SPORTS SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2016

NHL results/standings

San Jose 3, Edmonton 6; 6, Anaheim 5 (OT); 4, 3; 1, Florida 4; Pittsburgh 0, New Jersey 3; Columbus 2, Carolina 3; Arizona 3, Dallas 1; Colorado 2, Philadelphia 4; Nashville 3, Vancouver 2 (SO); Minnesota 6, Calgary 2; Winnipeg 4, Los Angeles 1.

Eastern Conference Atlantic Division PL W L OT GF GA PTS Florida 74 41 24 9 211 182 91 Tampa Bay 73 42 26 5 202 173 89 Boston 75 39 28 8 219 206 86 Detroit 74 37 26 11 190 199 85 75 34 33 8 214 230 76 MontrÈal 75 34 35 6 199 216 74 Buffalo 74 30 34 10 176 200 70 Toronto 73 27 35 11 180 214 65 Washington 72 52 15 5 231 170 109 NY Rangers 74 42 24 8 212 194 92 Pittsburgh 73 40 25 8 204 182 88 NY Islanders 72 39 24 9 200 182 87 Philadelphia 73 36 24 13 192 195 85 New Jersey 74 36 31 7 169 189 79 Carolina 74 32 28 14 180 200 78 Columbus 74 30 36 8 193 228 68 Western Conference Pacific Division Dallas 75 44 22 9 243 216 97 St. Louis 74 43 22 9 195 185 95 Chicago 74 42 25 7 205 185 91 Nashville 74 38 23 13 205 189 89 Minnesota 75 36 28 11 202 189 83 Colorado 74 38 32 4 200 208 80 Winnipeg 74 31 37 6 190 217 68 BOSTON: #37 of the faces off against #16 of the dur- Central Division ing the first period at TD Garden yesterday in Boston, Massachusetts. — AFP Los Angeles 74 44 25 5 200 171 93 Anaheim 73 40 23 10 190 174 90 San Jose 74 41 27 6 217 192 88 Arizona 74 33 34 7 195 220 73 Panthers climb into first in Calgary 74 31 37 6 204 234 68 Vancouver 73 27 33 13 169 210 67 Edmonton 77 30 40 7 189 226 67 Atlantic with win over Bruins Note: Overtime losses (OT) worth 1 pt and not included in loss col- umn (L). BOSTON: The veteran goaltender, who at 15:37 of the third period. sive goal in the fourth round of the lived through a nightmare for the shootout. James Neal and Filip Forsberg in the 2011 Stanley RED WINGS 4 CANADIENS 3 scored for the Predators in the third Cup finals and came in 14-15-1 lifetime Riley Sheahan scored two goals and period, with Forsberg tying the game at Olympic champ against Boston in the regular season, the held off the 13:08. made 34 saves and backstopped the for a 4-3 win Florida Panthers into first place in the Thursday night at . Luke FLYERS 4, AVALANCHE 2 Farah happy Atlantic Division with a 4-1 victory over Glendening also scored and Anthony Radko Gudas and the sliding Bruins. Mantha got his first career goal for scored 19 seconds apart late in the third Detroit. Mike Green had two assists and period and the beat with Rio run-in DEVILS 3, PENGUINS 0 Petr Mrazek made 26 saves. the 4-2 on Devils goalie Scott Wedgewood Thursday in a battle of teams fighting LONDON: Britain’s Mo Farah is confident preparations for stopped 39 shots to shut out the NHL’s WILD 6, FLAMES 2 for playoff spots. Pierre-Edouard this year’s Olympic Games in Rio remain on course. Farah will hottest team in only his second career Zach Parise ended a monthlong Bellemare also scored for the Flyers, run in the World Half Marathon Championship in Cardiff game, Kyle Palmieri scored twice in the slump with a first-period hat trick, and who kept pace with Detroit in the battle today as he continues his build-up to the defence of both first period and New Jersey beat the that was all the offense the Minnesota for the second wild card in the Eastern the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres Olympic titles he won 3-0 on Thursday Wild needed Thursday. Minnesota Conference. The Red Wings nearly blew on home soil at London 2012. night. Wedgewood, who allowed only jumped out to an early lead and held off a four-goal lead against Montreal but “Training has gone well, I’m pretty happy how it’s gone,” one goal in his first two starts, halted the , winning 6-2 to gain held on to win 4-3 and stay even in Farah said told a press conference in Cardiff yesterday. “Rio two streaks: the Penguins’ six-game win- a critical two points in the race for the points with 85. is looking good and, as long as I can stay injury-free, I should ning streak and ’s final playoff spot in the Western 12-game scoring run. Conference. COYOTES 3, STARS 1 be good for Rio. Net presence is one of the many “I’m really excited to be competing here, it’s part of my HURRICANES 3, BLUE JACKETS 2 JETS 4, KINGS 1 assets center Martin journey to Rio. “It was a no-brainer to say yes to this race The broke out of Defensemen Dustin Byfuglien and Hanzal brings to the table. On Thursday because I love the support of the home crowd. a two-period malaise with a flurry of Paul Postma scored less than three min- against the , that asset paid “Ever since I ran at (London) 2012 in front of 80,000 peo- goals early in the third, jumping the utes apart on nearly identical point off in production. Hanzal had a pair of ple I want to run at home. “It’s going to be a tough race, but for a 3-2 win on shots early in the third period to power goals, including his first short-handed hopefully having the home crowd behind me will make a dif- Thursday in Nationwide Arena. Viktor the to an improbable 4-1 tally since Dec. 4, 2008, and goaltender ference.” Rask, Chris Terry and Elias Lindholm victory over the on Louis Domingue made 37 saves as the Not for the first time in his career, Farah is set to have scored for the Hurricanes, all in a 98-sec- Thursday. Only 15 seconds into the final Coyotes defeated the Stars 3-1 at Gila contend with group tactics by a posse of Kenyan runners on ond span, with Lindholm’s goal giving frame and the game tied 1-1, Byfuglien’s River Arena to record their second win Saturday, with defending World Half Marathon champion Carolina a 3-1 lead only 2:30 into the hard drive from just inside the blue line over the Central Division leaders in as Geoffrey Kamworor leading a strong contingent on the period. near the wall eluded goaltender many games this season. Jonathan Quick, whose view of the streets of the Welsh capital. MAPLE LEAFS 6, DUCKS 5 (OT) might have been blocked when right OILERS 6, SHARKS 3 “A lot of things will be happening tomorrow,” said Farah. Nazem Kadri scored twice, includ- winger Nikolaj Ehlers cruised in front of The were sitting pret- “When it’s a longer race and there are more people in the ing the overtime winner, as the him. ty with a 2-0 lead after one period. team then you can work better. edged the Unfortunately for them, the Edmonton “So it works to their advantage-but I’m a lot more ahead 6-5 at Air Canada PREDATORS 3, CANUCKS 2 (SO) Oilers didn’t stop playing. The Oilers than I was last year. I always set goals and targets and I want Centre on Thursday. After Toronto Rallying from a two-goal, third-peri- stormed back with five unanswered to get a good result. blew a 4-1 lead in a 9:23 span and fell od deficit, the beat goals over thefinal 40 minutes to beat “It’s a chance to win another title and come away with a behind by a goal, Connor Brown tied the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 Thursday in the Sharks 6-3 in front of 16,570 fans at win, but the target for all of us this year is Rio.” —AFP the game 5-5 with his first career NHL a shootout. Craig Smith scored the deci- SAP Center. — Reuters