Roslovic scores winning goal as Hurricanes down Rangers

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Roslovic scores winning goal as Hurricanes down Rangers

2024-12-23 12:05 Last Updated At：12:10

NEW YORK (AP) — Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 22 shots and assisted on two goals as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Sunday.

William Carrier, Jack Roslovic and Sebastian Aho scored for the Hurricanes, who won for the fourth time in six games and improved to 10-3-1 against Metropolitan Division opponents this season.

Jimmy Vesey scored for New York 17 seconds into the game, converting a pass from defenseman Chad Ruhwedel past Kochetkov. The Rangers are 4-12-0 in their last 16 games and lost their fourth-straight home game.

PANTHERS 4, LIGHTNING 2

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A.J. Greer and Eetu Luostarinen scored short-handed goals 42 seconds apart in the second period to help beat Tampa Bay to open a home-and-home series.

Sam Reinhart scored twice, the second into an empty net, and Spencer Knight stopped 19 shots for Stanley Cup champion Florida. The Panthers have won four consecutive games.

Nick Paul and Brayden Point scored for Tampa Bay, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 21 saves, The Lightning had won four in a row.

With Tampa Bay on a power play midway through the second, Nikita Kucherov fanned on an entry play, with Greer taking the puck and eventually scoring for a 2-1 lead. On the next shift, Luostarinen scored on a breakaway.

CAPITALS 3, KINGS 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Aliaksei Protas scored twice and Washington beat Los Angeles.

Jakub Vrana also scored and Pierre-Luc Dubois had two assists en route to the win, which puts the Capitals back atop the Eastern Conference standings.

Logan Thompson made 25 saves to advance to 13-2-2.

Kevin Fiala scored for the Kings, who have dropped three of the last four and lost a back-to-back set for the first time this season.

David Rittich made 18 saves in the loss, dropping to 10-8 on the season.

DUCKS 5, UTAH 4, SO

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mason McTavish was the only scorer in the shootout and Anaheim rallied from a three-goal deficit, beating Utah.

Robby Fabbri scored twice and Isac Lundestrom and Brett Leason added goals for Anaheim, which won for the third time in four games after a five-game skid. Lukas Dostal finished with 21 saves.

Clayton Keller had two goals and two assists. Barrett Hayton and Logan Cooley also scored and Jaxson Stauber made 26 saves for Utah, which had its four-game winning streak halted.

Keller tapped in the puck off a rebound 86 seconds into the first period and Utah never trailed in regulation. Fabbri tied the game five minutes into the period, scoring off a takeaway.

Keller helped Utah pull away from the Ducks, assisting on the goals by Hayton and Cooley. Then, Keller scored his second goal on a snap shot with 14:03 left in the second period, giving Utah a 4-1 lead.

AVALANCHE 5, KRAKEN 2

DENVER (AP) — Joel Kiviranta scored three goals, including twice into an empty net, Nathan MacKinnon notched his third straight two-assist game and Colorado beat Seattle.

Valeri Nichushkin and Cale Makar also added goals to propel Colorado to a third straight win. In addition to MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and Makar had two assists as the Avalanche swept the three-game season series with the Kraken. Kiviranta wrapped up the win with a pair of late empty-net scores. It was his first regular-season hat trick.

Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 17 shots, improving to 3-1 since the Avalanche traded for him in a deal that sent Alexandar Georgiev to San Jose.

OILERS 3, SENATORS 1

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Zach Hyman broke a tie on a power play late in the second period, Stuart Skinner made 20 saves and Edmonton beat Ottawa to end the Senators’ season-high winning streak at six games.

Viktor Arvidsson had a goal and an assist and Adam Henrique also scored for Edmonton. The Oilers have won three straight and 11 of 13.

Nick Cousins scored for Ottawa, tying it at 1 just 25 seconds in the second period.

Leevi Merilainen made 12 saves for Ottawa after replacing the injured Linus Ullmark to start the second period.

Josh Allen shakes off hit to his funny bone in Bills' win over Patriots

2024-12-23 11:46 Last Updated At：11:50

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen’s funny bone was no laughing matter for a few fraught moments of another Bills victory.

Buffalo’s star quarterback, who is enjoying an MVP-caliber season, repeatedly shook his throwing hand and winced while trainers attended to his bruised right elbow during the fourth quarter of Sunday's 24-21 win over the New England Patriots.

“It took a good five to 10 minutes,” Allen said. “Just making sure, trying to get some blood flow back in there, some activation.”

Playing in frigid conditions — the temperature at kickoff was 8 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-13 Celsius) — didn’t help.

“When it’s cold like that, too, the more you leave it out, the number the whole hand gets," Allen said. "So it was a weird feeling. Just glad it’s gone now.”

Allen, who finished 16 of 29 passing for 154 yards with a touchdown and an interception, appeared to get hurt on a 7-yard run. On Buffalo's next play following a false start penalty, Allen threw a wobbling third-down pass that fell several yards away from intended receiver Dalton Kincaid.

“I don’t know if it was the elbow or the helmet or the ground, but lost some feeling in my hand,” Allen said. “Just hit the funny bone nerve and went to throw the ball and just had no feeling in my hand. So it’s a tough one.”

Allen didn’t miss a snap, although backup Mitchell Trubisky warmed up on the sideline while Allen tried to shake off the injury.

Buffalo’s defense gave Allen extra time to regain feeling when Taron Johnson recovered Drake Maye’s backward lateral in the end zone for a touchdown. The Patriots then had a five-play drive before punting the ball back to the Bills.

“Fortunately, it was a longer drive where I was able to get some feeling and sensation back in the hand,” Allen said. “But if we got a sudden change, I probably wouldn’t have been out there.”

Allen completed two of three passes after being hurt. He then closed out the game with a 2-yard gain on fourth-and-1. The win was the 75th of Allen’s career, tying him with Russell Wilson for the most by a quarterback in his first seven seasons.

Bills coach Sean McDermott said he watched Allen get checked out on the sideline and was confident in the training staff’s determination that Allen could return.

“They cleared him to go back and play,” McDermott said. “Our medical staff does a great job with, if it’s not safe for a player, they’re not going to put him back out there. I trust them, and they gave a green light to go back out there.”

This was the latest injury scare for Allen, who has proved durable while leading the Bills (12-3) to their fifth straight AFC East title. Buffalo still has an outside shot at chasing down Kansas City (14-1) for the top seed in the conference playoffs.

Allen spent four weeks on the injury report after hurting his non-throwing hand in the season opener but did not miss any time. He was evaluated for a concussion after hitting his head on the turf during a 23-20 loss to the Houston Texans in Week 5. Allen later revealed he rolled his ankle on the play and did not sustain a head injury.

Last week, following a 48-42 win over the Detroit Lions, the Bills quarterback had X-rays on his throwing shoulder after taking what he described as “a funky fall.”

Curiously enough, Sunday wasn’t even the first time Allen hurt his funny bone. He clutched his lower right arm in the huddle after banging his elbow on a run during the Bills’ 35-10 win over the San Francisco 49ers in Week 13. That time, Allen experienced more pain than numbness.

“It was bad,” Allen said. “Feels like your hand’s on fire.”

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