Patrik Elias had a goal and assist, Martin Brodeur made 29 saves and Ilya Kovalchuk scored in his return from a groin injury in the New Jersey Devils’ 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday.
Playing in his fourth game since a shoulder injury forced him to miss six, Brodeur’s best save came with six minutes left in the second period when he snagged Jason Pominville’s shot from point-blank range with his glove.
Brodeur has allowed 10 goals since his return.
Zach Parise, Mark Fayne and David Clarkson also scored for the Devils (9-7-1), who won for the second time in three games. New Jersey lost 4-3 at Boston on Tuesday.
Tyler Myers scored twice after a one-game benching, Jordan Leopold added a goal and Jhonas Enroth allowed five goals on 19 shots.
CANADIENS 4, HURRICANES 0
At Montreal, Carey Price made 25 saves for his first shutout of the season and P.K. Subban had a goal and an assist to lead Montreal over Carolina.
Price, who earned a secondary assist on Michael Cammalleri’s goal 7:15 in, recorded his first regular-season shutout since March 12. It was his 13th NHL blanking.
Yannick Weber and Travis Moen also scored for Montreal (8-7-3), and Tomas Plekanec had two assists. The Canadiens are 7-2-1 in their past 10 games.
Cam Ward stopped 32 shots for Carolina, which lost 5-3 to Philadelphia on Monday. The Hurricanes are 3-8-2 in their last 13 games.
BLACKHAWKS 5, CANUCKS 1
At Vancouver, British Columbia, Andrew Brunette and Patrick Kane scored power-play goals midway through the second period as Chicago rallied from an early deficit to win its season-high fourth straight game.
The Canucks, who beat the Blackhawks in Chicago 6-2 earlier this month, led 1-0 before Brunette and Kane took advantage of the game’s first two power plays.
Jonathan Toews scored his fifth goal in four games, Patrick Sharp added a goal 1:49 later in the third period and Steve Montador also scored to complete the rout.
Jannik Hansen scored for the Canucks against goalie Corey Crawford, who made 28 saves.
KINGS 2, DUCKS 1, SO
At Los Angeles, Jonathan Quick made 23 saves before stopping six of Anaheim’s seven shootout attempts, while Justin Williams scored the winning goal in the seventh round in Los Angeles’ victory over the slumping Ducks in the season’s first Freeway Faceoff.
Mike Richards scored during a two-man advantage in the second period for the Kings, but Quick lost his bid for his 18th NHL shutout when Teemu Selanne tied it on a power-play goal with 3:25 left in regulation.
Jonas Hiller made 36 saves while single-handedly keeping it close for the Ducks, who have lost 11 of 13.
Jarret Stoll scored the first shootout goal in the third round, but captain Ryan Getzlaf answered for the Ducks.
After three more scoreless rounds, Williams put a quick wrist shot over Hiller’s glove and Quick stopped Kurtis Foster.
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
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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