WEDNESDAY SPORTS: COOPER NOTCHES WIN #500
Photo: Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nick Perbix scored 2:03 into overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from two goals down in the third period to beat the slumping Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Tuesday night. Jon Cooper became the third-fastest NHL coach to win 500 games. Scotty Bowman (825) and Bruce Boudreau (837) were the only ones to get there faster than Cooper’s 839 games.
Elsewhere in the NHL on Tuesday:
PANTHERS 5 BLUES 1
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk scored his fifth career hat trick to help Florida beat St. Louis for its eighth straight victory. Sam Reinhart and Kevin Stenlund also scored for the Panthers. Anthony Stolarz made 29 saves.
Brayden Schenn scored and Joel Hofer made 26 saves for the Blues.
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KRAKEN 5 SABRES 2
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Alex Wennberg, Jaden Schwartz and Matty Beniers scored in the second period as Seattle pulled away from Buffalo for its seventh consecutive win.
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MAPLE LEAFS 7 SHARKS 1
TORONTO (AP) — Mitchell Marner had two goals and two assists as Toronto won its fourth straight and handed San Jose its 12th consecutive defeat.
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CANUCKS 5 ISLANDERS 2
NEW YORK (AP) — Filip Hronek and Quinn Hughes scored first-period goals and Casey DeSmith made 17 saves as Vancouver defeated the Islanders to complete a three-game sweep in the New York area. Vancouver was coming off a 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday night at Madison Square Garden. The Canucks won 6-4 at New Jersey on Saturday.
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JETS 5 BLUE JACKETS 0
WINNIPEG, Man. (AP) — Cole Perfetti scored twice and Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves as Winnipeg blanked Columbus to match a franchise record with its seventh consecutive victory.
Perfetti also had an assist. Brenden Dillon, Josh Morrissey and Gabriel Vilardi scored the other goals for the NHL-leading Jets, who pushed their point streak to a club-record 13 games. Adam Lowry added two assists.
Hellebuyck earned his 34th career shutout and second this season. He is 11-0-2 in his past 13 games, the longest unbeaten streak for a goalie in franchise history.
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OILERS 2 BLACKHAWKS 1
CHICAGO (AP) — Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl scored as Edmonton extended its winning streak to eight games with a victory over Chicago. McDavid scored the winner by beating Petr Mrazek on a breakaway 1:32 into the second period. The star centre has 14 points during his eight-game point streak.
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COYOTES 4 BRUINS 3 (OT)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Nick Schmaltz scored with 56 seconds left on the clock in overtime to lift Arizona over Boston. Connor Ingram made 30 saves for the Coyotes.
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DUCKS 5 PREDATORS 3
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Troy Terry scored one goal and assisted on another, Lukas Dostal made 39 saves and Anaheim defeated Nashville.
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FLAMES 6 SENATORS 3
CALGARY, Alta. (AP) — Yegor Sharangovich and Blake Coleman each scored twice and Calgary posted four unanswered goals in the third period to defeat Ottawa. Noah Hanifin had a goal and two assists for Calgary, and Connor Zary also scored. Nazem Kadri added two assists to give him 600 career points. Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves. The Flames came back to win when trailing after two periods for the sixth time, which is tied with Colorado for most in the NHL.
WHL ROUND-UP
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – The visiting Vancouver Giants blew a 5-3 lead late in the third period, but got a goal from Tyson Zimmer in the sixth round of the shootout to salvage a 6-5 victory over the Prince Albert Raiders in Western Hockey League action on Tuesday night.
Mazden Leslie, Tomis Marinkovic, Samuel Honzek, Jaden Lipinski and Tyler Thorpe scored for the Giants (16-21-2-0), who outshot the Raiders 37-34 at the Art Hauser Centre.
Oli Chenier scored three goals for the Raiders, including one at 16:04 of the third period that tied the game 5-5.
Krzysztof Macias and Sloan Stanick also scored for the Raiders (18-18-0-3).
The Giants led 2-1 after the first period and the teams were tied 3-3 heading into the third.
Elsewhere in the WHL on Tuesday:
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WHEAT KINGS 3 ROYALS 2 (OT)
BRANDON, Man. — Caleb Hadland scored at 1:56 of overtime as the Brandon Wheat Kings edged the visiting Victoria Royals 3-2.
Brett Hyland and Nate Danielson also scored for the Wheat Kings (20-14-4-1).
Brandon netminder Carson Bjarnason stopped 25 of 27 shots.
Reggie Newman and Cole Reschny scored for the Royals (23-13-2-2). Netminder Braden Holt stopped 38 of 41 shots for Victoria.
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BRONCOS 6 AMERICANS 2
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Josh Filmon scored a goal and added two assists as the Swift Current Broncos defeated the visiting Tri-City Americans 6-2.
Rylan Gould, Clarke Caswell, Connor Hvidston, Conor Geekie and Caleb Wyrostok also scored for the Broncos (21-15-2-2), who outshot the Americans 41-34.
Parker Bell and Nick Anisimovicz scored for the Americans (16-18-2-1).
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HURRICANES 3 CHIEFS 2 (OT)
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Noah Chadwick’s power-play goal at 2:19 of overtime lifted the Lethbridge Hurricanes to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Spokane Chiefs.
The Chiefs (14-18-4-0), with two goals from Berkly Catton, had battled back from a 2-0 deficit. Catton’s second goal, at 15:15 of the third period, tied the game at 2-2 and forced the overtime session.
Brayden Edwards and Logan Wormald also scored for the Hurricanes (19-16-3-0). Miguel Marques chipped in with two assists.
The Chiefs outshot the Hurricanes 36-32. The Hurricanes went 2-for-3 on the power play, while the Chiefs went 0-for-2.
NBA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Toronto coach Darko Rajakovic went on a furious, table-pounding tirade against the officiating after the Los Angeles Lakers shot 23 free throws in the fourth quarter of a 132-131 win over the Raptors on Tuesday night.
Rajakovic, Toronto’s first-year Serbian head coach, ripped the game’s free throw disparity after Anthony Davis scored 20 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter while going 11 for 11 at the line in the final period. Davis shot 14 of the Lakers’ 36 free throws in the game, while the entire Toronto roster shot only 13.
“It’s outrageous. What happened tonight, this is completely B.S.,” Rajakovic said. “This is shame. Shame for the referees. Shame for the league to allow this. Twenty-three free throws for them, and we get two free throws in the fourth quarter? Like, how to play the game? I understand respect for All-Stars and all that, but we have star players on our team as well.
(Canadian Press)
