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SPORT-SCAN DAILY BRIEF NHL 05/20/19 Arizona Coyotes San Jose Sharks cont'd 1144917 Coyotes captain Ekman-Larsson scores game winner at 1144948 Erik Karlsson in, Marcus Sorensen scratched for Sharks- IIHF Worlds Blues Game 5 1144918 The Neutral Zone: Dave Bolland at peace with impending 1144949 Erik Karlsson will be in lineup for Sharks' crucial Game 5 retirement vs. Blues 1144950 Blues' fourth line has caused Sharks problems during Boston Bruins West final 1144919 Jaden Schwartz nets hat trick, Blues close in on date with 1144951 Sharks vs Blues Game 5 watch guide: Projected lines and Bruins defensive pairs 1144920 Here’s how Don Sweeney built the Bruins into Stanley 1144952 Sharks vs. Blues live stream: How to watch NHL playoffs Cup contenders Game 5 online 1144921 Zdeno Chara on the ice for Bruins practice, but does not 1144953 After a wretched second period, the Sharks are on the participate with full group brink of elimination 1144922 Winter Classic fashioned Bruins Stanley Cup run 1144954 Disastrous Game 5 defeat could leave the Sharks 1144923 Bruins back to work in preparation for Stanley Cup final shorthanded as they once again stare at elimination 1144924 Was the Winter Classic win the turning point for the Bruins in 2019? They sure think so St Louis Blues 1144925 Brad Marchand has a different appreciation for making it 1144955 Blues are one win away after 5-0 win over Sharks in to his third Stanley Cup Final Game 5 1144926 Krejci (maintenance) among the missing from B's practice 1144956 Hochman: Playoff road games hardly an obstacle for 1144927 Bruins admit there will be 'challenges' to keep Rask in the never-nervous Blues zone after long layoff 1144957 Micheletti out, Milbury in on Blues-Sharks telecast 1144958 Blues notebook: Bouwmeester runs a Game 4 marathon Carolina Hurricanes on one shift 1144928 The Top 20 moments of an unforgettable Hurricanes 1144959 To finish off Sharks, Blues must finish out games more season aggressively 1144960 ‘Can I see your credentials?’: Blues on the cusp of their Colorado Avalanche first Stanley Cup final in 49 years 1144929 Sakic has Avs trending up after 2 straight playoff seasons 1144961 What brought David Perron to St. Louis three times? The Blues forward’s journey home — again Columbus Blue Jackets 1144930 Setting the scene on what will likely be a wild summer Tampa Bay Lightning 1144962 Lightning forward J.T. Miller has proven to be an added Detroit Red Wings treat 1144931 Detroit Red Wings' Dylan Larkin scores another big goal at Worlds Washington Capitals 1144932 Dylan Larkin scores go-ahead goal, U.S. beats Germany 1144963 To qualify or not qualify restricted free agent Andre in world championships Burakovsky, that is the Caps’ question 1144933 Red Wings’ Dylan Larkin nets game-winner for U.S. at Worlds Websites 1144964 Sportsnet.ca / Decades of Blues frustration coming to an NHL end as Sharks' seem to deepen 1144934 British Hockey Team Comes in From the Cold at World 1144965 Sportsnet.ca / How the Blues pulled off one of the NHL's Championship greatest turnarounds – Sportsnet 1144966 USA TODAY / Blues rout Sharks, one win away from first Ottawa Senators Stanley Cup Final appearance in 49 years 1144935 Marc Crawford willing to be patient as coaching search continues SPORT-SCAN, INC. 941-284-4129 San Jose Sharks 1144936 Game 5 takeaways: Why another Sharks comeback seems unlikely 1144937 Four key Sharks injured in 5-0 Game 5 loss to Blues 1144938 How can Sharks survive this time to reach Game 7? 1144939 Game 5 disaster has Sharks once again on brink of elimination 1144940 Sharks decimated by injuries in disastrous Game 5 loss 1144941 Erik Karlsson to play Game 5, but Sharks are making one lineup change 1144942 A Sharks’ fan perspective: Stop with the “lucky” stuff 1144943 Sharks won’t have long to get ready for Game 5, it starts at noon Sunday 1144944 Blues move to brink of Cup final with 5-0 win over Sharks 1144945 Sharks' health to key players major concern after Game 5 loss to Blues 1144946 Sharks takeaways: What we learned in 5-0 Game 5 home loss to Blues 1144947 Sharks' Joe Pavelski, Erik Karlsson leave Game 5 vs. Blues with injuries 1144917 Arizona Coyotes Coyotes captain Ekman-Larsson scores game winner at IIHF Worlds BY DANNY SHAPIRO MAY 18, 2019 AT 5:11 PM It isn’t Stanley Cup playoff hockey, but Arizona Coyotes captain Oliver Ekman-Larsson is scoring big goals in May. Ekman-Larsson scored the game-winning goal for Sweden in its 4-3 win over Switzerland on Saturday in the group stage of the IIHF World Championships in Slovakia. The Coyotes captain beat Switzerland’s goaltender glove side following a nifty pass from William Nylander with about eight minutes remaining to secure Sweden’s fourth win in five games. It was OEL’s second goal and fourth point in five group stage games so far. .