MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 SPORTS Gaborik’s goals rally Kings to 3-2 win over Blackhawks LOS ANGELES: Marian Gaborik scored the tying Nilsson stopped David Perron and Sidney goal with 5:55 left in regulation and added his Crosby. Leon Draisaitl and Lauri Korpikoski fifth of the season 2:04 into overtime, lifting the scored in the first period for the Oilers, who end- Los Angeles Kings to a 3-2 victory over the ed a five-game road losing streak and three- Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night. Chicago game skid overall. After Edmonton led 2-0, right wing Patrick Kane broke an NHL record for Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin scored his 10th and American-born players with a point in his 19th 11th goals early in the second. The Penguins consecutive game, scoring on a power play and dropped their second straight and third in four assisting on Niklas Hjalmarsson’s first goal of the games overall. season. But the Blackhawks, who beat Anaheim 3-2 in overtime on Friday night after trailing 2-0 SABRES 4, PREDATORS 1 with less than 2 minutes left in regulation, blew a Sam Reinhart scored twice to send Buffalo to 2-0 third-period lead against the Kings. It was the its second straight win. Jamie McGinn and Ryan Stanley Cup champions’ first loss since the start O’Reilly also scored for the Sabres, and Chad of last season when leading after two periods. Johnson made 28 saves. Mike Fisher had Gaborik got the equalizer with a short wrist shot Nashville’s only goal. The Predators have from the slot after defenseman Brent Seabrook dropped five of their last six. Nashville goal- overskated the puck while trying to carry it out tender Juuse Saros made 20 saves in his NHL of his own end and lost it to Anze Kopitar. His debut. second game-winner of the season came on a shot that beat Scott Darling low to the stick side. ISLANDERS 3, LIGHTNING 2 John Tavares scored a tiebreaking power- STARS 4, WILD 3, OT play goal in the third period, leading the Tyler Seguin scored at 3:57 of overtime, and Islanders to the road win. Tavares put the the Stars came back from a three-goal deficit to Islanders ahead during a goalmouth scramble get the win. Alex Goligoski, Jamie Benn and John with 3:36 left. New York scored twice on the pow- Klingberg scored for Dallas in the third period. er play after entering with just two on the road Seguin, Benn and Klingberg each had one assist, this season. Josh Bailey and Cal Clutterbuck also and Cody Eakin had two assists. Antti Niemi scored for New York, which was coming off a 3-2 made 23 saves as the Stars won for the fifth time loss Friday night at Florida, a game that the in six games. Jason Pominville ended the longest Panthers won in a five-round shootout. Alex goalless streak of his career with his first goal of Killorn and Anton Stralman scored for the the season, and Thomas Vanek and Charlie Coyle Lightning. Steven Stamkos had two assists. also scored for the Wild. Minnesota lost for the fifth time in six games. Darcy Kuemper made 40 SHARKS 5, FLAMES 2 saves for Minnesota. San Jose’s Joel Ward and Patrick Marleau scored power-play goals 50 seconds apart in the CAPITALS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 2 second period. Tommy Wingels, Tomas Hertl and Jason Chimera had a goal and an assist, and Marc-Edouard Vlasic also scored, and the Sharks Washington earned its fifth straight victory. Tom won at home for the first time in over three Wilson, Marcus Johansson and Justin Williams weeks. They had lost five of their previous six at also scored for the Capitals, who improved to 7- home. Markus Granlund and Micheal Ferland 2-0 on the road and 17-5-1 overall. Braden scored for the Flames. Calgary dropped all three Holtby made 32 saves. It was the third straight games of its western trip. It won all three games loss for last-place Toronto. Peter Holland and Leo it played in San Jose last season. Martin Jones GHENT: (From L) Britain’s Jamie Murray, Britain’s James Ward, Britain’s captain Leon Smith, Britain’s Andy Murray and Britain’s Kyle Edmund Komarov scored for the Maple Leafs, and stopped 25 shots for the Sharks, and Jonas Hiller pose with the trophy after winning the Davis Cup tennis final against Belgium at Flanders Expo in Ghent yesterday. Britain won the Davis Cup Jonathan Bernier made 19 saves in his first start had 24 saves for the Flames. for the first time in 79 years in Ghent on Sunday when Andy Murray defeated David