D4 SCOREBOARD


COLLEGE BASKETBALL


MEN Richmond 69, Seton Hall 61


EZ SU


KLMNO HOCKEY Ovechkin finds the net in Caps’ victory capitals from D1


PROFOOTBALL NFL


NEWORLEANS SAINTS AT ATLANTA FALCONS


Saints: OUT: TE David Thomas (knee). QUESTIONABLE: RB Christopher Ivory (hamstring). PROBABLE: NT Remi Ayodele (ankle), T Charles Brown (back), LB Danny Clark (hamstring), DT Sedrick Ellis (wrist), CB Jabari Greer (knee), DE Anthony Hargrove (knee), WR Robert Meachem (toe), LB Kawika Mitchell (hamstring), WR Courtney Roby (head), LB Jonathan Vilma (quadriceps). Falcons: QUESTIONABLE: DE John Abraham (groin), DT Jonathan Babineaux (shoulder),LBCurtis Lofton (knee), RB Ovie Mughelli (shoulder), WR Eric Weems (knee), WRRoddy White (knee).


MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES


Vikings: OUT: S Tyrell Johnson (knee). DOUBTFUL: QB Brett Favre (concussion, neck, right shoulder). QUES- TIONABLE: RB Adrian Peterson (knee), S Madieu Williams (concussion). PROBABLE: S Jamarca Sanford (concussion), CB Frank Walker (hamstring). Eagles: OUT: LB Stewart Bradley (elbow). DOUBTFUL: LB Keenan Clayton (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: DT Mike Patterson (knee). PROBABLE: G Nick Cole (knee), LB Moise Fokou (wrist), TE Clay Harbor (abdomen),WR DeSean Jackson (foot), T Winston Justice (knee), CB Asante Samuel (knee).


WEEK16INJURYREPORT


scored on a power play, a con- tinuing source of concern. But Coach Bruce Boudreau


said he saw progress in his players’ power-play effort. And that, too, is one measure of the momentum the Capitals so des- perately seek, heading into the much anticipated clash with Pittsburgh in the NHL’s Winter Classic on New Year’s Day at Heinz Field and into the heart of the hockey season beyond. In their last game before


taking the NHL-mandated holi- day break, the Caps fell at home to Pittsburgh on Thursday in a 3-2 shootout loss. “The good thing” about Sun-


COLLEGEFOOTBALL BOWLSCHEDULE


SATURDAY, DEC. 18 NEWMEXICO BOWL


In Albuquerque BYU 52, UTEP 24


HUMANITARIAN BOWL In Boise, Idaho Northern Illinois 40, Fresno State 17


NEWORLEANS BOWL Troy 48, Ohio 21


TUESDAY, DEC. 21 BEEF 'O' BRADY'S BOWL In St. Petersburg, Fla. Louisville 31, Southern Mississippi 28


WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22 MAACO BOWL In Las Vegas Boise State 26, Utah 3


THURSDAY, DEC. 23 POINSETTIA BOWL In San Diego San Diego State 35, Navy 14


FRIDAY, DEC. 24 HAWAII BOWL In Honolulu Tulsa 62, Hawaii 35


SUNDAY‘S RESULT LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA BOWL In Detroit Toledo (8-4) vs. Florida International (6-6), Late


MONDAY’S GAME INDEPENDENCE BOWL In Shreveport, La. Georgia Tech (6-6) vs. Air Force (8-4), 5 (ESPN2)


TUESDAY’S GAMES CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL In Orlando, Fla. North Carolina State (8-4) vs.WestVirginia (9-3), 6:30 (ESPN)


INSIGHT BOWL


In Tempe, Ariz. Missouri (10-2) vs. Iowa (7-5), 10 (ESPN)


WEDNESDAY’S GAMES MILITARY BOWL


In Washington East Carolina (6-6) vs. Maryland (8-4), 2:30 (ESPN)


TEXAS BOWL In Houston Baylor (7-5) vs. Illinois (6-6), 6 (ESPN)


ALAMO BOWL


In San Antonio Arizona (7-5) vs. Oklahoma State (10-2), 9:15 (ESPN)


