Defenseman Matt Gilroy broke a long scoring drought with his first two-goal game in the NHL as the New York Rangers cooled off the surging New York Islanders with a 7-2 victory on Monday night.
As the area dug out of a major blizzard that struck New York on Sunday, the Rangers handed the Islanders their first loss in four games and ended their rivals’ five-game point streak (4-0-1).
Gilroy gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead just 44 seconds in and then broke a 2-2 tie in the second period against Islanders goalie Dwayne Roloson. Gilroy, replacing scratched defenseman Michael Del Zotto, had gone 64 games without a goal — dating to Nov. 28 last year.
BRUINS 3, PANTHERS 2, SO
In Sunrise, Florida, Blake Wheeler scored the only goal in the shootout to lead Boston over Florida.
Tim Thomas, who came in leading the NHL in goals-against average and save percentage, made 32 saves. He then stopped Mike Santorelli, Stephen Weiss and Evgeny Dadonov in the shootout.
David Krejci scored both regulation goals for Boston. Michael Ryder had two assists.
David Booth and Mike Santorelli scored for the Panthers and Michael Frolik had two assists.
BLUE JACKETS 4, WILD 3, SO
In Columbus, Ohio, Rick Nash scored in the shootout and had two assists to lift the Blue Jackets past Minnesota.
Steve Mason, who hadn’t started since Dec. 16 , returned to the net and stopped 37 shots.
Derick Brassard, Fedor Tyutin and Andrew Murray also scored for Columbus, who scored twice in 41 seconds to take the lead in the third period. Kyle Wilson and Kristian Huselius also scored in the shootout.
Chuck Kobasew had a goal and assist, while Mikko Koivu and Cal Clutterbuck also scored for Minnesota, who have lost two in a row after a three-game winning streak.
RED WINGS 4, AVALANCHE 3
In Denver, Colorado, Niklas Kronwall scored the game-winner with 1:18 remaining in overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings’ a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.
Denver goaltender Chris Osgood became the 10th goalie in NHL history to reach 400 wins and was swarmed by teammates after reaching the milestone win. The 17-year veteran has 316 of his wins with the Red Wings.
Nicklas Lidstrom, Jiri Hudler and Johan Franzen also scored for the Red Wings, who have won three of their past four games.
FLAMES 5, SABRES 2
In Calgary, Alberta, Jarome Iginla and Olli Jokinen scored second-period goals to lead Calgary over Buffalo.
Trailing 2-1 in the second period Jokinen’s eighth goal of the season leveled the scores, before Alex Kotalik, David Moss and Tom Kostopolous saw the Flames home.
Drew Stafford and Patrick Kaleta scored for Buffalo.
KINGS 4, SHARKS 0
In San Jose, California, Trevor Lewis broke the deadlock early in the third period and Jonathan Quick made 24 saves for his fourth shutout this season, leading Los Angeles over San Jose.
Dustin Brown scored twice and former San Jose forward Marco Sturm also scored in the third as the Kings broke open the game to end a three-game losing streak to San Jose.
The Sharks looked sluggish in their first game following a three-day Christmas break, taking more than 12 minutes to put a single shot on target, before the Kings scoring blitz saw an end to their four-game winning streak.
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