Francis Lessard and Tommi Santala scored their first NHL goals and the Atlanta Thrashers broke a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Florida Panthers.
Shawn McEachern and Daniel Tjarnqvist added their first goals of the season for the Thrashers on Sunday. Vyacheslav Kozlov also scored for the Thrashers.
Pasi Nurminen stopped 26 shots as the Thrashers' defense finally tightened up after allowing 23 goals in the previous six games. It also was the first time in six games Atlanta allowed fewer than three goals.
The Panthers, who won Saturday night at Pittsburgh, finished their short road trip 1-2 and are 2-2 since general manager Rick Dudley took over coaching duties from Mike Keenan.
Blue Jackets 2, Coyotes 2
In Columbus, Ohio, Andrew Cassels scored with 41.9 seconds left in regulation to rally the Columbus Blue Jackets to a tie with the Phoenix Coyotes.
The Coyotes went to overtime for the fifth consecutive game.
Daymond Langkow had a goal and an assist, and Ladislav Nagy added a goal for Phoenix, each stretching their points streaks to five games.
Rick Nash scored his 10th goal to end a Columbus scoring drought early in the second period.
Blackhawks 2, Rangers 2
In Chicago, Chris Simon scored midway through the third period to lift New York into a tie.
Simon beat goalie Michael Leighton with a quick shot from 25 feet at 10:18 of the third. He pounced on a loose puck after Chicago rookie Igor Radulov couldn't handle a pass.
Mighty Ducks 4, Blues 3
In Anaheim, California, Steve Rucchin scored twice, including the go-ahead goal on a power play early in the third period, as Anaheim ended St. Louis' five-game winning streak.
Revelations of positive doping tests for nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers that went unpunished sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the head of the US drug-fighting organization, who has long been one of WADA’s fiercest critics. WADA on Saturday said it was turning to legal counsel to address a statement released by US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) CEO Travis Tygart, who said WADA and anti-doping authorities in China swept positive tests “under the carpet by failing to fairly and evenly follow the global rules that apply to everyone else in the world.” The
Taiwanese judoka Yang Yung-wei on Saturday won silver in the men’s under-60kg category at the Asian Judo Championships in Hong Kong. Nicknamed the “judo heartthrob” in Taiwan, the Olympic silver-medalist missed out on his first Asian Championships gold when he lost to Japanese judoka Taiki Nakamura in the finals. Yang defeated three opponents on Saturday to reach the final after receiving a bye through the round of 32. He first topped Laotian Soukphaxay Sithisane in the round of 16 with two seoi nage (over-the-shoulder throws), then ousted Indian Vijay Kumar Yadav in the quarter-finals with his signature ude hishigi sankaku gatame (triangular armlock). He
Rafael Nadal on Wednesday said the upcoming French Open would be the moment to “give everything and die” on the court after his comeback from injury in Barcelona was curtailed by Alex de Minaur. The 22-time Grand Slam title winner, back playing this week after three months on the sidelines, battled well, but eventually crumbled 7-5, 6-1 against the world No. 11 from Australia in the second round. Nadal, 37, who missed virtually all of last season, is hoping to compete at the French Open next month where he is the record 14-time champion. The Spaniard said the clash with De Minaur was
RALLY: It was only the second time the Taiwanese has partnered with Kudermetova, and the match seemed tight until they won seven points in a row to take the last set 10-2 Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching and Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova on Sunday won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix women’s doubles final in Stuttgart, Germany. The pair defeated Norway’s Ulrikke Eikeri and Estonia’s Ingrid Neel 4-6, 6-3, 10-2 in a tightly contested match at the WTA 500 tournament. Chan and Kudermetova fell 4-6 in the first set after having their serve broken three times, although they played increasingly well. They fought back in the second set and managed to break their opponents’ serve in the eighth game to triumph 6-3. In the tiebreaker, Chan and Kudermetova took a 3-0 lead before their opponents clawed back two points, but