Miikka Kiprusoff made 38 saves in his first shutout of the season as the Calgary Flames beat the Detroit Red Wings 1-0 in the NHL on Friday. Alex Tanguay scored midway through the first half for what proved to be the winner.
Kiprusoff was at his best in the third period as Detroit outshot the Flames 13-2. The Red Wings hit the post twice in the final 20 minutes of Kiprusoff's 25th-career shutout.
The Flames won their third straight and moved within one point of the Northwest Division-leading Minnesota Wild, setting up game for first place on Sunday.
Detroit dropped to 1-6-1 in its past eight games and first without All-Star defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom, who sprained his knee on Monday.
Stars 5, Oilers 2
In Dallas, Jere Lehtinen scored two goals to lead the Dallas Stars over the Edmonton Oilers.
Marty Turco stopped 20 shots as the Stars completed a sweep of the four-game season series.
The Stars won for the 10th time in 12 games overall to maintain a four-point lead atop the Pacific Division.
Avalanche 3, Coyotes 2, SO
In Glendale, Arizona, it took a record 12 rounds of a penalty shootout before Colorado found the winning shot to beat Phoenix.
Cody McLeod eventually found the net after what was the longest shootout ever for both teams.
The victory made an end to the Avalanche's five-game winless streak and kept it within two points of the Western Conference playoff places.
Phoenix's successive losses put them a point behind Colorado in the West.
Ducks 2, Blues 1, OT
In Anaheim, California, Samuel Pahlsson scored 32 seconds into overtime to lift Anaheim over St. Louis.
It was the Ducks' eighth win in nine games, keeping the reigning champs on the tail of Dallas in the Pacific Division.
Anaheim had to rally after St. Louis took a 1-0 lead 2:17 into the third period.
‘AWFUL PERFORMANCE’: Golden State were always chasing the game after failing to threaten from long range, making just eight of 33 three-point attempts Aaron Gordon on Monday scored 38 points as the Denver Nuggets shrugged off the absence of Nikola Jokic to halt the Golden State Warriors’ seven-game winning streak with a 114-105 victory over their Western Conference rivals. A dazzling display from Gordon inspired what was ultimately a comfortable win for Denver, who were missing regular starters Jokic and Jamal Murray from their lineup. The absentees were barely felt by Denver, who startled the Warriors early at San Francisco’s Chase Center and led for most of the game. The Warriors threatened to stage a late rally after slashing the Nuggets’ fourth-quarter lead from 15 points
Barcelona’s Ferran Torres scored twice on Sunday to help secure a late 4-2 comeback win at Atletico Madrid in a pulsating La Liga clash that took the Catalan side back to the top of the table. Barca have 60 points and a game in hand after last week’s postponement of their home game with CA Osasuna. They are level on points with Real Madrid, who won 2-1 at Villarreal on Saturday. “I am happy and proud of this team,” Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick told a news conference. “They never give up... It’s a great three points and we are happy to
Chris Wood has fired Nottingham Forest into surprise UEFA Champions League contention and now the striker wants to score the goals to help New Zealand make history at the FIFA World Cup. New Zealand are strong favorites to qualify out of the Oceania region over the next week and reach the World Cup for only the third time. At the country’s two previous appearances at the finals, in 1982 and 2010, they have failed to win a match in six attempts. With Wood captaining the side and leading from the front, he told local media yesterday that the current squad can finally deliver
Paolo Banchero on Sunday scored 24 points as the Orlando Magic overturned a 13-point deficit to end the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 16-game unbeaten streak with a gutsy 108-103 road victory. Cleveland, the runaway Eastern Conference leaders, had looked poised to extend their franchise-record winning run after surging clear of Orlando early in the third quarter, but after a season where they have staged hefty winning comebacks of their own, the tables turned on Cleveland in the face of a furious burst of Orlando scoring. The Magic outscored Cleveland 35-23 in the third quarter, with Franz Wagner leading the charge with nine points and
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