San Jose’s Benn Ferriero scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period to give the Sharks a 5-3 win over the stumbling Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, opening a four-point lead in the NHL’s Pacific Division.
Joe Thornton, Dan Boyle, Justin Braun and Jamie McGinn for San Jose.
Marcus Kruger scored twice and Bryan Bickell also netted for the Blackhawks, who have lost seven straight games overall and nine in a row on the road.
Red Wings 2, Ducks 1
In Detroit, Pavel Datsyuk and Todd Bertuzzi scored shootout goals to give Detroit their 19th consecutive home victory, edging Anaheim.
Detroit tied the 1970-1971 -Boston Bruins for the second-longest home streak in NHL history. The 1975-1976 Philadelphia Flyers and the 1929-1930 Bruins jointly hold the record with 20 consecutive wins at home.
Jakub Kindl scored in regulation for Detroit.
Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom played in his 1,549th game to tie former Detroit star Alex Delvecchio’s NHL record for games with one team. It is also the second-most games played in Detroit franchise history, behind Gordie Howe at 1,687.
George Parros scored his first goal of the season for Anaheim.
Sabres 3, Stars 2, SO
In Buffalo, Nathan Gerbe scored the decisive shootout goal in the fifth round after Buffalo overcame a two-goal deficit in the third period against Dallas.
Derek Roy forced overtime by scoring with 39 seconds left and Thomas Vanek also scored to help the Sabres improve to 5-0-1 in their past six games. Buffalo have not lost in regulation at home for two months.
Michael Ryder and Tomas Vincour scored for the Stars.
After Buffalo’s Brad Boyes and Dallas’ Jamie Benn traded shootout goals, Gerbe sealed the win in the fifth shootout round by backhanding a shot that struck the post and then caromed in off the goalie.
Ryder then shot high and wide while driving in from the left side.
Avalanche 4, Hurricanes 3, OT
In Denver, Ryan O’Reilly scored on a slap shot with 1.2 seconds remaining in overtime to give Colorado victory over Carolina.
Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped a season-high 39 shots, while Gabriel Landeskog, Milan Hejduk and Paul Stastny also scored for the Avalanche.
The Hurricanes got goals from Tim Brent, Jiri Tlusty and Eric Staal in a city that keeps haunting them. The Carolina franchise have not won in Denver since 1996, when the team were the Hartford Whalers.
Shohei Ohtani and his wife arrived in South Korea with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates yesterday ahead of their season-opening games with the San Diego Padres next week. Ohtani, wearing a black training suit and a cap backwards, was the first Dodgers player who showed up at the arrival gate of Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul. His wife, Mamiko Tanaka, walked several steps behind him. As a crowd of fans, many wearing Dodgers jerseys, shouted his name and cheered slogans, Ohtani briefly waved his hand, but did not say anything before he entered a limousine bus with his wife. Fans held placards
Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying yesterday advanced to the quarter-finals at the All England Open, beating Kim Ga-eun of South Korea 21-17, 21-15. With the win, Tai earned a semi-final against China’s He Bingjiao, who beat Michelle Li of Canada 21-9, 21-9. Defending champion An Se-young defeated India’s P.V. Sindhu 21-19, 21-11. An on Wednesday cruised into the second round, unlike last year’s men’s winner, Li Shifeng, who suffered a shock defeat. South Korea’s An, the world No. 1, overcame Taiwan’s Hsu Wen-chi 21-17, 21-16 to set up the match against Sindhu. In other women’s singles matches, Taiwan’s Sung Shuo-yun lost 21-18, 24-22 against Carolina Marin of
EYEING TOP SPOT: A victory in today’s final against Storm Hunter and Katerina Siniakova would return 38-year-old Hsieh Su-wei to the world No. 1 ranking Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens on Thursday secured a spot in the women’s doubles finals at the BNP Paribas Open after dispatching Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the US and Australia’s Ellen Perez 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) at Indian Wells. Hsieh and her Belgian partner Mertens, who won the Australian Open in late January, coasted through the first set after breaking their opponents’ serve twice, but found the going tougher in the second. Both pairs could only muster one break point over 12 games, neither of which were converted, leaving the set to be decided by a tiebreaker. Hsieh and Mertens took a 6-3 lead,
DOUBLES PAYBACK: Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Martens avenged their defeat in the quarters at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open against Demi Schuurs and Luisa Stefani Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei on Wednesday advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. Hsieh and partner Elise Mertens of Belgium dispatched Demi Schuurs and Luisa Stefani 6-1, 6-4 to set up a clash against Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the US and Australia’s Ellen Perez for a spot in the final of the WTA 1000 tournament. Hsieh and Martens made a blistering start to their rematch after they lost to Schuurs and Stefani in the quarter-finals at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open last month, winning three games without reply at the start of the first set