Nate Thompson scored twice, including the winner at 4 minutes, 36 seconds of overtime, to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
Ben Bishop stopped 28 shots for Tampa Bay, who ended a two-game losing streak.
Daniel Briere scored for Montreal. Carey Price made 34 saves.
The Lightning have a five-point advantage over the Canadiens in the Atlantic Division.
Philadelphia’s Steve Mason posted his second shutout in three games with 35 saves, while Wayne Simmonds scored his 100th NHL goal to lead the Flyers over the Los Angeles Kings 2-0.
It was the 22nd career shutout and third this season for Mason, who stopped 33 shots in a 5-0 win against Detroit on Tuesday last week after getting pulled by coach Craig Berube in two of his previous three starts.
Mason got a break with less than 3:30 left when Justin Williams tried a wraparound and hit the left post.
Claude Giroux added his 17th goal on a power play with 1:58 left, converting a cross-ice pass at the left of the crease from Scott Hartnell while Matt Greene was serving an interference penalty.
In Denver, Colorado, Jamie McGinn had two goals and an assist, while Gabriel Landeskog also had two goals as the Colorado Avalanche trounced the Buffalo Sabres 7-1.
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists, while Semyon Varlamov had 27 saves for the Avalanche, who have won three straight.
Marc-Andre Cliche scored his first NHL goal and Tyson Barrie also scored for the Avalanche. Matt D’Agostini scored for Buffalo.
The Boston Bruins blanked the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 after David Krejci scored a second-period power-play goal and Chad Johnson made 22 saves for his second career shutout, while Phoenix’s Zbynek Michalek scored against his former team, his first goal in 83 games, as the Coyotes downed the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1.
Linemates Ryan Johansen and Boone Jenner each had a goal and an assist in the first period to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Florida Panthers 4-1, while Phil Kessel scored three goals in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 6-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators.
In other games, the St Louis Blues edged the Nashville Predators 4-3 after a shootout, the Dallas Stars shut out the Anaheim Ducks 2-0, the Calgary Flames beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 in overtime and the San Jose Sharks were 2-1 winners over the Chicago Blackhawks after a perfect shootout.
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