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  • DeAngelo caps Flyers rally for 4-3 OT win over Sharks

    DeAngelo caps Flyers rally for 4-3 OT win over Sharks

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    SAN JOSE, Calif. — Tony DeAngelo scored 1:10 into overtime to complete Philadelphia’s rally from two goals down in the third period as the Flyers beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Thursday night.

    The Flyers tied the game with 2:05 to play in regulation after pulling the goalie when Travis Konecny’s shot deflected off a San Jose defenseman and into the net for his second goal of the game.

    Philadelphia won it when Ivan Provorov set up DeAngelo in transition for the tap-in goal.

    Owen Tippett also scored for the Flyers in their first game of a three-game California swing. Samuel Ersson made 25 saves to earn his first win in his second career start.

    Tomas Hertl scored twice for San Jose, and Erik Karlsson had two assists to become the fastest defenseman to 50 points in more than 30 years. Kevin Labanc also scored.

    Karlsson assisted on the first goal by Hertl and Labanc’s goal to extend his points streak to 11 games and give him 50 points in San Jose’s 37th game of the season — the fastest for a defenseman since Al MacInnis did it in 35 games for Calgary in 1990-91.

    Kaapo Kahkonen made 22 saves and is winless in his last four starts since shutting out Montreal on Nov. 29.

    The teams traded goals within a 47-second span midway through the first period, with Karlsson setting up Hertl in the slot to open the scoring for San Jose.

    Karlsson is now one game shy of the franchise record 12-game point streak held by Rob Gaudreau (1992-93) and Jonathan Cheechoo (2005-06).

    The Flyers answered quickly when Konecny deflected a point shot from DeAngelo for his 16th goal after Philadelphia won an offensive zone faceoff.

    Hertl got the lead back for San Jose in the second when he took a pass on the power play from Timo Meier and redirected it for his 13th goal of the season.

    Labanc provided some insurance with his goal early in the third before Tippett answered for the Flyers.

    INJURY REPORT

    Flyers goalie Carter Hart made the trip after being placed on IR with a concussion. He is expected to play later on the road trip.

    Sharks defenseman Matt Benning was scratched after blocking a shot with his skate while killing a penalty on Tuesday night. Radim Simek returned to the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past two games.

    UP NEXT

    Flyers: Visit Los Angeles on Saturday.

    Sharks: Visit Dallas on Saturday night.

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  • Horvat has 2 goals and 2 assists, Canucks beat Sharks 6-2

    Horvat has 2 goals and 2 assists, Canucks beat Sharks 6-2

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    VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Bo Horvat had two goals and two assists, Spencer Martin stopped 24 shots and the Vancouver Canucks beat the San Jose Sharks 6-2 on Tuesday night for their third straight victory.

    Ilya Mikheyev had a goal and three assists, and Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser and Quinn Hughes, with his first of the season, also scored for the Canucks. They are 7-3 in their last 10 games, with all three losses at home, and 16-15-3 overall.

    “I feel like we’ve been playing the right way,” Boeser said. “We’re kind of getting that swagger back. That’s a big part of our team. When we don’t have that swagger, sometimes (things) get kind of dead. We’ve just got to keep playing the right way.”

    Coach Bruce Boudreau hesitated when asked about the Canucks’ swagger.

    “I don’t like that word,” he said. “I think the team is starting to believe in themselves a little bit and I think that’s important.”

    Horvat has 14 points (nine goals, five assists) in his last 10 games.

    “It’s awesome,” Boeser said about Horvat. “It’s really fun to watch.”

    Timo Meir scored twice for San Jose and James Reimer made 19 saves. Reimer is a victory short of 200 in his NHL career.

    “I thought we had chances to climb back in,” San Jose coach David Quinn said. “I don’t like what went on in our own end. We’ve got to fix that in practice and get back to playing good structural defence.”

    Vancouver took control of the game with goals from Mikheyev and Hughes 1:40 apart in the second period.

    Mikheyev gave the Canucks a 3-1 lead just seconds after the Sharks killed a Vancouver power play. He scored his 12th of the season at 4:36, taking a pass from Andrei Kuzmenko and putting it over Reimer’s shoulder. Hughes scored at 6:16 with a shot from the faceoff circle that found the top of the net.

    UP NEXT

    Sharks: Host Philadelphia on Thursday night.

    Canucks: At Winnipeg on Thursday night.

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  • Andersson’s OT goal gives Flames 3-2 win over Ducks

    Andersson’s OT goal gives Flames 3-2 win over Ducks

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    ANAHEIM, Calif. — Rasmus Andersson scored 2:24 into overtime and the Calgary Flames beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Friday night.

    Andersson beat Lukas Dostal with a wrist shot from the right circle to extend Calgary’s pointS streak to four games, with three wins in that stretch.

    “Overtime is a possession game, we all know that,” Andersson said. “I think they had a couple of tired guys out there and we managed to capitalize. … Now we have a couple days off and enjoy Christmas with friends and family, then we get back to it.”

    Michael Stone and Brett Ritchie also scored and Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves as the Flames wrapped up a successful four-game California trip.

    Calgary has picked up 16 points so far in December, getting six wins and four overtime or shootout losses out of 13 games.

    “It was a pretty greasy win, a lot like the other points and wins we got,” Ritchie said. “We could have had a two or three goal lead there, but they tied it late, and it goes to the extra frame.”

    Mason McTavish and Jakob Silfverberg had power-play goals — the sixth time this season Anaheim had mutlple goals with the man advantage. Dostal made 42 saves for the Ducks, who have lost the first two games of their franchise-record 10-game homestand.

    The Ducks struck on the power play 3:28 into the third to tie the game at 2. Silfverberg’s wrist shot from the left circle was helped in by a deflection off the stick of MacKenzie Weeger.

    “It wasn’t pretty before that,” Silfverberg said. “We were struggling to get into the zone but we managed to catch them in a transition play.”

    Ritchie put the Flames back in front 2-1 2:56 into the second period with a slick backhand from the left circle, set up by Trevor Lewis getting the puck after Ducks defenseman John Klingberg’s attempt to clear it hit the referee.

    The Ducks tied at 1 on a 5-on-3 power play with 3:16 to go in the first when McTavish buried a one-timer from the right circle. It was the sixth goal and 20th point for the rookie, who has come on strong in December with nine points.

    “He doesn’t come to the rink and just spend time here,” Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. “He invests time every day in his game, and that’s the evolution.”

    Despite playing the second game of a back-to-back following a 4-3 overtime loss at Los Angeles on Thursday, the Flames were the sharper team at the start and went ahead on Stone’s blistering slap shot from the left point 4:19 into the game.

