Montreal on Sunday scored two late goals to beat the New York Islanders 4-2, re-establishing the Canadiens as the NHL Eastern Conference pace-setters.
The Canadiens moved two points above the Metropolitan Division-leading New York Rangers.
In the day’s other games, New Jersey goaltender Cory Schneider repeatedly denied his former team and led the Devils over Vancouver, San Jose stretched their winning streak to six by beating Columbus and Carolina ended a run of five straight defeats by edging Los Angeles.
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The New York Islanders twice led against Montreal, after John Tavares scored the opening goal late in the third period, and when Anders Lee put the visitors up 2-1 with 8 minutes, 7 seconds left to play.
However, Montreal rattled on three goals in those eight minutes, with Alex Galchenyuk putting the Canadiens ahead with 3 minutes, 29 seconds left and Max Pacioretty adding an empty-net goal.
David Desharnais and Tomas Fleischmann also netted for Montreal, who added to their 5-3 win over the Islanders two days earlier.
New Jersey’s Schneider made 36 saves to lead the Devils to a 3-2 win at Vancouver.
Schneider spent three seasons with the Canucks before being traded to New Jersey at the 2013 draft as the first casualty of the protracted goaltending controversy involving himself and Roberto Luongo — Luongo was also traded, going to Florida.
Mike Cammalleri had a goal and two assists, while Andy Greene and Adam Henrique also scored for the Devils.
Henrik Sedin and Radim Vrbata scored for Vancouver.
San Jose’s Joe Pavelski scored twice as the Sharks rallied late for a 5-3 win over Columbus; their seventh straight road win.
Carolina’s Justin Faulk scored two power-play goals for the Hurricanes, who started strongly and held on to edge the Los Angeles Kings 4-3.
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