Anaheim’s Nick Bonino and Kyle Palmieri scored in a shootout to give the Ducks a 3-2 win over Chicago on Friday, sending the defending Stanley Cup champions to their third consecutive loss.
Carolina won a third-straight game by downing San Jose, and Vancouver beat Phoenix.
Anaheim’s Bonino matched Jonathan Toews’ goal in the first round of the tiebreaker, and Palmieri beat Antti Raanta with a backhand after Jonas Hiller stopped Patrick Sharp at the other end.
Hiller then made another save on Patrick Kane to give Anaheim the win after losing their previous two games in a shootout.
Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf scored in regulation for the Ducks.
The three-game losing skid for the Blackhawks is their worst regular-season stretch since two seasons ago.
Carolina’s Elias Lindholm had a goal and two assists in the Hurricanes 5-3 win over San Jose.
Jordan Staal, Eric Staal, Riley Nash and Jay Harrison had Carolina’s other goals.
Vancouver’s Chris Higgins scored in overtime to give the Canucks a 3-2 victory over Phoenix, escaping with a win despite squandering a 2-0 lead near the end.
Higgins scored after he kicked the puck away from Phoenix center Mike Ribeiro in the Vancouver zone and then raced down the left wing and beat the goaltender with a quick shot to the far side.
Jason Garrison and Henrik Sedin also scored for Vancouver while Antoine Vermette and David Moss responded for the Coyotes.
Columbus’ Cam Atkinson, Nick Foligno, Boone Jenner and R.J. Umberger scored to lead the Blue Jackets over Minnesota 4-0.
Detroit’s Johan Franzen and Tomas Tatar scored goals as the Red Wings beat New Jersey 3-1.
Colorado’s Maxime Talbot scored the tying goal and set up the go-ahead score 54 seconds later in the second period to propel the Avalanche to a 3-2 win over Calgary.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen go into today’s match at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim stung from their first league defeat in 16 months. Leverkusen were beaten 3-2 at home by RB Leipzig before the international break, the first loss since May last year for the reigning league and cup champions. While any defeat, particularly against a likely title rival, would have disappointed coach Xabi Alonso, the way in which it happened would be most concerning. Just as they did in the Supercup against VfB Stuttgart and in the league opener to Borussia Moenchengladbach, Leverkusen scored first, but were pegged back. However, while Leverkusen rallied late to
If all goes well when the biggest marathon field ever gathered in Australia races 42km through the streets of Sydney on Sunday, World Marathon Majors (WMM) will soon add a seventh race to the elite series. The Sydney Marathon is to become the first race since Tokyo in 2013 to join long-established majors in New York, London, Boston, Berlin and Chicago if it passes the WMM assessment criteria for the second straight year. “We’re really excited for Sunday to arrive,” race director Wayne Larden told a news conference in Sydney yesterday. “We’re prepared, we’re ready. All of our plans look good on
The lights dimmed and the crowd hushed as Karoline Kristensen entered for her performance. However, this was no ordinary Dutch theater: The temperature was 80°C and the audience naked apart from a towel. Dressed in a swimsuit and to the tune of emotional music, the 21-year-old Kristensen started her routine, performed inside a large sauna, with a bed of hot rocks in the middle. For a week this month, a group of wellness practitioners, called “sauna masters,” are gathering at a picturesque health resort in the Netherlands to compete in this year’s Aufguss world sauna championships. The practice takes its name from a
When details from a scientific experiment that could have helped clear Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva landed at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the leader of the organization’s reaction was unequivocal: “We have to stop that urgently,” he wrote. No mention of the test ever became public and Valieva’s defense at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) went on without it. What effect the information could have had on Valieva’s case is unclear, but without it, the skater, then 15 years old, was eventually disqualified from the 2022 Winter Olympics after testing positive for a banned heart medication that would later