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    Sunday, May 05, 2024

    NHL Roundup

    Sidney Crosby of the Penguins, right, and Kyle Wellwood of the Jets wait for the puck to be dropped during a face-off in the second period of Friday's game at Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    Sabres 4, Bruins 2

    Christian Ehrhoff scored the game-winner with 10:58 remaining and Buffalo rallied for three goals in the third period to beat Boston Friday night.

    Ehrhoff fired a wrister from the slot over goalie Anton Khudobin, who anticipated a low shot and went down early. Cody Hodgson added an insurance goal less than 3 minutes later when he tipped in a pass from Tyler Myers.

    Myers began the comeback 2 minutes into the third period, tying the game at 2 by backhanding in a rebound after Khudobin stoned Jochen Hecht on a 2-on-1 break.

    The goals completed a stirring comeback for Buffalo, which trailed 2-1 going into the third. Entering the game, Boston (8-2-2) had outscored its opponents 15-5 this season in the final period.

    The Bruins' only other loss in regulation this year came at home against Buffalo on Jan. 31.

    Drew Stafford also scored and Ryan Miller made 30 saves for Buffalo (6-8-1), which snapped a two-game skid and won for the third time in eight games.

    Dougie Hamilton scored his first NHL goal and added an assist for Boston, which failed to earn a point for only the second time in 12 games. Rich Peverley also scored for the Bruins. Khudobin stopped 22 shots.

    Stafford opened the scoring 3 1-2 minutes in, breaking his 17-game stretch without a goal. He connected on a one-timer from the slot after a sharp feed from Tyler Ennis behind the net.

    Hamilton connected on a slap shot from just above the right circle during a power play. Miller was caught out of position about 10 seconds earlier and was still wandering around the net when Hamilton got the puck to convert his chance, becoming the first 19-year-old Bruins defenseman to score a goal since Jonathan Girard in 1999.

    Hamilton then assisted on Peverley's goal 2:29 into the second period, firing a shot off the back boards. A fortuitous bounce sent the puck directly to Peverley in the slot and he beat Miller on the stick side.

    With 8:15 left in the second period - during which Boston outshot Buffalo 17-6 - Miller was sharp on back-to-back saves, first stopping a long shot by Chris Bourque before foiling Tyler Seguin on a rebound from in close.

    Devils 5, Flyers 3

    David Clarkson scored on a deflection at 10:43 of the third period and New Jersey rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat Philadelphia.

    Travis Zajac, Alexei Ponikarovsky and Patrik Elias scored the Devils' other goals with Ilya Kovalchuk getting the primary assist on each. Martin Brodeur made 25 saves and had an assist, while Steve Bernier iced the game with an empty-net goal.

    Wayne Simmonds, Mike Knuble and Matt Read scored in a first-period onslaught for the Flyers, who are 2-7 on the road this season. Ilya Bryzgalov had 15 saves.

    Clarkson's team-high 10th goal came on a deflection of a point shot by Adam Larsson. Elias assisted on the last two goals.

    The Devils scored on the first shot of the game, then watched the Flyers score three goals in a 2:36 span later in the first period to take a 3-1 lead. New Jersey scored two goals in the second period to tie the game at 3-all.

    Kovalchuk had the primary assist on all three of the Devils goals, with the last one coming when he intercepted a pass by defenseman Kimmo Timonen deep in the Philadelphia zone and found Elias between the circle for a shot that Bryzgalov got a piece of but couldn't stop.

    Ponikarovsky, who was acquired from Winnipeg on Wednesday after Dainius Zubrus was put on the injured list, had cut the Flyers' lead to 3-2 just 26 seconds into the second period with a shot from the left circle. Brodeur started the play with a long pass to Kovalchuk near the Philadelphia blue line. He found Ponikarovsky coming down the left side for an uncontested snap shot high into the net.

    Ducks 5, Red Wings 2

    Andrew Cogliano scored two of Anaheim's three goals in the third period, sending the surging Ducks to a victory over Detroit

    Viktor Fasth made 26 saves to become the first goalie in seven years to win his first seven career starts. The 30-year-old Fasth is considered a first-year player and not a rookie by the NHL because he is older than 25.

    Cogliano snapped a 2-all tie just 1:02 into the third and Bobby Ryan connected less than a minute later. Cogliano capped the outburst with his fourth of the season at 18:11.

    Matt Beleskey and Corey Perry each had a goal and an assist for Anaheim, which won its third straight and seventh in eight games. Ryan Getzlaf added two assists.

    Joakim Andersson got his first career goal and added an assist, and Tomas Tatar also scored for Detroit, which was without top-six forwards Pavel Datsyuk (upper body, day-to-day) and Johan Franzen (hip flexor) because of injuries.

    Penguins 3, Jets 1

    Craig Adams scored his first two goals of the season to lift Pittsburgh to a win over Winnipeg.

    James Neal scored his 11th goal of the season, while Pens goalie Marc-Andre Fleury turned aside 25 shots.

    Andrew Ladd scored for the Jets and Ondrej Pavelec stopped 25 shots.

    It was Pittsburgh's seventh road win of the season, while Winnipeg has lost three straight at home and hosts Boston on Sunday.

    After a couple swipes at rebounds, Adams recorded his first goal of the season at 3:19 of the first period.

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