Mike Knuble scored the decisive goal in the fourth round of the shootout, and also connected in regulation of the Washington Capitals’ 4-3 victory over the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.
Jose Theodore made 39 saves for the Capitals, increasing his club-record streak to 19 games (17-0-2) without a loss in regulation. With the victory, the Capitals tied the franchise points record of 108 set last season.
Avalanche 4, Kings 3, SO
At Denver, Peter Mueller and Chris Stewart had shootout goals for Colorado after Los Angeles overcame a late two-goal deficit to force overtime.
Los Angeles’ Ryan Smyth had a chance to extend the shootout, but his shot clanged off the goal post to end the game.
Matt Hendricks, Milan Hejduk and Paul Stastny scored first-period goals, leading Los Angeles to pull starting goalie Jonathan Quick in favor of Erik Ersberg.
Alexander Frolov tied it on a power play with one minute, 21 seconds left in regulation, and Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty also scored for Los Angeles.
Red Wings 4, Blues 2
At Detroit, Valtteri Filppula scored with six minutes, 49 seconds left and added an empty-net goal, and Jimmy Howard made 30 saves to help Detroit moved four points ahead of Calgary for the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot.
Henrik Zetterberg and Todd Bertuzzi also scored for the Red Wings, 9-2-1 since the Olympic break. Paul Kariya and Jay McClement scored for St Louis.
Sabres 3, Canadiens 2, SO
At Buffalo, New York, Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek scored in the shootout after Buffalo overcame a two goal deficit in the final 2 minutes of regulation.
Tim Connolly scored a power-play goal with one minute, 59 seconds left in regulation, and Steve Montador tied it with 47.9 seconds left and goalie Ryan Miller off for an extra attacker. Miller made with 26 saves to help the Sabres win their fourth straight game.
Andrei Kostitsyn scored twice and Carey Price stopped 40 shots for Montreal.
Canucks 4, Ducks 1
At Vancouver, British Columbia, Daniel Sedin had a goal and two assists, twin brother Henrik added three assists, and Andrew Raycroft made 30 saves for Vancouver.
Christian Ehrhoff, Alex Burrows and Ryan Kesler also scored to help Vancouver bounce back from a loss to last-place Edmonton on Tuesday night.
The win was just the Canucks’ second in five games and kept them five points ahead of Colorado atop the Northwest Division. Henrik Sedin also moved back into the NHL scoring lead with 99 points, one more than Washington’s Alex Ovechkin.
Saku Koivu broke up Raycroft’s shutout bid eight minutes into the third period.
Rangers 5, Islanders 0
At New York, Marian Gaborik had two goals and an assist, and Henrik Lundqvist made 27 saves for his third shutout of the season for New York. The 10th-place Rangers moved within five points of eighth-place Boston, but have only nine games left.
The lights dimmed and the crowd hushed as Karoline Kristensen entered for her performance. However, this was no ordinary Dutch theater: The temperature was 80°C and the audience naked apart from a towel. Dressed in a swimsuit and to the tune of emotional music, the 21-year-old Kristensen started her routine, performed inside a large sauna, with a bed of hot rocks in the middle. For a week this month, a group of wellness practitioners, called “sauna masters,” are gathering at a picturesque health resort in the Netherlands to compete in this year’s Aufguss world sauna championships. The practice takes its name from a
Roger Federer on Wednesday said that staying involved with tennis in retirement helped him avoid feeling “like an alien” ahead of this week’s Laver Cup in Berlin. Federer, who helped create the tournament, retired at the Laver Cup in London two years ago and has since stayed involved with the competition as an ambassador. “I’m happy I went back right away to some tournaments,” the 43-year-old told reporters. “I feel I ripped the Band-Aid off quite quickly and when I walk around the tennis sites I still feel I belong there,” he said. “I don’t feel like an alien, which is a
Japanese players are moving to English soccer in record numbers and more look set to follow with clubs attracted by their quality, strong work ethic and value for money. Kaoru Mitoma is the standout talent of five Japanese players in the English Premier League, with eight more in the Championship and two in League One. Liverpool midfielder Wataru Endo, the captain of Japan, believes his compatriots are “being held in higher esteem” by English clubs compared with the past. “The staff at Liverpool ask me about lots of Japanese players, not necessarily with a view to a transfer, but just saying this or
Taiwan yesterday survived Bosnia and Herzegovina to win their Davis Cup World Group I tie at the Taipei Tennis Center. The tight series started on Saturday with world No. 123 Jason Tseng losing 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to Mirza Basic in the opening singles matchup. However, teammate Tony Wu kept the tie even, dominating world No. 86 Damir Dzumhur 6-2, 6-1. Yesterday, 24-year-old Ray Ho and partner 25-year-old Hsu Yu-hsiou kept up the momentum, making short work of Basic and Nerman Fatic, winning 6-3, 6-4. Tseng then suffered another defeat, losing 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to Dzumhur in a brutal match that lasted more than two