THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021

NHL STANDINGS & SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY’S GAMES CENTRAL GP W L OT pts GF GA Home Away Nashville 7 4 3 0 8 17 20 4-1-0 0-2-0 Canucks roll, extend Senators’ slide Columbus 7 2 2 3 7 18 22 1-0-2 1-2-1 Chicago 8 2 3 3 7 22 28 2-0-0 0-3-3 ASSOCIATED PRESS Dallas 3 3 0 0 6 12 3 3-0-0 0-0-0 VANCOUVER, British Florida 3 3 0 0 6 14 9 2-0-0 1-0-0 Columbia — J.T. Miller had Tampa Bay 4 3 1 0 6 15 10 2-0-0 1-1-0 two goals and an assist, Ty- Detroit 7 2 4 1 5 13 22 2-2-0 0-2-1 ler Motte scored twice and Carolina 3 2 1 0 4 9 6 0-0-0 2-1-0 the Vancouver Canucks EAST GP W L OT pts GF GA Home Away handed the Washington 7 4 0 3 11 25 23 2-0-1 2-0-2 their sixth straight loss, 5-1 Boston 6 4 1 1 9 18 12 3-0-0 1-1-1 Wednesday night. Philadelphia 7 4 2 1 9 25 25 3-1-0 1-1-1 Elias Pettersson also had Pittsburgh 7 4 2 1 9 23 26 4-0-0 0-2-1 a and an assist, and New Jersey 6 3 2 1 7 14 16 2-1-1 1-1-0 Thatcher Demko made 42 Buffalo 7 3 3 1 7 21 21 1-2-0 2-1-1 saves for Vancouver. N.Y. Islanders 6 3 3 0 6 11 11 2-0-0 1-3-0 Ottawa’s lone goal came N.Y. Rangers 6 1 4 1 3 15 18 1-2-0 0-2-1 from Josh Norris on a power NORTH GP W L OT pts GF GA Home Away play in the first period. Mar- Toronto 8 6 2 0 12 26 22 3-1-0 3-1-0 cus Hogberg stopped 30 shots. Montreal 6 4 0 2 10 29 18 0-0-0 4-0-2 The Senators haven’t won Winnipeg 7 5 2 0 10 28 21 3-1-0 2-1-0 since beating Toronto 5-3 in Vancouver 9 4 5 0 8 32 35 3-2-0 1-3-0 their season opener on Jan. 15. Edmonton 8 3 5 0 6 23 29 1-3-0 2-2-0 The Canucks sealed it 11:46 Calgary 5 2 2 1 5 16 13 2-2-0 0-0-1 into the third period after Jay Ottawa 7 1 5 1 3 16 32 1-2-1 0-3-0 Beagle collected the puck from WEST GP W L OT pts GF GA Home Away a messy faceoff. He sent it ca- Vegas 7 5 1 1 11 23 17 4-0-1 1-1-0 reening to the front of the net, St. Louis 7 4 2 1 9 22 27 2-1-1 2-1-0 where it deflected in off Motte. Colorado 7 4 3 0 8 25 18 2-1-0 2-2-0 Motte has five goals, sur- JONATHAN HAYWARD, THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP Los Angeles 7 3 2 2 8 22 21 1-1-2 2-1-0 passing the four he scored for Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot (72) tries to clear Canucks center Jay Beagle (83) from in Anaheim 7 3 2 2 8 12 14 2-1-1 1-1-1 Vancouver in 34 regular-sea- front of Senators goaltender Marcus Hogberg (1) during the second period Wednesday night in Minnesota 7 4 3 0 8 19 17 1-2-0 3-1-0 son appearances in 2019-20. Vancouver, British Columbia. Demko was tested early San Jose 7 3 4 0 6 22 28 0-0-0 3-4-0 and often, with one of his around the crease. Norris tory over Chicago “Com- tonight.” Arizona 7 2 4 1 5 17 20 2-2-1 0-2-0 best saves of the night com- took advantage of the com- ing in there, I think in a Nick Cousins had the regu- NOTE: The NHL realigned divisions this season based on geography. ing midway through the first motion and buried a wrist shootout, it starts upstairs lation goal for Nashville. Teams only will face division foes in the regular season. The top four teams in each division will advance to the playoffs. period when he stood down shot 8:16 into the period, ty- in your head,” Duchene Ryan Carpenter had the Tkachuk on a breakaway. ing the game at 1-1. said. “For me, it starts up- Chicago goal. Tuesday’s results Thursday’s games The Vancouver goalie faced stairs and just having that The Blackhawks have Buffalo 