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NHL On Tap: Connor eyes goal-scoring lead when Jets visit Predators

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Welcome to NHL On Tap. Three NHL.com writers will share what they are most looking forward to on the schedule each day. Today, their choices from the five games Sunday.

Connor eyes NHL goal-scoring lead

Kyle Connor will try to take a share of the NHL goal-scoring lead when the Winnipeg Jets (12-5-2) visit the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Sunday (8 p.m. ET; BSSO, TSN3). The 26-year-old is tied for third with Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews with 14 goals, one behind co-leaders Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Brock Boeser of the Vancouver Canucks. The Predators (9-10-0) will need to find a better way to stifle the Jets forward than they did in their first meeting or they could be in trouble. On Nov. 9, Connor had a hat trick and an assist in Winnipeg’s 6-3 victory against visiting Nashville, a performance that ignited an eight-goals-in-six-games run. Connor has been held off the score sheet in two straight games, so he could come out firing Sunday against the Predators, who have their own impressive scorer in Filip Forsberg. The Predators forward has 11 goals, including four in his past three games. — Mike Zeisberger, staff writer

Oilers host Ducks, eye turnaround at home

Could a stretch when the Edmonton Oilers play eight of their next nine games on home ice get their season back on track? Even though the first quarter of the season arrives Tuesday, the extended time at Rogers Place may be their best opportunity to get back into the Stanley Cup Playoff picture. The Oilers (6-12-1) host the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday (9 p.m. ET SN, BSSC, BSSD) after ending a four-game road trip and three-game losing streak with a 5-0 win against the Washington Capitals on Friday. There were signs of life: Leon Draisaitl‘s three points (two goals, one assist), Connor McDavid‘s four assists and Stuart Skinner‘s 25 saves to give Edmonton its first shutout after it allowed 17 goals the previous three games. The Oilers play two straight at home, visit the Jets and then get five days off before playing the next six in Edmonton, so it’s fair to say it’s now or never. The Ducks (9-11-0) have lost five in a row and are 2-7-0 since a 7-4-0 start. “We’re fighting and clawing to get points,” coach Greg Cronin said. — Jon Lane, staff writer

Bedard can extend point streak for Blackhawks

Connor Bedard can extend his point streak to five games when the Chicago Blackhawks (6-12-0) host the St. Louis Blues (10-8-1) at United Center (2 p.m. ET; BSMW, NHLN, NBCSCH, SN, TVAS). The 18-year-old forward has four points (one goal, three assists) in his past four games, leads NHL rookies with 17 points (10 goals, seven assists) in 18 games and has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in his past seven games. Bedard had an assist in a 4-3 overtime win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday that ended a five-game losing streak (0-5-0) for the Blackhawks. Bedard, the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, is the early front runner to win the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year, and is four points ahead of Arizona Coyotes forward Logan Cooley, who has 13 points (two goals, 11 assists) in 20 games, in the rookie scoring race. This is the first time Bedard will face the Blues this season. St. Louis lost 8-3 at home to the Nashville Predators on Friday after winning two in a row.

Sunday games

Minnesota Wild at Detroit Red Wings (1 p.m. ET; BSWIX, BSN, BSDET)

Alex DeBrincat has six points (three goals, three assists) during a five-game point streak for the Red Wings (10-6-3) and will look to extend it when they host the Wild (5-9-4). DeBrincat leads Detroit with 20 points (12 goals, eight assists) in 19 games. Minnesota has lost six straight (0-4-2), including 3-2 to the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday in their first game back from the 2023 Global Series Sweden presented by Fastenal at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury likely will start for the Wild after Filip Gustavsson made 22 saves in the loss Saturday. — Derek Van Diest, staff writer

St. Louis Blues at Chicago Blackhawks (2 p.m. ET; BSMW, NHLN, NBCSCH, SN, TVAS)

The Blackhawks will be without forward Corey Perry for the “foreseeable future” because of unspecified reasons, per general manager Kyle Davidson. The forward will miss his third straight game Sunday. Blackhawks forward Jason Dickinson has four goals in his past two games. The Blues lead the NHL with six shorthanded goals, including two apiece from forwards Pavel Buchnevich and Alexey Toropchenko.

