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West Ham maintain top-4 push Coyotes close out 7-game Werner ends goal drought, Chelsea ‘down’ Newcastle LONDON, Feb 16, (AP): After ex- actly 1,000 minutes without fi nd- series with win over Blues ing the net, Timo Werner ended his Premier League goal drought. The Chelsea striker tapped in at the far post after Olivier Giroud had failed to connect with a high cross to complete a 2-0 victory over Newcastle. “I think for a striker it is much harder when you come into the situation and you don’t have chances,” Werner told broadcaster Sky Sports. “I had in the past a lot of chances and I missed them and also today my team brought me a lot of situations where I can score Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski and it is important to keep going (right), jumps for the ball with Armin- like today.” ia’s during a German The summer signing from soccer match between Leipzig netted in the 39th minute Bayern Munich and Arminia Biele- against Newcastle at Stamford feld at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Bridge, making it an even 1,000 Germany, on Feb 15. (AP) minutes on the pitch since his last league goal on Nov. 7. Bayern held ‘3-3’ by The Germany international also assisted the opener eight minutes struggling Bielefeld earlier, with a cross spilled by Karl BERLIN, Feb 16, (AP): Bayern Darlow and prodded in by Giroud. Munich returned from Qatar to heavy snowfall and a setback as SOCCER it was held to a 3-3 draw at home by promoted in the Bundesliga. “As a striker you always want Robert Lewandowski, Coren- to score, the last month was not so tin Tolisso and Alphonso Davies (good) and I wasn’t happy with not scored as Bayern fought back from two goals down to avoid de- scoring,” Werner said. “But at the feat, four days after winning the end it is a team sport and when we Club World Cup in Qatar. win it is good, then I help the team Bielefeld would have left the with assists and winning penalties relegation zone with a win but St. Louis Blues center Jacob De La Rose (61) shields the puck from Arizona Coyotes right wing Christian Fischer (36) in the third period during an NHL and now I am scoring and I am had a fourth goal ruled out by a very glad I scored.” VAR decision. hockey game, on Feb 15, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP) A fourth straight league win Dutch forward Michel Vlap since Thomas Tuchel replaced the gave the visitors the lead in the fi red Frank Lampard lifted Chelsea ninth minute when he turned and Hurricanes beat Blue Jackets 7-3 NHL Results/Standings shot from 15 meters to mark his back into the fourth Champions debut with a goal. League place. Bayern goalkeeper Manuel GLENDALE, Arizona, While Chelsea is accustomed to WASHINGTON, Feb 16, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on Neuer roared at his defenders, Feb 16, (AP): Darcy Kue- Monday. playing in Europe’s elite competi- furious that Vlap had been al- mper stopped 24 shots, Arizona 1 St Louis 0 Chicago 3 Detroit OT 2 tion, West Ham has never quali- lowed the space to turn after a Clayton Keller scored and NY Islanders 3 Buffalo 1 Winnipeg 6 Edmonton 5 fi ed. But the east London club is mix-up between Niklas Süle and Florida 6 Tampa Bay 4 Calgary 4 Vancouver OT 3 Bouna Sarr. The latter was mak- the Arizona Coyotes closed Carolina 7 Columbus 3 San Jose 3 Anaheim 2 only behind Chelsea in fi fth place Ottawa 6 Toronto OT 5 due to an inferior goal difference ing just his fourth league appear- out their seven-game series East Division West Division after beating Sheffi eld United 3-0 ance of the season, one of three against the St. Louis Blues GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA changes that Flick made from the Boston 14 10 2 2 22 42 30 Vegas 13 10 2 1 21 41 28 despite having its only recognized team that beat Tigres 1-0 in the with a 1-0 win. Philadelphia 13 8 3 2 18 46 41 St Louis 16 9 5 2 20 52 49 striker, Michail Antonio, out in- Club World Cup fi nal. The shifting dynamics of play- NY Islanders 14 7 4 3 17 35 34 Arizona 15 7 6 2 16 40 42 jured. Washington 13 6 4 3 15 47 51 Colorado 12 7 4 1 15 38 25 ing hockey in a pandemic led to the Pittsburgh 13 7 5 1 15 43 47 Anaheim 16 6 7 3 15 32 42 Instead Jesse Lingard, who is SOCCER Blues and Coyotes playing seven NY Rangers 13 4 6 3 11 31 34 San Jose 14 6 7 1 13 38 51 on loan from Manchester United, New Jersey 9 4 3 2 10 23 26 Minnesota 11 6 5 0 12 30 30 straight games against each other, Buffalo 11 4 5 2 10 31 35 sparked the attack - although the a fi rst in NHL or NBA regular- Central Division Los Angeles 13 4 6 3 11 40 44 goals came from Declan Rice, Issa Sarr, Tolisso and Eric-Maxim GP W L OT Pts GF GA North Division season history. