Goaltender Ben Bishop made 33 saves and center Steven Stamkos scored his 30th goal of the season, as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2.
Stamkos reached the 30-goal mark for the fourth time in his career and the first time since the 2011-2012 season when he scored 60 goals.
The victory launched a five-game road trip for the Lightning, who had lost on their past five visits to San Jose.
CAPITALS 5, DUCKS 3
Left winger Alex Ovechkin scored two goals and added two assists, as the Washington Capitals beat the Anaheim Ducks on the road.
Ovechkin’s second goal was his 36th of the season, the best in the NHL, while left winger Andre Burakovsky also scored twice for Washington (30-17-10).
BLACKHAWKS 2, PENGUINS 1, SO
Right winger Patrick Sharp scored the tiebreaking goal to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a shootout win against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Center Jonathan Toews and right winger Patrick Kane also scored during the shootout for the Blackhawks, who completed a regular-season sweep against Pittsburgh.
BLUES 2, PANTHERS 1, SO
The St Louis Blues won for the 15th time in 18 games when they edged the Florida Panthers in a shootout.
Center Jori Lehtera scored the game-winning shootout goal after the Panthers had tied it with a goal by center Nick Bjugstad with 1 minute, 13 seconds left in regular time that deprived St Louis goalie Brian Elliott of what would have been a franchise-record-tying 20th shutout.
FLYERS 2, SABRES 1
Left winger Michael Raffl scored with 7 minutes, 15 seconds remaining to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a win over the Buffalo Sabres.
Right winger Matt Read also scored for the Flyers (24-22-10), who extended their point streak to nine consecutive games.
SSC Napoli’s Italian Serie A title hopes suffered a late setback on Sunday when they were held to a 2-2 draw at home against Genoa, setting up a thrilling season finale with closest rivals Inter just one point behind. The hosts remain top with 78 points, holding a slim lead over Inter, who won 2-0 at Torino earlier on Sunday, with two rounds remaining. To make matters worse for Napoli, midfielder Stanislav Lobotka, struggling with an ankle injury, was forced off just minutes after the match began. Scott McTominay delivered a perfect pass into the box where Romelu Lukaku got
Harry Kane opened the scoring ahead of lifting his first career silverware as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-0, with veteran Thomas Mueller playing his last home game for the club. Bayern officially won the title on May 4 when defending champions Bayer Leverkusen were held to a 2-2 draw at Freiburg, but were presented with the Bundesliga shield in front of their home fans at full-time. Dripping wet after being showered with beer by teammates, Kane said the title win was “an incredible feeling,” and hoped it would be “the first of many.” “It’s been lot of hard work, a lot of
Taiwanese e-sports veteran Lin “ET” Chia-hung yesterday successfully defended his King of Fighters XV title at this year’s Evolution Championship Series: Japan (EVO Japan), securing his second consecutive championship. Lin claimed victory with a 3-1 win over Japanese pro gamer “mok” in the grand final, repeating his earlier 3-1 win against the same opponent in the winners’ final. The 40-year-old earned a ￥1 million (US$6,897) cash prize at the two-day tournament, which drew 294 competitors. Mok, Lin’s toughest rival in the bracket, took home ￥400,000 as runner-up. Lin remains undefeated in match sets against mok in King of Fighters XV, holding a 10-0 record,
Batting great Virat Kohli yesterday announced his immediate retirement from Test cricket, just days before India name their squad for a tour to England. Kohli, who scored 9,230 runs in 123 matches at an average of 46.85, posted his decision on Instagram five days after India captain Rohit Sharma called time on his own Test career. Since making his debut in 2011, Kohli struck 30 hundreds and 31 fifties with a highest score of 254 not out, mainly batting at number four in the order. “It’s been 14 years since I first wore the baggy blue in Test cricket,” the
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