SPORTS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2014 Predators see off Blues

NASHVILLE: Mike Ribeiro scored a goal and beat goalie Jussi Rynnas 7:39 into the third peri- had two assists, and the od and gave Detroit a 4-2 lead. The Red Wings spoiled goalie ’s debut with the have won five of six. Darren Helm scored twice Blues by beating St. Louis 4-3 on Thursday night. the Red Wings. The 42-year-old Brodeur made 20 saves in his first start for a team other than the New Jersey BLUE JACKETS 4, PANTHERS 3 Devils. The Blues signed the four-time Vezina Ryan Johansen scored the winning goal in a Trophy winner on Tuesday, tapping the NHL’s shootout to lift the over goalie leader in games, wins and shutouts to Florida. Boone Jenner, Cam Atkinson and Nick help while sidelined by a knee Foligno scored in regulation for Columbus and injury. stopped 52 shots. Rookie Filip Forsberg had a goal and an Nick Bjugstad had two goals and an assist for assist, and Eric Nystrom and Colin Wilson each the Panthers. Tomas Fleischmann had a goal had a goal as Nashville improved to 11-1-1 at and had an assist and made 17 home. The Predators snapped a six-game skid to saves. the Blues in Nashville and took the Central Division lead. DEVILS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 3 Mike Cammalleri and Eric Gelinas scored ISLANDERS 2, SENATORS 1 power-play goals and the New Jersey Devils Jaroslav Halak made 20 saves in his fran- defeated Toronto. The Maple Leafs had earned chise-record 11th straight victory, and the New points in five straight games. They hadn’t lost in York Islanders held off Ottawa. Halak, 13-4 in his regulation since a 9-2 rout by Nashville on Nov. first season with the Islanders, broke the record 18. Stephen Gionta, Steve Bernier and Adam held by Hall of Fame goalie , set in Henrique had the other goals for New Jersey. 1982. Halak has allowed only 14 goals during his streak. New York has won eight of nine and 13 KINGS 4, COYOTES 0 of 15. Mika Zibanejad scored the lone goal for Dustin Brown had two goals and an assist, Ottawa, which has lost four straight. Martin Jones stopped 26 shots, and Los Angeles Former Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson, beat Arizona Coyotes for its second straight who announced his retirement Thursday morn- shutout and third in four games. ing, took part in the pregame warmup and bid Two nights after stopped 31 his final farewell to a sold-out crowd of 20,511. shots against Boston, Jones extended the Kings’ defensive mastery in his first start since blanking CANUCKS 3, PENGUINS 0 Minnesota on Nov. 26. Brad Richardson scored two goals and added Alec Martinez had a goal and an assist a day an assist, and Eddie Lack posted his fifth NHL after agreeing to a contract extension, and Jared shutout to lift Vancouver to another road win. Stoll added a power-play goal late in the second The Canucks, in the midst of a season-high, period. Arizona goalie Mike Smith was yanked in seven-game trip, won their league-best 11th another lackluster performance. The Coyotes road game. Vancouver, which has won five of six have lost six straight home games for the first overall, beat the Penguins in Pittsburgh for the time since early 2009. The Coyotes gave up 42 first time since Nov. 22, 2008. shots and were shut out at home for the second Richardson scored his fifth and sixth goals, straight game. Arizona has dropped seven of and Shawn Matthias also netted his sixth and nine. added an assist for the Canucks, who hadn’t defeated Pittsburgh anywhere in four years. SHARKS 7, BRUINS 4 Lack stopped 21 shots for his first shutout Tyler Kennedy, fresh off the injured list, and second win of the season. Thomas Greiss scored two goals - including the winner - and made 28 saves and took the loss in his first San Jose beat Boston for its third straight victo- home start. ry. NASHVILLE: Predators center Mike Fisher (12) collides with St. Louis Blues right wing Tommy Wingels