Brian Elliott stopped 29 shots, while Dmitri Jaskin scored a key third-period goal as the St Louis Blues beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Wednesday night.
Ty Rattie also scored for St Louis. Elliott came within 2 minutes, 13 seconds of becoming the first goalie in 69 games to shut out the Red Wings, but Henrik Zetterberg spoiled his bid with a power-play goal through Justin Abdelkader’s screen.
Detroit pulled Petr Mrazek with two minutes left, but their momentum was destroyed when Dylan Larkin took a penalty with 58 seconds to play. Mrazek finished with 18 saves.
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AVALANCHE 2, SABRES 1
In Denver, Colorado, Francois Beauchemin scored a go-ahead goal with 31.7 seconds left in the third period to lift the Avalanche past the Sabres.
Alex Tanguay had a goal and an assist and Semyon Varlamov had 27 saves for Colorado. Beauchemin also had an assist.
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The Avalanche, who scored twice in the third, went ahead when Beauchemin’s shot from the point went off Sabres defenseman Mark Pysyk and beat goalie Robin Lehner high for his sixth of the season.
Buffalo’s loss spoiled the return of Ryan O’Reilly, who played six season in Colorado and was facing his former team for the first time since being traded in the offseason.
DUCKS 3, WILD 1
In Anaheim, California, Rickard Rackell scored the go-ahead goal with 6:19 left in the third period, while rookie John Gibson made 25 saves to lead the Ducks.
Chris Stewart also scored for the Ducks, who are 11-2-0 in their past 13 games against Minnesota.
Jakob Silfverberg added an empty-netter with 49 seconds remaining.
Jarret Stoll scored for the Wild, who have lost five in a row. Devan Dubnyk stopped 24 shots.
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
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