Jason Pominville and Charlie Coyle scored 57 seconds apart early in the third period to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 2-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday.
The Wild and Flyers had combined for only 28 shots when Pominville collected Mikko Koivu’s pass in the crease and pushed it past a helpless Ray Emery 3 minutes 52 seconds into the third period.
On the ensuing shift, Coyle tapped a rebound off Jared Spurgeon’s slap shot into an empty corner after 4m 49s.
The game was expected to be defensive-minded — the Wild had only allowed an NHL-best 17 even-strength goals in their previous 21 games, while the Flyers had allowed two or fewer goals in 10 of their past 14 games.
Josh Harding stopped 21 shots to earn his third shutout of the season.
JETS 5, RANGERS 2
Winnipeg’s Olli Jokinen broke a tie with 7m 18s left in the third period and then netted an insurance goal moments later to lead the Jets to a 5-2 win over the New York Rangers.
Jokinen, a former Ranger, fired his shot past rookie Cam Talbot, who got a surprise second-straight start over No. 1 goalie Henrik Lundqvist. He then squeezed his sixth goal of the season between Talbot’s pads with 1m 54s left, making it 4-2.
CANADIENS 3, DEVILS 2
Montreal’s Alex Galchenyuk scored midway through the third period to lift the Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils.
Rene Bourque and Max Pacioretty also scored for the Canadiens, while Carey Price made 28 saves.
Steve Bernier and Michael Ryder scored for the Devils, and Martin Brodeur stopped 14 shots.
Ryder tied it at two with a slap shot that got past Price at 4m 42s in the third, but Galchenyuk responded five minutes later, picking up his seventh goal after Alexei Emelin’s shot landed on his stick.
KINGS 3, BLUES 2
Rookie Tyler Toffoli scored two goals, Jarret Stoll also tallied and Ben Scrivens made 25 saves in Los Angeles’ victory over St Louis.
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