Jimmy Hayes on Sunday capped Boston’s three-goal second period with his first of the NHL season, while Tuukka Rask stopped 30 shots as the Bruins snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1.
Rask lost his bid for his fourth shutout with 2 minutes, 39 seconds to play, when Victor Hedman scored, but he improved to 12-4.
David Pastrnak had his team-leading 13th goal, while David Backes and Dominic Moore also scored. Ben Bishop made 26 saves for Tampa Bay, who lost their second straight.
Claude Julien coached his 726th game with the Bruins, tying Milt Schmidt — the oldest living member of the Hall of Fame at 98 years old — for second in team history.
Hayes tipped David Krejci’s pass into the top right corner late in the second to make it 3-0. He then reached over his shoulder and motioned as if he was removing his scoring drought from his shoulders. It was his first goal since Feb. 24.
Boston scored just four total goals in their previous three games.
In Raleigh, North Carolina, Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist in Carolina’s 3-2 win over Florida, who fired coach Gerard Gallant after the game.
Tom Rowe, who was promoted to general manager before the season, is to assume coaching duties, said a source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the moves.
Carolina goalie Michael Leighton stopped 31 shots in his first NHL game this season. Cam Ward started the previous nine games for Carolina.
Viktor Stalberg and Derek Ryan also scored for Carolina, with Ryan getting his first of the season.
In Edmonton, Alberta, Jamie McGinn broke a tie with 3 minutes, 44 seconds left, while Mike Smith made 41 saves in Arizona’s 2-1 victory over the Oilers.
McGinn was left all alone in front and defeated goalie Cam Talbot to the stick side.
Radim Vrbata also scored to help the Coyotes complete a home-and-home sweep. They edged the Oilers in a shoot-out on Friday night in the desert.
The Coyotes have won three of their past four to improve to 8-10-2. They are also 21-0-4 against Edmonton in the past 25 meetings, the longest stretch since Philadelphia went 32 games in a row without a regulation loss to Los Angeles more than 30 years ago.
In other games, Philadelphia won 5-3 at home to Calgary, with Anthony Stolarz making 29 saves for his first NHL win; Ottawa won 2-0 at the New York Rangers for their fourth straight victory; and Winnipeg beat visiting Nashville 3-0 to end a five-game losing streak.
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