    “I think, 5-on-5, we controlled the game,” Flames coach Darryl Sutter said. “Obviously, those kids get on the power play, they’re pretty good.”

    SHOCKING SECOND

    Besides ending up on the wrong side of a bad bounce that set up Ritchie’s sixth goal, the Ducks had to deal with plenty of adversity of their own doing in the middle 20 minutes. Anaheim committed four penalties in the second, with Klingberg tripping Ritchie just after exiting the box for a high-sticking foul. The Ducks were also outshot 23-1.

    “The parade to the penalty box, it has to stop. And, for whatever reason, it’s the second period. These second period penalties, they come in bunches, and it’s affecting the whole flow of the game,” Eakins said.

    UP NEXT

    Flames: Host Edmonton on Tuesday night.

    Ducks: Host Vegas on Wednesday night.

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  • Pettersson has 5-point night, adds SO winner for Canucks

    Pettersson has 5-point night, adds SO winner for Canucks

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    VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Elias Pettersson scored his second goal of the game to tie it with 1:20 left in regulation and added the shootout winner in the Vancouver Canucks’ 6-5 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night.

    Pettersson, who also had three assists, drilled a hard shot from above the faceoff circle to tie it with goalie Spencer Martin off for an extra attacker.

    Pettersson returned to the lineup after missing two games because of a non-COVID-19 illness.

    “I was running on no energy, just wanting the puck to go in,” Pettersson said.

    Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau heaped praise on Pettersson.

    “That’s six days off the ice and then he came in and did what he did tonight,” Boudreau said. “Pretty amazing. I don’t think you guys realize how much of an anomaly that is, being off six days and then playing that great. It defies logic.”

    The Canucks had a power play with a minute left in the 3-on-3 overtime after Seattle’s Jordan Eberle was called for holding, but couldn’t score.

    Andrei Kuzmenko had a goal and two assists for Vancouver, Lane Pederson scored his first goal in his third NHL game and added an assist, and Brock Boeser also connected. The Canucks have beaten the Kraken all six times they’ve met.

    Martin stopped 31 shots for Vancouver.

    Daniel Sprong scored twice for Seattle, and Jared McCann, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Alex Wennberg also had goals. Bjorkstrand and Sprong struck 10 seconds apart in the second to give Seattle a 3-1 lead.

    “The result is disappointing,” Wennberg said. “We just worked really hard. “I feel like we emptied the tank today and unfortunately it didn’t work out.”

    The Canucks erased three, two-goal deficits.

    “We don’t do anything the easy way,” Boudreau said. “Give the team credit for not quitting. That’s a testament to the boys in the room.”

    Kuzmenko cut it to 4-3 at 5:13, scoring off the rebound of Pederson’s shot.

    Sprong scored his second of the night just over a minute later, tipping in a pass from Brandon Tanev. Boeser got Vancouver back within one, redirecting Pettersson shot past goalie Martin Jones on a power play at 8:52.

    Jones made 32 saves.

    “We’re here to win a hockey game and we didn’t do that,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “We have to do better when we’ve got a two-goal lead. That’s a game we feel like we should be able to close out.”

    UP NEXT

    Kraken: Host Calgary on Wednesday night.

    Canucks: At Edmonton on Friday night.

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  • Maple Leafs hang on 4-3 over Flyers in weekday matinee

    Maple Leafs hang on 4-3 over Flyers in weekday matinee

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    TORONTO — Goals from Calle Jarnkrok and Mitchell Marner ignited the Toronto Maple Leafs late in the second period. They then survived a late-game scare to score a 4-3 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday afternoon.

    In their final outing before the Christmas break, the Maple Leafs (21-7-6) increased their victory string at Scotiabank Arena to six games and a perfect 5-0 in December.

    Only the Boston Bruins, who were scheduled to play the Winnipeg Jets later Thursday, have a better home record at 17-0-2 to the Maple Leafs’ 13-2-3.

    The Flyers (11-16-7) arrived in Toronto with the second-worst record in the Eastern Conference.

    But after the Maple Leafs built a 4-1 advantage, Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee scored 83 seconds apart to make it a one-goal game with 6:36 left in the third period.

    Farabee missed an open net a couple of shifts after his goal.

    Toronto buzzed around the visitors before a matinee crowd of 18,908, but Flyers goalie Carter Hart stopped the first 23 shots he faced.

    The 24th shot, a Jarnkrok redirect from a Marner shot, finally beat Hart with 3:10 left in the second period. Pierre Engvall, playing in his 200th career game, recorded the secondary assist on Jarnkrok’s goal.

    Marner slid a shot underneath Hart’s right pad 2:47 later for Toronto’s second goal, 13 seconds into a power play.

    Michael Bunting kept the good vibrations moving by completing a William Nylander to Auston Matthews passing play for a two-goal lead.

    Nylander hit the 20-goal mark in the third period before Frost tucked in a wrist shot on the next shift.

    The Maple Leafs outshot their opponents 34-19. Toronto backup Ilya Samsonov made 16 saves to Hart’s 30.

    Hart was on a personal five-game win streak. He foiled Marner on a short-handed breakaway early in the opening period.

    The Flyers then skated the other way and turned Hart’s momentum-making save into a power play goal from defenseman Tony DeAngelo on a slapshot from the high slot.

    UP NEXT

    Maple Leafs: Begin a three-game road trip against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.

    Flyers: At Carolina on Friday night.

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  • Kings win 3rd straight game, beat rival Ducks 4-1

    Kings win 3rd straight game, beat rival Ducks 4-1

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    LOS ANGELES — Alex Iafallo, Viktor Arvidsson and Kevin Fiala scored as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 on Tuesday night for their third straight win.

    “Stringing a few together, that’s what good teams do. And to finally get a little consistency there is nice,” Kings defenseman Sean Durzi said.

    The Kings won three straight games for the second time this season, and Pheonix Copley made 24 saves to join teammate Jonathan Quick in winning three consecutive starts. Quick’s wins came Nov. 5-10 during a four-game win streak.

    “It doesn’t look like he’s panicking at any point. He’s just making saves, and he’s getting up and doing it all over again. … I think that makes us feel comfortable,” coach Todd McLellan said of Copley, who improved to 5-1-0.

    Drew Doughty had a power-play goal, and Adrian Kempe added two assists as the Kings took opener of the three-game Freeway Faceoff rivalry series.

    Frank Vatrano scored on the power play and Lukas Dostal allowed four goals on 41 shots as the Ducks failed in their bid to get their first three-game winning streak of the season.