THURSDAY’S GAMES ARMED FORCES BOWL


In Dallas SMU (7-6) vs. Army (6-6), Noon (ESPN)


PINSTRIPE BOWL In Bronx, N.Y. Syracuse (7-5) vs. Kansas State (7-5), 3:30 (ESPN)


MUSIC CITY BOWL


In Nashville, Tenn. North Carolina (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6), 6:40 (ESPN)


HOLIDAY BOWL In San Diego Nebraska (10-3) vs. Washington (6-6), 10 (ESPN)


FRIDAY’S GAMES MEINEKE BOWL In Charlotte, N.C. Clemson (6-6) vs. South Florida (7-5), Noon (ESPN)


SUN BOWL


In El Paso, Texas Notre Dame (7-5) vs. Miami (7-5), 2 (CBS)


LIBERTY BOWL In Memphis, Tenn. Georgia (6-6) vs. UCF (10-3), 3:30 (ESPN)


CHICK-FIL-A BOWL


In Atlanta South Carolina (9-4) vs. Florida State (9-4), 7:30 (ESPN)


SATURDAY’S GAMES TICKETCITY BOWL In Dallas


Northwestern (7-5) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), Noon (ESP- NU)


CAPITAL ONE BOWL


In Orlando, Fla. Michigan State (11-1) vs. Alabama (9-3), 1 (ESPN)


OUTBACK BOWL In Tampa, Fla. Florida (7-5) vs. Penn State (7-5), 1 (ABC)


GATOR BOWL


In Jacksonville, Fla. Michigan (7-5) vs. Mississippi State (8-4), 1:30 (ESPN2)


ROSE BOWL


In Pasadena, Calif. TCU (12-0) vs. Wisconsin (11-1), 5 (ESPN)


FIESTA BOWL In Glendale, Ariz. Connecticut (8-4) vs. Oklahoma (11-2), 8:30 (ESPN)


MONDAY, JAN. 3


Orange Bowl In Miami Stanford (11-1) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 8:30 (ESPN)


TUESDAY, JAN. 4


Sugar Bowl In New Orleans Ohio State (11-1) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 8:30 (ESPN)


THURSDAY, JAN. 6


GoDaddy.com Bowl In Mobile, Ala. Miami (Ohio) (9-4) vs. Middle Tennessee (6-6), 8 (ESPN)


FRIDAY, JAN. 7


Cotton Bowl In Arlington, Texas Texas A&M (9-3) vs. LSU (10-2), 8 (FOX)


SATURDAY, JAN. 8


BBVA Compass Bowl In Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh (7-5) vs. Kentucky (6-6), Noon (ESPN)


SUNDAY, JAN. 9


Fight Hunger Bowl In San Francisco Boston College (7-5) vs. Nevada (12-1), 9 (ESPN)


MONDAY, JAN. 10


BCS National Championship In Glendale, Ariz. Auburn (13-0) vs. Oregon (12-0), 8:30 (ESPN)


SATURDAY, JAN. 22


In Orlando, Fla. East-West Shrine Classic, 4


SATURDAY, JAN. 29 In Mobile, Ala. Senior Bowl, 4 (NFLN)


SATURDAY, FEB. 5


In San Antonio Texas vs. The Nation All-Star Challenge, 2


EASTERNCONFERENCE SOUTHEAST W L OL PTS. GF GA Tampa Bay Washington Atlanta Carolina Florida


ATLANTIC W L OL PTS. GF GA Pittsburgh


9 24 2 20 61 112


CAPITALS3, HURRICANES2


21 10 5 47 112 116 21 12 5 47 114 105 19 13 6 44 120 111 15 15 4 34 94 105 16 17 0 32 91 86


24 11 2 50 119 86


Philadelphia 22 8 5 49 117 87 N.Y. Rangers 20 14 2 42 108 95 N.Y. Islanders 9 18 6 24 76 107 New Jersey


NORTHEAST W L OL PTS. GF GA Montreal Boston Ottawa Buffalo Toronto


WESTERNCONFERENCE CENTRAL W L OL PTS. GF GA Detroit Chicago St. Louis Nashville Columbus


