Capitals Blank Lightning to Force NHL Playoff Showdown Equalize Their Best-Of-Seven Eastern Conference Final Series WASHINGTON: Washington’S T.J
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Established 1961 25 Sports Wednesday, May 23, 2018 Capitals blank Lightning to force NHL playoff showdown Equalize their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Final series WASHINGTON: Washington’s T.J. Oshie scored two said you only get a certain amount of chances and we goals and Braden Holtby made 24 saves as the Capitals could do something special here,” Smith-Pelly said. blanked the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0 on Monday, “We went out and put it all on the line and I would say equalizing their best-of-seven Eastern Conference that was a perfect game.” Final series at three triumphs each. Washington’s first goal was set up when Tampa Devante Smith-Pelly added another goal as the host Bay’s Braydon Coburn was whistled for hooking Smith- Capitals, who lost three games in a row after taking a Pelly with 6:11 remaining in the second quarter. 2-0 series lead, pushed the playoff matchup to the limit. Making the most of the extra-man situation, the “We were sure that if we came in and did what we had Capitals seized the lead when Oshie took a pass from to do we would win it,” Nicklas Backstrom and blast- Oshie said. ed a shot past Lightning “Game seven is going to goaltender Andrei be an all-out war and we Vasilevskiy. “Once we scored wouldn’t have it any other that first goal we didn’t give way.” The winner-take-all We went up our physical side of the showdown to determine a game,” Oshie said. “We kept berth in the Stanley Cup out and pounding at them and played Final will be played today at put it all physical and that wears you Tampa. When the champi- down.” onship series begins next Oshie raced for a loose Monday, either the Lightning puck in the crease behind the or Capitals will face the Tampa Bay goalie in the final Vegas Golden Knights, a seconds of the second period WASHINGTON: Tyler Johnson #9 and J.T. Miller #10 of the Tampa Bay Lightning fall to the ice against Lars Eller #20 first-year expansion team trying to defy hometown but Lightning defender Brayden Point was able to and Jay Beagle #83 of the Washington Capitals in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals during the 2018 NHL casino odds of 500-1 by taking the trophy in its inau- knock the puck to the corner and away from the Stanley Cup Playoffs at Capital One Arena on Monday in Washington, DC. — AFP gural campaign. Vegas beat Winnipeg in the Western unguarded net. Conference final. Smith-Pelly netted an insurance goal for the Capitals Holtby made the fifth playoff shutout of his career, with 9:58 remaining in the third period. Chandler onrushing Smith-Pelly smacked it into the left corner The Lightning removed Vasilevskiy for an extra and his first in 84 starts, to keep the Capitals in con- Stephenson outraced a Tampa Bay defender down the for a 2-0 Washington advantage. “It was speed and attacker in the final minutes but Oshie scored into tention for their first trip to the final since 1998 as they rink to avoid an icing call, then slid the puck behind the physicality,” Smith-Pelly said of the deciding factors. the empty goal with 50 seconds remaining to secure try to hoist the trophy for the first time as well. “We just net to Jay Beagle, who flicked it back out front where “We tried to work hard through 60 minutes.” the victory. — AFP Great victory for Real Madrid in Noguera bets on his Pumas Serbian capital future with new pack ISTANBUL: Real Madrid has become the champion team of the exciting Turkish Airlines LONDON: Lucas Noguera Paz’s my career. I’m 24, if I had left at 28 or Euro League Final Four 2018, following a deci- decision to leave the Jaguares Super 30, it wouldn’t be entirely for sporting sive victory of 85-80 over its rival Fenerbahce Rugby team and join Bath in the reasons.” Dogus Istanbul at Belgrade’s Stark Arena. This English Premiership might seem Noguera, who is not far off com- win also stands for the 10th EuroLeague counter-productive considering the pleting a medical degree, is earning Championship of the Spanish representative. ban on foreign-based players repre- considerably more in England and The Final Four came head to head in senting Argentina. able to continue his studies at local Europe’s highest-level basketball champi- A proud Puma since his debut as a universities but said his decision to onship over the weekend at the Stark Arena, 20-year-old in 2014, prop Noguera is move was based solely on his desire Serbia’s largest indoor arena. And the new no different from most Argentine rug- to play English rugby. champion Real Madrid was crowned as the