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WASHINGTON: Jonathan Huberdeau #11 of the Florida Panthers celebrates after scoring a first period against the Washington apitalsC at Verizon Center on Tuesday in Washington, DC. —AFP Huberdeau leads Panthers past Caps

WASJINGTON: Florida winger Jonathan final minute of the second period and Frans Nielsen Predators goalie Pekka Rinne at 18:55 of the third Huberdeau scored twice and back up goaltender Al and John Tavares scored a little more than two min- period and giving St. Louis its fourth win of the sea- NHL Results/Standings Montoya registered 36 saves as the Panthers utes apart early in the third as the New York son over Nashville. The Blues (29-16-8) outshot the opened up the second half of the season with an Islanders beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3. Mikhail Predators 12-5 in the final period. Toronto 4, Boston 3 (OT); New Jersey 3, NY Rangers 2; NY Islanders 5, Minnesota 3; Philadelphia 4, impressive 5-2 victory over the Washington Grabovski and Anders Lee also scored for the Montreal 2; Pittsburgh 6, Ottawa 5; Florida 5, Washington 2; St. Louis 1, Nashville 0; Dallas 5, Winnipeg Capitals. Huberdeau’s second goal of the night, a Islanders (26-16-6), who won for the fourth time in BLACKHAWKS 2, AVALANCHE 1 3; Chicago 2, Colorado 1; 5, Columbus 1; Los Angeles 6, Arizona 2. ringing shot off the near post, was his 10th of the six games. Artemi Panarin and Richard Panik scored first- season and it sent some in the Verizon Center period goals as the shorthanded Chicago Western Conference Tampa Bay 27 18 4 130 117 58 crowd heading for the exits with the Capitals down PENGUINS 6, SENATORS 5 Blackhawks beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1. Central Division Detroit 25 16 8 122 124 58 4-0. The 22-year-old, who added a first-period Sidney Crosby scored three consecutive goals to Goaltender Corey Crawford had 23 saves for WLOTLGFGAPTS Boston 26 18 6 150 135 58 assist, has 16 points in his past 15 games. extend his recent scoring surge and rally the Chicago, who played without center Jonathan Chicago 34 16 4 149 123 72 Montreal 24 23 4 138 138 52 Pittsburgh Penguins to their fourth consecutive vic- Toews. The Blackhawks captain had to sit out Dallas 32 14 5 167 136 69 Ottawa 23 22 6 144 161 52 FLYERS 4, CANADIENS 2 tory, 6-5 over the slumping Senators. Crosby’s natu- Tuesday’s game because he skipped Sunday’s All- St. Louis 29 16 8 130 128 66 Wayne Simmonds scored a pair of goals and the ral hat-trick was the ninth three-goal game of his Star Game in Nashville due to illness. Colorado 27 23 3 144 144 57 Toronto 18 22 9 118 137 45 got back to winning ways on career, gave him at least one goal in eight consecu- Nashville 24 19 8 129 132 56 Buffalo 20 26 4 114 136 44 home ice with a 4-2 victory over the Montreal tive games at Consol Energy Center and assured OILERS 5, BLUE JACKETS 1 Minnesota 23 18 9 124 120 55 Metropolitan Division Canadiens at Wells Fargo Center. him of his ninth 20-goal season in his 11 NHL sea- In his return from a three-month absence Winnipeg 22 25 3 129 145 47 Washington 35 9 4 160 109 74 Simmonds netted his second goal with 8:04 sons. because of injury, rookie Connor McDavid deliv- Pacific Division NY Rangers 27 18 5 144 132 59 remaining in regulation to break a 2-2 tie and help ered a goal-of-the-year candidate and added two Los Angeles 31 16 3 135 115 65 NY Islanders 26 16 6 135 121 58 the Flyers (22-18-8) snap a three-game home losing MAPLE LEAFS 4, BRUINS 3 (OT) assists in leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-1 vic- San Jose 26 19 4 144 132 56 skid. Philadelphia are 10-1-1 when Simmonds The Toronto Maple Leafs, down by two goals in tory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Leon Draisaitl, Pittsburgh 25 17 7 127 125 57 Anaheim 23 18 7 104 113 53 New Jersey 26 20 5 117 120 57 scores. the third period, forced overtime and got a power Eric Gryba, Benoit Pouliot and Jordan Eberle added Arizona 24 21 5 133 152 53 play goal from Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau to shock goals as the Oilers prevailed in a battle between the Carolina 23 20 8 123 135 54 Vancouver 20 19 11 122 139 51 DEVILS 3, RANGERS 2 the Boston Bruins 4-3. Boston center David Krejci, last-place teams in the Eastern and Western Calgary 21 24 3 126 146 45 Philadelphia 22 18 8 113 129 52 Defenseman David Schlemko scored a power- who set up one goal and scored another 26 sec- Conferences. Edmonton 20 26 5 127 150 45 Columbus 19 28 5 134 168 43 play goal with 8:46 remaining in the third period to onds apart early in the