Minnesota Calgary


xEdmonton PACIFIC


Dallas San Jose


19 12 4 42 122 113 16 14 4 36 83 96 15 18 3 33 95 105 12 15 6 30 87 113


20 14 2 42 93 83 18 11 4 40 93 69 16 17 4 36 86 108 14 17 4 32 92 101 13 17 4 30 79 103


22 9 4 48 117 97 20 14 3 43 119 105 18 12 5 41 92 96 17 12 6 40 85 87 17 15 3 37 89 102


NORTHWEST W L OL PTS. GF GA xVancouver 20 8 5 45 112 86 Colorado


WASHINGTON ........................ 1 CAROLINA .............................. 0


FIRST PERIOD


Scoring: 1, Washington, Perreault 5 (Semin, Laich), 13:33. Penalties: Laich, Was (tripping), 1:25; Ovechkin, Was (interference), 14:58; Hendricks, Was, served by A.Gordon (roughing), 18:54; Gleason, Car, served by Bodie, major-game misconduct (charging), 18:54.


SECOND PERIOD


Scoring: 2, Carolina, Jokinen 6 (Ruutu, Skinner), 7:32. 3, Washington, Steckel 4 (Ovechkin), 10:26. 4, Washing- ton, Ovechkin 13 (Green), 18:02. Penalties: None.


THIRD PERIOD


Scoring: 5, Carolina, Ruutu 8 (Harrison, Jokinen), :30. Penalties: Washington bench, served by Ovechkin (too many men), 2:20; Alzner, Was (high-sticking), 4:50; McBain, Car (tripping), 16:05.


SHOTS ON GOAL WASHINGTON ........................ 8


CAROLINA ............................ 16


16 12


6 — 30 7 — 35


Power-play opportunities: Washington 0 of 2; Carolina 0 of 4. Goalies: Washington, Varlamov 5-4-1 (35 shots-33 saves). Carolina, Ward 14-11-3 (30-27). A: 10,477 (18,680). T: 2:18.


SENATORS3,PENGUINS1 Penguins star Sidney Crosby


scored with 3:22 remaining to extend his points streak to 24 games, but Erik Karlsson had two goals and an assist to lead Ottawa over Pittsburgh. Jason Spezza also had three points


for Ottawa, but he left in the second with an upper-body injury. Crosby’s 30th goal spoiled G Brian


xLos Angeles 20 12 xAnaheim Phoenix


W L OL PTS. GF GA 21 11 4 46 102 96 19 11 5 43 106 96 1 41 98 77


18 16 4 40 98 111 16 11


One point awarded for overtime losses. x-Late game.


SUNDAY’SRESULTS


Washington 3, at Carolina 2 Toronto 4, at New Jersey 1 at N.Y. Islanders 4, Montreal 1 Tampa Bay 3, at Atlanta 2 (OT) at Chicago 4, Columbus 1 at St. Louis 2, Nashville 0 Detroit 4, at Minnesota 1 at Ottawa 3, Pittsburgh 1 Phoenix 1, at Dallas 0 Edmonton at Vancouver, Late Anaheim at Los Angeles, Late


MONDAY’SGAMES


N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 Minnesota at Columbus, 7:30 Boston at Florida, 7:30 Detroit at Colorado, 9 Buffalo at Calgary, 9 Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30


TUESDAY’SGAMES


Montreal atWashington, 7 Carolina at Toronto, 7 Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 7 Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:30 Chicago at St. Louis, 8 Dallas at Nashville, 8 Buffalo at Edmonton, 9 Anaheim at Phoenix, 9 Philadelphia at Vancouver, 10


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7 39 91 97


Elliott’s shutout bid. But Crosby also had a couple of costly penalties. Mike Fisher scored the first of


Ottawa’s two power-play goals mid- way through the first after Crosbywas sent off for hooking. Karlsson made it 2-0 at 13:42


duringadelayed slashing call against Crosby, who also hooked Chris Phil- lips late in the second to negate a Penguins power play.


