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Established 1961 15 Sports Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Couture, Jones lead San Jose Sharks to 4-1 win over New York Rangers Lundqvist finished with 20 saves for the Rangers NEW YORK: Logan Couture had a goal and an assist, Jones pulled for an extra skater on a delayed penalty, Martin Jones stopped two shots and the San Jose Brent Burns sent pass from the right circle up top to Sharks beat the struggling New York Rangers 4-1 on Couture, who fired a slap shot from straightaway past Monday night. Lundqvist. Tim Heed, Joonas Donskoi and Melker Karlsson also Jones had two nice saves on back-to-back attempts in scored to help the Sharks win for the third time in four close by Pavel Buchnevich with a little more than nine min- games. Jones got his fourth straight win after losing his utes left in the first. Heed doubled the Sharks’ lead with first two starts. Mika Zibanejad scored and Henrik 7:15 left as he brought the puck up the right side and sent Lundqvist finished with a bad-angle shot from 20 saves for the Rangers, near the goal line along who fell to 2-6-2 on the the boards. The puck season. New York finished trickled through 0 for 6 on the power play Lundqvist’s pads for the and is 3 for 25 over the Sharks win 26-year-old’s first career last six games. goal in his seventh NHL With the Sharks lead- for the third game. ing 3-0 after two periods, The Rangers had a Couture took the puck time in 4 games two-man advantage for 25 away from Lundqvist seconds late in the open- behind the goal and sent it ing period, but Jones to Karlsson, who put it in stopped Zibanejad’s shot for his second of the sea- from top of the left circle, son at 2:51 of the third.
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