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 Calgary at Montreal, 5 p.m. PREDATORS 2, BLACKHAWKS Philadelphia 5, New Jersey 3 Florida at Columbus, 5 p.m. a flurry of action on Ottawa’s confidence. When you pick dropped two in a row, but Washington 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 5 p.m. first power play, with the Ca- 1 (SO): scored that puck up, you’ve got to have earned at least one Florida 4, Columbus 3, SO N.Y. Rangers at Buffalo, 5 p.m. nucks’ killers strug- the only goal of the shootout know that you’re going to standings point in their past Boston 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Philadelphia at New Jersey, 5 p.m. gling to clear the puck from to give host Nashville a vic- score and I had that feeling five games. Winnipeg 6, Edmonton 4 Pittsburgh at Boston, 5 p.m. Los Angeles 2, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay at Carolina, 5 p.m. Nashville 3, Chicago 2, OT Los Angeles at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Detroit 2, Dallas 1, OT Detroit at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. AROUND THE LEAGUE Anaheim 1, Arizona 0 Anaheim at Arizona, 7 p.m. Colorado 7, San Jose 3 San Jose at Colorado, 7 p.m. Rutherford quits of Famer resigned just two Carolina Hurricanes played nobody cares, we’ve got to St. Louis 5, Vegas 4, SO St. Louis at Vegas, 7 p.m. weeks into the season. just three games this season figure it out. And that’s the Toronto 4, Calgary 3 Ottawa at Vancouver, 8 p.m. as Penguins GM Rutherford, whose con- before having to shut down approach we have to have.” Toronto at Edmonton, 8 p.m. Wednesday’s results PITTSBURGH — Jim tract was set to expire in workouts and postpone four Carolina hasn’t played Nashville 2, Chicago 1 (SO) Rutherford arrived in Pitts- June, cited “personal rea- games due to COVID-19 since winning at Nashville Vancouver 5, Ottawa 1 burgh in the summer of 2014 sons” behind the decision. concerns. on Jan. 18. tasked with igniting a star- “It just got to a point that They returned to practice BRIEFLY laden but stalled franchise. I decided my time was up this week and are set to play STAT OF THE DAY By the end of his third sea- here,” Rutherford told The Thursday against Tampa TRADED: The Ottawa Sen- son as general manager, the Associated Press. Bay in what amounts to a ators acquired forward Jack Goalie Anton Khudobin, Penguins became the first Rutherford stressed the second try at starting the Kopacka, 22, and a 2022 sev- .99 a 12-year veteran from team in a generation to win move had nothing to do with season, although coach Rod enth-round draft pick from Kazakhstan, enters Thursday night’s consecutive Stanley Cups. his health. Brind’Amour is missing key the San Jose Sharks for de- game against the Detroit Red Wings Those banners will serve names and concerned about fenseman Christian Jaros. with a 3-0 record and an NHL-best as long-lasting reminders of conditioning issues. Kopacka was acquired by the 0.99 goals-against average this the success of Rutherford’s Hurricanes ready “You’ve got to deal with Sharks from Anaheim earlier season. His record is 102-76 in 221 tenure, one that came to an it,” Brind’Amour said. Wednesday in exchange for career games with nine shutouts. abrupt end on Wednesday to get back on ice “That’s just it. The excuse defenseman Trevor Carrick. — NHL.com when the 71-year-old Hall RALEIGH, N.C. — The jar is full. There’s no more, — Wire reports