David Krejci scored 1 minute, 28 seconds into overtime to lift the surging Boston Bruins to a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.
Reilly Smith and Zdeno Chara also scored for Eastern Conference leaders Boston, who beat the Hurricanes for the second time this week and improved to 7-1-2 in their past 10 games. Bruins backup Chad Johnson, playing his fourth game of the season, made 22 saves in place of Tuukka Rask.
Patrick Dwyer scored a short-handed goal and Andrej Sekera had one on the power play for the Hurricanes, who lost their fourth straight game. Cam Ward stopped 35 shots.
Anaheim’s Dustin Penner scored two goals as the Ducks handed the Phoenix Coyotes their first regulation home loss of the season 4-2.
Sami Vatanen had a power-play goal and Corey Perry also scored for the Ducks, who are the only NHL team not to lose at home in regulation this season.
In Nashville, Tennessee, Cam Talbot made 17 saves to record his second consecutive shutout as the New York Rangers beat the Predators 2-0.
Ryan McDonagh and Derek Stepan scored for the Rangers, who have won the first two games of a five-game road trip.
Mats Zuccarello assisted on both goals for New York, who have won six stright road games.
The Minnesota Wild edged the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 after Charlie Coyle scored in the fourth round of the shootout, while Joffrey Lupul scored the shootout winner in Toronto and James Reimer made 49 saves to lift the Maple Leafs over the Washington Capitals 2-1.
Matt Read scored two goals and Steve Mason made 36 saves as the streaking Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 5-2, while the Ottawa Senators downed the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 thanks to two Clarke MacArthur goals.
In other games, the Montreal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2, the St Louis Blues trounced the Dallas Stars 6-1, the San Jose Sharks edged the New Jersey Devils 2-1, the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 and the Colorado Avalanche were 1-0 overtime winners against the Los Angeles Kings.
SS Lazio on Monday fired the far-right sympathizer who handles their eagle mascot after he posted online a series of videos and pictures of his erect penis. Falconer Juan Bernabe, who has been present at Lazio home matches with Olimpia the eagle since the 2010-2011 season, posted the footage on social media after having surgery on Saturday to implant a penile prosthesis to improve his sexual performance. Lazio said that they had “terminated, with immediate effect” their relationship with Bernabe “due to the seriousness of his conduct,” adding that they were “shocked” by the images. The Serie A club added that Bernabe’s dismissal
Doping fears prevented former US Open champion Emma Raducanu from treating insect bites on the eve of the Australian Open, she said, with players increasingly wary about ingesting contaminated substances. The British player was speaking in the wake of high-profile doping cases involving Iga Swiatak and Jannik Sinner. “I would say all of us are probably quite sensitive to what we take on board, what we use,” the 22-year-old said, recalling an incident on Friday. “I got really badly bitten by, I don’t know what, like ants, mosquitoes, something. I’m allergic, I guess,” she added. The bites “flared up and swelled up really a
Dubbed a “motorway for cyclists” where avid amateurs can chase Tadej Pogacar up mountains teeming with the highest concentration of professional cyclists per square kilometer in the world, Spain’s Costa Blanca has forged a new reputation for itself in the past few years. Long known as the ideal summer destination for those in search of sun, sea and sand, the stretch of coast between Valencia and Alicante now has a winter vocation too. During the season break in December and January, the region experiences an invasion of cyclists. Star names such as three-time Tour de France winner Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel and Julian Alaphilippe
‘TOUGH TO BREATHE’: Tunisian three-time Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur suffered an asthma attack in her 7-5, 6-3 victory over Colombia’s Camila Osorio Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei yesterday cruised into the second round of the women’s doubles at the Australian Open, while Iga Swiatek romped into a third-round women’s singles showdown with Emma Raducanu and Taylor Fritz was just as emphatic in his pursuit of a maiden Grand Slam title. Hsieh and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, the third seeds, defeated Slovakia’s Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls of Britain 7-5, 6-2 in 90 minutes in Melbourne. Ostapenko and Hsieh — who won the women’s doubles and mixed doubles at the Australian Open last year — hit 25 winners and converted five of nine break points to set
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