and Joe Pavelski also scored CAPITALS 2, HURRICANES 1 Vladimir Tarasenko (91), of Russia, in the third period of an NHL hockey game. The twice for the Sharks, who snapped a three-game Eric Fehr scored with 4:02 remaining to lift Predators won 4-3. — AP losing streak to the Bruins. Tomas Hertl added a Washington over Carolina. Jay Beagle scored an late goal. The Sharks scored twice on the power early goal and stopped 29 shots play, giving them seven man-advantage goals in for the Capitals. Washington, which had lost two seven games after being shut out in their previ- in a row and four of five, moved back over .500 NHL RESULTS/STANDINGS ous four. Reilly Smith scored twice for the Bruins, at 11-10-4. Alexander Semin scored his first goal who ended a scoring drought but extended of the season for the Hurricanes, who were try- Vancouver 3, Pittsburgh 0; Washington 2, Carolina 1; New Jersey 5, Toronto 3; NY Islanders their losing streak to three. Gregory Campbell ing to win two in a row for the first time since 2, Ottawa 1; Detroit 5, Dallas 2; Tampa Bay 5, Buffalo 0; Columbus 4, Florida 3 (SO); Nashville and Torey Krug also scored. made 20 early November. Fehr made the game-winning 4, St. Louis 3; Calgary 4, Colorado 3 (OT); Los Angeles 4, Arizona 0; San Jose 7, Boston 4. saves in winning his third straight. play by himself. He stole the puck from Riley Western Conference Eastern Conference stopped 37 shots in losing to the Sharks for the Nash just inside the blue line, charged between Pacific Division Atlantic Division first time in four games. the circles and snapped a shot past Anton W L OTL GF GA PTS Tampa Bay 18 6 3 97 69 39 Khudobin. Khudobin made 26 saves for Carolina. Vancouver 18 7 1 82 69 37 Montreal 17 8 2 70 68 36 FLAMES 4, AVALANCHE 3 Anaheim 16 6 5 76 72 37 Detroit 15 6 5 82 67 35 Sean Monahan scored 1:47 into overtime to LIGHTNING 5, SABRES 0 Calgary 17 8 2 87 69 36 Toronto 13 9 3 84 77 29 lead Calgary over Colorado. Monahan picked up Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist dur- Los Angeles 14 7 5 71 57 33 Boston 14 12 1 67 70 29 a rebound in front and lifted it over fallen goalie ing Tampa Bay’s three-goal second period, Ben San Jose 13 10 4 77 75 30 Florida 10 7 7 53 62 27 to give the Flames their Bishop made 13 saves and the Lightning beat Arizona 10 14 3 64 85 23 Ottawa 10 10 5 64 68 25 fourth straight win. Dennis Wideman had a pair Buffalo. Radko Gudas, Brenden Morrow, Jason Edmonton 6 15 5 58 90 17 Buffalo 9 15 2 45 82 20 of goals for the Flames, Curtis Glencross also Garrison and Brett Connolly had the other Central Division Metropolitan Division scored, and Kris Russell had three assists. NY Islanders 19 7 0 82 68 38 Tampa Bay goals. The Eastern Conference-lead- Nashville 17 6 2 69 51 36 Karri Ramo made his fourth straight start, and ing Lightning improved to 5-0-1 in the last six Pittsburgh 17 6 2 82 58 36 stopped 26 shots to improve to 8-2-1. Calgary St. Louis 16 8 2 70 59 34 NY Rangers 11 9 4 71 70 26 games. Buffalo, which had won six of seven, Chicago 16 8 1 78 49 33 coach Bob Hartley earned his 400th NHL win, went 22 1/2 minutes without a shot during one Washington 11 10 4 70 70 26 and he did it against his former team. Hartley Winnipeg 13 9 4 55 58 30 New Jersey 10 12 4 63 75 24 stretch. earned 193 wins with Colorado from the 1998-99 Minnesota 14 9 1 67 56 29 Philadelphia 8 13 4 66 81 20 Colorado 9 11 6 70 83 24 Carolina 8 14 3 57 71 19 season until he was let go 31 games into the RED WINGS 5, STARS 2 Dallas 9 12 5 75 94 23 Columbus 8 15 2 58 87 18 2002-03 campaign.Matt Duchene, Nick Holden Kyle Quincey fired in a long slap shot for his and Alex Tanguay scored for the Avalanche. first goal of the season, and the Detroit Red Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings and are not included in the Varlamov, who missed the previous six games Wings went on to beat Dallas. Quincey’s drive loss column (L). because of a groin injury, made 26 saves. — AP