Established 1961 25 Sports Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Raanta’s first shutout of the season as Coyotes blank Kings Capitals use balance to blast Ducks GLENDALE: Derek Stepan scored his second goal in the Kings’ Austin Wagner with 10:32 to play in the third as many games, and Conor Garland had a goal and an period. Jack Campbell made 24 saves for Los Angeles. assist in the Arizona Coyotes’ 3-0 win over the Los Meanwhile, Alex Ovechkin was one of five Capitals Angeles Kings on Monday night in Glendale, Ariz. who scored a goal as Washington defeated the visiting Jakob Chychrun also scored, Christian Dvorak and Nick Anaheim Ducks 5-2 Monday night. Schmaltz had two assists each, and Antti Raanta made Richard Panik, Chandler Stephenson, Jakub Vrana 31 saves for the Coyotes, who have won four of their and Tom Wilson also each scored a goal as Washington past five games. The Kings’ three-game winning streak, came up with at least one in each of the three periods. their longest of the season thus far, came to an end. Goalie Braden Holtby made 32 saves and improved Raanta, the No. 2 goalie for the Coyotes, recorded to 10-0-1 in his past 11 starts. He has won seven in a his first shutout of the season. Together with Darcy row. The Capitals now are 13-1-2 in their past 16 games, Kuemper’s shutout on Saturday night in a win over the and they improved to 7-1-1 in the month of November. Calgary Flames, the duo became the first goaltending Also, they’ve won two in a row since losing to Montreal tandem in franchise history to post back-to-back at home on Friday, the team’s lone loss this month. shutouts. Arizona has won eight of its past 12 games Panik gave Washington an early lead with his first against Los Angeles. goal as a member of the Capitals — and it came 50 Garland scored his team-leading 10th goal of the seconds into the contest. He took a quick pass from season just 3:12 into the game when he put in a deflect- Travis Boyd and fired a high shot past goalie John ed shot from Dvorak. Garland’s 23 career goals sur- Gibson from the left circle. passed Juha Ylonen for the second-most by a Coyotes The Caps took control with two goals in the second fifth-round draft pick in franchise history. period, from Ovechkin and Stephenson, for a 3-0 lead. Stepan finished a series of pinpoint passes around Ovechkin’s goal came on a power play at 6:39 of the the perimeter and into the center for a power-play period from the left circle. Evgeny Kuznetsov set up the goal at 14:48 of the first, with Dvorak and Phil Kessel play by threading a perfect pass to Ovechkin through notching assists. The Coyotes made it 3-0 midway traffic from the right side. through the second period on Chychrun’s fifth goal of Washington made it 3-0 on the Stephenson goal the season, off a no-look pass from Garland. Schmaltz’s with 34 seconds left in the second period. He took a second assist on the night raised his team-high point pass from Garnet Hathaway and beat Gibson from total to 18. between the circles. After making the pass, Hathaway GLENDALE: Arizona Coyotes celebrate victory after the match. Arizona had converted only one of its previous 26 then jumped into a brawl that took the officials several chances on the power play until going 2-for-4 on minutes to control and figure out. He came away with a would stand up, but eventually it did. Ducks that cut the margin to 4-2. Wilson’s empty- Monday. Los Angeles went 0-for-4 on power plays in match penalty as seven penalties were handed out Vrana scored his goal in the third period before net goal locked it up for Washington with 1:11 the loss. Raanta turned away a breakaway attempt by overall. There even was some question about if the goal Sam Steel and Nicolas Deslauriers got goals for the remaining. —Reuters Thursday. Uncapped Muhammad He took four wickets in the first He was offered the chance to head Schoolboy seamer Musa and another 19-year-old, innings and went on to amass 373 home but elected to stay with the Shaheen Afridi, who has three tests victims in a career of 87 matches. Pakistan group to fulfil his family’s Naseem pitches to his credit, are the other two Now Pakistan’s bowling coach, wishes for his career, team manage- jostling in a pace unit that also Waqar said Naseem reminded him ment said. After missing a day of the Smith has no problem up for unlikely includes the more seasoned pair of of Australia’s