Tuesday Sports Page: Jets Break Out, Game 7 at EPA
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NHL
JETS 4 KINGS 3
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Cole Perfetti scored twice and Kyle Connor contributed a trio of assists as Winnipeg snapped a six-game losing skid with a 4-3 victory over Los Angeles on Monday.
The Jets went on the game’s first power play midway through the third period with the score tied 3-3. Perfetti fired a low shot past Kings goalie Cam Talbot two seconds after the man advantage expired.
Josh Morrissey had a goal and assist and Sean Monahan also scored for the Jets. Perfetti registered a helper on Morrissey’s second-period tally. Laurent Brossoit made 25 saves for Winnipeg.
Elsewhere in the NHL on Monday:
BLUE JACKETS 4 AVALANCHE 1
Alex Nylander scored twice and the Columbus Blue Jackets used a three-goal second period to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 for their second straight home win.
ISLANDERS 4, Flyers 3, OT
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Brock Nelson scored 1:25 into overtime and the New York Islanders preserved their playoff hopes with an ovetime win over the Philadelphia.
PENGUINS 5, RANGERS 2
NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Crosby had two goals and an assist and Alex Nedeljkovic made 28 saves as the Pittsburgh beat New York, snapping the Rangers’ five-game winning streak.
RED WINGS 4, LIGHTNING 2
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — David Perron scored the go-ahead goal with 2:40 remaining and Detroit ended a four-game winless streak with a 4-2 win against the Tampa Bay.
MAPLE LEAFS 6, PANTHERS 4
TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 61st and 62nd goals of the season to go along with an assist as Toronto built a four-goal lead before hanging on late to down Florida 6-4.
BLUES 3, OILERS 2, OT
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brandon Saad scored 2:09 into overtime, and St. Louis beat Edmonton.
Brayden Schenn scored twice and Jordan Binnington stopped 35 shots to help St. Louis improve to 8-2-1 in its last 11 games. The Blues are three points behind Los Angeles for the second wild card in the Western Conference.
Mattias Ekholm and Leon Draisaitl scored, and Stuart Skinner made 26 saves for Edmonton, which had won three straight.
KRAKEN 4, SHARKS 2
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Oliver Bjorkstrand scored his 20th goal of the season and added an assist as Seattle beat the San Jose Sharks.
SJHL
Round 1 of the SJHL Playoffs will conclude Tuesday night with a thrilling Game 7 match-up in Humboldt between the Broncos and Weyburn Red Wings. The Wings forced the deciding game on Sunday with a 2-1 home victory. Faceoff at the EPA is 7:30 pm.
Battlefords, Flin Flon and Melfort have already advanced to Round 2.
MLB
HOUSTON (AP) — Ronel Blanco of the Houston Astros threw the first no-hitter in the major leagues this season, blanking the Toronto Blue Jays 10-0 on Monday. The right-hander struck out seven and walked two. He walked George Springer to start the game and again with two outs in the ninth. When Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounded out to end it, Blanco smiled broadly before raising his arms above his head just before being mobbed by teammates. It was the 17th no-hitter in Astros history and the first in the majors since Philadelphia’s Michael Lorenzen threw one against the Washington Nationals on Aug. 9 of last year.
CURLING
One loss dropped Canada’s Brad Gushue from the ranks of the unbeaten to fourth place at the world men’s curling championship. The St. John’s skip dropped a 7-6 decision to Italy’s Joel Retornaz to fall to 3-and-1. Sweden’s Niklas Edin is alone in top spot after five straight wins. Italy and Scotland’s Bruce Mouat are next at 4-and-1.
MARCH MADNESS
Caitlin Clark made nine 3-pointers and finished with 41 points and 12 assists in a sensational performance as Iowa knocked defending national champion LSU out of the women’s NCAA Tournament with a 94-87 victory. The win advanced the Hawkeyes to their second straight Final Four. Top-seeded Iowa will play either U-Conn or Southern California in the national semifinals Friday night in Cleveland.
NFL
SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. (AP) — Former NFL cornerback Vontae Davis has been found dead in his South Florida home. Police in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Davie say the body of the 35-year-old Davis was found Monday morning, but no foul play is suspected. No cause of death has been released pending an autopsy. Davis played for 10 seasons in the NFL after being drafted 25th overall by the Dolphins in 2009 out of Illinois. He played three seasons for Miami before being traded to Indianapolis just before the 2012 season. He played six seasons with the Colts. He signed with the Buffalo Bills for 2018 but retired after the season’s second game, saying injuries no longer allowed him to play.
CFL
The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian receiver Samuel Emilus to a one-year contract extension Monday. The six-foot-one 200-pound Montreal native registered 70 catches for 1,097 yards and six TDs last season, just his second in the CFL. Saskatchewan selected Emilus, 26, in the first round, No. 7 overall, in the 2022 CFL draft.
Emilus became the fastest Canadian in team history to register a 1,000-yard season – Hall of Famer Ray Elgaard did so in his third campaign. Emilus is also just the fifth Canuck to crack the plateau after Elgaard, Jeff Fairholm, Chris Getzlaf and Andy Fantuz.
(Canadian Press)
