Jeremy Roenick and Keith Primeau each had a goal and an assist Friday as the Philadelphia Flyers routed the New Jersey Devils 6-1 in the exhibition opener for both teams.
Eric Chouinard, Donald Brashear and Mark Recchi each added a goal and an assist for the Flyers. John LeClair scored Philadelphia's other goal. Scott Niedermayer scored the only goal for the defending Stanley Cup champion Devils at 2:42 of the first period, but Brashear tied it on Philadelphia's first shot, at 7:15.
Robert Esche started in goal for the Flyers and saved 14 of 15 shots. Jeff Hackett relieved at 10:57 of the second period and stopped 10 shots.
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Corey Schwab allowed three Philadelphia goals on 14 shots before being replaced by Ari Ahonen, also at 10:57 of the second period. Ahonen stopped 13 of 15 shots.
Blues 3, Blue Jackets 0
In St. Louis, Johnny Pohl and Ratislav Pavlikovski each had two assists, and Chris Osgood and Curtis Sanford combined for 25 saves to lead St. Louis over Columbus. Peter Sejna, Christian Backman and D.J. King scored for the Blues. Osgood, who was acquired from the New York Islanders March 11 and should be the Blues' starter, faced eight shots before leaving with 9:55 left in the second period. Sanford played the remainder of the game.
Capitals 5, Red Wings 2
In Detroit, Peter Bondra had a goal and an assist as Washington defeated Detroit.
Dainius Zubrus, Boyd Gordon, Darcy Verot and Michael Nylander scored for the Capitals, who built a 4-0 lead in the second period.
Nylander gave Washington the lead 1:01 into the game. Bondra scored on the power play at 1:12 of the second, and Zubrus and Gordon made it 4-0 halfway through the period. Ray Whitney scored for Detroit with 7:10 remaining in the second period.
Lightning 4, Thrashers 1
In Tampa, Florida, rookies Dimitry Afanasenkov and Gerard Dicaire each scored as Tampa Bay beat Atlanta.
Afanasenkov opened the scoring midway through the first period after the Thrashers failed to capitalize on a two-man advantage. Ruslan Fedotenko then scored 2:52 into the second period.
Panthers 9, Hurricanes 2
In Sunrise, Florida, Olli Jokinen scored three times and Kristian Huselius twice to lead Florida to a win over Carolina.
Viktor Kozlov and Eric Messier both assisted on all three of Jokinen's goals, two during Florida's four-goal second period that built a 7-1 lead.
Canucks 4, Wild 2
In St. Paul, Minnesota, Daniel Sedin and Pat Kavanagh scored nine seconds apart in the third period as Vancouver beat Minnesota for its second win over the Wild in as many nights.
Leading 2-1 with less than seven minutes remaining, Sedin scored a power-play goal and Kavanagh followed with an even-strength goal.
Islanders 4, Penguins 1
In Wheeling, West Virginia, Justin Papineau scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period to lead the New York Islanders to a victory over Pittsburgh.
Papineau's goal from the left faceoff circle came on a pass from Shawn Bates, who had stolen the puck. The Islanders' Justin Mapletoft forced a turnover that led to Arron Asham's goal from the left faceoff circle with 1:23 left. Teammate Trent Hunter finished the scoring 25 seconds later with an empty-netter.
Senators 3, Sabres 2, OT
In Binghamton, New York, Jason Spezza scored at 2:46 in overtime to lift Ottawa over Buffalo.
Spezza took a feed from winger Marian Hossa and beat Sabres goalie Ryan Miller for the winner.
Ottawa winger Jody Hull opened the scoring 1:49 into the game off a behind-the-net feed from center Shaun Van Allen.
Predators 5, Blackhawks 0
In Chicago, rookie Darren Haydar scored twice in the first period as Nashville beat Chicago.
Haydar opened the scoring at 1:47 in the first when he put a rebound past Chicago goalie Jocelyn Thibault. Haydar then scored a power-play goal with two minutes remaining on a pass from Greg Johnson.
Stars 5, Rangers 3
In Dallas, Philippe Boucher had a goal and an assist to help Dallas overcome a three goal deficit and beat the New York Rangers.
Boucher, David Oliver and Rob Valicevic each scored in the final minute of the second period for the Stars after the Rangers built a 3-0 lead behind two goals by Alexei Kovalev.
Mighty Ducks 4, Sharks 2
In Anaheim, California, Vaclav Prospal scored a tiebreaking short-handed goal in the third period, and assisted on the tying goal by Rob Niedermayer, as Anaheim beat San Jose.
Petr Sykora also scored, Keith Carney added a short-handed empty-netter with 17 seconds left and Ilja Bryzgalov made 20 saves for the Mighty Ducks, who returned to the Pond for the first time since winning Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals.
A sumo star was born in Japan on Sunday when 24-year-old Takerufuji became the first wrestler in 110 years to win a top-division tournament on his debut, triumphing at the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka despite injuring his ankle on the penultimate day. Takerufuji, whose injury had left him in a wheelchair outside the ring, shoved out the higher-ranked Gonoyama at the Edion Arena Osaka to the delight of the crowd, giving him an unassailable record of 13 wins and two losses to claim the Emperor’s Cup. “I did it just through willpower. I didn’t really know what was going
The US’ Ilia Malinin on Saturday produced six scintillating quadruple jumps, including a quadruple Axel, in the men’s free skate to capture his first figure skating world title. The 19-year-old nicknamed the “Quad god,” who is the only skater to land a quadruple Axel in competition, dazzled with an array of breathtakingly executed jumps starting with his quad Axel and including a quadruple Lutz in combination with a triple flip and a quadruple toe loop in combination with a triple toe. He added an unexpected triple-triple combination at the end to earn a world-record 227.79 in the free program for a championship
Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter is being criminally investigated by the IRS, and the attorney for his alleged bookmaker said Thursday that the ex-Los Angeles Dodgers employee placed bets on international soccer — but not baseball. The IRS confirmed Thursday that interpreter Ippei Mizuhara and Mathew Bowyer, the alleged illegal bookmaker, are under criminal investigation through the agency’s Los Angeles Field Office. IRS Criminal Investigation spokesperson Scott Villiard said he could not provide additional details. Mizuhara, 39, was fired by the Dodgers on Wednesday following reports from the Los Angeles Times and ESPN about his alleged ties to an illegal bookmaker and debts well
MLB on Friday announced a formal investigation into the scandal swirling around Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter amid charges that the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar was the victim of “massive theft.” The Dodgers on Wednesday fired Ippei Mizuhara, Ohtani’s long-time interpreter and close friend, after Ohtani’s representatives alleged that the Japanese two-way star had been the victim of theft, which was reported to involve millions of dollars and link Mizuhara to a suspected illegal bookmaker in California. “Major League Baseball has been gathering information since we learned about the allegations involving Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara from the news media,” MLB