KGET: Sports News http://www.kget.com/sports/ KGET: Sports News en-us Copyright 2012 Newport Television LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:00:01 -0800 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:05:32 -0800 Sports News http://www.kget.com/sites/kget/images/rss_logo.gif KGET.com http://www.kget.com/sports/ 110 64 15 Wi still leads; Tiger 4 back at Pebble Beach http://www.kget.com:80/sports/story/Wi-still-leads-Tiger-4-back-at-Pebble-Beach/Vn2K0reLFkCum9jzwfkIaw.cspx?rss=96 http://www.kget.com/s/Vn2K0reLFkCum9jzwfkIaw.cspx Charlie Wi posted a bogey-free, three- under 69 Saturday to maintain his three-stroke lead after three rounds of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Wi, who will go for his first PGA Tour win on Sunday, finished 54 holes at 15- under-par 199. He played his third round at Spyglass Hill.

Ken Duke shot five-under 65 at Monterey Peninsula to move into second place at minus-12.

Tiger Woods, who is making his first PGA Tour start of the year, carded a five-under 67 at Pebble Beach to move into third place at 11-under-par 203.

The three different courses were needed for the opening three rounds with amateurs involved in the event. The final round will be played at Pebble Beach.

Three-time champion Phil Mickelson, two-time winner Dustin Johnson, Kevin Na and last year's runner-up Hunter Mahan all had 70s on Saturday. They stand alongside Brendon Todd (69) in fourth place at minus-nine.

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Magnus Paajarvi, Ben Eager and Shawn Horcoff also scored for the Oilers and Horcoff had two assists. Nikolai Khabibulin had 39 saves for Edmonton, which salvaged a 1-2 road trip after losing in Toronto and Detroit.

"We pushed ourselves into the game. Kudos to our team," said Oilers coach Tom Renney. "We got it going."

Daniel Alfredsson, Milan Michalek and Erik Karlsson had goals for Ottawa and Craig Anderson gave up four goals on 40 shots. The Senators fell to 1-6-2 in their last nine after beating Nashville on Thursday to snap a seven-game losing streak.

"We played pretty good," Alfredsson said. "It's encouraging to see the way we're playing and skating. There were still a few lapses."

Hall led a rush in overtime, getting off a shot that was stopped by Anderson. Horcoff tried to whack the rebound in, but was also denied, before Hall came around the net on the left side and backhanded a loose puck into the open side of the net for the win.

Earlier, Alfredsson opened the scoring 4:36 into the first period on a shot from the point. Edmonton didn't tie it until 14:05 into the second when Paajarvi was in the slot for an easy rebound.

That was the first of three goals in the six minutes of the second period. Michalek made it 2-1 Ottawa, scoring through Khabibulin's legs on a break, and Eager tied it again with 68 seconds left in the period on a wrister from the left side.

Horcoff's goal came 42 seconds into the third period, and Karlsson scored midway through the frame to tie it.

Game Notes

Both teams were 0-for-2 on the power play...The Oilers are returning home for three games against Toronto, Colorado and Vancouver starting Wednesday...Ottawa is headed out on the road for three games against Tampa Bay, Florida and the New York Islanders.

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Kris Letang added two goals and an assist and Jordan Staal scored in his first game back from a knee injury for the Penguins, who had gone 1-2-1 over their previous four games.

Chris Kunitz added a goal and three assists, while Marc-Andre Fleury made 20 saves in the win.

"We wanted to play a little bit of a better game," said Staal. "We obviously did a great job offensively to stay ahead of them but we have to play better defensively if we want to keep winning."

Winnipeg had won two straight, including Thursday's comeback victory over the Capitals, but was downed by a relentless Pittsburgh attack. Ondrej Pavelec stopped 31-of-39 shots in the loss, while Tim Stapleton, Dustin Byfuglien and Bryan Little all finished with a goal and an assist.

The Jets carried the momentum from Thursday's comeback, which saw them score two late goals before winning in a shootout, into Saturday. They were ahead 2-0 before the midway point of the first on tallies by Kyle Wellwood and Alexander Burmistrov. But the Penguins battled back, tying the game before the first intermission behind goals from Dustin Jeffrey and James Neal.