PITTSBURGH .......................... 0 OTTAWA ................................. 2


FIRST PERIOD


Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Fisher 10 (Karlsson, Gonchar), 9:14 (pp). 2, Ottawa, Karlsson 7 (Kelly, Spezza), 13:42.


SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 3, Ottawa, Karlsson 8 (Spezza), :20 (pp).


THIRD PERIOD Scoring: 4, Pittsburgh, Crosby 30 (Cooke, Kunitz), 16:38.


SHOTS ON GOAL PITTSBURGH .......................... 6


OTTAWA ............................... 12


22 6


17 — 45 6 — 24


Power-play opportunities: Pittsburgh 0 of 4; Ottawa 2 of 4. Goalies: Pittsburgh, Fleury 16-8-1 (24 shots-21 saves). Ottawa, Elliott 12-10-3 (45-44). A: 20,146 (19,153). T: 2:38.


0 1


1 — 1 0 — 3


2 1


0 — 3 1 — 2


REDWINGS4,WILD1 Henrik Zetterberg had a goal and


an assist to help Detroit defeat Min- nesota. The Red Wings scored a pair of soft goals in the opening nine minutes and were in control through- out. Detroit is 8-2-1 in its past 11 games in Minnesota.


DETROIT ................................. 2 MINNESOTA ........................... 0


FIRST PERIOD


Scoring: 1, Detroit, Zetterberg 13 (Kronwall, Franzen), 4:38. 2, Detroit, Cleary 16 (V.Filppula), 8:59.


SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 3, Detroit, Draper 1 (Kronwall, Ericsson), 5:30. 4, Detroit, Holmstrom 10 (Zetterberg, Lidstrom), 13:50 (pp).


THIRD PERIOD


Scoring: 5, Minnesota, Burns 10 (Havlat, O’Sullivan), 16:20 (pp).


SHOTS ON GOAL DETROIT ............................... 13


MINNESOTA ........................... 4


9 5


5 — 27 8 — 17


Power-play opportunities: Detroit 1 of 6; Minnesota 1 of 6. Goalies: Detroit, Howard 19-6-2 (17 shots-16 saves). Minnesota, Backstrom 12-9-3 (27-23). A: 19,227 (18,064). T: 2:19.


BLACKHAWKS4, BLUEJACKETS1


Patrick Sharp scored two goals


and Marty Turco made 26 saves to lead Chicago past Columbus for its fourth straight win. Turco lost a bid for his second


shutout this season with 2:26 left in the third period when Derick Bras- sard scored on a screened power- play goal. The Blackhawks have al- lowed just five goals during their streak.


COLUMBUS ............................. 0 CHICAGO ................................. 1


THIRD PERIOD


Scoring: 2, Chicago, Sharp 19 (Seabrook, Hossa), 1:22 (pp). 3, Chicago, Bolland 5 (Brouwer, Bickell), 11:10 (pp). 4, Chicago, Sharp 20 (Brouwer, Toews), 11:47. 5, Columbus, Brassard 8 (Sestito, Tyutin), 17:34 (pp).


SHOTS ON GOAL COLUMBUS ........................... 14


CHICAGO ................................. 8


7 9


6 — 27 8 — 25


Power-play opportunities:Columbus1of 4; Chicago2of 5. Goalies: Columbus, Garon 8-6-2 (25 shots-21 saves). Chicago, Turco 9-8-2 (27-26). A: 21,492 (19,717). T: 2:21.


COYOTES1,STARS0 Jason LaBarbera stopped 29


shots for his fifth career shutout and Kyle Turris scored as Phoenix beat Dallas.


LaBarbera was making his fifth CAPITALS’NEXTTHREE


vs. Canadiens Tomorrow, 7 Comcast SportsNet


at Penguins (Heinz Field) Saturday, 1 WRC-4,WBAL-11


vs. Lightning Jan. 4, 7 Comcast SportsNet


Radio: WFED (820 AM, 1500 AM)


straight start in place of Coyotes No. 1 G Ilya Bryzgalov, who is out because of a lower-body injury. LaBarbera turned aside a penalty


shot by Loui Eriksson in the second period. TheStars pulledGKari Lehtonen for


an extra attacker with 1:32 left, but Eriksson missed the net on a close- range attempt.