    “We had a good thing going there, a couple wins in a row coming into a rivalry game. We would have liked to have a better showing than that tonight, but give them credit. They did a good job capitalizing on their opportunities, and that was the difference in the game,” Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler said.

    The Kings took charge in the second period, converting during a strong stretch of play on a slap shot by Doughty with a second left on a power play at 6:46.

    Vatrano scored on the rebound of a shot by Kevin Shattenkirk on the man advantage, but Iafallo restored the lead 2-1 with 20.4 seconds to go in the second by scoring off Phillip Danault’s pass after an assertive possession behind the net.

    Iafallo said there was a definite carryover from how the second ended to how the third started. Arvidsson extended the margin to 3-1 early, finishing off a rush for his first point in two games after missing two games for paternity leave.

    “Just trying to stay on the forecheck and stay in on D,” Iafallo said. “Going at the end of a period like that, you just see it, you want to do it in the next period after.”

    Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said his team got too caught up in trying to make amends for Iafallo’s late goal.

    “We came off the bench with offense on our brain instead of coming in with support, so the game, to me, came down to a miscommunication and a lack of focus coming off the bench,” Eakins said.

    Fiala capped the scoring with a strong individual effort, shaking off Vatrano and Nathan Beaulieu to score on a breakaway.

    “I wonder the fact that he was sandwiched between a couple players allowed him to stay on his feet, but he’s very strong and determined. It’s a skill that if you want to be a top scorer, you’ve got to have that, and he’s got it right now,” McLellan said.

    WORTH NOTING

    Doughty has two goals and 18 assists through 34 games, becoming the first Kings defenseman to get 20 points in 15 straight seasons. … Los Angeles has scored a power-play goal in eight straight home games, its longest run since Feb. 17 to March 17, 2007. … Ducks D Urho Vaakanainen did not play because of illness, forcing a move away from the 11-forward, seven-defenseman lineup the team had been using recently. Ducks F Justin Kirkland made his NHL debut after being called up from the AHL earlier in the day.

    UP NEXT

    Ducks: Host Minnesota on Wednesday night.

    Kings: Host Calgary on Thursday night.

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  • Power-play goals by Malkin, Rust help Pens stop Rangers, 3-2

    Power-play goals by Malkin, Rust help Pens stop Rangers, 3-2

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    PITTSBURGH — Penguins coach Mike Sullivan thought his team wasn’t playing with emotion throughout the first half of Tuesday night’s game against the New York Rangers.

    Then a red-hot power play came to the rescue.

    Evgeni Malkin and Bryan Rust each scored with the man advantage as Pittsburgh beat the Rangers 3-2 to stop their seven-game winning streak.

    “We weren’t playing that hard and for some odd reason, we weren’t in a game that we should’ve been,” Rust said. “I think getting those power-play goals really kind of gave us a shot in the arm.”

    It was the first meeting between the division rivals since their first-round playoff series last season. New York rallied from a 3-1 series deficit to eliminate Pittsburgh, winning Game 7 at home in overtime.

    Sidney Crosby scored his 18th goal and had an assist for the surging Penguins, who have won eight of nine. Pittsburgh is 15-3-2 in its last 20 games overall.

    Malkin extended his point streak to nine games and tied Sergei Fedorov for the second-most points in NHL history among Russian-born players.

    Tristan Jarry made 26 saves and ran his winning streak to seven. He also has a career-best 13-game point streak, tied for fourth-longest in team history.

    Chris Kreider scored twice for the Rangers, who lost for the third time in 11 games. Igor Shesterkin stopped 21 shots but lost on the road in regulation for the first time this season.

    “I thought we played a great game,” Rangers coach Gerard Gallant said. “We worked hard and competed hard. It’s too bad for those power-play goals we gave up late in the second, but overall we played real good hockey.”

    Kreider scored off the rush 22 seconds in when he sent a puck toward the net from the side wall that deflected past Jarry. Pittsburgh native Vincent Trocheck extended a five-game point streak with his first of two assists on the night.

    New York took control for a while, but couldn’t finish. The Rangers were awarded three power plays and hit three posts in the next period and a half, while the Penguins couldn’t manage a shot for more than 10 minutes.

    “It was a lackluster kind of performance for the first half of the game,” Sullivan said. “Somewhere in the middle of the second period, we started to get some life and we played with some juice. When we got the first power-play goal, it gave us a boost of energy.”

    Malkin tied the game on the power play at 14:24 of the second. He beat Shesterkin with a blocker-side wrist shot from the top of the left circle, as the Penguins scored a power-play goal for the ninth straight game. Pittsburgh has 13 power-play goals in the last nine games.

    Rust scored a second power-play goal in the final 15 seconds of the period. He tipped Pierre-Olivier Joseph’s shot behind Shesterkin to put Pittsburgh in front for good.

    “In the absence of emotion, it’s hard to be at your best in this game,” Sullivan said. “Over the course of an 82-game schedule, sometimes you have those moments. But the first power-play goal got us going and we started to play from there.”

    UP NEXT

    Rangers: Host the New York Islanders on Thursday.

    Penguins: Host the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday.

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  • Serdachny’s goal in OT gives Canadian women 3-2 win over US

    Serdachny’s goal in OT gives Canadian women 3-2 win over US

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    LOS ANGELES — Danielle Serdachny scored at 2:16 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States in the fifth game of the Rivalry Series on Monday night.

    Serdachny beat goalie Nicole Hensley on the short side with a snap shot in front of 8,640 fans at Crypto.Com Arena.

    “They took away (Marie-Philip) Poulin on the 2-on-1 naturally, so decided to take a shot and it went in,” said Serdachny, who scored her first goal in the series.

    Canada has won the last two games after the Americans took the first three in the best-of-seven series.

    “We didn’t expose their weaknesses in the first three games. We were very passive and sat back a lot,” Canada forward Sarah Nurse said. “A big thing was to take their time and space away. If they can’t break out of their zone, they can’t score goals.”

    U.S. forward Taylor Heise tied it 2-all at 9:44 of the third period with a shot from the faceoff circle that got past Canada goalie Emerance Maschmeyer’s blocker.

    Cayla Barnes also scored for the U.S., and Hensley stopped 25 shots.

    Laura Stacey and Sarah Fillier scored in regulation for Canada. Maschmeyer made 32 saves.

    Barnes, the only member of the U.S. team from Southern California, opened the scoring at 4:06 of the first with a shot from the point through traffic that beat Maschmeyer.

    Barnes grew up in Eastvale, just an hour from Los Angeles, and played for bantam and junior teams supported by the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks.