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Diop and Ryan Fredericks and lift- Choupo-Moting started for Bay- Tampa Bay 14 10 3 1 21 54 32 ern in place of Benjamin Pavard, The teams split the first six games, Florida 13 9 2 2 20 44 40 Toronto 16 11 3 2 24 58 44 ed the team above ailing champion and the Coyotes were at their shut- Carolina 13 10 3 0 20 50 36 Montreal 15 9 4 2 20 52 39 Joshua Kimmich and the injured Chicago 17 8 5 4 20 50 51 Winnipeg 15 9 5 1 19 53 43 Liverpool. Serge Gnabry. down best in Game 7. Columbus 17 7 6 4 18 50 60 Edmonton 17 9 8 0 18 60 58 “Obviously I wouldn’t have be- The snowfall became heavier Keller scored in the second peri- Dallas 12 5 3 4 14 40 34 Calgary 15 8 6 1 17 44 40 Nashville 15 6 9 0 12 36 52 Vancouver 19 7 11 1 15 57 71 lieved it at the start of the season and the white ball was becoming od. Kuemper, making his fifth start Detroit 17 4 10 3 11 35 54 Ottawa 17 4 12 1 9 40 69 if someone had said that,” said increasingly hard to see before it in the series, earned his first shutout Tampa Bay Lightning’s Gemel Smith (46) fights with Florida Panthers’ Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each West Ham manager David Moyes, was changed for an orange one this season and No. 19 for his career. division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. whose team was deep in relega- in the 13th. Then there was a Jordan Binnington had 18 saves Carter Verhaeghe during the third pe- riod of an NHL hockey game on Feb tion trouble this time last year. “It brief holdup for the pitch lines to for the Blues. be cleared of snow. Panthers 6, Lightning 4 15, in Tampa, Florida. (AP) in overtime, and Ottawa overcame a In Detroit, Dominik Kubalik nearly feels uneasy talking like this. The teams around us are top, Bayern struggled to respond. In Tampa, Florida, Jonathan and two assists, and Teravainen four-goal deficit to win for the first scored his second goal of the game Leroy Sané failed to beat the Huberdeau scored to help Florida time in franchise history. 4:43 into overtime, sending the top teams and we are going to have goalkeeper in a one-on-one af- added three assists. to play incredibly well to be there. gain ground on Central Division- Carolina’s Jordan Staal was cred- Ottawa trailed 5-1 late in the sec- Blackhawks to the win. ter Lewandowski played him leading Tampa Bay. ited with two goals following a scor- ond period before charging back, Kubalik and Mattias Janmark But I think we’ve got another gear through, though the linesman ing change. Sebastian Aho and Nino improving to 1-237-3 when trailing staked the Blackhawks to a two-goal or two to what we’ve shown to- raised his fl ag for offside anyway. Niederreiter also scored for the by at least four goals. Conor Brown lead in the first period that they night.” Then Bielefeld shocked the ICE HOCKEY and Nick Paul each had a goal and slowly lost before stepping up in the Rice opened the scoring from defending champions again. Hurricanes. Vlap sent in a corner that the un- Cam Atkinson, Boone Jenner and an assist. Drake Batherson and extra session. Kubalik slipped a shot a penalty - West Ham’s fi rst spot Florida won two of three games Artem Zub also scored, and Marcus between Thomas Greiss’ pads, fin- kick of the season - in the 41st af- marked headed in Kevin Stenlund scored for from close range. Süle and David between the teams in a five-day span Columbus. Joonas Korpisalo made Hogberg stopped 33 shots. ishing a 2-on-1 rush with Pius Suter ter Lingard was brought down by Auston Matthews