Columbus Blue Jackets at Carolina Hurricanes (5 p.m. ET; BSSO, BSOH, NHLN, SN, TVAS)

The Blue Jackets (6-11-4) can extend their winning streak to a season-high three games when they visit the Hurricanes (11-8-0) at PNC Arena. Columbus forward Boone Jenner has four goals in his past three games and a team-high 11 this season. Carolina is coming off an 8-2 loss to the Lightning on Friday and is 3-3-0 in its past six games.

Winnipeg Jets at Nashville Predators (8 p.m. ET; BSSO, TSN-3)

This game features teams on impressive winning streaks. The Jets have won five straight and the Predators have won four in a row. Jets forward Vladislav Namestnikov has points in six consecutive games (one goal, six assists). Predators forward Gustav Nyquist has a seven-game point streak (one goal, eight assists).

Anaheim Ducks at Edmonton Oilers (9 p.m. ET; SN, BSSC, BSSD)

The Ducks just completed a 0-4-0 homestand and play eight of their next 11 games on the road. Anaheim, though, is 5-3-0 away from Honda Center this season and forward Mason McTavish has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past three games. The Oilers are 3-4-1 at home and one of those wins was outdoors at Commonwealth Stadium for the Heritage Classic against the Calgary Flames. Edmonton defenseman Evan Bouchard has a five-game point streak (two goals, five assists).

 

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Washington Capitals 3-2 win ends Dallas Stars’ winning streak

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome and Taylor Raddysh scored to help the Washington Capitals end the Dallas Stars’ season-opening winning streak at four with a 3-2 victory Thursday night.

Wilson’s goal was his third in three games, Strome his second of the season and Raddysh his first since joining the team in free agency last summer. Charlie Lindgren made 22 saves as the Capitals wrapped up this early homestand with back-to-back wins.

The Stars fell from the ranks of the league’s unbeaten teams despite a short-handed goal by Colin Blackwell and one at even strength from Jason Robertson. Rookie Oskar Bäck set up Blackwell for his first NHL point.

Casey DeSmith was screened on two of the three goals he allowed on 26 shots.

LIGHTNING 4, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov scored the winning goal with less than a minute to play just 1:27 after Brandon Hagel had tied it and Tampa Bay rallied to beat Vegas.

Kucherov’s second goal of the game with 55 seconds left was his sixth of the season.

Janis Moser had a goal and two assists for the Lightning, who remain unbeaten. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves.

Brayden McNabb, Pavel Dorofeyev and Ivan Barbashev had goals for Vegas. Adin Hill turned aside 21 shots.

Jack Eichel, with two assists on Thursday, now has 10 points this season in five games and reached reached double-digit points faster than any other player in Vegas history. He is the 10th U.S.-born player to accomplish the feat.

After Barbashev put Vegas up 3-2 early in the second, Hagel pulled Tampa Bay even at 3 with 2:22 remaining in the third.

BLUE JACKETS 6, SABRES 4

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kirill Marchenko and Mathieu Olivier each had a goal and an assist and Daniil Tarasov made 21 saves to help Columbus to a win over Buffalo.

Yegor Chinakhov, Adam Fantilli, Zachary Aston-Reese and Damon Severson also scored for Columbus, and Zach Werenski added two assists.

Ryan McLeod, Owen Power and JJ Peterka scored for Buffalo, and Jiri Kulich added his first NHL goal. Devon Lev stopped 19 shots for the Sabres (1-5-1), who have lost two straight road games and five of their first six overall.

CANUCKS 3, FLORIDA 2, OT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — J.T. Miller scored 2:09 into overtime and Vancouver got their first win of the season, beating Florida.

Teddy Blueger and Quinn Hughes had goals for Vancouver, with Kevin Lankinen stopping 26 shots.

Anton Lundell got his fourth goal in the last three games for Florida and Jesper Boqvist also scored for the Panthers, who got 30 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky.

Florida remained without forwards Aleksander Barkov (lower body) and Matthew Tkachuk (illness).

DEVILS 3, SENATORS 1

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Jacob Markstrom stopped 30 shots and lost his shutout bid in the final minutes as New Jersey beat Ottawa.

Erik Haula, Nathan Bastian and Paul Cotter scored for the Devils, who won for the third time in four games and improved to 5-2-0.