Goffin 6-3, 7-5, 6-3, in the first of the reverse singles for an in nearly two weeks - starter James Reimer sat unbeatable 3-1 lead over Belgium. — AFP with a lower-body injury. COYOTES 4, SENATORS 3 Mikkel Boedker had his second hat trick DEVILS 3, CANADIENS 2, OT against Ottawa this season, and the Coyotes Long wait over as Murray Defenseman John Moore scored in overtime, ended the Senators’ four-game winning streak. and the Devils rallied for the road win. Patrik Elias Boedker’s three-goal performance follows the and Kyle Palmieri also scored for New Jersey (12- hat trick he had in Ottawa on Oct. 24. He has 9-2). In his first career game at the Bell Centre, three career hat tricks overall. Dustin Jeffrey, wins Davis Cup for Britain Corey Schneider stopped 29 shots. Alex recalled from Springfield of the American Galchenyuk scored twice for Montreal (18-4-3). Hockey League on Tuesday, knocked it past Mike Condon made 28 saves while subbing for goalie Mike Anderson on a second-period break- GHENT: Britain won the Davis Cup for the first this weekend. I will try to do that in Australia. “I out to be the key to the final. Murray held serve injured starter Carey Price. New Jersey bounced away for the other Arizona goal. Mike Hoffman time in 79 years in Ghent yesterday when Andy will enjoy this one.” Murray’s mother and mentor with ease, while Goffin hung on grimly. back nicely from Friday’s 3-2 loss to Montreal, scored two goals, one on a power play, for the Murray defeated David Goffin 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 in the early in his career, Judy, who saw her two sons when the Canadiens rallied from two goals down Senators. first of the reverse singles to take an unbeatable supply all three British points in Ghent, tweeted: Superb lob to beat the Devils in a shootout in the first game 3-1 lead over Belgium. “mission accomplished”. “It is amazing, as good a The Belgian somehow moved out into a 5-4 of their home-and-home series. After Palmieri FLYERS 3, RANGERS 0 It was a fitting climax for the 28-year-old Scot feeling as I could imagine,” said British team cap- lead and with the decibel level rising again as tied it with 22 seconds remaining in the third Wayne Simmonds had two goals and an to provide the winning point, having won all 11 tain Leon Smith, who has overseen his country’s the crowd scented blood, Murray needed to period, Moore beat Condon on a breakaway at assist, and Steve Mason made 24 saves for the rubbers he played in during the campaign as the revival from the depths of the Davis Cup third serve to stay in the set. 2:29 of overtime. Flyers’ fourth shutout this season. Sean Couturier British defeated heavyweights United States, tier to cup glory in the space of five years. “Andy But he did that with some ease and then in also scored for Philadelphia, which has won two France and Australia before the clincher against has shown himself to be an absolute superstar. the next game, the Scot stepped up the pressure BLUES 3, BLUE JACKETS 1 straight. It was the Flyers’ first win at Madison Belgium. He will be the first to say it is a team thing, but once again and got the break he needed as Scottie Upshall scored in the third period to Square Garden since Feb. 20, 2011. Following a The win over Goffin made him just the third what he has done is astonishing. I am proud of Goffin netted a forehand drive. lead St. Louis to the win. Vladimir Tarasenko strong start to the season, New York has dropped player, after John McEnroe and Mats Wilander, to everyone.” Goffin had only once in his career come back scored his 14th goal for the Blues (15-6-3), who three in a row. Antti Raanta made 31 saves for win all eight singles in the same calendar year The match-up of the two national number to win after losing the first two sets of a match were 3-3-2 over their last eight games. Alexander the Rangers. since the Davis Cup World Group started in 1981. ones came after both had won their opening and that was in Friday’s opening rubber against Steen added an empty-netter, and Jake Allen And it underpinned Murray’s place in tennis his- singles on Friday and Murray had teamed up Kyle Edmund. But against a player of Murray’s made 23 saves. Ryan Johansen scored and Sergei AVALANCHE 5, JETS 3 Bobrovsky made 29 saves for the Blue Jackets Gabriel Landeskog and Matt Duchene each tory following his headline-making wins in the with brother Jamie the following day to defeat calibre and fitness it was a huge ask.