They continued to surge in the second, as Kunitz drove home a snap shot just 3:12 in and Letang's backhander made it a 4-2 game near the midway point. Stapleton responded minutes later, burying a centering pass from Blake Wheeler, who had fallen down behind the net. But Malkin re-established a two- goal advantage with a wrister towards the end of the period.

Byfuglien scored 4:35 into the third, wristing one home from the right circle, but Richard Park negated the tally 19 seconds later with a tip-in goal, making it 6-4.

Staal, who had missed 15 straight games due to a balky knee, pushed the advantage to three with a wrister at the 7:48 mark and Letang answered Little's goal at the midway point with a tally in the closing minutes to seal the comfortable win.

"I thought it was poor," said Jets coach Claude Noel. "We didn't win battles. Was there anything good out of that game?"

Game Notes

This was the third of four meetings between the teams this season. The Penguins have won two of three thus far...Staal has six goals in his last 10 outings against Winnipeg...Fleury improved to 12-2 in his last 14 starts against the Winnipeg franchise...Pavelec is 1-9 lifetime against the Penguins.

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Michael Grabner scored the lone goal in regulation for the Islanders, who bounced back from Thursday's loss to Montreal. Evgeni Nabokov stopped 34-of-35 shots to pick up the win.

Andrei Loktionov lit the lamp in regulation for the Kings, who are 1-4 on their six-game road trip and have tallied just four times during the stretch. Jonathan Quick made 23 saves.

"It's frustrating not getting the win, but at the same time getting one point can be so critical, especially down the stretch," Kings center Mike Richards said.

On the game-winner, Streit skated down the middle of the ice and eluded Milan Jurcina in the high slot before snapping his backhander past Quick.

"I just took a shot at it and tried to (and) went through them. Luckily enough it worked out and got the game-winner," Streit said.

The Islanders struck first at the 6:52 mark of the opening period. Mark Eaton's slap shot from the top of the left circle was deflected in front of Quick. Grabner pounced on the loose disc in the crease and wristed it into the net.

Los Angeles tied the score on Loktionov's first tally of the season, 5:20 into the second. Rob Scuderi sent a slap shot on net from the top of the left circle and Loktionov put home the rebound.

Quick stopped 12 shots while Nabokov made 11 saves in the third period to send the game into overtime.

Game Notes

The Kings' road trip ends in Dallas on Sunday...Both teams were 0-for-2 on the power play...Grabner's goal was his 15th of the season...Los Angeles ranks last in the NHL with 116 goals.

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Tyler Seguin and Patrice Bergeron scored in the shootout and the Boston Bruins beat the Nashville Predators, 4-3, on Saturday afternoon.

Bergeron, Daniel Paille and Milan Lucic had goals in regulation as the Bruins bounced back from a 6-0 loss to Buffalo on Wednesday to win for the second time in five games.

Lucic tied the game with 67 seconds left in the third period.

Tim Thomas had 19 saves, including three in overtime, and stopped Sergei Kostitsyn and Martin Erat in the shootout to earn the victory for Boston.

"We found a way to win. Over the past two years, that's what we've been good at," said Thomas. "Mostly we've earned our wins and I think that's what we did today."

Shea Weber, Patric Hornqvist and Mike Fisher had goals for the Predators, who have lost four of their last five (1-2-2).

Indeed, both teams needed a win. The Bruins, after being routed by Buffalo, came into the game just 5-6-1 in their previous 12 games. They peppered Pekka Rinne with 41 shots through overtime and Nashville blocked another 29.

"They out-shot us. Probably out-played us, too," said Rinne. "We gave a point away."

Fisher gave the Predators their first lead at 3-2 with 3:32 remaining when he skated around the net to get his own rebound on a shot that skidded through the crease and beat Thomas with a sharp backhand.

But Lucic tied it on a power play, picking up a rebound low on the right side after a shot by Rich Peverley was ticked aside and flipped it into the net with Rinne down in the crease.

The Bruins, testing Rinne all day, tried to sneak the game-winner through in the last seconds of regulation. Brad Marchand had two good looks in a row but both were stopped -- the second by the defenseman Weber, who slipped in behind his own goaltender to knock the puck out of mid air.

