Martin St Louis scored three times in his 900th NHL game and Steven Stamkos added his league-leading 34th goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 6-3 on Saturday.
Nate Thompson and Vincent Lecavalier also scored for the Lightning, who have won six of seven. Florida got goals from Tomas Fleischmann, Mikael Samuelsson and Sean Bergenheim. The Southeast Division-leading Panthers were coming off a 2-1 win over Winnipeg on Friday night.
OILERS 5, RED WINGS 4, SO
In Edmonton, Alberta, Sam Gagner Gagner had two goals and an assist, while Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the shootout winner as Edmonton beat league-leading Detroit.
The Oilers blew a 3-1 lead in the third period, but sent it to overtime when Jordan Eberle scored with 39 seconds left.
Eberle ended up with a pair of goals for the Oilers, who have won three in a row and are 4-0-1 in their last five games.
PENGUINS 2, BRUINS 1
In Boston, Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves and Evgeni Malkin scored a power-play goal to lift Pittsburgh over Boston for their ninth win in 10 games.
Matt Cooke had the other goal for the Penguins, who rebounded from a 1-0 loss at Toronto on Wednesday that ended a season-best eight-game winning streak.
Joe Corvo scored Boston’s goal and Tim Thomas stopped 26 shots. The Bruins hadn’t lost consecutive games since early December and dropped two in a row at home for the first time since Oct. 22 and Oct. 27.
MAPLE LEAFS 5, SENATORS 0
In Ottawa, James Reimer posted his second straight shutout, while Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak each had three points to lead Toronto over Ottawa.
Kessel and Bozak each had a goal and two assists, while Dion Phaneuf, Luke Schenn and Cody Franson also scored for Toronto. Reimer stopped 49 shots for his third shutout of the season and has now made 74 saves in his last two games.
In other NHL play, it was:
‧ Sabres 4, Islanders 3, SO
‧ Canucks 3, Avalanche 2, SO
‧ Devils 6, Flyers 4
‧ Capitals 3, Canadiens 0
‧ Hurricanes 2, Kings 1
‧ Predators 3, Blues 1
‧ Stars 2, Wild 1, SO
‧ Coyotes 5, Sharks 3
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