PITTSBURGH (AP) Philipp Grubauer made 36 saves and the Washington Capitals celebrated star Alex Ovechkin’s 1
http://www.officialcanucks.com/authentic-adidas-bo-horvat-jersey ,000th career regular season game by clinching their third straight division title with
a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday night.Ovechkin was held without
a point but it hardly mattered. T.J. Oshie, Dmitry Orlov and Tom Wilson scored
for Washington while Grubauer kept the NHL’s best power play in check as the
Capitals assured themselves home-ice advantage through the first two rounds of
the postseason.The Penguins have the top power play in the league but went 0 for
5 with the man advantage. Patric Hornqvist picked up his 27th of the season late
in the third period to avoid a shutout. Matt Murray stopped 31 shots but
couldn’t quite match Grubauer.A night after earning a playoff berth for a
franchise-record 12th straight year, Pittsburgh lost at home in regulation for
just the second time since Jan. 4.Ovechkin downplayed his milestone game
beforehand, half-jokingly saying it didn’t matter much. The 32-year-old knows
his career has been equally defined by his 603 goals and his team’s inability to
make a deep playoff run.The Capitals have won 10 of 12 to create some breathing
space in the cramped and crowded MetropolitanDEVILS 2, CANADIENS 1MONTREAL (AP)
– Taylor Hall scored a short-handed goal late in the third period to lift New
Jersey.Nico Hischier tied the score early in the third and Keith Kinkaid stopped
25 shots in his sixth consecutive start for the Devils. New Jersey increased its
lead to seven points on Florida for the last playoff spot in the Eastern
Conference. The Devils, vying for their first trip to the postseason since
reaching the Stanley Cup Final in 2012, have three games remaining – two fewer
than the Panthers.Daniel Carr scored for the Canadiens, who have already been
eliminated from playoff contention. Carey Price finished with 30 saves while
playing his 556th game with Montreal, pulling into a tie with Jacques Plante for
most games by a goaltender in franchise history.PREDATORS 4
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returned to the Predators‘ lineup after being held out of Saturday’s loss to
Buffalo for maintenance. Craig Smith and Ryan Johansen also scored to help
Nashville move closer to clinching the Presidents’ Trophy with the league’s best
record. Juuse Saros finished with 29 saves.Tampa Bay, which went 0 for 5 on the
power play, played the final two periods without captain Steven Stamkos, who
left the game with an undisclosed lower-body injury.Ondrej Palat scored for the
Lightning, and Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 21 saves while lost his third
consecutive game.The Lightning fell to 5-6-0 in the past 11 games and sit two
points behind Boston for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.FLYERS 4, BRUINS
3, OTPHILADELPHIA (AP) – Claude Giroux scored his second goal with 1:21 left in
overtime and Philadelphia Flyers recovered from blowing a late lead to inch
closer to returning to the playoffs after a one-year absence.Travis Konecny
added a dazzling goal and an assist, Nolan Patrick also scored and Petr Mrazek
made 36 saves for the Flyers. Philadelphia who opened an eight-point lead over
idle Florida
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the Panthers five.Patrice Bergeron tied it with 3.8 seconds left in regulation
for the Bruins. With the goaltender pulled, Bergeron got his 30th goal on feed
from Brad Marchand after the Flyers twice failed to clear the puck.Noel Acciari
and David Pasrnak scored and Anton Khudobin stopped 20 shots for the Bruins, who
lost Brandon Carlo and Riley Nash to injuries a day earlier.DUCKS 4, AVALANCHE
3, OTANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Ondrej Kase scored 1:34 into overtime to cap
Anaheim’s comeback from a two-goal deficit.Andrew Cogliano had a goal and an
assist, and Adam Henrique and Ryan Kesler also scored for the Ducks, who moved
into third place in the Pacific Division. Anaheim is one point ahead of Los
Angeles with three games remaining for both teams.Kase was looking to shoot all
the way on a 2-on-1 break and won it by going to the short side over Jonathan
Bernier’s right shoulder.Ryan Miller made 19 saves after replacing John Gibson
at the start of the second period, helping the Ducks to their fifth straight
home win. Gibson
http://www.officialcanucks.com/authentic-adidas-brock-boeser-jersey , who made 10 saves before departing, appeared to be shaken up late in the first
when Gabriel Landeskog was cross-checked by Kesler into the goalie, who was
being evaluated for an undisclosed injury. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — –
The Montreal Canadiens are ending a western road swing with a renewed sense of
confidence.Jonathan Drouin scored a power-play goal with less than three minutes
remaining to lead the Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on
Saturday night.Drouin scored just seconds after Vancouver defenseman Michael Del
Zotto was whistled for interference.Tomas Tatar and Andrew Shaw also scored for
the Canadiens.Montreal has struggled to capitalize on the man-advantage this
season. The team’s power play was ranked next-to-last entering Saturday’s
game.“When that confidence isn’t quite there, you are still trying to fight to
get the rhythm of your power play going,” said Montreal’s head coach, Claude
Julien. “But that goal tonight couldn’t have come at a better time.”Drouin said
his goal on Saturday was reminiscent of how the team had played earlier in the
week, when it beat Calgary 3-2.“It brings back some of that Calgary game a
little bit, where you are down a goal on the road and you have to show
character
Christopher Tanev Jersey , you’ve got to find a way to put the puck in,” the 23-year-old center said.“If you look at our tying goals they’re not pretty,
they’re just around the net and that’s something we can build on.”Del Zotto and
Elias Pettersson scored for Vancouver, which has lost its last five games.Carey
Price stopped 36 shots for Montreal, while Vancouver’s Jacob Markstrom made 28
saves.Despite a flurry of early chances, the game’s first goal didn’t come until
midway through the second period.Canadiens defenseman Jeff Petry collected the
puck in his own end and sent it up the ice to Tatar, who settled the bouncing
puck and scored with a shot over Markstrom’s shoulder and into the net.Tatar now
has 17 points and six goals in his last six games.Del Zotto evened the score
with his first goal of the season with less than four minutes to go in the
period, tapping the puck in from the side of the net.Pettersson put the Canucks
up midway through the third, sending a slap shot past Price on Vancouver’s
fourth power play of the night.The 20-year-old rookie has been an offensive
juggernaut for Vancouver
Authentic Daniel Sedin Jersey , tallying 18 points in his first 16 NHL games.The Canucks couldn’t hang on to the lead for long, though.Less than two
minutes after Pettersson scored, the puck bounced off Shaw and into Vancouver’s
net.“You’re going to play well and you’re going to lose some games when you play
well,” said Canucks coach Travis Green. ” And you’re going to find a way to win
games when you don’t play well. And you hope you’re on the right end of those
nights more often.”NOTES: Max Domi was credited with an assist on Shaw’s goal,
extending his scoring streak to 13 points in nine games. He leads Montreal with
24 points.UP NEXTVancouver: Hosts Winnipeg on Monday.Montreal:Hosts the
Washington Capitals on Monday.