fiery fast bowler tour game against Australia A while Mohammad Abbas and Imran Khan. Dennis Lillee. on compassionate leave, he returned with short ban for debut in Australia Coach Misbah-ul-Haq and his fel- “He’s got a very similar action. to the side and bowled eight overs, low selectors have been criticised by He’s not as big as Dennis — Dennis dismissing test opener Marcus Harris MELBOURNE: Teenage tearaways Pakistan media for placing too much was a big guy — but when he gets it with a brutal, rising delivery. ball-tamperer Pooran are part of the fabric of Pakistan expectation on such young shoul- right, he’s a handful,” Waqar told With the Gabba usually serving up cricket but schoolboy seamer ders, particularly against an ascen- local media last week. a fast and bouncy wicket, Naseem Naseem Shah could redefine the dant team that thrives on home could hardly ask for a better pitch term “wunderkind” if selected during pitches. NO BAGGAGE for his first test outing if handed a the test series in Australia. But the Pakistan staff believe Australia seamer Pat Cummins, cap. Head coach Misbah says The 16-year-old from Lower Dir boldness is key to transforming their who took a match-winning seven- Naseem could be the tour’s “surprise district on the border of Afghanistan seventh-ranked side into a global wicket haul as an 18-year-old debu- package” but warned the 16-year- would eclipse former home captain force. Gambling on youth has seen tant against South Africa, said old not to get too carried away with Ian Craig as the youngest test debu- some of the nation’s emerging talents Naseem’s inexperience could work the fire and brimstone against play- tant on Australian soil. Craig took the suffer bruising initiations in the past for him. “Sometimes that’s almost ers of the calibre of master batsman field as a 17-year-old against South and ultimately end up left by the better, when you start off a little bit Steve Smith. Africa in 1953, scoring a half-century wayside. naive,” Cummins told reporters. “Naseem is a fine bowler, a young at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Yet it has also unearthed a number “You just want to go out and bowl bowler, but at the same time cricket Naseem, with only seven first of gems. Waqar Younis, the country’s fast and not be clouded by the bag- discipline remains the same,” Misbah class matches under his belt, is the second-highest test wicket-taker gage of a few long days in the dirt.” told reporters. “No matter how youngest of three teenagers compet- after Wasim Akram, made his 1989 Naseem is carrying a heavy burden quick you are, I think if you execute ing for a pace bowling slot in the debut against India in Karachi a day of grief, however, following the death your plans well, then you have a opening match at the Gabba on before his 18th birthday. of his mother last week. chance.” —Reuters Black Caps’ bowlers on their home turf. “I know he’s raring to go. If he gets the oppor- New Zealand and Pacemen Trent Boult and Tim Southee bundled tunity he’ll make the most of it,” Wagner said. New the tourists out for 58 in the first innings of the Zealand will also be bolstered by the return of Steve Smith England put cricket opening Test as England tried to play what Root captain Kane Williamson, who sat out the T20 described as “fast forward” cricket. England’s series with a nagging hip injury. BRISBANE: Steve Smith insists he does not skipper said his team would be taking a more It will be the first Test match ever staged at feel “hard done by” after the West Indies’ rivalry to the Test measured approach this time, with batsmen plac- Mount Maunganui’s Bay Oval, which has been Nicholas Pooran received a four-match ban for ing an emphasis on protecting their wickets. hosting limited-overs internationals since 2014. MOUNT MAUNGANUI: New Zealand and ball-tampering compared to the master “We have to be prepared to play some attri- The beachside venue is Wagner’s home ground Australian batsman’s year-long suspension. England will take their cricketing rivalry into the tional cricket at times,” he said. “We have to try to and he said the wicket could take time to get Test arena tomorrow after finding themselves The talented Pooran was last week suspend- bat longer... it would be nice to get used to batting used to. ed by the International Cricket Council for four evenly matched in recent limited-overs thrillers.