Kimmo Timonen broke a third-period tie, then added a short-handed empty-netter to lead the Flyers to a 3-1 win over the Bruins on Monday in a preview of the Winter Classic.
Brian Boucher stopped 26 shots for the Flyers.
Vladimir Sobotka scored for Boston.
The longtime rivals are scheduled to meet again on New Year’s Day at Fenway Park in the annual Winter Classic outdoor game.
THRASHERS 3, RANGERS 2, SO
At New York, Johan Hedberg made 46 saves and then was perfect in two shootout rounds to lift Atlanta over the Rangers.
Ilya Kovalchuk and Vyacheslav Kozlov scored on the Thrashers’ only shots in the shootout against Henrik Lundqvist. Hedberg made a pad save on Marian Gaborik in the first round, then watched the puck slide off the stick of Ales Kotalik before he could muster an attempt.
Kozlov and Colby Armstrong scored to give Atlanta a pair of one-goal leads in regulation, but Ryan Callahan and Gaborik had power-play tallies to get New York even.
PREDATORS 5, BLUE JACKETS 3
At Columbus, Steve Sullivan had three goals for the seventh time in his career, leading Nashville.
Patric Hornqvist and Ryan Jones also scored for the Predators.
Columbus, goals came from Antoine Vermette, Jakub Voracek and R.J. Umberger scored for.
RED WINGS 3, COYOTES 2
At Detroit, Jimmy Howard made 30 saves and Kris Newbury, Patrick Eaves and Derek Meech scored to lift the Red Wings.
PANTHERS 7, ISLANDERS 1
At Uniondale, New York, Nathan Horton scored three times as Florida won for just the third time in 13 games.
Michal Repik, Stephen Weiss, Kamil Kreps and Radek Dvorak added goals for the Panthers (13-14-7).
SABRES 4, CANADIENS 3
At Montreal, Clarke MacArthur scored a power-play goal 14:41 into the third period as Buffalo extended its winning streak to four games.
Patrick Kaleta had his second short-handed goal in two games late in the second to put the Sabres up 2-1.
Tim Kennedy’s third goal 12:33 into the third gave Buffalo a short-lived 3-2 lead.
MAPLE LEAFS 3, SENATORS 2
At Toronto, Francois Beauchemin scored six minutes into the third period to break the final tie as Toronto won its first in three meetings this season with their provincial rival.
CANUCKS 3, KINGS 1
At Vancouver, Ryan Kesler opened the scoring 64 seconds in and set up Mason Raymond’s insurance goal with 5:12 left, leading the Canucks over Los Angeles.
‘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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