Rigsby makes 33 saves as US women blank Canada
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LONDON, Ontario, Feb 13, (AP): In a defensive battle, Hilary Knight was in the right place at the right time.
Alex Rigsby made 33 saves and Knight scored as the United States earned a 1-0 victory over Canada on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series between the rivals.
Knight poked a rebound behind goalie Emerance Maschmeyer with 1:40 left in the second period to quiet the announced crowd of 9,036 at Budweiser Gardens.
Canada had the better opportunities in the first period. The closest the Canadians came to scoring was when Blayre Turnbull sneaked behind the defense and cut in on Rigsby from the right face-off circle. Rigsby made a sprawling save. Tempers flared in front of the Canadian net as time was running out in the first. The result was minor penalties to both teams, leaving them to close out the period playing 4-on-4.
The Americans continued their strong defense in the third period as Canada was relentless in pursuit of the tying goal. Rigsby was solid throughout.
Pearn said consistency was an issue for his squad.
“The first 15 minutes of the first period and I thought probably the last 12 minutes of the third period we kind of had them on their heels,” he said. “Unfortunately we had a bit of a bad shift, the second-to-last shift of the game ... but other than that I thought we had the best of the play and controlled the opportunities.”
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time in franchise history it’s lost four straight at T-Mobile Arena.
Jordan Oesterle, Alex Galchenyuk, Josh Archibald and Richard Panik also scored for Arizona.
Brandon Pirri and Nate Schmidt scored for Vegas, which is now 16-8-3 at home and has lost six of eight. MarcAndre Fleury, who made his leagueleading 50th start of the season, made 21 saves.
Stars 3, Panthers 0 In Sunrise, Florida, Anton Khudobin recorded his second shutout of the season and Tyler Seguin had two goals and an assist as Dallas topped Florida.
Esa Lindell also scored, and Alexander Radulov had two assists for Dallas, which snapped a two-game losing streak and won for the sixth time in eight games.
With Stars goalie Ben Bishop out, Khudobin made his third consecutive start, stopping 30 shots and winning for just the second time in six starts. It was the eighth shutout of Khudobin’s career.
Lightning 6, Flames 3 In Tampa, Florida, NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists, Brayden Point added a goal and two assists, and Tampa Bay doubled up Calgary. Kucherov has 88 points, including seven over his last two games. Kucherov and Point (72) are the second pair of Tampa Bay teammates to reach 70 points in 57 team games. Martin St Louis and Vincent Lecavalier did it in 2006-07.
Cedric Paquette, Anthony Cirelli, Yanni Gourde and Steven Stamkos also scored for the NHL-leading Lightning, who are 5-0-2 over the last seven games. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves.
Sabres 3, Islanders 1 In Buffalo, New York, Jack Eichel set up two goals in leading Buffalo to a win over Metropolitan Division-leading New York.
Jason Pominville scored the go-ahead goal 6:49 into the second period. Jeff Skinner scored off a faceoff draw won by Eichel, and Johan Larsson sealed the victory with 2:25 left. Linus Ullmark stopped 24 shots to improve to 3-0-1 in his past four starts.
Blue Jackets 3, Capitals 0 In Columbus, Ohio, Sergei Bobrovsky made 13 of his 20 saves in the third period to lift Columbus over Washing- ton.
Anthony Duclair, Nick Foligno and Artemi Panarin scored for the Blue Jackets, who won their fourth straight and remained in third place in the Metropolitan Division, two points behind Washington.
Hurricanes 4, Senators 1 In Ottawa, Ontario, Teuvo Teravainen scored twice and Carolina scored four unanswered goals in the third period to beat Ottawa.
Micheal Ferland and Justin Williams also scored for the Hurricanes, who wrapped up a season-long five game trip. Curtis McElhinney made 25 saves.
Mark Stone scored for the Senators, who had their two-game winning streak snapped. Anders Nilsson made his third straight start and stopped 33 shots.
Red Wings 3, Predators 2 In Nashville, Tennessee, Andreas Athanasiou scored at 4:08 of the third period, and struggling Detroit beat Nashville to snap a three-game skid.
Luke Glendening had a goal and an assist, Nick Jensen had two assists and Dylan Larkin also had a goal for Detroit. Goalie Jimmy Howard made 32 saves for the win.
Viktor Arvidsson and P.K. Subban scored for Nashville, which has lost three straight for its longest skid since losing four straight between Dec 17-22. Ryan Johansen and Filip Forsberg had two assists apiece.
Bues 8, Devils 3 In St Louis, Alex Pietrangelo and Ivan Barbashev each scored twice and St Louis won its seventh straight game.
Jaden Schwartz, Ryan O’Reilly, Mackenzie MacEachern and Tyler Bozak also scored for the Blues, whose eight goals were a season high. St Louis’ winning streak is its longest since Jan. 17-Feb. 5, 2015, when it also had seven consecutive victories.
Winnipeg Jets right wing Patrik Laine (29) is hit by New York Rangers defenseman Tony DeAngelo (77) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, on Feb 12, in
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Jets 4, Rangers 3 In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mark Scheifele had two goals and an assist as Winnipeg edged New York.
Jets defenseman Joe Morrow recorded his first goal of the season and Andrew Copp also scored for Winnipeg.
Mika Zibanejad scored twice and Pavel Buchnevich had the other goal for the Rangers. Mats Zuccarello added two assists.
Flyers 5, Wild 4 In St Paul, Minnesota, James van Riemsdyk scored two goals, including the game-winner late in the third period, as Philadelphia bested Minnesota.
Sean Couturier and Claude Giroux each had a goal and an assist and Ivan Provorov also scored for the Flyers, who are 11-2-1 since Jan 9. Luke Kunin scored twice, while Zach Parise and Jared Spurgeon added goals for the Wild, who fell to 1-4-2 since the All-Star break.
Maple Leafs 5, Avalanche 2 In Denver, Nazem Kadri and Kasperi Kapanen scored power-play goals 22 seconds apart in the second period, Frederik Andersen stopped 34 shots and Toronto extended Colorado’s winless streak to eight games.
Kapanen and Kadri each finished with two goals, while Auston Matthews added a goal and two assists.
Ryan Graves and Alexander Kerfoot scored for a reeling Avalanche team that’s gone 0-5-3 over their last eight games.