Baltimore Sun Sunday

Fleury laughs off flub, puts focus on Game 4

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Marc-Andre Fleury was so upbeat, the Golden Knights goalie laughed off a question about his costly late-game flub.

The Knights might be well-served to do the same after finding themselves in the all too familiar position of facing adversity during a postseason run in which they’ve now trailed in all three series.

“It’s part of the game, having to talk to you guys and being reminded of my screwups, right?” Fleury said with an audible giggle in referring to the media on Saturday, some 12 hours after a 3-2 overtime loss to the Canadiens. “Obviously, I wish things were different. But it is what it is, and got to put it behind and get ready for our next game.”

Game 4 is Sunday night at Montreal, with the Golden Knights down 2-1 after losing two straight.

The 36-year-old Fleury did his best to move on after his misplaying of the puck along the end boards led to Canadiens’ Josh Anderson scoring into an unguarded net to tie the game with 1:55 remaining.

Anderson then capped the win by converting Paul

Byron’s pass on a 2-on-1 break 12:53 into overtime.

College baseball: Jonny Butler homered and drove in five runs, Reid Johnston pitched six strong innings and North Carolina State opened the College World Series with a 10-4 victory over Stanford on Saturday.

Golf: Nelly Korda shot a career-best 10-under 62 on Saturday to take a threestrok­e lead over Leona Maguire into the final round of the Meijer LPGA Classic. Putting with her left-hand low, Korda had 11 birdies and one bogey to get to 20-under 196 at Blythefiel­d Country Club.

Soccer: Germany finally clicked into gear at the European Championsh­ip, with a little help from defending champion Portugal. The Portuguese became the first team to score two own-goals in one game at the continenta­l tournament, giving the Germans a 4-2 win on Saturday and ending fears of another group-stage exit.

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