The Edmonton Oilers got out-worked in this one by a Winnipeg Jets team evidently determined to get some revenge for Friday’s humiliation in Edmonton.
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Player grades: Leon Drasaitl big as damn mountain but it’s not enough to lead Edmonton Oilers over Winnipeg Jets
In the end, Grade A shots were 15 to 14 for the Jets, but the Oilers had nine 5-alarm shots compared to eight for the Jets (running count).
Connor McDavid, 7. He led the team with nine major contributions to Grade A shots, but could only muster a single assist from all that excellent process. On his first shift, he wheeled behind the net on the power to set up Bouchard’s harpoon that led to Draisaitl’s goal. He failed to cover off the slot man for the tip shot on Winnipeg’s third goal. He fired a one-timer pass to Draisaitl for Edmonton’s fourth goal. He launched some wicked shots on the Winnipeg net in the third but failed to score.
Leon Draisaitl, 9. For the third game in a row, he was flying out there. He won a board battle on his first shift of the game, always a good sign. Even better, he tapped in a rebound off a Bouchard shot for Edmonton’s first goal. He lost a battle behind the net, Edmonton’s first major defensive break down of the game, on Connor’s first period 5-alarm slot shot. He picked off a pass and launched a brilliant backhand shot for Edmonton’s third goal. He got the hat trick by charging the net and depositing McDavid’s hard pass into the slot. Early in the third, he batted a McD pass out of the air to Hyman, but Hyman failed to drain a bouncing pass. He made two sharp passes to set up a dangerous McD shots half-way through the third. He led all forwards playing 23:58.
Zach Hyman, 4. Hasn’t been at his best lately, as this game was part of that trend. Poked the puck to Draisaitl on Edmonton’s first goal. He was slow on the back check and allowed the outside shot on Winnipeg’s third goal. He came close to scoring but could not slam home passes from Draisaitl and RNH in the third.
Ryan McLeod, 3. He had a weak game on defence, losing too many battles and making mistakes on both Winnipeg first period goals. Brain glitch saw him fail to cover Mark Scheifele in the slot on Winnipeg’s first goal. Next, he threw away the puck leading up to Winnipeg’s second goal.
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Warren Foegele, 4. Failed to keep alive his run of superior play. Some solid, confident plays with the puck early on but faed as game went on and got few shifts.
Mattias Janmark, 7. One of his better games, though not without a blemish. He charged in on a breakaway early on but Hellebuyck poke-checked him. A moment later he broke his stick, kicking off the Sequence of Pain on Winnipeg’s first goal, as he was unable to cut out a crucial pass. He made no mistake on his second break-in chance, pounding in the pass from RNH for Edmonton’s second goal.
Nick Bjugstad, 6. Good effort, good goal. He blocked a hard shot on his first shift and handled the puck well in the o-zone later in the game. He won a face off then went hard to the net, pounding in a great pass from Shore to make it 6-5.
Derek Ryan, 5. Quiet game but made an excellent hustling back check and stop ofn Scheifele late in the third.
Darnell Nurse, 5. He had a bad luck game but the effort was there and was generally solid. He crept a bit high, making him partly to blame for the breakaway on the fifth Winnipeg goal. He stood up for McDavid when Finnish forward Saku Maenalanen — which I understand roughly translates to Meathead-lanen in Finnish — took a run at the Oilers captain. Winnipeg scored on the following power play. But I’m still glad Nurse went after Maenalanen. Others are free to disagree.
Mattias Ekholm, 4. Some solid play, some iffy play too. He charged up ice and almost fired in a goal late in the second, but a few too many major mistakes on defence.
Evan Bouchard, 8. He had a whale of a game, leading the team in ice time with 24:18. Three assist night. He unleashed the Bouch Bomb to ignite Edmonton’s first goal scoring sequence. He again unleashed the Bomb to help set up Edmonton’s fifth goal. Generally held his own on defence and showed a bit of snarl as well.
Brett Kulak, 3. Iffy game on defence. Four major mistakes on Grade A shots against at even strength. He drew an early penalty and the Oil cashed in. He lost a battle in the corner off a face off, the first deep cut in the Sequence of Pain on Winnipeg’s second goal. He lost a battle in the n-zone, the first major mistake on Winnipeg’s third goal. He made a few strong offensive plays in the third.
Philip Broberg, 6. Kept a clean sheet, no major mistakes on Grade A shots against. He took a cross-checking hit in the third to draw a penalty and fired his own Grade A shot on net off a McDavid feed. He also pinched hard to kick off a sequence where McD got a Grade A shot.
Jack Campbell, 3. This game was Cambelltrons, though Winnipeg’s many goals were hardly on Campbell. He had some bad puck luck, but needed to make a few more saves. He made a stop on the first shot of the game, a Grade B scoring chance shot, another good sign. He next staved off a power play harpoon from Nino Neiderreiter, then an even more dangerous slot snipe from Kyle Connor. He then got beat by two point shots, one of them tipped in from the crease area, the other heavily screened and appearing to deflect off an Oiler or two or three in the high slot. He came out strong early in the second, stopping a dangerous rebound shot. Wheeler took the stick out of his hands on obvious goalie interference, but Campbell was still able to stop a harpoon from Scheifele. He blew it on an outside shot on Winnipeg’s fourth goal, going down too early, then failed to stop the breakaway on Winnipeg’s fifth goal. He let in Winnipeg’s back-breaker of its six goal, a point shot through a high slot screen. At that point Campbell had let in six goals on 13 Grade A shots, about two more goals than expected from that kind of barrage. He made a solid poke check stop half-way through the third.
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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.
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
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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