PHOENIX ................................. 0 DALLAS ................................... 0


SHOTS ON GOAL PHOENIX ................................. 7


DALLAS ................................... 8


1 0


0 — 1 0 — 0


SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 1, Phoenix, Turris 5 (Doan, Boedker), 10:46.


10 13


8 — 25 9 — 30


Power-play opportunities: Phoenix 0 of 4; Dallas 0 of 2. Goalies: Phoenix, LaBarbera 4-5-1 (30 shots-30 saves). Dallas, Lehtonen 15-8-4 (25-24). A: 17,515 (18,532). T: 2:28.


0 0


1 — 1 3 — 4


FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1, Chicago, Kopecky 6 (Hossa, Cullimore), 7:00.


2 0


0 — 4 1 — 1


BLUES2,PREDATORS0 Jaroslav Halak made 32 saves for


his fourth shutout and David Backes provided the only offense by scoring twice to help St. Louis beat slumping Nashville. The win extended the Blues’


winning streak to three games. Halak, who came to St. Louis in an offseason trade with Montreal,was in goal for all three of those contests. Pekka Rinne stopped 24 shots for


Nashville, which has lost four straight.


NASHVILLE ............................. 0 ST. LOUIS ................................ 0


0 1


0 — 0 1 — 2


SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 1, St. Louis, Backes 8 (Sobotka), 1:45.


THIRD PERIOD Scoring: 2, St. Louis, Backes 9 (Steen), 19:43 (en).


SHOTS ON GOAL NASHVILLE ........................... 12


ST. LOUIS .............................. 11


12 8


8 — 32 7 — 26


Power-play opportunities: Nashville 0 of 0; St. Louis 0 of 1. Goalies: Nashville, Rinne 8-9-4 (25 shots-24 saves). St. Louis, Halak 14-10-4 (32-32). A: 19,150 (19,150). T: 2:18.


LIGHTNING3, THRASHERS2(OT)


Vincent Lecavalier’s second goal of


thegame—apower-playtally1:13into overtime—won it for TampaBay. Steven Stamkos gave the Lightning


the game’s first lead with his 28th goal.


TAMPABAY ...................... 1 ATLANTA ........................... 0


FIRST PERIOD


Scoring: 1, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 28 (Malone, St. Louis), 8:14.


SECONDPERIOD Scoring: 2,Atlanta,Bogosian3 (Stewart, Little), 6:03. 3, TampaBay, Lecavalier 5 (Gagne,Bergenheim), 9:04.


THIRDPERIOD Scoring: 4,Atlanta,Modin 7 (Slater, Eager), 16:17.


OVERTIME


Scoring:5,TampaBay,Lecavalier6(St.Louis,Stamkos), 1:13 (pp).


SHOTSONGOAL TAMPABAY .................... 11


ATLANTA ........................... 6


13 11


9 9


1 — 34 2 — 28


Power-playopportunities:TampaBay1of6;Atlanta0of 2. Goalies: Tampa Bay, Ellis 11-5-5 (28 shots-26 saves). Atlanta, Pavelec 12-7-4 (34-31). A: 14,610 (18,545). T: 2:32.


NHLLEADERS Entering Sunday’s games


POINTS Player


Sidney Crosby Team GP G A Pts Pittsburgh ............. 36 29 31 60


Steven Stamkos Tampa Bay ............. 35 27 21 48 Martin St. Louis Tampa Bay ............. 35 14 31 45 Daniel Sedin Henrik Sedin Corey Perry


Brad Richards Pavel Datsyuk Alex Ovechkin


GOALS Player


Sidney Crosby Steven Stamkos Corey Perry


Logan Couture Daniel Sedin


Alexander Semin Patrick Sharp Ryan Kesler Rick Nash


Danny Briere Claude Giroux Milan Lucic


Brad Richards Eric Staal


Vancouver ............. 33 18 25 43 Vancouver ............. 33 8 35 43 Anh ........................ 38 19 22 41 Dallas ..................... 35 16 24 40 Detroit ................... 33 12 27 39 Washington ........... 37 12 27 39


