14 Established 1961 Sports Monday, December 11, 2017 Maple Leafs score twice in opening two minutes to beat Penguins 4-3 Blue Jackets survive two penalties against Panarin PITTSBURGH: The Toronto Maple Leafs scored twice in completing a back-to-back with two wins. They beat the opening two minutes on Saturday and held on to the New Jersey Devils on the road the night before. In beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3. Toronto (19-10-1), that game, Panarin tied the franchise record with five which has won four of five, received goals from Connor primary assists in the 5-3 victory. He has a team-lead- Brown and James van Riemsdyk in the first 1:42. Tyler ing 19 assists and 26 points in 30 games this season. Bozak made it 3-0 later in the initial period with the The Coyotes (7-20-5) have lost five of their past six first of his two goals to go along with an assist. Mitch games. They became the first team in the NHL with 20 Marner added three assists. Riley Sheahan scored for losses this season. the second game in a row, and Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby also tallied for Pittsburgh (16-12-3), RANGERS 5, DEVILS 2 which had won five of six. Toronto goaltender Frederik Mats Zuccarello scored twice and Henrik Lundqvist Andersen made 33 saves to improve to 10-2-1 with two stopped 26 shots as the New York Rangers defeated shutouts and 25 goals allowed in his past 13 games. New Jersey. The Rangers (16-11-2) won for the seventh Pittsburgh goalie Casey DeSmith, making his second time in nine games. Jimmy Vesey, Jesper Fast and Kevin NHL appearance, Hayes also scored for the stopped 10 shots in relief Rangers. Rick Nash had of Tristan Jarry. two assists. The Devils (16-9-4) lost consecutive GOLDEN KNIGHTS 5, games in regulation for STARS 3 Tampa Bay the first time this season. Four different players Damon Severson and scored and Maxime win its fourth Miles Wood scored for Lagace stopped 35 of 38 the Devils, who received shots for Vegas in a win consecutive game 34 saves from Keith Kinkaid. against Dallas. Alex Tuch, PITTSBURGH: Leo Komarov #47 of the Toronto Maple Leafs reaches for the puck against Ian Cole of the David Perron, Reilly Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG PAINTS Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. — AFP Smith, Brayden McNabb BRUINS 3, and Erik Haula scored for ISLANDERS 1 Vegas (19-9-1), which Tuukka Rask turned won its fourth straight. Brendan Leipsic and Cody aside 30 shots for his fourth straight win, leading a perfect four-game homestand. Nikolaj Ehlers, was replaced by Antti Niemi at 2:24 of the second Eakin added two assists. Tyler Pitlick, Jason Spezza and Boston to a victory over the New York Islanders. Rask, Andrew Copp and Kyle Connor scored for Winnipeg, period. Jamie Benn scored for Dallas (16-13-1), which lost its who had been struggling to start the season, causing a which is on a season-long three-game losing streak. third straight. The Stars have been outscored 13-5 over bit of a goaltending controversy as Anton Khudobin Nikita Kucherov, Mikhail Sergachev and Yanni Gourde SHARKS 5, SENATORS 0 their last three losses. ripped off four straight wins, has allowed four goals scored for the Lightning in regulation. Four different skaters scored and Aaron Dell regis- during his winning streak. He lost what would have tered his second shutout of the season as the Sharks KINGS 3, HURRICANES 2 been his 40th career shutout when Andres Lee scored AVALANCHE 7, PANTHERS 3 beat the Ottawa. Dell made 25 saves for his third Tanner Pearson scored with 20 seconds left in over- with 3:08 left but raised his record to 7-8-2. With the Colorado scored four straight goals-including two career shutout. The Senators have been blanked in time and Los Angeles won its eighth consecutive game Islanders pressing for the tying goal, Danton Heinen hit within 41 seconds-snapping a four-game losing streak three of their last four outings. San Jose has won con- with a victory over Carolina. Pearson, Anze Kopitar the empty net with 41.2 seconds remaining in the game. with a win over Florida. Semyon Varlamov made 39 secutive games. Joe Pavelski scored his sixth goal of and Tyler Toffoli each had a goal and an assist for the Brad Marchand (11th goal) and rookie Jake DeBrusk saves to earn the win. The Avalanche got goals Mikko the season at 3:24 of the third period on the power Kings (20-8-3), who pulled within a win of their fran- scored, with Torey Krug and David Pastrnak assisting Rantanen, a tying score from Nathan MacKinnon, a play. Logan Couture provided the primary assist, chise