Tuukka Rask made 43 saves — including a stop on a first-period penalty shot — as the Boston Bruins spoiled the return of New York forward Rick Nash in a 2-1 victory over the Rangers on Tuesday.
Rask, playing on back-to-back days for the first time this season, denied Chris Kreider’s penalty shot and turned away everything else except for Derick Brassard’s power-play goal in the second.
Shawn Thornton and Daniel Paille, with his 10th career short-handed goal, provided all the offense Rask needed in the second period as the Bruins (14-6-1) finished a 2-1 road trip. Boston passed Tampa Bay atop the Atlantic Division standings and moved into first place in the Eastern Conference.
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Colorado goalie Semyon Varlamov stopped 36 shots and Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist in the Avalanche’s 5-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Gabriel Landeskog and John Mitchell also scored during the Avalanche’s three-goal first period. P.A. Parenteau and Cody McLeod added goals in the second and third for Colorado, who snapped a three-game skid.
Brandon Saad scored for the Blackhawks, who failed to get at least two goals for the first time this season.
Anze Kopitar and Matt Frattin each had a goal and an assist for Los Angeles and Ben Scrivens extended his unlikely winning streak to 19 as the Kings downed the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2.
Justin Williams had a goal and an assist for the Kings, who have earned a point in seven consecutive games. Dustin Brown and Dwight King also scored for Los Angeles.
Nashville goalie Marek Mazanec made 27 saves to earn his first shutout as the Predators beat Detroit 2-0 to extend the Red Wings’ losing streak to seven games.
Shea Weber and Gabriel Bourque scored for the Predators, who have won two after losing four in a row.
The Philadelphia Flyers downed the Ottawa Senators 5-2 after Kimmo Timonen had a goal and two assists and Steve Mason made 32 saves.
Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier, Wayne Simmonds and Adam Hall also scored for the Flyers.
Clarke MacArthur and Kyle Turris both had a power-play goal for the Senators.
In other games, the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Minnesota Wild 6-2, the St Louis Blues beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1, the Toronto Maple Leafs were 5-2 winners over the New York Islanders, the Edmonton Oilers blanked the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-0 and the Florida Panthers overcame the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in overtime.
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