    “I got a nice pass up from the corner and saw a lane to the net. I think traffic in front screened the goalie and it found its way through,” Barnes said.

    Stacey tied it at 2:29 of the second by going short side. Fillier gave Canada a 2-1 lead at 17:11 with its first power-play goal of the series. Canada had not converted on its first 16 chances with the skater advantage.

    It was the second game in the series to be won in overtime or a shootout. Four of the five games have been decided by one goal.

    The last two games of the series will be played next year in Canada. The dates and venues have not been determined by Hockey Canada.

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  • Reinhart, Bobrovsky lead Panthers past skidding Devils 4-2

    Reinhart, Bobrovsky lead Panthers past skidding Devils 4-2

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    NEWARK, N.J. — Sam Reinhart scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves as the Florida Panthers beat New Jersey 4-2 Saturday night, handing the first-place Devils their fifth straight loss.

    Gustav Forsling and Carter Verhaege also scored and Aaron Ekblad had two assists for Florida, which beat New Jersey for the fifth time in six meetings and improved to 4-1-0 in its last five visits to Prudential Center. Bobrovsky, making his sixth straight start, got his 343rd career victory and improved to 18-5-1 against the Devils.

    “I feel good, I’ve got some rhythm,” said the 34-year-old Bobrovsky, who is third among active goaltenders in wins. ”The guys did a great job to compete. We are building chemistry.”

    Erik Haula had a goal and an assist and John Marino also scored for the Devils, who are 0-4-1 on their current skid. Akira Schmid finished with 25 saves.

    “Our group as a whole has to be better,” Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. ”We didn’t have enough puck management.”

    Reinhart gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 8:54 of the first period, finishing off a passing sequence with Aleksander Barkov and Ekblad. Barkov didn’t play the final two periods after sustaining an undisclosed injury in the first.

    Forsling made it 2-0 at 7:49 of the second with his fifth goal of the season,

    Marino got the Devils on the board with 8:33 left in the middle period, firing a long shot past Bobrovsky for this third. Jack Hughes had an assist on the play, increasing his team lead to 36 points (16 goals, 20 assists).

    Reinhart restored the two-goal margin with 41 seconds remaining in the second, tipping a shot by Ekblad past Schmid for his 11th goal of the season.

    “To get one early was key,” Ekblad said. “We got our lead and found a way to protect it.”

    Haula pulled the Devils to 3-2 with 3 1/2 minutes remaining in the third with his second goal of the season, but Verhaeghe’s empty-netter — for his team-leading 16th goal — with 1:11 left sealed the Panthers’ win.

    “I’m really proud of our team. We fought hard,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said. ”And our goaltender was really good.”

    The Devils have a challenging stretch ahead with a visits to Carolina and Florida followed by two straight home games against league-best Boston before and after the Christmas break.

    Ruff expressed confidence that his team’s slump can be solved by focusing on what made them so successful the first two months of the season – generating offense from effective defense.

    “Our strength is how we play defensively,” Ruff said. ”We can’t get away from it. That’s been the backbone of our team.”

    STRUGGLING

    New Jersey has totaled just four goals in its last three games, all defeats at home — including 2-1 to Philadelphia on Thursday and 4-1 to Dallas on Tuesday. Before that, the Devils lost 4-3 in overtime at the New York Rangers on Monday and started their losing streak with a 6-4 loss at home to the Islanders last Friday night. They had won 21 of 24 after losing their first two games of the season before their current skid.

    New Jersey’s hold on first place in the Metropolitan Division was reduced to two points following Carolina’s overtime win over Dallas on Saturday.

    MILESTONE

    Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton played in his 700th career game.

    UP NEXT

    Panthers: At Boston on Monday night.

    Devils: At Carolina on Tuesday night.

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  • Kuzmenko scores in SO to give Canucks 4-3 win over Flames

    Kuzmenko scores in SO to give Canucks 4-3 win over Flames

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    CALGARY, Alberta — Andrei Kuzmenko scored the only goal of the shootout and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 Wednesday night for their sixth straight road win.

    Bo Horvat, Conor Garland and Sheldon Dries scored in regulation for the Canucks who gave up an early two-goal lead and had to come back to tie the score. Nils Hoglander had two assists and Spencer Martin stopped 35 shots to improve to 9-3-1.

    “I was proud of the way we played tonight,” Horvat said. “It’s a tough building to come into, they got a good team over there. Obviously, I’d like to not give up a two-goal lead but at the same time we didn’t panic. In previous games or early in the year, we might have a little panic in our game, Dries scored a big goal and I thought we did a good job after that, kind of limiting their Grade-As. Overall, it was a great game and Marty was fantastic.”

    Mikael Backlund, Andrew Mangiapane and Trevor Lewis scored for Calgary, which lost its fourth straight overall — third straight beyond regulation — and fell to 6-1-1 in its last eight at home. Dillon Dube had two assists and Jacob Markstrom finished with 24 saves.

    “Big point for us,” Flames coach Darryl Sutter said. “A little bad luck early. I thought we had a really good start and they scored a deflection goal and a lost-coverage goal quick. I thought we were pretty resilient and battled back.”

    Kuzmenko scored on the Canucks’ first attempt of the tiebreaker, firing a shot over Markstrom’s glove. Dube and Backlund both missed on Flames’ final two attempts to give Vancouver the win.

    “Just trying to time it depth-wise and meet them at their decision point and let them make a move and hold my edges,” Martin said of Calgary’s three tries in the shootout.

    In overtime, Markstrom denied Ilya Mikheyev on a breakaway with a minute remaining to keep it tied.

    Horvat and Garland scored 34 seconds apart to give Vancouver a 2-0 lead less than 2 minutes into the game. Horvat deflected a Oliver Ekman-Larsson’s shot from the left point past Markstrom at 1:14 for his 21st to get the Canucks on the board. Garland got the puck near the left corner and beat Markstrom from the left circle for his fifth at 1:48.

    With the Flames on the power play, Backlund redirected a feed from Dube at 9:40 for his sixth to make it 2-1.

    Mangiapane tied it with 3:51 remaining in the first as he quickly scored from the left circle off a pass from Nazem Kadri from behind the goal. It was Mangiapane’s seventh.

    “Obviously not ideal to be down 2-0 right away,” Markstrom said. “Leaving the first period tied hockey game was a great effort by us and unfortunately we can’t get the win.”

    Lewis put the Flames ahead 3-2 at 3:51 of the second as he banked his own rebound from a sharp angle off Martin’s glove and in for his sixth.