Earlier, with the Bruins shorthanded, Bergeron opened the scoring with a shot from the right side after a drop pass from Marchand late in the first period.

Weber scored with a slap shot from high on the left side during a power play in the second period but Boston regained the lead on Paille's backhand goal in front early in the third period. Hornqvist then tied it again midway through the third, jamming in a loose puck from in front.

Game Notes

The teams have historically been evenly-matched. They had split the previous 10 games entering Saturday...Although they have lost four of their last five, the Predators are 14-4-2 in their last 20.

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Ryan Callahan's second career hat trick helped the Rangers continue their winning ways against the Flyers this season, as New York exited Philadelphia on Saturday with a 5-2 victory.

Marian Gaborik added a goal and three assists for the Rangers, who have won all five of their meetings with the Flyers this season and increased their winning streak in the series to seven games.

Artem Anisimov also lit the lamp for New York, which now leads Philadelphia in the Atlantic Division standings by six points. Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves in the victory.

"It's good. Anytime you get three goals obviously you are excited. Callahan said. "It's a big game, especially with a team that's so close to you in the standings. I had some pretty easy, tap in goals there. So it wasn't all me tonight."

Wayne Simmonds had a goal and an assist for the Flyers, who have lost four of five. Claude Giroux also scored.

Sergei Bobrovsky turned aside 21-of-26 shots in defeat.

"It doesn't feel good. Obviously we played them five times and lost to them five times so it is not a good feeling in here right now," Simmonds said.

The story of the game was the power play. New York was 3-for-7 with the man advantage, while Philly went 0-for-4.

The Rangers started the game with a power-play goal from Callahan at the 8:25 mark of the first period. After taking a pass from Gaborik, Callahan managed to score from a tough angle along the goal line.

Simmonds made it a tie game at the 13:03 mark. Andrej Meszaros' blast from the right point deflected off Simmonds' leg and past Lundqvist.

New York, though, scored again on the man advantage with 3:20 left to make it 2-1. Brad Richards controlled the puck at the top of the right circle and passed in front to Gaborik, who quickly redirected the puck past Bobrovsky.

The back-and-forth battle continued 6:36 into the middle stanza. A nice pass from Simmonds put Giroux on a breakaway. Lundqvist put his arm down along the line to stop Giroux's initial shot, but the Flyers forward was able to jam the puck into the net.

But the Rangers swung the momentum back in their favor with another power-play goal. The visitors got set up in the offensive zone, which resulted in Michael Del Zotto controlling the puck in front of the net. His pass across the crease led to Callahan's second goal of the contest.

New York put the game away with a pair of goals in the third stanza. Just 6:28 into the frame, Gaborik slid a pass from below the goal line to the right circle for Derek Stepan, who slid the disc to the slot. From there, Anisimov put the puck into the back of the net for a 4-2 margin.

Callahan completed his hat trick at the 11:25 mark. With Bobrovsky sprawled out on the ice, Callahan lifted the puck over the goaltender and into the net.

Game Notes

Both of Callahan's hat tricks have come against the Flyers...New York was without forward Ruslan Fedotenko after he took a shoulder to the head from Tampa Bay's Dominic Moore on Thursday...The Rangers have outscored the Flyers 29-10 over the past seven encounters, shutting them out twice...The Rangers scored three power-play goals in a game for the first time since March 15, 2011.

©2012 Sports Network. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ]]> Sports News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:49:20 -0800 Panthers top Devils in Jersey http://www.kget.com:80/sports/story/Panthers-top-Devils-in-Jersey/uOwGByisMkCuyeEaj7zzpA.cspx?rss=96 http://www.kget.com/s/uOwGByisMkCuyeEaj7zzpA.cspx The New Jersey Devils surely won't miss seeing Florida's Kris Versteeg for the rest of the season.

Versteeg put the Panthers ahead in the second period with his fifth goal in four meetings against New Jersey this season, sending Florida to a 3-1 win over the Devils at the Prudential Center.

Former Devils backup goaltender Scott Clemmensen got the better of his former teammate, Martin Brodeur, stopping 27 shots in Florida's second straight win. Sean Bergenheim also scored and Mikael Samuelsson added an empty-net goal in the victory.