third period, was off for Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point give the a come-from-behind 3-2 holding when Parenteau beat Tuukka Rask with a KINGS 6, COYOTES 2 Eastern Conference victory against the New York Rangers at Prudential rebound backhander to end Toronto’s four-game It’s hard to imagine Dustin Brown’s popularity in Atlantic Division in the standings and are not included in the loss Center. losing streak. Arizona falling any lower. The Los Angeles Kings Florida 30 15 5 140 110 65 column (L). Schlemko’s goal came less than two minutes captain is already the most reviled hockey player in after a turnover that led to a shorthanded break- the Valley due to a colorful history with the Arizona second-period deficit and post its first regulation win over the at the Honda Center. away for Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh, BLUES 1, PREDATORS 0 Coyotes. win over the Coyotes this season. Goalie Frederik Andersen stopped 30 shots for who missed the net on the golden opportunity. Troy Brouwer’s deflection gave the St. Louis Brown somehow added to the venom when he the Ducks (23-18-7), who earned their fourth suc- Blues their first 1-0 win of the season. Scoring his scored a pair of goals in the Kings’ 6-2 win over the DUCKS 3, SHARKS 2 cessive victory and moved into a tie with the ISLANDERS 5, WILD 3 10th goal, Brouwer got his stick on a one-timer Coyotes on Tuesday at Gila River Arena. Neither Rickard Rakell, Hampus Lindholm and Ryan for third place, the Pacific Division’s Brock Nelson scored the tie-breaking goal in the from defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, beating goal was impressive but both helped L.A. erase a Garbutt scored to give the Anaheim Ducks a 3-2 final automatic playoff spot. — Reuters Martinez joins Evergrande in record China deal

BEIJING: Asian champions Guangzhou the Chinese Super League’s total spend- nearing the end of their playing days. Evergrande smashed China’s transfer ing during the current transfer window But many of those bought in the cur- fee record yesterday when they to 203.9 million euros, according to rent transfer window have been in their announced a deal to secure Atletico website transfermarkt which tracks late 20s. Madrid’s unsettled Colombian striker commercial dealings in the sport-sec- Questions have been asked about Jackson Martinez for 42 million euros ond only to the English Premier League. whether some are past their prime. But ($46 million). Atletico bought Martinez last year David Hornby, sports business director Martinez, 29, is the latest Europe- for 35 million euros from FC Porto of the Mailman brand management based player to move to the cashed-up where he had scored an impressive 92 group in Shanghai, said: “These are not Chinese Super League and was goals in 133 games. But he struggled to guys at the end of their career just look- described as a “goal poacher” and “fox establish himself in Spain, scoring just ing for a payout.” in the box” in a Chinese-language state- two goals in 15 La Liga appearances. In 2015 a powerful political commit- ment on the club’s website. “The Chinese businesses have invested huge tee headed by Xi released a 50-point moment has arrived to start a new sums in football since President Xi plan to achieve his goal, including stage in my career,” Martinez told Jinping, an avowed fan of the sport, establishing tens of thousands of soc- Atletico’s website. declared that hosting, qualifying, and cer schools and making the game com- “The club and I have spoken in the winning a World Cup were national pulsory for some elementary and mid- last few days and we are agreed this is goals. dle-school students. the best thing for everyone.” The pur- Investors have since ploughed more MADRID: In this Aug 22, 2015, file photo, Atletico Madrid’s Jackson Martinez, top, goes for a header with Las Palmas’ Aythami chase broke the week-old Chinese ‘CHESS GAME’ money into football in “an attempt to Artiles during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Las Palmas at the Vicente Calderon stadium in record fee of 28 million euros, paid by In the past the highest-profile inter- be looked favourably on by the govern- Madrid, Spain. Guangzhou Evergrande of the Chinese Super League said yesterday, that it has signed Martinez for what is Jiangsu Suning to acquire Brazilian mid- national signings by Chinese clubs ment”, said Tom Elsden, sports strategy believed to be a new record sum in the Asian transfer market. — AP fielder Ramires from Chelsea. It lifted tended to be ageing stars in their 30s manager at Mailman. — AFP