The Senators, who were coming off an 8-7 overtime victory against Los Angeles on Monday, struggled to beat Markstrom.

Brady Tkachuk was the only scorer for the Senators, beating Markstrom, with a power-play goal with 65 seconds remaining in the third period.

Anton Forsberg, making his second straight start and hoping to rebound after getting pulled Monday, made 32 saves in the loss.

Haula opened the scoring early in the second period and Bastian added a short-handed goal, giving New Jersey a 2-0 lead after 40 minutes. Cotter scored midway through the third.

RANGERS 5, RED WING 2

DETROIT (AP) — Artemi Panarin had his eighth career hat trick and New York rolled to a victory over Detroit.

Panarin became the first Rangers player to have multiple points in the first four games of a season. He scored twice on the power play. Vincent Trocheck also had a power- play goal and assisted on all of Panarin’s goals.

Jonathan Quick made 29 saves in his season debut. Victor Mancini also scored.

The Rangers have won the last five meetings, including twice this week. New York had a 4-1 home victory over Detroit on Monday night.

Moritz Seider and J.T. Compher scored for Detroit. Red Wings goalie Cam Talbot was pulled in the second period after allowing five goals.

KINGS 4, CANADIENS 1

MONTREAL (AP) — David Rittich made 26 saves a night after being benched in the second period in Toronto, helping road-weary Los Angeles snap a three-game losing streak with a victory over Montreal.

Los Angeles improved to 2-1-2 on a season-opening, seven-game trip necessitated by arena renovations.

Rittich rebounded after allowing four goals on 14 shots in a 6-2 loss to the Maple Leafs. Alex Laferriere, Mikey Anderson, Andreas Englund and Adrian Kempe scored.

Justin Barron scored for Montreal (2-3-0). Sam Montembeault stopped 28 shots. He made a save on Kevin Fiala on a penalty shot.

BLUES 1, ISLANDERS 0, OT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Joel Hofer made 34 saves and assisted on Jake Neighbours’ goal at 2:04 of overtime in St. Louis victory over New York.

Hofer had his second career shutout in his and the team’s second overtime victory of the season.

Philip Broberg carried the puck into the New York zone and made a centering pass to Neighbours for the winner.

Islanders goalie Ilya Sorkin made 29 saves.

Blues defenseman Nick Leddy sat out because of a lower-body injury, the first game he has missed this season. Leddy played in all 82 games last season.

OILERS 4, PREDATORS 2

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Brett Kulak scored twice and Connor McDavid added his first goal of the season to lead Edmonton to a victory over reeling Nashville.

Jeff Skinner also scored and Calvin Pickard made 25 saves for the defending Western Conference champion Oilers, who have won consecutive games after beginning the season with a three-game skid.

Filip Forsberg and Jonathan Marchessault scored and Juuse Saros made 32 saves for Nashville (0-4).

Forsberg’s goal midway through the first period gave Nashville its first lead of the season. That lasted less than six minutes before Kulak tied it.

Kulak sealed it with an empty-netter in the final minute for the defenseman’s first career two-goal game.

BLACKHAWKS 4, SHARKS 2

CHICAGO (AP) — Tyler Bertuzzi and Nick Foligno each scored a power-play goal, and Chicago beat San Jose.

Taylor Hall and Jason Dickinson also scored for Chicago. Connor Bedard and Teuvo Teravainen each had two assists.

Hall, who missed most of last season because of right knee surgery, put the Blackhawks in front 4:20 into the first period. It was Hall’s first goal since Nov. 5 and No. 267 for his career.

Tyler Toffoli and Fabian Zetterlund scored for San Jose, which trailed 3-0 early in the second. William Eklund and Mikael Granlund had two assists each.

The Sharks dropped to 0-2-2 under Ryan Warsofsky, who was promoted to head coach in June.

Petr Mrazek had 20 saves for Chicago, and Vitek Vanecek made 23 stops for San Jose.

KRAKEN 6, FLYERS 4

SEATTLE (AP) — Eeli Tolvanen, Jordan Eberle, and Shane Wright scored three goals in less than three minutes in the second period and Seattle held off a Philadelphia rally in a victory.

