Canucks return from COVID layoff, beat Maple Leafs in OT
By The Associated PressApril 19, 2021 GMT
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Bo Harvat scored his second goal of the game 1:19 into overtime, giving the Vancouver Canucks a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night in their return from a nearly four-week layoff because of a COVID-19 outbreak.
Horvat also had an assist, Nils Hoglander had a goal and an assist, and Braden Holtby made 37 saves as the Canucks played their first game since March 24 a span of 25 days. At least 21 players and four members of the coaching staff tested positive for the coronavirus.
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NHL roundup: Sabres beat Penguins a day after being eliminated
Sam Reinhart scores twice as Buffalo prevents Pittsburgh from gaining ground in the East Division playoff race.
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Buffalo forward Sam Reinhart celebrates after scoring one of his two goals during the Sabres’ 4-2 win over Pittsburgh on Sunday in Buffalo, New York.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. Sam Reinhart scored twice, and the Buffalo Sabres played spoiler in the East Division playoff race with a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.
Rookie Arttu Ruotsalainen and Rasmus Asplund, with an empty-netter, also scored for Buffalo. The Sabres bounced back a day after becoming the NHL’s first team eliminated from playoff contention following a 3-2 loss to Pittsburgh.
Rangers finish off four-game sweep of Devils
Birthday boy Mika Zibanejad scored a power-play goal with three minutes to play and the New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 5-3 Sunday to sweep a four-game series over the past six days.
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NEWARK, N.J. Another birthday for the New York Rangers. Another big day for the birthday boy.
A day after Pavel Buchnevich scored a hat trick on his big day, Mika Zibanejad celebrated his 28th birthday and helped the Rangers cap a four-game sweep of the Devils with a game-winning, power-play goal with three minutes to play in a 5-3 win on Sunday.
First Period
The Wood-McLeod-Bastian line started the game against the Rangers’ Panarin-Strome-Blackwell line. The Devils won the draw, and they got quickly on a dump and forecheck. Miles Wood did take the puck away, but the Ranger pushed it out of the zone. The Devils and Rangers then went back and forth, with the Devils blocking away a centering pass from Panarin to Strome.
The Hughes line acme on, and Jack Hughes got the first shot on goal of the game. He collected the puck at the edge of the faceoff circle, turned, and shot into Alexandar Georgiev’s chest.
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