by players whose dream is to wear “It’s a more organised game and victor on Sunday 20th May in the final stage of the light blue and white hooped shirt very physical with a lot of competi- the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. of their country. tion in the scrum. For my position, it’s Friday night saw the first games of the Final Noguera says he does wants to the kind of rugby that will help me Four. Reigning champions Fenerbahce Dogus add to his 43 caps but felt he needed grow,” said the loosehead prop. Istanbul and Zalgiris Kaunas played the initial a change in order to improve his game “If I went to another Super Rugby semi-final game of this year’ tournament at and be ready to give more to the club I’d still play the same tournament 18.00 (local time) followed by CSKA Moscow Pumas later in his career. and I’m not sure how much I could and Real Madrid at 21.00. Losing teams of “I had a place in the Jaguares and improve. “Without wanting to say one these matches, Zalgiris Kaunas and CSKA luckily in the Pumas too and I knew game is better than the other, they are Moscow then faced each other for the third that playing abroad, whatever my different kinds of rugby, one is more place game within today at 17.00 with the form, the doors to the Pumas would dynamic but the other is a lot more Championship Game taking place between be closed to me,” Noguera told physical. Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul and Real Madrid Reuters in an interview. “That means it can be slower but at 20.00. “I have no regrets, I knew the con- you fight for every ball ... there is con- While Zalgiris Kaunas won the third place sequences, but I thought that if ever I stant rucking, the scrum is not just a game 77-79 against CSKA Moscow after had the chance of returning to the platform to launch attacks, they are all today’s first game, Real Madrid has won a national team, if the doors opened for contested. decisive victory of 85-80 over its rival me I would want that and could give “I’m not a heavy prop,” added Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul at the end of the more to the team. Noguera, who is 1.79 metres tall and Championship game at Belgrade’s ?tark Arena. EuroLeague Final Four, here in the Serbian As being sponsored by Turkish Airlines, the “It’s a long term investment I’m weighs 108 kg. “So I thought that in The champion won the match after recorded capital for the first time. As Turkish Airlines we only airline that flies to more countries and sure will bear its fruit.” A recall is not England I could improve physically.” the following results; would like to thank Belgrad for the warm hos- international destinations in the world, Final an immediate possibility, although the First period; FB 17-21 RM pitality that showed in last three days. The Four championship again offered sports lovers Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) is JAGUARES IMPROVING Second Period; FB 40-38 RM Final Four competed in Europe’s most promi- around another unique environment and considering lifting the ban on over- The Jaguares, meanwhile, have Third Period; FB 55-63 RM nent and highest-level basketball champi- experience. In the true spirit of Turkish seas-based players nearer the 2019 made a significant breakthrough in Fourth Period; FB 80-85 RM onship with clear sportsmanship and energy. Airlines, ‘delightfully different’ activities were World Cup. their third season in Super Rugby, As the home hub of Turkish Airlines, in Heartfelt congratulations to the last champion performed by teams from Turkish Airlines and Noguera, who moved to Bath in beating South Africa’s Bulls 54-24 in 2017 Final Four, Istanbul has twice played host Real Madrid and its successful rival EuroLeague. This was also an opportunity to January, said he decided to quit the Buenos Aires on Saturday to consoli- to the championship and for the 2018 Final Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul who turned this continue with initiatives carried out by Jaguares because he had completed a date on a run of four wins in Australia Four, Serbia’s capital was well placed to wel- final game into an exciting feast.” OneTeam, EuroLeague’s corporate social cycle within a UAR programme which and New Zealand. come the best in basketball. The evening cul- At the awards ceremony at the Palace of responsibility program which was created aims at nurturing a home-based Noguera said the hard work put in minated in Real Madrid triumphantly lifting the Serbia on 19 May, five of the biggest stars in with the Turkish flag carrier airline’s support Super Rugby franchise made up of 40 by the team in adapting to the coveted Turkish Airlines EuroLeague 2018 tro- the 2017-18 competition were announced; in 2012.