Lee, Greiss help Islanders top Lightning for 8th straight win

Vrana scores twice, Capitals rout Sabres 6-1

UNIONDALE, New York, Nov 2, (AP): Anders Lee had a goal and two assists in New York’s three-goal third period and the Islanders beat the Tampa Lightning 5-2 for their eighth straight victory.

Mathew Barzal and Ryan Pulock scored in the second period, Josh Bailey and Derick Brassard had goals in the third, and Thomas Greiss stopped 33 shots for New York’s longest winning streak since a nine-game run in the 1989-90 season. The Islanders have not lost since opening the season 1-3-0.

Yanni Gourde and Ryan McDonagh scored for Tampa Bay, which lost two of three to New York area teams this week. The Lightning lost 4-1 at the New York Rangers on Tuesday before beating New Jersey 7-6 in overtime Wednesday.

Capitals 6, Sabres 1 In Washington, Jakub Vrana scored twice, Tom Wilson had a goal and two assists and Washington beat Buffalo in a match-up of division leaders.

Brendan Leipsic added his first goal for his new team and assisted on Chandler Stephenson’s goal as Washington scored four times in the first 11 minutes of the first period. T.J. Oshie also scored, and Braden Holtby made 29 saves. Henri Jokiharju scored his first NHL goal for the Sabres.

Blues 4, Blue Jackets 3, OT In St Louis, David Perron scored eight seconds into overtime to lift St Louis past Columbus.

After the Blues overcame a twogoal deficit to force overtime, Perron scored off a pass from Alex Pietrangelo at the moment St Louis’ power play from Sonny Milano’s hooking penalty expired.

Brayden Schenn, Oskar Sundqvist and Robert Thomas also scored and Jordan Binnington made 27 saves to improve to 7-2-3. The defending champion Blues have won three straight games and five of six.

Pierre-Luc Dubois, Milano and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored for Columbus.

Stars 2, Avalanche 1 In Denver, Roope Hintz scored twice, including a short-handed goal in the second period, and Anton Khudobin made 38 saves in Dallas’ victory over Colorado.

The Stars are 5-1 since opening 1-71.

Tampa Bay Lightning’s Alex Killorn (17) defends against New York Islanders’ Mathew Barzal (13) during the second period of an NHL hockey game on Nov 1 in Uniondale, New York. (AP)

Nathan MacKinnon scored for Colorado, and Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves.

Hurricanes 7, Red Wings 3 In Raleigh, North Carolina, Sebastian Aho had two goals and an assist to lead Carolina past Detroit.

Andrei Svechnikov, Nino Neiderreiter, Martin Necas, Brock McGinn and Teuvo Teravainen also scored to help the Hurricanes win their third straight, all at home. Petr Mrazek stopped 29 shots.

Anthony Mantha scored twice and Tyler Bertuzzi also had a goal for the Red Wings. They have lost nine of 10 overall and five straight on the road.

Flyers 4, Devils 3, SO In Newark, New Jersey, Sean Couturier scored in regulation and had the only goal in the shootout to lift Philadelphia past New Jersey.

Joel Farabee scored his first NHL goal, Oskar Lindblom also scored, and Carter Hart made 23 saves for the Flyers. Wayne Simmonds, Sami Vatanen and Taylor Hall scored for the Devils.

Ducks 2, Canucks 1, OT In Anaheim, California, Ryan Getzlaf scored a breakaway goal 2:30 into overtime, and John Gibson made 39 saves to lead Anaheim.

Jakob Silfverberg scored a shorthanded goal in the first period for the Ducks, who improved to 6-1-0 at Honda Center with their second straight victory to open a seven-game homestand.

Adam Gaudette got credit for Vancouver’s tying goal with 6:18 to play when his apparent pass toward a driving Brandon Sutter deflected in off the skate of Anaheim defenseman Korbinian Holzer. Jacob Markstrom finished with 27 saves.

In overtime, Getzlaf got behind all three Canucks skaters and received a beautiful pass from Troy Terry. He sidestepped a charging Markstrom and tapped in his seventh goal of the season in his 999th career game.

