Astros’ Correa wins arbitration case
HOUSTON, Feb 6, (RTRS): Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa won his arbitration case Tuesday and will make $5 million in 2019.
The Astros submitted a figure of $4.25 million, but arbitrators Elizabeth Neumeier, James Oldham and Gary Kendellen ruled in favor of Correa.
Correa earned $1 million last season when he posted career
Pham made $570,100 last season when he split the campaign between the St Louis Cardinals and the Rays. He batted .275 with 21 homers and 63 RBIs in 137 games.
TD Ameritrade founder and Chicago Cubs ownership patriarch Joe Ricketts apologized after racist comments and conspiracy theories from his email address surfaced in an online news report from Splinter News.
The article published Monday includes Joe Ricketts questioning the birthplace, religion and education of Chicagoan and former President Barack Obama, and other insensitive and derogatory comments.
Chairman Tom Ricketts of the Cubs issued a statement separating the team and its values from the comments. Joe Ricketts is not actively involved in the Cubs’ organization. One email published Monday includes the passage “Islam is a cult and not a religion.” In another, he reportedly wrote, “Muslims are naturally my enemy.” out of the season and ninth of his 11-year career by stuffing Jared McCann and Jake Guentzel with sprawling saves in the first period and never letting up as the Hurricanes picked up two big points as they try to stay in the mix for their first playoff berth in nearly a decade.
Matt Murray made 28 saves for the Penguins but lost for the third time in four starts since the All-Star break. Pittsburgh struggled to generate any consistent offensive pressure against McElhinney while playing without injured star Evgeni Malkin, who missed his third consecutive game with an upper-body injury. Golden Knights 3, Lightning 2, SO
In Tampa, Florida, Alex Tuch scored the only goal in a shootout and Vegas halted a four-game losing streak with a victory over Tampa Bay.
Vegas got goals from Cody Eakin and Valentin Zykov in regulation. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 shots.
Brayden Point and Mathieu Joseph scored for the NHL-leading Lightning, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 35 saves. Steven Stamkos had two assists to give him 14 points over his last 10 games.
Kings 5, Devils 1 In Newark, New Jersey, Tyler Toffoli scored twice in 35 seconds early in the third period to spark Los Angeles.
Toffoli, who had the overtime winner Monday against the Rangers, helped send the Kings to their third win in four games. Adrian Kempe, Dion Phaneuf and Ilya Kovalchuk also scored for Los Angeles. Jack Campbell made 29 saves and Anze Kopitar had three assists.
Pavel Zacha scored for New Jersey, and Keith Kinkaid stopped 20 shots.
Canadiens 4, Ducks 1 In Montreal, Brendan Gallagher had two goals and an assist, and Montreal beat slumping Anaheim.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Phillip Danault also scored for the Canadiens, who improved to 7-1-1 in their last nine games. Jonathan Drouin had three assists. Carey Price made 24 saves for his sixth straight victory – his longest winning streak since the 2016-17 season.
Captain Ryan Getzlaf scored for the Ducks, who have lost five in a row. Chad Johnson stopped 28 shots.
Columbus Blue Jackets center Boone Jenner (back), fights for control of the puck with Colorado Avalanche center Alexander Kerfoot during the second period of an NHL hockey game on Feb 5, in
Denver. (AP)
Predators 5, Coyotes 2 In Nashville, Tennessee, Craig Smith, Filip Forsberg and Ryan Ellis scored in the second period, and Nashville beat Arizona to snap a three-game skid at home.
Pekka Rinne made 24 saves as Nashville avoided being swept by Arizona this season, though the Coyotes did take the series 2-1.
Roman Josi scored an empty-net goal with 2:50 left and had two assists, Calle Jarnkrok had a goal, and Ellis also had an assist.
Sabres 5, Wild 4, SO In Buffalo, New York, Sam Reinhart scored the lone shootout goal and Buffalo won for just the third time in nine games.
Reinhart also had a goal and an assist in regulation for the Sabres, who led by two in the second period before giving up Zach Parise’s tying goal with 1:37 left in the third. Linus Ullmark stopped 41 shots through overtime in a game Buffalo never trailed.
Jack Eichel set up two goals and C.J. Smith also scored. Buffalo’s once anemic power-play unit converted both opportunities on goals from Evan Rodrigues and Rasmus Dahlin.
Blackhawks 6, Oilers 2 In Edmonton, Alberta, Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist, and Chicago scored four goals in less than a threeminute span of the third period.
Erik Gustafsson, John Hayden, Dylan Strome, Drake Caggiula and Dominik Kahun also scored for the Blackhawks, who have won five straight. Cam Ward stopped 25 shots.