Craig Adams scored in the third period and Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves to guide an injury-riddled Pittsburgh Penguins to a 1-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday.
With Sidney Crosby missing a ninth straight game with concussion symptoms and Evgeni Malkin also out with illness and a knee injury, Fleury’s 18th career shutout kept the Penguins five points behind front-running Philadelphia in the Atlantic Division.
Adams’ wrist shot at 8:35 of the final period beat New York goalie Kevin Poulin, who stopped 30 shots, as the Penguins (31-15-4) won for the fifth time in their last six games heading into this weekend’s All-Star Game.
PHOTO: REUTERS
In the win, Pittsburgh once again thrived on defense and have allowed just nine goals over the past six games.
New York put an extra attacker on the ice in the final minute and attempted to surge to a goal, but Fleury and the Pens held off the assault.
The Islanders (15-26-7) have lost four of their last five.
John Tavares led the visitors with four shots.
FLYERS 5, CANADIENS 2
In Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Flyers headed into the All-Star break leading the NHL in wins after a 5-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.
Jeff Carter, Claude Giroux and Kimmo Timonen scored power-play goals for the Flyers, whose 10-2-0 record this month has catapulted them to a league-best 33 victories.
A year ago, the Flyers clinched a playoff spot in the last game of the season. They’ll return next week with a No. 1 seed in the East in sight.
Dan Carcillo and Danny Briere also scored for the Flyers, who earned their 1,000th home victory. They are the first expansion-era team to reach that milestone.
DUCKS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2
In Columbus, All-Star goalie Jonas Hiller made 35 saves for his NHL-leading 25th win as surging Anaheim held on to beat Columbus.
LIGHTNING 2, MAPLE LEAFS 0
In Tampa, the hosts notched their fifth straight win by downing Toronto.
Dwayne Roloson made 26 saves in his third shutout within 10 games this month since being acquired from the New York Islanders.
Teddy Purcell had a goal and an assist, while Simon Gagne also scored for the Southeast Division-leading Lightning. Purcell has five points in the past two games.
WILD 4, BLACKHAWKS 2
In Chicago, Antti Miettinen scored the go-ahead goal to lift Minnesota over Chicago.
Miettinen’s goal on a splendid tip-in of Andrew Brunette’s pass broke a 2-2 tie with 3:47 left in the second. Pierre-Marc Bouchard made it a two-goal lead in the third.
Niklas Backstrom made 31 saves,while Chuck Kobasew and Martin Havlat also scored for the Wild.
Chicago’s goals came from Patrick Sharp and Troy Brouwer.
PANTHERS 4, RANGERS 3
In New York, defenseman Mike Weaver’s first goal in 42 games lifted Florida over New York.
Weaver flipped a shot from the right side that deflected off Artem Anisimov and past surprised goalie Henrik Lundqvist with 8:19 remaining. The Panthers’ only shot of the third salvaged a win for Florida, who squandered a two-goal lead earlier in the period.
It was the second time in the game Anisimov had deflected the puck past his own goalie, doing the same on Rostislav Olesz’s first-period goal.
In other NHL play, it was:
‧ Oilers 4, Coyotes 3
‧ Sabres 3, Senators 2, OT
Freddie Freeman homered and drove in four runs, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and Roki Sasaki earned his first major league win as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 10-3 on Saturday night for their seventh straight victory. The Dodgers have won the first two games of the series to improve to 5-0 against Atlanta this year. Los Angeles’ three-game sweep at home early in the season left the Braves 0-7. Sasaki allowed three runs and six hits over five innings. The 23-year-old right-hander gave up a home run to Ozzie Albies, but received plenty of offensive support in his
Bayern Munich on Sunday were crowned German champions for the 34th time, giving striker Harry Kane his first major trophy, after second-placed Bayer 04 Leverkusen drew 2-2 at SC Freiburg. Bayern’s 3-3 draw at RB Leipzig on Saturday, when the Bavarians came from two goals down to take the lead before conceding a stoppage-time equalizer, meant defending Bundesliga champions Leverkusen needed to win at Freiburg to delay the title party. Leverkusen were two goals down before scoring twice in the final 10 minutes, but Xabi Alonso’s side could not find a third, as Bayern reclaimed the title at the first attempt after
A man fell from the 6.4m-high Clemente Wall in right field at PNC Park in Pittsburgh during Wednesday night’s game between the Pirates and the Chicago Cubs. Right after Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run double in the seventh inning to put the Pirates ahead 4-3, players began waving frantically for medical personnel and pointing to the man, who had fallen onto the warning track. The fan was tended to for approximately five minutes by members of both the Pirates and Cubs training staffs as well as PNC personnel before being removed from the field on a cart. The team issued a statement shortly
PAINFUL VICTORY: Ruud said that felt pain in his rib during the warmup and was put on painkillers so that he could finish the match against Argentine Francisco Cerundolo With the help of painkillers, Casper Ruud overcame a rib ailment to defeat Francisco Cerundolo in straight sets and reach the Madrid Open final on Friday. Ruud is to face Jack Draper, who beat Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 7-6 (4) in the other semi-final to make his third final of the year. Ruud received treatment on his rib three games into the match and went on to win 6-4, 7-5 on the Caja Magica center court. The 15th-ranked Norwegian saved 15 of the 18 break points he faced against the 21st-ranked Argentine. Ruud said he felt something in his rib during the warmup, just before
RSS