    Dries tied it from the left circle on a Canucks rush off a pass from Hoglander to tie it at 5:31 of the middle period with his third.

    PENALTY PARADE

    After a road trip in which Calgary was short-handed 20 times in three games, the parade to the penalty box continued in the first period. The Canucks went on the power play twice. The Flames have been short-handed 115 times, tied for second-most behind Edmonton (116). St. Louis has been short-handed the fewest times at 65.

    LINEUP SHUFFLES

    Flames D MacKenzie Weegar (non-COVID illness) returned after missing one game while D Chris Tanev (upper body) sat out after taking a shot to the side of the head in Montreal on Monday. Calgary also got C Elias Lindholm (upper body) back after a one-game absence and inserted RW Brett Ritchie for rookie forward Matthew Phillips. … For the Canucks, F Brock Boeser (non-COVID illness) did not play, which opened up a spot for Dries’ return.

    UP NEXT

    Canucks: Host Winnipeg on Saturday night to open a three-game homestand.

    Flames: Host St. Louis on Friday night to wrap up a two-game homestand.

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  • Canadiens score 2 goals in 7 seconds, beat Kraken 4-2

    Canadiens score 2 goals in 7 seconds, beat Kraken 4-2

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    SEATTLE — Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson scored seven seconds apart in the second period and the Montreal Canadiens snapped a two-game skid with a 4-2 win over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night.

    Canadiens rookie Johnathan Kovacevic and Seattle rookie Shane Wright scored their first NHL goals.

    Kovacevic was acquired by Montreal in October after being placed on waivers by Winnipeg. He has found regular playing time with the Canadiens this season, and has three assists to go with his goal.

    “It’s been a dream come true, really,” Kovacevic said. “It’s been something that I’ve worked forward to. Everyone has a different path, and I feel like I’ve taken kind of a long road to get here. And that kind of comes with more gratitude. I have a lot of appreciation for where I’m at.”

    After Kovacevic put Montreal on the board at 12:56 in the first period, Wright tied it at 15:30.

    It was Wright’s first game back after a five-game conditioning stint with the AHL’s Coachella Valley Firebirds. Wright’s goal came against a Montreal squad that passed on him with the No. 1 pick of the 2022 NHL draft. Oliver Bjorkstrand and Yanni Gourde assisted.

    “It’s a great feeling,” Wright said. “I don’t really remember a whole lot of the play; I kind of blacked out at the celebration there. (I) was super excited, obviously.”

    Caufield and Anderson answered in the second, scoring at 2:05 and 2:12, respectively, to give Montreal a 3-1 lead. Nick Suzuki assisted on Caulfield’s score, and Christian Dvorak and Juraj Slafkovsky picked up assists on Anderson’s goal.

    The Canadiens added to their lead at 18:40 in the second when Rem Pitlick made it 4-1, with assists going to Joel Edmundson and Jake Evans.

    Seattle answered with one second left in the period, as Jared McCann scored with an assist from Andre Burakovsky.

    Jake Allen made 31 saves for Montreal.

    Seattle goaltender Martin Jones stopped 12 shots.

    Though the Canadiens went into the final period with a two-goal lead, Allen wasn’t about to relax.

    “There’s not many leads that are safe anymore,” he said. “It’s not like it was 10 years ago when you’re up three goals, you pretty much lock it down. This game is all about offense. You’ve just got to be able to manage the game better, play the game within the game, and I thought we did a better job in the third period tonight with that.”

    The Kraken’s two consecutive losses come on the heels of their franchise-record seven-game winning streak, which ended with a 5-1 home loss to Florida on Saturday. Seattle completed a 1-2 homestand, while Montreal went 2-2 on its four-game trip.

    After a tough 7-6 loss Monday to Vancouver in overtime, Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis was happy his team bounced back.

    “We found a way to stay in it, get a point, and then get back at it tonight,” St. Louis said. “Was it a perfect game plan for us? Absolutely not. We found a way, and that is what this league is all about.”

    NOTES: Seattle forward Morgan Geekie returned to the ice after missing the past three games with an upper-body injury. … Caufield and Anderson’s two second-period goals marked the fastest two goals on the road in franchise history.

    UP NEXT

    Seattle: At the Washington Capitals on Friday.

    Montreal: Host the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

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  • Kapanen’s hat trick powers Penguins to 6-2 win over Blues

    Kapanen’s hat trick powers Penguins to 6-2 win over Blues

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    PITTSBURGH — The last two weeks were difficult for Pittsburgh Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen, as he watched from the press box.

    The last two games have been rewarding for Kapanen and the Penguins.

    Kapanen scored his second career hat trick and the Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 6-2 on Saturday night.

    “It hasn’t been the easiest month or so, but I’m happy to be out there playing games and winning,” Kapanen said.

    Kapanen was floated in and out of the lineup for inconsistent play in nine of 10 games recently. But he responded with the game-winner on Thursday against Vegas and then his first hat trick since Nov. 6, 2021, during a home game against Minnesota.

    “We’re thrilled for him,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “Obviously, it’s not an easy experience when you’re out of the lineup. But I think (Kapanen) has responded unbelievably well and we’re certainly thrilled for him.”

    Bryan Rust had a goal and three assists, Jason Zucker had a goal and two assists, Sidney Crosby also scored and Evgeni Malkin added three assists to help the Penguins win their second straight and seventh in the last nine. Tristan Jarry stopped 26 shots for the Penguins, who are 9-2-2 in their last 13.

    Pavel Buchnevich and Vladimir Tarasenko scored for the Blues, who have lost three straight and five of six after a seven-game win streak. Jordan Binnington gave up four goals on 17 shots before being pulled in the opening minute of the second period. Thomas Greiss had 19 saves in relief.

    St. Louis was without Jordan Kyrou, who leads the team with nine goals, due to an illness.

    Pittsburgh got off to a strong start, scored three times in the first period as the Blues allowed three goals in a period for the sixth straight game and the 14th time this season.

    “It’s not good enough,” Blues coach Craig Berube said. “Until more guys step up and play better, and we start pulling together as a team, it won’t change.”

    Kapanen opened the scoring at 6:58, just seconds after a Pittsburgh power play expired. A point shot hit his skate and then bounced off Binnington for the goal.

    Rust added to Pittsburgh’s lead with his sixth at 11:59 after coming in with one goal in his previous 14 games.

    Buchnevich made it 2-1 just 48 seconds later as he took a cross-ice point pass from Nick Leddy and beat Jarry to the short side with a one-timer from the far wall for his eighth.

