SPORTS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2016 Flyers score 3 in third period to beat Rangers 4-2 NEW YORK: Jakub Voracek scored the tiebreaking goal dur- ing Philadelphia’s three-goal third period and the Flyers went on to a 4-2 exhibition victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night. Mark Streit, Sean Couturier and Travis Konecny also scored to help the Flyers improve to a Metropolitan Division-best 4-2-1 in the preseason. Michal Neuvirth had 24 saves. Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist, and Chris Kreider also scored for the Rangers. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 shots. Couturier tied it at 2, deflecting Streit’s shot past Lundqvist at 2:29 of the third just as a Flyers power play was expiring. Voracek put the Flyers ahead 2:15 later. He cut to the net and took a pass from Wayne Simmonds and fired it past Lundqvist for his third of the preseason. Konecny capped the scoring with 9:07 left. At Columbus, Ohio, Matt Beleskey and Seth Griffin scored to lead the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Anton Khudobin started and stopped all 11 shots he faced over the first 29:14. He was then replaced by Malcolm Subban, who finished with 16 saves. Beleskey tipped a shot by Colin Miller past Sergei Bobrovsky 2:34 into the game to get the Bruins on the score- board first. Griffin’s snap shot made it 2-0 at 3:53 of the third period. Brandon Saad spoiled the Bruins’ shutout bid with a power-play goal at 6:49 of the final period. Bobrovsky finished with 20 saves. At Montreal, Andrew Shaw scored twice and Shea Weber got a goal in his first game with Montreal in the Canadiens’ 6- 1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Carey Price had 28 saves in his first game for Montreal since he suffered a season-ending injury on Nov. 25. Weber played his first game for Montreal since he was acquired from Nashville for P.K. Subban in the offseason. Michael McCarron, Alex Galchenyuk and Artturi Lehkonen also scored for the Canadiens, who ended their preseason schedule at 4-1-2. Auston Matthews scored a power-play goal for the Leafs, who will complete their preseason with games against Detroit on Friday and Saturday.—AP All Blacks have ‘clear heads’ for Boks test, says Read BRISBANE: File photo shows Michael Hooper of the Australian Wallabies, left, tackles South African Springboks player Faf de Klerk, center bottom, during the Rugby Championship match between the Wallabies and the Springboks at DURBAN: New Zealand captain Kieran Read says his side go Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. — AP into today’s final Rugby Championship clash against South Africa in Durban with “clear heads” after a tough week in Pumas, Wallabies playing which scrumhalf Aaron Smith was sent home. Smith received a one-match suspension from New Zealand Rugby after admitting he had a liaison with a female in a dis- money match at Twickenham abled toilet while on team duty at Christchurch airport last month. Read avoided referring directly to the incident at his LONDON: Almost a year after playing the reserves. “It’s pretty clear we’re giving the Wallabies a two-try start in captain’s news conference in Durban on Friday, but said the out a tense Rugby World Cup semifinal, going through a generational change,” the first 10 minutes. The Wallabies got team were feeling no ill-effects of their hectic travel schedule Argentina and Australia are back at Cheika said. “We understand that our away again in Perth last month, going and the loss of their regular number nine. Twickenham today in the first Rugby challenge in Australian rugby is to build up 21-0 within 12 minutes. The lesson “It’s nice to get to Friday and just know we have to put the Championship match outside the south- more depth. But we’re not going to cry must eventually be learned by the finishing touches to the preparation and go into tomorrow ern hemisphere. about it, talking about losing players Pumas. with clear heads,” Read said. Both unions agreed to shift the overseas. We won’t whinge about a lack “We just need to turn up and play our brand of rugby. match because they need the millions of depth - we’ll go out and make that Lineups: Right now we are in a good space.” The All Blacks are chasing they could pocket if their teams fill depth instead. Argentina: Joaquin Tuculet, Matias a 17th test win in a row, which would equal a record mark for 82,000-seat Twickenham, which has “That said, winning matches is what Moroni, Matias Orlando, Santiago top-tier rugby nation they have achieved twice before. twice as many seats as the original ven- it’s all about. No one cares about second Gonzalez Iglesias, Manuel Montero, “History suggests it’s pretty tough to move past this level ue in Mendoza. - I can’t remember who was in the World Nicholas Sanchez, Martin Landajo; where we are at now,” Read said. “We want to go and get 17, But, unlike at the Rugby World Cup, Cup final, I only remember that New Leonardo Senatore, Javier Ortega Desio, but you can’t be thinking about records once you are on the both teams haven’t done enough to Zealand won it.” The feature of his selec- Pablo Matera, Matias Alemanno, Guido field.” Read disagrees with former All Black World Cup-win- make the last-round match a can’t-miss tion was dropping James Slipper, Petti, Ramiro Herrera, Agustin Creevy ning coach Graham Henry that the Boks are on a downward affair. New Zealand won the champi- Australia’s most-capped prop with 82, (captain), Lucas Noguera. Reserves: spiral, despite a difficult year for the side in which they have onship with two rounds to spare, and from the reserves and replacing him Julian Montoya, Santiago Garcia Botta, lost three times in the Rugby Championship. the Pumas and Wallabies are also-rans in with Tom Robertson, who can prop on Enrique Pieretto, Marcos Kremer, Tomas “Graham Henry likes making remarks about opposition the bottom half of the standings. both sides and was much younger. Cubelli, Juan Manuel Leguizamon, teams to be honest,” Read said with a chuckle. “We truly Last weekend, the Pumas didn’t The Pumas, whose only win in the Jeronimo de la Fuente, Ramiro Moyano. respect them. The history of our two teams, we know how come close to the All Blacks at home, championship was at home against Australia: Israel Folau, Dane Haylett- much it means to put on the Springbok jumper, which is the while the Wallabies failed in South Africa South Africa in late August, chose influ- Petty, Samu Kerevi, Bernard Foley, Reece same as the All Black jumper for us.” to turn their domination into enough ential flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez (right Hodge, Quade Cooper, Will Genia; The number eight said the All Blacks were expecting a fast points. Australia coach Michael Cheika ankle and knee) and winger Manuel Lopeti Timani, Michael Hooper, Dean match and are ready for a physical forward challenge. said the chance to finish second in the Montero (left leg) subject to them pass- Mumm, Adam Coleman, Rory Arnold, “We have got our plan to play a really quick game and as a championship was irrelevant to the ing fitness tests yesterday. If Sanchez, Sekope Kepu, Stephen Moore (captain), forward pack I think the most important thing is to be physical more important chance to restock the the Pumas’ main kicker, can’t play, then Scott Sio. Reserves: James Hanson, Tom with the South Africans. They have a gun kicker in Morne team. Queensland back-rower Leroy Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias would swap Robertson, Allan Ala’alatoa, Kane (Steyn) who can slot them from anywhere. So if we give them Houston, on loan at Bath, could become his No. 12 jersey for No. 10. Douglas, Scott Fardy, Leroy Houston, opportunities we will be facing a scoreboard that is ticking the 11th Australian to make his The Pumas lost to Australia in that Nick Phipps, Tevita Kuridrani, Sefa over against us.” — Reuters Wallabies debut this year if he comes off World Cup semifinal 29-15, their errors Naivalu (one to be omitted). — AP.