record of nine straight victories from Jan. 21 to on both goals as the Bruins won for the fourth time in tiebreaking deflection from Alexander Kerfoot, insur- which was his 400th career point. And Tomas Hertl Feb. 6, 2010. Jonathan Quick made 32 saves for Los their last five games. ance markers by Erik Johnson and Colin Wilson and scored his sixth goal of the season at 17:38 of the third. Angeles. Carolina scored twice in the final seven min- empty-netters by Matt Nieto and Carl Soderberg. The Sharks were all over the Senators through 40 min- utes of regulation to tie the score. Victor Rask pre- BLUES 6, RED WINGS 1 Florida got goals from Aaron Ekblad, Denis Malgin and utes, leading 3-0 and outshooting the visitors by a 31- vented Quick from getting his 47th career shutout St Louis scored four goals on five shots in the first Jonathan Huberdeau but was unable to avoid its fourth 14 count. when he took a pass from Teuvo Teravainen and and second periods and defeated Detroit. Brayden loss in the past five games. Malgin has four goals this scored on a one-timer with 6:57 remaining. Schenn and Jay Bouwmeester had a goal and an assist season-all of them within the past six games. FLAMES 4, CANUKS 2 each and Jayden Schwartz, Vladimir Sobotka, Scottie Sam Bennett scored the game-winning goal with BLUE JACKETS 1, COYOTES 0 Upshall and Dmitrij Jaskin scored for St. Louis, which OILERS 6, CANADIENS 2 1:10 remaining in the game and Calgary beat Columbus left winger Artemi Panarin delivered the won its third straight. Alex Pietrangelo had two assists Jujhar Khaira scored two goals and Laurent Vancouver. Bennett skated out from the corner and put primary assist on a sixth consecutive goal in the past and goalie Jake Allen made 28 saves. Frans Nielsen Brossoit made 22 saves to help Edmonton to a win a backhand past Canucks goalie Anders Nilsson for his two games and the Blue Jackets held off Arizona. Josh scored for Detroit, which has lost eight of its last nine. against Montreal. Michael Cammalleri, Milan Lucic, fourth goal of the season. Matthew Tkachuk added an Anderson scored his team-leading 11th goal in the Oscar Klefbom and Yohann Auvito also scored for the empty netter with 23 seconds left for his second goal opening minute of the game with the assist from LIGHTNING 4, JETS 3 Oilers (12-15-2), who won for the fifth time in eight of the night. Troy Brouwer also scored for Calgary. Panarin and Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky Brayden Point scored his third overtime goal of the games (5-3-0). Edmonton captain Connor McDavid Brock Boeser and Jake Virtanen were the Canucks posted his fourth shutout of the season. The Blue season to lead Tampa Bay to a victory against had two assists. Alex Galchenyuk and Phillip Danault scorers. The Flames (16-12-2) ended a home losing Jackets (19-10-1) survived two penalties against Winnipeg. Point raced in on goalie Connor Hellebuyck scored for the Canadiens (13-14-4), who have dropped skid at three games and returned to the .500 mark at Panarin with 2:53 remaining in the third period to and flipped a backhander into the net for the winner as three in a row (0-2-1) following a five-game winning the Saddledome through 16 games with their eighth remain atop the Metropolitan Division standings after Tampa Bay won its fourth consecutive game to cap off streak. Carey Price allowed four goals on 14 shots and home win. The Canucks (14-12-4) lost for the second “The results are pretty good!” he said, Hirscher admitting to now feeling extremely nervous Lomachenko despite his experience. “Before the race I was really nervous wins Val because I’ve missed so many training days... retains title as I get so nervous before races, ‘Am I ready for this or not?’, so many questions. “Every turn d’Isere slalom makes you stronger.” Rigondeaux Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen, slalom VAL-D’ISRE: Austrian Marcel Hirscher winner in Val d’Isere in the last two seasons quits after six called on all his experience to master incred- ahead of Hirscher, claimed second, 0.39sec ibly tough conditions and deliver a fast- adrift of Hirscher and just one-hundredth of charging second run to snatch victory in the a second ahead of third-placed Swede NEW YORK: Vasyl Lomachenko continued World Cup slalom in Val d’Isere yesterday. Andre Myhrer. First run leader Stefano his meteoric rise up the boxing ladder, retain- Starting in eighth position in the second run, Gross of Italy could only finish sixth, at ing his WBO junior lightweight title Saturday during which the top 30 from the first run 0.76sec.