Henrik ZetterbergDetroit ................... 34 12 26 38 Loui Eriksson


Dallas ..................... 35 15 22 37 Dustin Byfuglien Atlanta .................. 37 13 24 37 Team GP


Pittsburgh ................... 36 Tampa Bay ................... 35 Anaheim ...................... 38 San Jose ...................... 35 Vancouver .................... 33 Washington ................. 34 Chicago ........................ 35 Vancouver .................... 33 Columbus ..................... 33 Philadelphia ................. 32 Philadelphia ................. 35 Boston ......................... 33 Dallas ........................... 35 Carolina ........................ 33


G


29 27 19 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 16 16 16 16


1 1


0 1


1 — 3 0 — 2


ISLANDERS4, CANADIENS1


Dwayne Roloson stopped 37


shots, and four Islanders had goals as New York extended its winning streak to three by beating Montreal. The Islanders played in front of just


3,136 fans who braved the East Coast snowstorm.


MONTREAL ............................. 0 N.Y. ISLANDERS ..................... 1


0 1


1 — 1 2 — 4


FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1, N.Y. I, Comeau 8 (Schremp, Eaton), 11:04.


SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 2, N.Y. Islanders, Grabner 8 (Nielsen), 18:18.


THIRD PERIOD


Scoring: 3, N.Y. Islanders, Parenteau 7 (Wisniewski, Nielsen), 2:02 (pp). 4, N.Y. Islanders, Wisniewski 3 (MacDonald, Parenteau), 4:22 (pp). 5, Montreal, Pleka- nec 11 (Kostitsyn, Cammalleri), 7:51.


SHOTS ON GOAL MONTREAL ............................. 8


N.Y. ISLANDERS ..................... 9


16 7


15 — 39 9 — 25


Power-play opportunities: Montreal 0 of 2; N.Y. Island- ers 2 of 8. Goalies: Montreal, Price 19-12-2 (25 shots-21 saves). N.Y. Islanders, Roloson 5-12-1 (39-38). A: 3,136 (16,234). T: 2:27.


day’s victory, said defenseman Mike Green, “was that we didn’t stray away mentally from what we did well at home against Pittsburgh. I felt like we had three or four minutes of the game where we had a lapse. But other than that, we played strong.” With Sunday’s victory, the


Capitals (21-12-5) swept their road series with the Hurricanes for the first time since 1997-98, when the former Hartford Whalersmoved to Greensboro. Ovechkin overcame his shoot-


ing slump. And Semyon Varlam- ovmade an impressive return at goaltender, tapped to start after Michal Neuvirth, who had been instrumental in helping the Caps slough off their sub-par stretch earlier thismonth, expe- rienced soreness after Sunday morning’s skate. Valamov had 33 saves in the


game, including two terrific ones during back-to-back Caro- lina power plays in a frantic late effort in the third period. “You just knew he was


chomping at the bit because he hadn’t played the last three games,” Boudreau said. “I was expecting a big game.” With roughly six inches of


snow falling in the Raleigh area before tapering off at mid-day, hundreds of flights were can- celed at Raleigh-Durham Air- port. The Caps made the trip without event via a charter plane. But with many local roads impassable, CarolinaHur- ricanes officials announced that ticket-holders who couldn’t


JIM R. BOUNDS/ASSOCIATED PRESS Alex Ovechkin leaves Carolina goalie CamWard sprawling helplessly after a second-period goal in the Capitals’ 3-2 victory in Raleigh.


make it to the game could trade their tickets for another regular season contest. Nonetheless, on a treacherous Sunday that shut- tered churches throughout North Carolina’s Research Tri- angle, 10,477 showed up to cheer on the Canes. Varlamov was under pressure


early, with a shot clanging off the goal post and a barrage of shots coming in all directions. Perreault started the scoring


with assists by Brooks Laich and Alexander Semin. Gleason was ejected for what appeared a cheap shot onWash-


STANDINGSANDSUMMARIES


ington’s Perreault, whose nose bled profusely fromthe contact. In the fracas that ensued,Wash- ington’s Matt Hendricks was called for roughing and sent off for two minutes as the period closed.By then theCaps had just eight shots on goal to Carolina’s 16.


