Blues beat Toronto in OT for record 11th win in row
Ryan O’reilly scored 34 seconds into overtime, and St. Louis beat Toronto 3-2 for its franchise-record 11th straight win Tuesday.
Jaden Schwartz and Colton Parayko also scored, and Tyler Bozak had two assists for the Blues. Jordan Binnington made 29 saves to win his ninth straight, extending the longest winning streak in franchise history for a rookie goaltender.
At Philadelphia, J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist, and Tampa Bay won its seventh straight.
Alex Killorn, Mikhail Sergachev and Yanni Gourde also scored, and Ryan Mcdonagh added an empty-netter for the Lightning (46-11-4, 96 points), who are 17 points ahead of Calgary for the most in the league.
Oskar Lindblom and Travis Konecny scored for Philadelphia, which lost for just the third time in the last 15 games.
At Dallas, Roman Josi scored the go-ahead goal with 12:25 to play and added an emptynetter to lift Nashville past the Stars, who are 1-4-1 in their past six games.
At Newark, N.J., Bryan Rust scored a tiebreaking goal midway through the second period, and Pittsburgh continued its playoff push and avoided the embarrassment of being swept in the four-game season series against lowly New Jersey.
Chad Ruhwedel, Nick Bjugstad and Zach Aston-reese also scored for Pittsburgh, which has won four of its last five in its bid to make the playoffs for the 13th straight year, the longest active streak in the NHL.
At St. Paul, Minn., Ryan Miller made 31 saves as Anaheim beat Minnesota. Jakob Silfverberg, Corey Perry, Ryan Kesler and Hampus Lindholm scored to help Anaheim get its third win in four games.
At Raleigh, N.C., Vladislav Namestikov scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, giving New York a win over Carolina.
At Montreal, Tomas Tatar scored in the third period, and the Canadiens ended a fourgame skid.
At Edmonton, Alberta, Vinnie Hinostroza scored in regulation and got the gamewinner in the fourth round of the shootout for Arizona.
At Sunrise, Fla., Jonathan Huberdeau had two goals and an assist to lead Florida past Buffalo. member-owned until Dec. 30, 2017, when it was purchased by South Korea’s Samick Music Corporation, led by chairman J.S. Kim, a regular club guest for decades. Samick is a premier piano and guitar manufacturer.
Last Monday, the new owners re-introduced the private club during a media event that featured current Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and former Mayor Oscar Goodman, who previously were members.
The festivities included the “mayors” receiving an honorary membership and the unveiling of a Dean Martin statue. The Rat Pack star played the course regularly in the early days.
Martin was invited to play by the mercurial Arthur Nightingale, the club’s first head professional, and routinely was part of a six some that included Las Vegas notables Tony Frabbiele, Bo Wininger, Don Cherry, Myron Friedman and Minny Cardillo.
“We believe the history of the Las Vegas Country Club is an asset,” club president and former Samick CEO Baik Lee said. “We had two goals when we purchased the club. One was to preserve and embrace the club’s history and the other was to modernize the facility and operations.”
The new owners have invested substantially in the club, and in a day and age when Las Vegas historic buildings and golf courses are imploded regularly, the course, indoor tennis pavilion and architecturally-unique clubhouse will remain.
A strict deed protects the golf course from development, and many areas of the clubhouse were renovated, including the locker rooms, kitchen and other behindthe-scenes and public areas.
LPGA teaching pro honored
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Jennifer Alexander was given the Ladies Professional Golf Association Teaching and Club Professional President’s Award during a ceremony held during the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando in January. Alexander is a site director for the LPGA/USGA Girls Golf program and an instructor at Las Vegas Golf