    Kapanen scored his second of the game to make it 3-1 with 3:05 left in the first. He took a spinning feed from Malkin and converted from the top of the crease with 1 second left on a Pittsburgh power play.

    Pittsburgh was 27th on the power play entering the game with a recent 0-for-17 drought. But the Penguins scored with the man advantage in consecutive games for the first time since late October.

    Zucker gave Pittsburgh a 4-1 lead just 1:51 into the second period. At the end of the first, Binnington clipped Zucker in the face with his glove while he circled the net. However, Zucker chased Binnington from the game when he beat him with a wrist shot from the left circle for his sixth.

    Tarasenko scored on a breakaway at 8:22 of the second to pull the Blues within two. However, Kapanen finished off his hat trick a little more than two minutes later on a backdoor feed from Rust for his fifth of the season.

    “That might have been the easiest hat trick in history, just going to the back post and kind of tapping them in,” Kapanen said.

    UP NEXT

    Blues: At the New York Rangers on Monday night in the middle game of a three-game trip.

    Penguins: Host Columbus on Tuesday night to close a five-game homestand.

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  • Draisaitl, McDavid lead Oilers past slumping Blackhawks 5-4

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    CHICAGO — Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist, helping the Edmonton Oilers top the slumping Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 on Wednesday night for their third straight win.

    Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Mattias Janmark each had a goal and an assist as Edmonton improved to 2-0 in Chicago this season. Brett Kulak had two assists, and Stuart Skinner made 21 saves.

    “Just got to keep building and we can’t be satisfied with three wins in a row and the record we have,” Janmark said. “We’ve just got to keep moving forward here.”

    The Blackhawks lost their eighth consecutive game and dropped to 2-10-4 in their last 16 overall. Max Domi had two goals, and MacKenzie Entwistle and Boris Katchouk also scored.

    “It is good to see that we do fight back right to the end,” first-year Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson said. “But we have to be more stingy defensively without taking away from our offense.”

    McDavid got Edmonton some breathing room when he skated past Chicago defenseman Jack Johnson at the blue line and beat Arvid Soderblom on the goaltender’s stick side, making it 3-1 with his team-best 18th goal 1:18 into the third period.

    After Janmark finished a 2-on-1 with Nugent-Hopkins midway through the third, Domi and Entwistle scored 19 seconds apart to get Chicago (6-12-4) back in the game.

    But Edmonton’s two biggest stars went right back to work. McDavid set up Draisaitl’s 15th goal on a one-timer with 4:39 left.

    Chicago made one last push, closing to 5-4 on Domi’s second power-play goal with 1:11 left. But the Blackhawks couldn’t come up with the tying score in the final moments.

    “It was a little scrambled in the end, but we won,” Oilers forward Jesse Puljujarvi said. “That’s the really important thing.”

    Edmonton (13-10-0), which plays again Thursday night at Minnesota, jumped in front with two goals in the second.

    Skating in his 500th NHL game, Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse found Draisaitl at the side of the net for an easy tap-in goal 54 seconds into the period.

    A streaking Nugent-Hopkins made it 2-0 at 9:48 with his 10th goal, converting a nice feed by Puljujarvi from behind the net.

    Edmonton also had a goal overturned in the first because of goaltender interference on Zach Hyman, who scored after he pushed Chicago defenseman Seth Jones into Soderblom. Hyman sent a shot off the inside of the post in the opening period.

    Chicago got one back when Johnson’s long shot went off Katchouk and into the net 14:33 into the second. It was Katchouk’s first point in his 12th game of the season.

    WORTH NOTING

    Blackhawks defenseman Jarred Tinordi (hip) and forward Sam Lafferty (back) were scratched because of injuries. … Oilers forward Tyler Benson made his season debut. He had been sidelined by a knee injury.

    UP NEXT

    Oilers: At the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.

    Blackhawks: At the New York Rangers on Saturday night.

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  • Giroux scores on OT breakaway, Senators beat Kings 3-2

    Giroux scores on OT breakaway, Senators beat Kings 3-2

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    LOS ANGELES — Claude Giroux scored on a breakaway 20 seconds into overtime, Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist and the Ottawa Senators beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Sunday night.

    Alex DeBrincat had a power-play goal, Cam Talbot made 25 saves and the Senators won consecutive games for the first time since a four-game winning streak in late October.

    “When you play well, and you look after the game and you’re happy with your game but you didn’t get the result, it’s easy to go off page and start doing your own thing,” Giroux said. “But it’s good to know that we played the way we wanted to tonight and we have the result, so we know it works.”

    Arthur Kaliyev scored two power-play goals for the Kings, winners of just one of their past five games. Kaliyev became the fifth Los Angeles player in the past decade to score twice on the man advantage in one period.

    “He’s a great shot, and he knows where to be, and we just try to find him,” Kings forward Viktor Arvidsson said. “Today, he buried two, and it was good.”

    Jonathan Quick allowed three goals on 39 shots, and Phillip Danault had two assists, but Los Angeles did pick up at least one point for the seventh time in its past nine home games.

    Giroux waited out Quick for his ninth goal on the breakaway set up by Tim Stutzle’s stretch pass. Stutzle had two assists, while Giroux had an assist for his fifth multipoint game of the season.

    “I’m pretty sure it was a back-end saucer pass all the way down there. The whole goal was special,” Ottawa defenseman Thomas Chabot said. “G, what a move. And, obviously, it was big for us. It’s a lot of confidence for our group, and to see that we can do it that way, it’s big for us.”

    Tkachuk’s 99th career goal was the only scoring of the first period. He jammed the puck in at the near post after Chabot’s shot deflected wide and caromed off the boards to put Ottawa up 1-0 at 4:55.

    The power play became a factor in the second period, with Kaliyev striking twice with the man advantage to tie it. His first came midway through the period, but DeBrincat had his own power-play goal less than two minutes later to give the Senators a 2-1 lead.

    Kaliyev then unleashed a blistering wrist shot from the right circle to tie it with 2:25 left in the middle period. It was his first career game with multiple power-play goals, and his six tallies on special teams leads Los Angeles.

    “We needed something because we sure didn’t start the game very well,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “Power play, obviously, gave us some life. It gave us a chance to crawl back into the game. For as poorly as we were playing, it didn’t get away on us, so that was a good thing.”

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    There was a lengthy delay midway through the first after a deflected shot by Kings D Sean Durzi cracked the kick plate along the bottom of the boards on the Zamboni tunnel before arena personnel were able to replace it.

    WORTH NOTING

    Kings F Gabe Vilardi, the team’s leading scorer with 11 goals, did not play because of an upper-body injury. He is day to day.

