The Boston Bruins clinched an NHL playoff spot with a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday.
Brad Marchand scored a power-play goal with 3:43 left in regulation, and Nathan Horton also scored to help the Northeast Division leaders.
Tim Thomas made 27 saves for the Bruins, allowing only Kris Versteeg’s early goal.
Eastern Conference-leading Philadelphia were unbeaten in regulation in their previous nine games. They are two points ahead of Washington and Pittsburgh for the top spot.
CANUCKS 4, BLUE JACKETS 1
In Columbus, Ohio, Vancouver reached 50 wins in a season for the first time in their 40-year NHL history, beating Columbus.
Chris Higgins had two goals and an assist as the NHL-leading Canucks extended their road winning streak to eight, matching the franchise record set in early 2004.
Christian Ehrhoff and Henrik Sedin also scored for Vancouver, who have won 10 of 11 overall and seven in a row against Columbus.
R.J. Umberger scored a consolation for the Blue Jackets with just under 10 minutes remaining.
THRASHERS 5, SENATORS 4, SO
In Atlanta, Georgia, the home team got past Ottawa in a shootout, moving nine points behind Buffalo, who hold the last place in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Andrew Ladd scored the deciding shootout goal, Blake Wheeler and Ben Maxwell each had a goal and an assist, while Bryan Little and Mark Stuart also scored for the Thrashers.
Marek Svatos had two goals and Chris Neil and Erik Condra also scored for the Senators.
PENGUINS 2, PANTHERS 1, SO
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the hosts won their fourth consecutive shootout, edging Florida.
Alex Kovalev and James Neal scored in the shootout, Ben Lovejoy scored in regulation and Marc-Andre Fleury had 37 saves for the Penguins, who moved two points behind Philadelphia in the race for the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference leads.
Pittsburgh, tied with Washington for second in the conference with 98 points, have won six of seven.
Fleury set a team record for time elapsed between goals allowed (150 minutes, 14 seconds) and made two stops in the shootout.
Ryan Carter scored for the Panthers, who have lost five straight.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen go into today’s match at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim stung from their first league defeat in 16 months. Leverkusen were beaten 3-2 at home by RB Leipzig before the international break, the first loss since May last year for the reigning league and cup champions. While any defeat, particularly against a likely title rival, would have disappointed coach Xabi Alonso, the way in which it happened would be most concerning. Just as they did in the Supercup against VfB Stuttgart and in the league opener to Borussia Moenchengladbach, Leverkusen scored first, but were pegged back. However, while Leverkusen rallied late to
If all goes well when the biggest marathon field ever gathered in Australia races 42km through the streets of Sydney on Sunday, World Marathon Majors (WMM) will soon add a seventh race to the elite series. The Sydney Marathon is to become the first race since Tokyo in 2013 to join long-established majors in New York, London, Boston, Berlin and Chicago if it passes the WMM assessment criteria for the second straight year. “We’re really excited for Sunday to arrive,” race director Wayne Larden told a news conference in Sydney yesterday. “We’re prepared, we’re ready. All of our plans look good on
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
When details from a scientific experiment that could have helped clear Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva landed at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the leader of the organization’s reaction was unequivocal: “We have to stop that urgently,” he wrote. No mention of the test ever became public and Valieva’s defense at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) went on without it. What effect the information could have had on Valieva’s case is unclear, but without it, the skater, then 15 years old, was eventually disqualified from the 2022 Winter Olympics after testing positive for a banned heart medication that would later