had two goals - late in overtime. Alaba had left the Bielefeld de- and pulled within a point of the 20 saves across two periods before Chris Basham. fender free. Lightning in the standings. he was replaced by Elvis Merzlikins. giving him an NHL-leading 12 - and Surprising Chicago won for the Diop added the second after he Aleksander Barkov, Anton Islanders 3, Sabres 1 an assist for Toronto. Joe Thornton fifth time in six games in the opener Stralman, Owen Tipppett, Anthony had a goal and an assist in his return of a six-game trip. Malcolm Subban was left unmarked to nod in Aaron In Buffalo, N.Y., Semyon Cresswell’s corner and substitute Duclair and Frank Vatrano also Varlamov stopped 20 shots and the from injury. Travis Boyd and Pierre finished with 27 stops in his fourth scored for Florida, which recorded Islanders extended their point streak Engvall provided the rest of the start of the season. Fredericks tucked in the third in its first win in Tampa Bay since to seven games with a win over the offense for Toronto, and Frederik Sharks 3, Ducks 2 stoppage time. March 26. 2016, a span of eight COVID-19-depleted Sabres, who Andersen made 25 saves. In San Jose, California, John The Blades traveled to London games. were playing their first game in two Jets 6, Oilers 5 Leonard scored his first career goal knowing a win would lift them out Chris Driedger finished with 27 weeks. In Edmonton, Alberta, Blake and San Jose earned just its second of last place. Instead they experi- saves, and Florida improved to 4-0 in Buffalo still had six regulars side- Wheeler snapped a third-period tie, regulation win of the season with a enced another defeat and lost key games following a loss this season. lined, including three defensemen, lifting the Jets to the victory. victory over Anaheim. defender John Egan to injury. Alex Volkov scored twice for in returning after a coronavirus- Mark Scheifele had a goal and Sharks captain Logan Couture and “At this level you can’t make Tampa Bay, which had its six-game forced break, which began two days two assists for Winnipeg. Kyle Kevin Labanc added goals in a rare it easy for the opposition and we home winning streak halted. Steven after a 5-3 loss to New Jersey on Jan. Connor, Mason Appleton, Nikolaj productive second period for San gift-wrapped two goals,” manager Stamkos and Tyler Johnson also 31. Rust and fatigue played a factor Ehlers and Mathieu Perreault also Jose to help coach Bob Boughner Chris Wilder said. “The timing of scored for the Lightning. Curtis in a game in which the Sabres failed scored. earn his 100th NHL win. Martin the fi rst one is terrible. I thought Alex Chiasson and Ryan Nugent- Jones made 26 saves. McElhinney made 15 saves in his to get a shot on goal in the third we would be competitive, which second start of the season. period (12-0) and were outshot Hopkins had two goals apiece and Flames 4, Canucks 3, OT Hurricanes 7, Blue Jackets 3 29-21 overall. Kailer Yamamoto also scored for in Vancouver, British Columbia, we were. I thought we were well in Edmonton, which lost for the first Johnny Gaudreau scored 23 seconds Chelsea’s Cesar Azpilicueta, left, and the game up until that moment. We In Raleigh, N.C., Brock McGinn Anders Lee, Jean-Gabriel Pageau Newcastle’s Jamal Lewis challenge and Teuvo Teravainen scored 26 and Brock Nelson scored for the time in four games. Goalie Mike into overtime to lift Calgary over had a foothold in the game. for the ball during the English Pre- “Then we started the second half seconds apart in the second period, Islanders. Smith surrendered four goals on 11 Vancouver. mier League soccer match between leading Carolina to its third consecu- Senators 6, Maple Leafs 5, OT shots before being replaced by The Flames recovered after squan- Chelsea and Newcastle United at well but then conceded from a set tive victory. In Toronto, Evgenii Dadonov Mikko Koskinen. dering a 3-2 lead in the final minute Stamford Bridge Stadium in London, play. The manner of the goals is re- McGinn finished with two goals scored his second goal of the game Blackhawks 3, Red Wings 2, OT of regulation. England, on Feb 15. (AP) ally poor.”