Alexander Steen had two goals and an assist, and Brian Elliot stopped 33 shots as the streaking St Louis Blues held on to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Sunday.
Dmitrij Jaskin and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored, and T.J. Oshie added three assists for St Louis.
The Blues have won five straight and 10 of 11.
Washington’s Alex Ovechkin scored twice, giving him an NHL-leading 31 goals, and had an assist.
He became the fifth player in NHL history to start his career with 10 30-goal seasons. Ovechkin has 15 goals in his last 15 games.
Karl Alzner also scored for Washington. The Capitals are 1-4-2 in their last seven.
COYOTES 3, CANADIENS 2
In Montreal, Lauri Korpikoski scored two power-play goals for Arizona as Montreal-area native Louis Domingue made 18 saves to win in his first NHL start.
The 22-year-old Domingue helped end the Canadiens’ five-game winning streak.
Domingue made his NHL debut on Saturday in relief of Mike Smith during the third period in a 7-2 loss in Ottawa.
His first start got off to a rough beginning when Alex Galchenyuk scored twice on Montreal’s first four shots in the opening 4 minutes, 55 seconds.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson also scored for the Coyotes.
PREDATORS 4, PENGUINS 0
Carter Hutton made 21 saves for this second career shutout in Nashville’s first regulation victory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 11 years.
Gabriel Bourque, Roman Josi, Eric Nystrom and Mike Fisher also scored for the Predators.
Hutton improved to 3-1-2, temporarily filling in as Nashville’s No. 1 goalie while All-Star Pekka Rinne recovers from a sprained knee that is expected to sideline him for at least another week.
WILD 4, CANUCKS 2
In Vancouver, Devan Dubnyk stopped 35 shots to help Minnesota beat the Canucks.
Zach Parise, Jared Spurgeon, Thomas Vanek and Jason Zucker scored for the Wild.
Zucker sealed it with an empty-net goal with 55 seconds left.
Ronalds Kenins and Daniel Sedin scored for the Canucks.
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