ICE HOCKEY

The Philadelphia Flyers suffered their ninth successive loss as they went down 3-1 to the San Jose Sharks. Claude Giroux opened the scoring in the first minute of the game, but it was a brief glimmer of hope for the Flyers fans who went on to watch the Sharks score the next three through Joe Thornton, Chris Tierney andmarc-edouardvlasic. Philadelphia are now one loss away from repeating a 10-game skid, suffered in February 2008. Artemi Panarin and Cam Atkinson scored in the shootout to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes – a seventh win in eight for the Blue Jackets who top the Metropolitan Division. Josh Anderson and Zach Werenski scored in regulation for the Blue Jackets, while Noah Hanifin and Brock Mcginn netted for Carolina. NHL: Buffalo Sabres 0 Tampa Bay Lightning, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Carolina Hurricanes (AP), NY Islanders 5 Vancouver Canucks 2, NY Rangers 4 Florida Panthers 5, Philadelphia Flyers 1 San Jose Sharks 3, Detriot Red Wings 1 LA Kings 4, Nashville Predators 3 Chicago Blackhawks 2, Calgary Flames 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Edmonton 3 Arizona Coyotes 2 (AOT), Vegas Golden Knights 0 Dallas Stars 3.