Jets 3, Sharks 2 In San Jose, California, Connor Hellebuyck made 51 saves to hold off a furious San Jose attack and Nikolaj Ehlers scored the tie-breaking goal with 1:24 left to give Winnipeg the victory.

Blake Wheeler and Gabriel Bourque also scored for the Jets, but Hellebuyck was the biggest star with Winnipeg spending much of the game hemmed into its own zone.

Tomas Hertl and Barclay Goodrow scored for the Sharks, who lost their fourth straight game. Martin Jones made 16 saves.

NEW YORK, Nov 2, (AP): Mary Keitany is back for another bolt through the boroughs.

Facing a thin field, the 37-year-old Kenyan will try for her fifth title in six years at the New York City Marathon on Sunday. A year ago, she finished 17 seconds off the course record. Another victory would still leave her well behind Grete Waitz’s record nine New York titles.

“It will be great for me to see if I can try to catch up with her,” Keitany said.

She’ll be followed by roughly 52,000 racers a year after a world marathon record 52,813 runners crossed the finish line in Central Park after winding through New York’s five boroughs.

It’s a path dominated by Keitany since her first victory in 2014. She followed with two more consecutive titles, including a dominant conquest in 2016 when she won by more than 3½ minutes.

She slowed in 2017, opening the door for Shalane Flanagan to become the first American woman to win in New York since Miki Gorman in 197677, but returned last year with her fastest mark yet, in 2 hours, 22 minutes, 48 seconds – not far off Maraget Okayo’s 2:22:31 course record from 2003.

Keitany’s priority, however, is the race, not the record.

If anybody can push Keitany, it will be Ethiopian runner Ruti Aga. She has been a top-two finisher at four straight major marathons, including a victory

WASHINGTON, Nov 2, (RTRS): Results and standings from the NHL games on Friday. Philadelphia 4 New Jersey (SO) 3 NY Islanders 5 Tampa Bay 2 Washington 6 Buffalo 1 Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Boston Buffalo Montreal Florida Toronto Tampa Bay Detroit Ottawa

W9 1 2 41 9 3 2 45 7 4 2 50 6 3 4 47 6 5 3 49 6 5 2 44 4 9 1 33 3 7 1 29 Metropolitan Division

W25 39 41 51 49 47 53 37

20 20 16 16 15 14 9 7

at Tokyo this year. Her personal best is 2:18:34 at Berlin in 2018; Keitany’s top mark was a then-world record 2:17:01 at London in 2017. No one else in the women’s field has cracked 2:22.

Three weeks after Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei set a world marathon record in Chicago, her footwear has become as big a storyline as her performance. Kosgei wore the same Nike shoes that Eliud Kipchoge sported when he completed the first sub-2 hour marathon – a feat accomplished under conditions so tightly controlled it didn’t qualify for the record books.

Carolina St Louis Dallas Anaheim Winnipeg 7 Detroit 4 Columbus (OT) 2 Colorado 2 Vancouver (OT) 3 San Jose Western Conference

Central Division

St Louis Nashville Colorado Winnipeg Dallas Chicago Minnesota

W8 3 3 43 8 3 2 53 8 3 2 48 7 7 0 39 6 8 1 33 3 6 2 25 4 9 0 30 Pacific Division

WLL3 3 1 1 2

43 19 40 18 36 18 46 14 40 13 34 8 45 8

Washington 10 2 3 60 47 23 Edmonton 9 4 1 42 37 19 Carolina 9 3 1 46 33 19 Vancouver 8 3 2 48 32 18 NY Islanders 9 3 0 39 29 18 Anaheim 9 6 0 41 36 18 Pittsburgh 8 5 0 46 31 16 Las Vegas 8 5 1 46 41 17 Philadelphia 6 5 1 40 41 13 Calgary 7 6 2 43 46 16 Columbus 5 5 3 34 47 13 Arizona 7 4 1 35 28 15 NY Rangers 4 5 1 33 35 9 San Jose 4 9 1 34 51 9 New Jersey 2 5 4 31 47 8 Los Angeles 4 9 0 34 54 8

Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings and are not included in the loss column (L).