Clemmensen said the Panthers are translating what they learn in practice to the game.

"For me it's like a practice day," Clemmensen said. "You have to be good in practice. In this league everyone is so good. You have to do it day in and day out."

Brodeur, returning after a one-game absence because of an ankle injury, turned aside 17 shots in New Jersey's second straight loss and first regulation defeat in eight games (5-1-2). Steve Bernier scored the lone goal for the Devils.

Versteeg gave the Panthers a 2-1 lead at 7:43 of the second period after New Jersey twice failed to clear its own zone.

The Panthers managed to keep the puck in and Stephen Weiss' shot from the top of the slot was deflected by a New Jersey defender. The puck went directly to Versteeg, who snapped a shot from the left circle past Brodeur for his 21st goal of the season.

"It wasn't anything they did... we started to throw the puck away," said New Jersey captain Zach Parise. "It's frustrating because we've been playing really well of late. It wasn't a great effort by us."

Versteeg finished the season series with five goals and one assist. Clemmensen also continued to haunt his old team, improving to 4-0 lifetime against the Devils. He stopped all nine shots he faced in the second period and seven more in the third.

The Devils failed to convert a late power play -- their only chance of the game -- and Samuelsson found the empty cage with 25 seconds remaining.

New Jersey grabbed the lead just 1:39 into the game when Bernier deflected the puck past Clemmensen. Dainius Zubrus intercepted a poor clearing pass along the right boards and sent pass toward the net. The puck first tipped the stick of Alexei Ponikarovsky before Bernier chipped it through the five-hole for his first goal as a Devil.

The Panthers tied it on a power play with 4:52 left in the opening period. Moments after Zubrus took a hooking penalty, Bergenheim deflected Erik Gudbranson's shot from just above the left circle past Brodeur for his 11th goal of the season.

"We came out well, the first 10 minutes," said Devils head coach Pete DeBoer. "We were playing our seventh game in [12] days and I think we ran out of little bit of gas."

Game Notes

The teams split the four-game season series, each winning once at home and on the road. It marked the third straight season-series split between the teams...Florida improved to 12-12-4 on the road this season...The Devils hadn't lost in regulation since a 4-1 setback against Philadelphia on January 21...Parise had a seven-game point streak stopped.

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Calgary Flames center Blair Jones is out indefinitely after suffering a fractured ankle.

Jones suffered the injury while blocking a shot during Thursday's game against the Phoenix Coyotes.

In 13 games this season, Jones has one goal and two assists.

©2012 Sports Network. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ]]> Sports News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:50:58 -0800 Canucks roll into Calgary http://www.kget.com:80/sports/story/Canucks-roll-into-Calgary/pv1azqkBXUiMMkSamOJh2w.cspx?rss=96 http://www.kget.com/s/pv1azqkBXUiMMkSamOJh2w.cspx The Canucks have been piling up the points lately and Vancouver will try to keep that trend going tonight, when it visits the Calgary Flames for a Northwest Division clash at the Saddledome.

The Canucks, who lead the division by 14 points over Colorado, have won three straight and have recorded at least a point in eight straight outings (6-0-2). Vancouver has suffered just two regulation losses during the 2012 calendar year, posting a 10-2-3 mark since the beginning of January.

Vancouver will also try to end a four-game road trip with a perfect 4-0 record tonight. The Canucks, who are three points behind Detroit for the top seed in the West and the NHL, have a league-best 19-9-1 record as the guest this season.

The Canucks were glad to have Henrik Sedin in the lineup for their last game and he scored a goal in Vancouver's 5-2 win in Minnesota. Sedin took a puck off his ankle in Tuesday's win over Nashville, but the Swedish forward was able to play in his 553rd consecutive game on Thursday. Only Calgary defenseman Jay Bouwmeester has a longer active iron man streak in the NHL.

"All Swedes are tough, right?" Vancouver defenseman and Sedin's countryman Alex Edler joked after the game. "Hank is a warrior, he's played with pain before and it was big of him."

Daniel Sedin had a goal and an assist in the win over the Wild, while Maxim Lapierre, Manny Malhotra and Ryan Kesler also scored for the Canucks. It was Vancouver's first regulation win since a 4-3 decision over San Jose on Jan. 21.