    UP NEXT

    Senators: Host the New York Rangers on Wednesday night.

    Kings: Host Seattle on Tuesday night.

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  • Jaret Anderson-Dolan help Kings beat Sharks 5-2

    Jaret Anderson-Dolan help Kings beat Sharks 5-2

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    SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jaret Anderson-Dolan had a goal and an assist for his first two points of the season and the Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Friday night.

    Phillip Dananult, Victor Arvidsson, Anze Kopitar and Rasmus Kupari also scored for the Kings, and Jonathan Quick made 29 saves.

    “I think we’re all just working, doing the little things right and it was paying off,” Anderson-Dolan said. “It turned into opportunities and we capitalized on a couple of those tonight.”

    Kevin Lebanc and Alexander Barabanov scored for the Sharks, and James Reimer stopped 24 shots.

    “It’s unfortunate that my performance wasn’t up to par tonight,” Reimer said.

    Anderson-Dolan scored his first goal of the season midway through the first period with a shot that beat Reimer to the glove side.

    “Feels great. It’s been a while so it definitely felt good,” Anderson-Dolan said.

    Anderson-Dolan also assisted on Kupari’s goal early in the third.

    “I thought our first period got better as it went on, and then they got the power play,” Sharks coach David Quinn said. “And you know, listen, that’s a good team. They’re hard. They’re quick. At times we matched them and at times we didn’t.”

    Kings coach Todd McLellan was thrilled with his fourth line’s performance.

    “I couldn’t be happier for that group. That line played their best game of the season together. They were firm, they were hard, and they won a lot of puck battles,” McLellan said.

    INJURY UPDATE

    Reimer returned to the lineup after a one-game absence.

    Sharks defenseman Radim Simek was activated off IR and played his first game since Nov. 13.

    UP NEXT:

    Kings: Host Ottawa on Sunday night.

    Sharks: Host Vancouver on Sunday.

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  • Inflation or not, price of pro sports teams keeps going up

    Inflation or not, price of pro sports teams keeps going up

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    Inflation isn’t going to hurt the bankrolls of sports team owners.

    In fact, it may help.

    While the uber-rich will have to pay a little more for their eggs at the grocery store – just like everyone else – inflation isn’t likely to affect the bottom lines at their sports properties.

    “I’m resting pretty easy if I’m an owner,” said Tim Clarke, a senior analyst at PitchBook, which researches private financial markets. “That’s how people are viewing assets of the professional sports industry. They’re just not going down.”

    Inflation surged this year to levels unseen for four decades, slowing the economy and raising prices for consumers from the checkout line to the gas pump. For the most part, sports are no exception: Rising costs are making it more expensive for fans to go to games, for families who participate in youth sports and for college athletic departments trying to stay on budget.

    But the millionaires and billionaires who own sports team won’t be feeling the pinch, whether it’s the day-to-day cost of running the business or the sale price when they decide to move on. On the contrary: A franchise can be a safe place to park money and ride out a bear market.

    “I do think there is somewhat of a hedge,” said Inner Circle Sports CEO Rob Tillis, who has worked on the sale of dozens of teams in all four major U.S. pro sports and the top international leagues. “I have been doing this for 30 years. We’ve been through lots of business cycles and valuations have been strong. I don’t see that as any different now.”

    Most sports owners are also well-capitalized enough to keep their team budgets separate from their outside business and other sources of wealth. So even though rising interest rates have cooled the housing market, that’s unlikely to affect Cleveland Cavaliers and Rocket Mortgage owner Dan Gilbert, who with an estimated net worth of almost $52 billion is the 23rd-richest man in the world, according to Forbes magazine.

    (One exception: Losses in the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme squeezed the Mets payroll and forced owner Fred Wilpon to sell off first part, then the rest of the team.)

    “These guys, they have so much money that I think if they start to get pinched elsewhere, it’s more or less a rounding error for their clubs,” said Tom Pitts, the European head of LionRock Capital, a private equity firm that has a one-third interest in the Inter Milan soccer team. “Most of these guys haven’t stretched to buy the club. It’s an expensive hobby.”

    Rising interest rates could make it more expensive for would-be owners to buy into the club if they have to borrow money to pay for their new prize. “It just costs a lot more money in absolute dollars to service the debt,” Pitts said.

    A handful of high-profile teams are currently on the market.

    Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder, who is under pressure to sell his team after an investigation revealed a toxic corporate culture, says he would consider unloading all or part of the once-proud NFL franchise. It is expected to fetch even more than the $4.65 billion paid for the Denver Broncos this summer by Walmart heir Rob Walton, who with an estimated net worth of $61 billion is the 16th-richest person in the world.

    Robert Sarver has put his teams, the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, on the market after an investigation found evidence of a racially and sexually insensitive workplace. Baseball’s Washington Nationals are for sale and the family that owns the Baltimore Orioles has made noise about selling, as well. The NHL’s Ottawa Senators can also be had for the right price.

    Two of English soccer’s biggest names, Manchester United and Liverpool, are also on the market. Man U. was valued by Forbes in September at $4.6 billion — just a bit higher than Liverpool; both are expected to eclipse the $3.2 billion price paid for Chelsea this spring that was briefly the highest ever for a sports team.

    That record was less than two weeks old when the Broncos deal was announced.

    “You’ve got the likes of the Waltons, and it’s a drop in the bucket,” Clarke said. “It’s a club. It’s like, ‘When is the next Picasso up for sale?’ … The value sector has nothing to do with the economy. There’s always demand and there’s always scarce supply.”

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  • Devils top Oilers, tie franchise mark with 13th straight win

    Devils top Oilers, tie franchise mark with 13th straight win

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    NEWARK, N.J. — The young New Jersey Devils are making a name for themselves — in the team’s record book.

    Nico Hischier had three assists and the no-name Devils beat the Connor McDavid-led Edmonton Oilers 5-2 Monday night to match a franchise mark with their 13th consecutive win.

    “I guess we’re up there with the history book,” Hischier said. “Nobody is going to take that from us now and it feels good. It proves that we’re a good team, that we can win hockey games, that we don’t have to hide anymore.”

    Jesper Bratt, Dawson Mercer, Damon Severson, Tomas Tatar and Yegor Sharangovich scored for the Devils, who haven’t lost since Oct. 24 against Washington. Vitek Vanecek made 27 saves for New Jersey.

    “It’s awesome winning,” said Bratt, who leads the team with 24 points. “So is everything around the rink and being with the guys and playing these important games. That means a lot, and winning is the best thing possible in hockey.”

