The Boston Bruins moved into a tie for the National Hockey League’s Eastern Conference lead with a 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday.
Marc Savard and Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist each to lead Boston to their eighth victory in nine games, and seventh straight at home.
HURRICANES 5, COYOTES 2
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In Raleigh, North Carolina, Eric Staal scored three goals in quick succession to lead Carolina over Phoenix and to a season-high third straight victory.
Ending an eight-game scoring drought, Staal completed his fifth career hat-trick in the span of just 24 minutes.
FLYERS 3, SABRES 0
In Buffalo, New York, Martin Biron made 40 saves for his first shutout of the season against his old team as Philadelphia beat Buffalo.
Jeff Carter scored twice for the Flyers, who notched a third straight win, while the Sabres have lost four in a row.
BLUES 3, DUCKS 2, OT
In St Louis, Missouri, the home side put an end to Anaheim’s run of five straight wins on the road.
Lee Stempniak scored with 2 minutes, 21 seconds left in overtime for the Blues.
The Ducks had equalized with less than a second left in regulation time to force overtime.
DEVILS 5, ISLANDERS 2
In Newark, New Jersey, David Clarkson and Travis Zajac scored 10 seconds apart in the first period, setting up New Jersey’s win over New York.
Goaltender Kevin Weekes made 25 saves for his 100th victory as the Devils brought up their third straight win, while ending the Islanders’ streak at the same number.
LIGHTNING 4, PREDATORS 1
In Tampa, Florida, Tampa Bay recorded their first win under interim coach Rick Tocchet, downing Nashville.
Vincent Lecavalier had two goals for the Lightning, who ended their five-game losing skid.
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
HSIEH MAKES QUARTERS: Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens of Belgium won in the women’s doubles and face Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sofia Kenin of the US Top-ranked Iga Swiatek and US Open champion Coco Gauff were knocked out of the women’s singles at the Miami Open on Monday, while Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei advanced in the women’s doubles. Swiatek lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 6-2, hours after third seed Gauff fell in three sets to No. 23 Caroline Garcia 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. Alexandrova beat a top-ranked player for the first time and advanced to face Jessica Pegula, a 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 winner over Emma Navarro, in the quarter-finals. Alexandrova recorded her second win over Swiatek, following a 2021 victory in Melbourne. Swiatek had won their three matches since. “We played quite