Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist as the Washington Capitals snapped a three-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.
Niklas Backstrom had three assists, Tomas Fleischmann had a goal and an assist and Viktor Kozlov, Alexander Semin and Jeff Schultz also scored for Washington, which had four third-period goals.
Miroslav Satan had a goal and an assist and Sidney Crosby had two assists for the reeling Penguins, who have lost eight of 10 overall and six of seven at home. Evgeni Malkin and Ryan Whitney also scored for Pittsburgh.
RED WINGS 4, DUCKS 3
At Anaheim, California, Dan Cleary and Johan Franzen scored 35 seconds apart midway through the third period to rally Detroit past Anaheim.
Cleary pulled Detroit even with a shot that sailed past goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere on the stick side. Franzen scored the go-ahead goal by batting the puck into the net after Pavel Datsyuk took a shot from the left circle and the puck bounced high off Giguere.
Cleary’s goal was his eighth, and Franzen got No. 19.
Jiri Hudler and Tomas Holmstrom scored earlier for the Red Wings.
Datsyuk and Niklas Kronwall each had two assists for the Red Wings.
The Ducks’ Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and two assists in the losing effort. Corey Perry and Steve Montador had the other Anaheim goals.
SENATORS 3, THRASHERS 2
At Atlanta, Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson each had a goal and an assist as Ottawa kept Atlanta reeling at home.
Dean McAmmond broke a 2-2 tie for the winning goal 14:23 into the second period. Jarkko Ruutu floated a pass up the ice for McAmmond, who scored on a breakaway ahead of trailing defenseman Ron Hainsey.
Rookie goaltender Brian Elliott improved to 2-1-0 after stopping 29 of 31 shots to win his second straight start.
Todd White and Chris Thorburn scored for Atlanta.
BLACKHAWKS 4, SABRES 1
At Chicago, Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews, Martin Havlat and James Wisniewski scored goals as Chicago defeated Buffalo.
Chicago’s Cristobal Huet stopped 22 shots as the Blackhawks won their second straight. Chicago’s Kris Versteeg, the NHL’s rookie scoring leader, added two assists.
Ales Kotalik scored for Buffalo, which dropped its second straight.
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