    The Devils still have three quarters of the season to go, but they are well on the road to making the playoffs for the first time since the 2017-18 season.

    “We’ve had a great run. We know that we’re kind of the hunted now,” coach Lindy Ruff said. “We know that we’re going to expect probably the best every team can bring because we’re getting recognition. So that part we have to deal with. But 19 games in you can’t say, ‘We sent a message to the league.’”

    Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for the Oilers, beaten twice by New Jersey during its run. Stuart Skinner made 23 saves, but had the puck taken off his stick by Hischier early in the second period to set up the go-ahead goal by Mercer into a wide-open net.

    “Obviously a tough game. Tough loss,” Skinner said. “They’re obviously a great team. They’re obviously hot right now as well. They’ve got some great players that make some great plays and it was just tough to lose, especially two in a row to these guys. But all we can do is learn from our mistakes and move on.”

    Severson stretched the margin to 3-1 on a counterattack minutes later.

    Edmonton made a push early in the third. Nugent-Hopkins cut it to 3-2 at 4:52 and had a close-in chance to tie it, only to be stopped by Vanecek, who improved to 9-1.

    Tatar gave the Devils breathing room about a minute later, gloving down the rebound of Mercer’s shot and beating Skinner. Sharangovich added an insurance goal with 5:15 to go.

    Jack Hughes had two assists for the Devils.

    ROUGH NIGHT IN NET

    Not only did Skinner hand the Devils the go-ahead goal, backup netminder Jack Campbell also had a bad night.

    Sitting on the end of the bench late in the second period, Campbell was cut when he was hit in the face by a puck that seemed to be deflected by Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton. Campbell immediately left the bench and did not return for the third period.

    “I went and saw him after the second period, and he was laughing and smiling. So that’s the kind of guy he is,” Skinner said. “But no, he had a pretty bloody nose and obviously it’s hard to see that happen, especially to him. I think he’s fine.”

    UP NEXT

    Oilers: Continue their swing through the New York metropolitan area when they visit the Islanders on Wednesday. Edmonton finishes in New York City on Saturday against the Rangers.

    Devils: Host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.

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  • Tarasov turns back 46 shots; Blue Jackets beat Panthers 5-3

    Tarasov turns back 46 shots; Blue Jackets beat Panthers 5-3

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    COLUMBUS, Ohio — Boone Jenner had two goals, Sean Kuraly scored short-handed and Daniil Tarasov turned back 46 shots as the Columbus Blue Jackets won 5-3 Sunday night, sending the Florida Panthers to their third straight loss.

    Johnny Gaudreau contributed a goal and two assists, and Yegor Chinakhov added a goal for Columbus, which has won four of its last five at home. Tarasov faced a career-high 49 shots and 94 shot attempts in his first win since Oct. 23.

    Matthew Tkachuk, Aaron Ekblad and Colin White scored for Florida, and Nick Cousins added two assists. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 18.

    Florida went up 1-0 at 7:52 of the first when Tkachuk tipped in a Gustav Forsling one-timer from the blue line for his third goal in as many games.

    Chinakhov knotted the score with nine minutes left in the first with a breakaway for his first goal since Oct. 30, and Jenner made it 2-1 with his team-leading third power-play goal at 2:53 of the second period.

    Ekblad pulled Florida even, poking the puck between Tarasov’s pads with about three minutes left in the second period for his first goal since missing 11 games with a lower-body injury.

    Kuraly put Columbus back in front at 1:57 of the third, deflecting in Eric Robinson’s shot with 35 seconds left in a Florida power-play for his fourth goal in as many games. Gaudreau then gave Columbus a two-goal lead at 7:55, firing from the left circle.

    Jenner made it 5-2 with two minutes left in the game, followed by Colin White with 55 seconds left in the game.

    UP NEXT

    Florida: Hosts Boston on Wednesday night.

    Columbus: Hosts Montreal on Wednesday night.

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  • ‘Power Rangers’ star Jason David Frank dies at 49

    ‘Power Rangers’ star Jason David Frank dies at 49

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    NEW YORK — Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver on the 1990s children’s series “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” has died. He was 49.

    Justine Hunt, Frank’s manager, said in a statement Sunday that Frank passed away. She did not name the cause of death or say when he died, but asked for “privacy of his family and friends during this horrible time as we come to terms with the loss of such a wonderful human being.”

    Walter Emmanuel Jones, the original Black Power Ranger who co-starred with Frank in “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” wrote on Instagram, that he couldn’t believe it. “My heart is sad to have lost another member of our special family,” wrote Jones. Thuy Trang, who played the original Yellow Power Ranger, died in a car accident in 2001 at age 27.

    “Mighty Morphine Power Rangers,” about five teenagers deputized to save Earth from the evil, debuted on Fox in 1993 and went on to become a pop-culture phenomenon. Early in the first season, Frank’s Tommy Oliver was first seen as a villain, brainwashed by the evil Rita Repulsa. But soon after, he was inducted in the group as the Green Ranger and became one of the most popular characters on the show.

    Though his role wasn’t intended to be permanent, Frank was later brought back as the White Ranger and the leader of the team. Across spinoff TV series, Frank’s Tommy Oliver returned as other rangers, as well, including Red Zeo Ranger, the Red Turbo Ranger and the Black Dino Ranger. He also played him in the films “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie” and “Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie,” and made a cameo in the 2017 reboot “Power Rangers.”

    A practitioner of martial arts, Frank fought in several mixed martial arts bouts in 2009 and 2010.

    TMZ earlier reported that Frank’s second wife, Tammie Frank, filed for divorce from him in August. Frank is survived by four children; one from his marriage with Tammie Frank and three from his first marriage to Shawna Frank.

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  • McDavid scores in OT, Oilers beat Golden Knights 4-3

    McDavid scores in OT, Oilers beat Golden Knights 4-3

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    EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid scored 1:17 into overtime to give the slumping Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night.

    McDavid danced around a defender and chipped a shot over Adin Hill for his NHL-leading 16th of the season.

    Warren Foegele, Leon Draisaitl and Zach Hyman also scored to help the Oilers improve to 10-8-0. They had lost five of seven overall and three straight at home.

    Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had three assists and McDavid added another. Stuart Skinner stopped 31 shots.

    Mark Stone scored twice for the Golden Knights. Keegan Kolesar also connected and Hill made 19 saves. Vegas has lost three of four to drop to 14-4-1.

    UP NEXT

    Golden Knights: At Vancouver on Monday night to wrap up a two-game trip.

    Oilers: At New Jersey on Tuesday night to open a three-game trip to New York.

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