The Canes’ Jussi Jokinen tied


it at 1 midway through the second period. The Caps struck backminutes


later, with Steckel scoring his fourth goal of the season to put Washington out front, 2-1. With the clock ticking down,


Ovechkin snapped his goal-less spell, pumped both arms and pointed skyward being smoth- ered by teammates. Carolina struck quickly in the


third period, with Jay Harrison taking a hugewhack at the puck, which skittered into the net courtesy of Tuomo Ruutu, who was credited with the goal. The Caps then were forced to


fend off back-to-back power plays. It was a nerve-rattling stretch, with a third Carolina puck bouncing off the goal post and Varlamov making a terrific savewith on outstretch leftmitt.


Washington had a second


chance at a power-play goalwith 3:55, but the Canes’ Cam Ward (27 saves) fended off a pair of well struck attempts. The Capitals return home to


Verizon Center Tuesday for their final tuneup, against Montreal, before traveling to Pittsburgh for the Winter Classic at 1 p.m. New Year’s Day. Boudreau said that Perreault


would be listed as “day to day” with a broken nose, his return dependent upon his breathing. clarkel@washpost.com


MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2010


MAPLELEAFS4,DEVILS1 Jonas Gustavsson stopped 29


shots, and Colby Armstrong scored two goals as Toronto snapped a three-game losing streak. New Jersey has lost five straight.


With the building largely empty be- cause of snow, the Devils allowed fans in the upper deck to move down.


TORONTO ............................... 1 NEWJERSEY .......................... 0


SECOND PERIOD


Scoring: 2, Tor, Mitchell 2 (Versteeg, Gunnarsson), 8:45. 3, Toronto, Kulemin 12 (MacArthur, Grabovski), 17:23.


THIRD PERIOD


Scoring: 4, New Jersey, Pelley 1 (Fayne, Greene), 12:27 (pp). 5, Toronto, Armstrong 3 (Kaberle), 16:47.


SHOTS ON GOAL TORONTO ............................... 5


NEWJERSEY .......................... 7 9 10


8 — 22 13 — 30


Power-play opportunities: Toronto 0 of 5;NewJersey 1 of 5. Goalies: Toronto, Gustavsson 5-10-2 (30 shots-29 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 5-17-1 (14-11), Hedberg (0:00 third, 8-7). A: 5,329 (17,625). T: 2:12.


2 0


1 — 4 1 — 1


FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1, Tor, Armstrong 2 (Versteeg), 13:50.


ASSISTS Player


Henrik Sedin Sidney Crosby Martin St. Louis Pavel Datsyuk Alex Ovechkin


Team


GP


Vancouver .................... 33 Pittsburgh ................... 36 Tampa Bay ................... 35 Detroit ......................... 33 Washington ................. 37


GAME WINNING GOALS Player


Team


Steven Stamkos Dustin Byfuglien Logan Couture Rick Nash


SHOTS Player


Alex Ovechkin Patrick Sharp Jeff Carter


Henrik Zetterberg Sidney Crosby


PLUS/MINUS Player


Andrej Meszaros Sidney Crosby Kris Letang


Nathan Horton Toni Lydman Danny Briere


Andrew Ference Sean O'Donnell


A


35 31 31 27 27


Tampa Bay ................... 35 Atlanta ........................ 37 San Jose ...................... 35 Columbus ..................... 33


Team GP


GP GW 6 5 5 5


S


Washington ................. 37 161 Chicago ........................ 35 150 Philadelphia ................. 35 148 Detroit ......................... 34 146 Pittsburgh ................... 36 144


Team


Philadelphia ................. 34 Pittsburgh ................... 36 Pittsburgh ................... 36 Boston ......................... 33 Anaheim ...................... 34 Philadelphia ................. 32 Boston ......................... 33 Philadelphia ................. 35


GP +/- 20 18 18 17 17 16 16 16


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