Cory Schneider had 22 saves to post the win for the Canucks, but Roberto Luongo expects to be back between the pipes tonight.

Henrik Sedin enters tonight on a five-game point streak, while Kesler has scored goals in five consecutive outings and has six tallies and one assist during a seven-game point streak.

The Flames are 2-0-2 so far in February and will try to use a brief two-game homestand to aid their push for the playoffs. Calgary is currently tied with Minnesota for the 11th seed in the West and is just two points out of a playoff spot.

Calgary ended a three-game road trip on Thursday with a 2-1 overtime setback in Phoenix. Shane Doan scored the game-winner in OT for the Coyotes.

Olli Jokinen tallied a goal and Leland Irving made 34 saves in what was the Flames' fourth loss in six games.

"We knew it wasn't going to be an easy game." Flames head coach Brent Sutter said. "It's a point you could of had that you let get away from you, but the positive is that you did get a point."

The Flames, who will also Toronto on Tuesday, are 14-8-2 as the host this season compared to an 11-14-6 mark on the road.

Calgary had lost five straight in the series with the Canucks before posting a 3-1 win in Vancouver the last time the clubs met on Dec. 23. The Canucks have still claimed five straight at the Saddledome.

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The Phoenix Coyotes will try to extend their season-high win streak to five games when they host the sliding Chicago Blackhawks in tonight's clash at Jobing.com Arena.

Phoenix has posted four straight victories for the first time since its last five-game winning streak from March 10-18 of last season. The hot streak has helped lift the Coyotes into the eighth and final playoff seed in the Western Conference, where Phoenix leads Dallas and Colorado by just one point. Minnesota and Calgary are only two points behind the Coyotes in the crowded West.

Meanwhile, Chicago has fallen down to sixth in the West thanks to an 0-6-1 slide that began before the All-Star break. The Blackhawks are five points ahead of Phoenix in the conference standings.

Coyotes captain Shane Doan came through with a dramatic goal in Phoenix's most recent victory, as he scored the game-winner in overtime to lift his club to a 2-1 decision over the visiting Calgary Flames on Thursday.

Calgary's Mikael Backlund was whistled for tripping 2:07 into the extra frame and the Coyotes took advantage of the penalty with the game-winner when Radim Vrbata fed a pass from the right of the net to the top of the left circle, where Doan blasted a one-timer past Leland Irving.

Taylor Pyatt scored in regulation for the Coyotes, while Mike Smith stopped 22-of-23 shots in the win.

"You've got to find ways to get points," Coyotes head coach Dave Tippett said. "It was just not a pretty game at all so we'll take the points, stick those in the bank and move on."

The victory improved Phoenix to 13-10-4 on home ice this year and the Coyotes are wrapping a brief two-game residency tonight. Following today's tilt, the Coyotes will play four of their next six games away from the desert.

Chicago's last four setbacks have come in regulation and the Blackhawks were dealt a 5-3 loss Friday night in San Jose. Benn Ferriero's goal early in the third period proved to be the winner for the Sharks, who sent Chicago to its seventh straight defeat.

Marcus Kruger scored twice in the loss, while Bryan Bickell also lit the lamp for Chicago, which is in the midst of its worst skid since an 0-6-2 stretch from Dec. 30-Jan. 11 during the 2007-08 season. The Blackhawks also fell to 0-4-1 on a season-long nine-game road trip and Joel Quenneville's club is now just 10-13-3 as the guest this season.

"We know we can win hockey games. We have got a good team, but we just have to get our confidence back," Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa said after Friday's loss. "We have to play a team game. We win as a team and we lose as a team."

Corey Crawford allowed all five goals on 27 shots to take the loss on Friday and Ray Emery could get the start tonight.

Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson sat out Friday's game with flu-like symptoms and is also questionable for tonight. Hjalmarsson has one goal, 11 assists and a plus-five rating in 54 games this season.

This evening's tilt marks the fourth and final scheduled meeting between the Coyotes and Blackhawks this year. Phoenix has taken two straight from Chicago since losing the season series opener at Jobing.com Arena on Oct. 18. The Coyotes have won four of seven overall in this series, but Chicago has taken two straight on the road.

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