Tolvanen’s goal broke a 2-2 tie at the 14:57 mark. Eberle made it a two-goal game with a goal at 17:44. Eight seconds later, Wright scored to give Seattle a three-goal lead.

Jared McCann tied the game at 2-2 with the first of Seattle’s four second-period goals.

Cam York and Jamie Drysdale scored to pull Philadelphia within 5-4 in the third period, but Oliver Bjorkstrand responded with a goal to push Seattle’s lead to two with just over five minutes left in the game.

Scott Laughton scored twice for the Flyers in the first period, while Brandon Montour scored one in for the Kraken.

Chandler Stephenson had an assist in his 500th NHL game. Seattle’s Philipp Grubauer had 21 saves.

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Canada’s Dabrowski, New Zealand’s Routliffe out of Japan Women’s Open after walkover

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OSAKA, Japan – Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe are out of the Japan Women’s Open tennis tournament.

Spain’s Cristina Bucsa and Romania’s Monica Niculescu advanced to the final on Thursday by way of walkover.

The fourth seeds were supposed to play the top-seeded Dabrowski and Routliffe in the semifinals.

Bucsa and Niculescu will next face third-seeded Ena Shibahara of Japan and Laura Siegemund of Germany in the final.

Dabrowski and Routliffe defeated Japan’s Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi in the quarterfinals 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday to advance.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 17, 2024.

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Mountain West commissioner says she’s heartbroken over turmoil surrounding San Jose State volleyball

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mountain West Conference Commissioner Gloria Nevarez said Thursday the forfeitures that volleyball teams are willing to take to avoid playing San Jose State is “not what we celebrate in college athletics” and that she is heartbroken over what has transpired this season surrounding the Spartans and their opponents.

Four teams have canceled games against San Jose State: Boise State, Southern Utah, Utah State and Wyoming, with none of the schools explicitly saying why they were forfeiting.

A group of Nevada players issued a statement saying they will not take the floor when the Wolf Pack are scheduled to host the Spartans on Oct. 26. They cited their “right to safety and fair competition,” though their school reaffirmed Thursday that the match is still planned and that state law bars forfeiture “for reasons related to gender identity or expression.”

All those schools, except Southern Utah, are in the Mountain West. New Mexico, also in the MWC, went ahead with its home match on Thursday night, which was won by the Spartans, 3-1, the team’s first victory since Sept. 24.

“It breaks my heart because they’re human beings, young people, student-athletes on both sides of this issue that are getting a lot of national negative attention,” Nevarez said in an interview with The Associated Press at Mountain West basketball media days. “It just doesn’t feel right to me.”

Republican governors of Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming have made public statements in support of the cancellations, citing a need for fairness in women’s sports. Former President Donald Trump, the GOP nominee in this year’s presidential race, this week referenced an unidentified volleyball match when he was asked during a Fox News town hall about transgender athletes in women’s sports.

“I saw the slam, it was a slam. I never saw a ball hit so hard, hit the girl in the head,” Trump replied before he was asked what can be done. “You just ban it. The president bans it. You just don’t let it happen.”

After Trump’s comment, San Diego State issued a statement that said “it has been incorrectly reported that an San Diego State University student-athlete was hit in the face with a volleyball during match play with San Jose State University. The ball bounced off the shoulder of the student-athlete, and the athlete was uninjured and did not miss a play.”

San Jose State has not made any direct comments about the politicians’ “fairness” references, and Nevarez did not go into details.

“I’m learning a lot about the issue,” Nevarez said. “I don’t know a lot of the language yet or the science or the understanding nationally of how this issue plays out. The external influences are so far on either side. We have an election year. It’s political, so, yeah, it feels like a no-win based on all the external pressure.”

The cancellations could mean some teams will not qualify for the conference tournament Nov. 27-30 in Las Vegas, where the top six schools are slated to compete for the league championship.

“The student-athlete (in question) meets the eligibility standard, so if a team does not play them, it’s a forfeit, meaning they take a loss,” Nevarez said.

Ahead of the Oct. 26 match in Reno. Nevada released a statement acknowledging that “a majority of the Wolf Pack women’s volleyball team” had decided to forfeit against San Jose State. The school said only the university can take that step but any player who decides not to play would face no punishment.

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