Kyle Brodziak on Monday scored the go-ahead goal to cap a three-goal burst over the final 3 minutes, 31 seconds of the second period, rallying the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres.
The Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl scored his team-leading 41st goal and added an assist to extend his point streak to 11 games (nine goals, eight assists), as Connor McDavid set up two goals to help their side overcome a 3-1 deficit in the second period.
Defenseman Darnell Nurse and Zack Kassian also scored for the Oilers, who won their third straight to close a five-game trip at 4-1-1. Goalie Mikko Koskinen stopped 35 shots.
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Jack Eichel scored twice and Casey Mittelstadt also scored for the slumping Sabres. Buffalo dropped to 2-7-1 in their past 10 games.
Sabres goalie Linus Ullmark was yanked at the end of the second period, after allowing four goals on 20 shots. Carter Hutton took over and stopped all seven shots that he faced.
MAPLE LEAFS 6, FLAMES 2
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Tyler Ennis recorded his first career hat-trick to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs past hosts the Calgary Flames 6-2.
Zach Hyman had two goals for the Maple Leafs, while Mitch Marner had a goal and two assists, giving him 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in the past four games.
Matthew Tkachuk and Derek Ryan scored for the Flames, who have dropped two in a row after a seven-game winning streak. The Flames remain atop the Pacific Division, three points ahead of the San Jose Sharks.
Maple Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen made 35 saves and won his fifth straight, improving to 32-13-3.
Flames goalie David Rittich had 26 stops and slipped to 22-6-5. It was Rittich’s second regulation loss since the middle of December. He entered the game 11-1-4 in his past 16 games.
If the Wild finally break through and win their first playoff series in a decade, Minnesota’s top line likely will be the reason. They were all over the Golden Knights through the first two games of their NHL Western Conference quarter-finals series, which was 1-1 going back to Minnesota for Game 3 today. The Wild tied the series with a 5-2 win on Tuesday. Matt Boldy had three goals and an assist in the first two games, while Kirill Kaprizov produced two goals and three assists. Joel Eriksson Ek, who centers the line, has yet to get on the scoresheet. “I think the biggest
Bologna on Thursday advanced past Empoli to reach their first Coppa Italia final in more than half a century. Thijs Dallinga’s 87th-minute header earned Bologna a 2-1 win and his side advanced 5-1 on aggregate. Giovanni Fabbian opened the scoring for Bologna with a header seven minutes in. Then Viktor Kovalenko equalized for Empoli in the 30th minute by turning in a rebound to finish off a counterattack. Bologna won the first leg 3-0. In the May 14 final in Rome, Bologna are to face AC Milan, who eliminated city rivals Inter 4-1 on aggregate following a 3-0 win on Wednesday. Bologna last reached the
From a commemorative jersey to a stadium in his name, Argentine soccer organizers are planning a slew of tributes to their late “Captain” Pope Francis, eulogized as the ultimate team player. Tributes to the Argentine pontiff, a lifelong lover of the game, who died on Monday at the age of 88, have been peppered with soccer metaphors in his homeland. “Francisco. What a player,” the Argentine Football Federation (AFA) said, describing the first pope from Latin America and the southern hemisphere as a generational talent who “never hogged the ball” and who showed the world “the importance of having an Argentine captain,
Noelvi Marte on Sunday had seven RBIs and hit his first career grand slam with a drive off infielder Jorge Mateo, while Austin Wynn had a career-high six RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds scored their most runs in 26 years in a 24-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Marte finished with five hits, including his eighth-inning homer off Mateo. Wynn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off catcher Gary Sanchez. Cincinnati scored its most runs since a 24-12 win against the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999, and finished with 25 hits. Baltimore allowed its most runs since a 30-3 loss to
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