kyle Chipchura, Rob Klinkhammer and Martin behind the Oilers after Smith started the play by practically skating the puck into the goal Wideman in the penalty box for hooking, Erat also scored for the Coyotes, who had 13 with his first assist of the season. for his empty-netter.—Agencies Shaw tipped Patrick Sharp’s long slap shot players with at least one point. Edmonton had past Hiller for his second goal. Chicago had a another shaky defensive effort, dropping to 0- couple chances for the tiebreaking score in 3-1 on the season. Taylor Hall had two goals, NHL results/standings regulation, but was unable to connect. Hiller and Marc Arcobello and Mark Fayne each stopped Patrick Kane’s backhander in the final scored for the Oliers, who have allowed 23 Boston 3, Detroit 2 (SO); Calgary 2, Chicago 1 (OT); Arizona 7, Edmonton 4. seconds. The Blackhawks got off to a fast start goals in four games. The Coyotes needed Western Conference Tampa Bay 2 1 1 13 8 5 and outshot the weary Flames 18-2 in the nearly all their goals after a second straight Pacific Divisio Ottawa 2 1 0 6 5 4 first, but Hiller’s solid play kept the game shaky performance by Mike Smith. Arizona’s W L OTL GF GA PTS Toronto 2 2 0 14 14 4 scoreless. He stopped an open Kane with No 1 goalie said he felt uncomfortable in the San Jose 3 0 0 13 5 6 Boston 2 3 0 7 11 4 Anaheim 3 1 0 16 12 6 about 4 1/2 minutes left in the opening peri- season opener and it showed, giving up every Detroit 1 1 1 6 7 3 Calgary 3 2 0 13 13 6 od, and denied Jeremy Morin on consecutive goal in a 6-2 home loss to Winnipeg. The Buffalo 1 3 0 8 17 2 shots in the second. Coyotes started back-up Devon Dubnyk on Los Angeles 2 1 1 12 9 5 Vancouver 2 0 0 9 6 4 Florida 0 2 1 3 9 1 Daniel Carcillo also misplayed a prime Saturday and he played well, stopping 24 Metropolitan Division shots in a 3-2 overtime win against the Arizona 2 1 0 12 12 4 opportunity 6 1/2 minutes into the game New Jersey 3 0 0 13 6 6 defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Edmonton 0 3 1 11 23 1 after Ben Smith’s drive and dish created an Central Division NY Islanders 3 0 0 15 9 6 Kings. Smith spent his time off working on his open side of the net for the winger. Sharp Nashville 2 0 1 9 6 5 Pittsburgh 2 0 0 11 6 4 comfort level in the crease, saying he felt bet- had a nice look in the second, and then Chicago 2 0 1 10 6 5 Columbus 2 1 0 10 7 4 ter after a few days of work with goalie coach slammed his stick against the glass after Minnesota 2 0 0 8 0 4 Washington 1 0 2 10 8 4 Sean Burke. Dallas 1 1 1 7 9 3 Hiller made the save. Before Wideman’s goal NY Rangers 1 3 0 11 19 2 Smith was back between the pipes against Colorado 1 2 1 4 1 3 in the second, the Flames’ best scoring Philadelphia 0 2 2 11 16 2 Edmonton and gave up a goal on the third St. Louis 1 1 0 6 4 2 opportunity was Byron’s short-handed Carolina 0 2 1 9 13 1 shot he faced. It was a tough chance, though; Winnipeg 1 2 0 7 9 2 breakaway midway through the first. Byron Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in Hall scored on a one-timer from right outside Eastern Conference beat Crawford, but he shot it off the inside the standings and are not included in the loss col- the crease after the Coyotes had trouble clear- Atlantic Division of the right post. Calgary had another good Montreal 3 1 0 11 14 6 umn (L). look five minutes into the second, but ing the zone and the puck ended up on.