Friday Sports: All She Wrote
Photo: Calgary Flames
NHL ROUND-UP
FLAMES 5, SHARKS 1
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Blake Coleman scored his 30th goal and MacKenzie Weegar netted his 20th as Calgary beat San Jose 5-1 in the final game of the season for both teams..
Adam Klapka posted his first NHL goal and Oliver Kylington, and Kevin Rooney also scored for Calgary (38-39-5). The Flames missed the postseason for the second straight season. Dustin Wolf had 16 saves and lost his shutout bid with nine seconds left in the game. The 23-year-old rookie closed the season with four straight wins and a record of 7-7-1.
JETS 4, CANUCKS 2
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Nikita Chibrikov scored the game-winner in his NHL debut and Cole Perfetti added two goals as Winnipeg beat Vancouver in the regular-season finale for the playoff-bound teams.
The victory produced some notable accomplishments for Winnipeg.
The Jets finished the regular season giving up 199 total goals, the fewest in the league and one less than the Florida Panthers, to earn the William M. Jennings Trophy. They also extended their win streak to eight games, tying the franchise record. Their 52 victories (52-24-6) also matched the franchise record for wins in a season with the 2017-18 squad.
AVALANCHE 5, OILERS 1
DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin scored twice, Nathan MacKinnon added two assists to break the franchise’s single-season points mark and Colorado cruised into the playoffs with win over Edmonton.
MacKinnon wrapped up the regular season with 140 points (51 goals, 89 assists) to top Peter Stastny’s franchise record of 139 set in 1981-82 when the club was in Quebec.
The speedy MacKinnon couldn’t catch Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov in the race for the Art Ross Trophy, which goes to the leading points scorer. Kucherov wound up with 144 points.
KRAKEN 4 WILD 3
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Tye Kartye tipped in a slap shot by Oliver Bjorkstrand for the tiebreaking goal with 2:40 remaining, and the Seattle Kraken beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Thursday night to wrap up the regular season for two teams that missed the playoffs.
DUCKS 4, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Frank Vatrano scored three goals and Anaheim ended their season on a high note, Las Vegas. Vatrano’s goals gave him 37 for the season, a career high. It was his third hat trick this season and the sixth of his career.
Jack Eichel scored his 31st goal for the Knights, and Adin Hill made 19 stops.
KINGS 5, BLACKHAWKS 4
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viktor Arvidsson scored the tying goal with 1:21 left in regulation, and Los Angeles earned a playoff rematch with Edmonton by jumping into third place in the Pacific Division with an overtime victory against Chicago.
The Kings’ comeback and the defending champion Vegas Golden Knights’ loss to Anaheim propelled Los Angeles into a third straight postseason meeting with the Oilers, who beat the Kings in both of their previous two first-round matchups. Los Angeles (44-27-11) finished with 99 points, one ahead of the Knights (45-29-8).
Connor Bedard was held pointless for the Blackhawks and was -3.
MLB
The Toronto Blue Jays are in San Diego today to open a three-game series against the Padres in Major League Baseball action. Toronto is coming off a nine-game homestand in which it went six-and-three. Yariel Rodriguez will start on the mound for the Jays, while the Padres counter with Matt Waldron.
NBA
The final day of the NBA play-in tournament has arrived. The Chicago Bulls will face a Jimmy Butler-less Miami Heat for the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Butler injured his knee on Wednesday in Miami’s 105-104 loss to Philadelphia for seventh place. In the West, the Sacramento Kings and the Zion Williamson-less New Orleans Pelicans play for the eighth seed. Williamson was injured in a loss against the Los Angeles Lakers for seventh on Tuesday.