@OEL23 comes up with a clutch #gOEL. What else is new? pic.twitter.com/NxE5iZJOr9 — Arizona Coyotes (@ArizonaCoyotes) May 18, 2019 Ekman-Larsson is leading a squad that includes Maple Leafs winger Nylander, Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson, Predators defenseman Mattias Ekholm, Flames center Elias Lindholm and Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist. Ekman-Larsson was an alternate captain for Sweden last year. Flames forward Mikael Backlund was the captain. At last year’s IIHF World Championship, Sweden won its 11th title and second in a row by defeating Switzerland in the final. This season, Ekman-Larsson scored 14 goals with 30 assists for 44 points, the second-most on the Coyotes behind Clayton Keller, who had 47 points. Ekman-Larsson’s 4.6 relative Corsi-for percentage was the highest on the Coyotes among players who played at least 50 games, and his 23:39 average time on ice was the highest among all Arizona skaters. Arizona Sports LOADED: 05.20.2019 1144918 Arizona Coyotes “I knew I could score a goal like that,” Panik said in an email interview. “I tried it few times in practice, just goofing around. I was really happy that it went in because there is big chance you can lose the puck and that looks The Neutral Zone: Dave Bolland at peace with impending retirement bad.” Panik is 1 for 5 in NHL career shootout attempts, but he’s not sure he would ever try that shootout move he used against Norway in an NHL By Craig Morgan May 19, 2019 game. “It’s hard to say,” he said, “Sometimes, you just make a decision at the last moment.” Dave Bolland never played a game with the Coyotes, but that was always the plan when general manager John Chayka acquired Bolland’s Panik is enjoying playing for the host country, which was eliminated on contract from the Florida Panthers in August 2016, along with forward Sunday when the United States beat Germany to advance to the Lawson Crouse, in exchange for a conditional third-round draft pick in quarterfinals. 2017 and a conditional second-round pick in 2018. Even so, Bolland still fielded questions about his new team. “The atmosphere here is awesome,” he said. “We had some time to go out to the city for lunch and the whole city was buzzing. Everyone has a “It was kind of weird,” he said. “I had buddies ask if I had a number or national team jersey and they are cheering for us. You can feel the what position I was going to play with them. It was basically just money energy in the game. The fans are awesome. They cheer all the time and transferring over to help with the cap. I never really thought much about the building is loud.” the Coyotes because I knew I probably wasn’t coming back.” Panik will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1 and the Coyotes Bolland’s contract with the Coyotes will expire at midnight on July 1, are not expected to re-sign the 28-year-old forward, who had 14 goals taking his $5.5 million cap hit off the books. Any emotions that might and 33 points last season. Panik is avoiding those thoughts for now. have accompanied that date have long since faded in the three and a half years since he played a game. “For now, I’m focusing on the championship,” he said. “It’s gonna be a busy summer. Hopefully, it will work out for me.” “I’ll have to speak to my agent because I don’t think I’ve talked to him in about three years, but I’ll be retiring officially,” Bolland said. “I really Lööke back to Sweden enjoyed my career and there were obviously some high points when you The Coyotes placed forward Jens Lööke on unconditional waivers on win two Cups. The first year I was out it was tough and the second year I Friday and he cleared Saturday. The Coyotes have an agreement to was still trying to figure everything out — what I was going to be doing – terminate the three-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract he signed in but I came to terms with it about a year and a half ago that it was done. I 2017, making him an unrestricted free agent. Lööke is returning to won’t be coming back.” Sweden where he will play for Timrå IK. Bolland has a pair of physical issues that have compounded one another “We feel it’s best for his long-term development to play in Sweden right and sidelined him since the 2015-16 season.