The Washington Post - USA (2022-03-01)

D8 EZ M2 THE WASHINGTON POST.TUESDAY, MARCH 1 , 2022

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Jack Hughes had a goal and an

assist to win a showdown with his

older brother, and the New Jersey

Devils routed the Vancouver Ca-

nucks, 7-2, on Monday night in

Newark.

Nico Daws made 36 saves, and

the Devils scored three times in

each of the first two periods, chas-

ing goaltender Jaroslav Halak

with s ix goals on 14 s hots.

Yegor Sharangovich, Dawson

Mercer, Jesper Boqvist, Ryan

Graves, Jesper Bratt and Dougie

Hamilton also scored for the Dev-

ils, who put up seven goals for the

third time in seven games. Nico

Hischer had two assists.

Quinn Hughes, a defenseman

for the Canucks, was held off the

scoresheet. Vasily Podkolzin and

Tanner Pearson scored for Van-

couver.

The Devils have a 12-game win-

ning streak against Vancouver

dating to the 20 14-15 season. The

last time they lost to the Canucks

was Nov. 2 5, 2014.

The 21-year-old Daws, a third-

round draft pick by the Devils in

2020, improved to 3-1-0 this sea-

son and won his second straight.

He also beat the Pittsburgh Pen-

guins, 6-1, on Thursday.

The Canucks, who beat the New

York Rangers on Sunday night at

Madison Square Garden, lost for

the third time in nine games.

Bratt’s team-best 1 9th goal end-

ed Halak’s night as Thatcher

Demko replaced the 36 -year-old

netminder, who headed straight

to the dressing room. Demko fin-

ished w ith 18 saves in relief.

Bratt, who also assisted on Mer-

cer’s g oal, leads the Devils with 50

points.

Canucks leading scorer J.T. Mil-

ler assisted on Pearson’s g oal. Mil-

ler has a six-game point streak

and has five goals and 11 assists in

his last nine games.

NHL

Seven score

as New Jersey

remains boss

of Vancouver

DEVILS 7,

CANUCKS 2

es with the third line at t he morn-

ing skate. But he stayed on the ice

afterward to work with the extra

players, a sign that he would not

be in the lineup. Indeed, Sprong

was not on the ice for warmups,

and he spent the game watching

from the press box. He has eight

goals and five assists in 42 games.

Defenseman Justin Schultz

also did not play Monday, missing

his second straight game with an

upper-body injury. Schultz was

hurt Feb. 15 in a win at Nashville.

He missed one game, then re-

turned to play in the loss at the

New York Rangers on Thursday.

He took a “maintenance day”

away from practice Friday and

did not play in the loss at Phila-

delphia on Saturday. T he Capitals

have described his latest ailment

as the same injury he dealt with in

Nashville.

sion that goes with it.”

Sprong, Schultz out again

Winger Daniel Sprong was a

healthy scratch for the third

straight game.

It appeared he would play

Monday night after he took rush-

Laviolette said. “We talk about

getting guys out on the ice, into

the [no-contact] jersey, then out

of the [no-contact] jersey, then

into the battles. There’s a p rogres-

start feeling much better after

that.”

Vanecek was solid Monday,

with Toronto’s go-ahead goal his

only hiccup.

“I thought he did a good job,”

Laviolette said. “It’s tough to fault

him on the last one. He’s looking

down a shot, [and] they go

through a seam. We should’ve

had coverage there. He d ives back

and we try to get a block, but it

gets through.”

Mantha cleared for contact

Monday was the first day that

winger Anthony Mantha was

cleared for contact, Laviolette

said. Mantha had shoulder sur-

gery in early November. He and

his $5. 7 million salary cap hit

remain on long-term injured re-

serve.

“It’s certainly good, right?”

was pulled after allowing three
goals on 10 shots in 20 minutes.
Vitek Vanecek played the final
two periods, finishing with 16
saves on 17 shots. Monday
brought his first NHL appearance
since he suffered an upper-body
injury Feb. 1.
Petr Mrazek made 30 saves on
33 shots for Toronto.
Michael Bunting gave the Ma-
ple Leafs a 1-0 lead just 2:35 in.
Maple Leafs star Auston Mat-
thews then swept the puck off the
goal line to prevent a Capitals
goal by mere inches.
Conor Sheary did tie the score
at 1 w ith 3:37 left i n the first with a
deflection of Nicklas Backstrom’s
point shot.
William Nylander put Toronto
back on top with 1:11 to go before
defenseman Justin Holl scored
with just 1.6 seconds left follow-
ing a net-front scramble, ending
Samsonov’s night early.
Monday was the start of a
three-game homestand. Wash-
ington’s next game is Thursday
against Metropolitan Division
leader Carolina, then Seattle vis-
its for the first time Saturday.
“I think guys will probably
leave the rink angry tonight,”
Laviolette said. “I don’t know
about frustration or urgency. Ev-
erybody’s probably angry.”
Here’s what else to know about
the Capitals’ loss:

Vanecek returns

Vanecek gradually worked his
way back onto the ice over the
past few weeks. Washington sent
him to the Hershey Bears, its
American Hockey League affili-
ate, on Sunday for a conditioning
stint. He was solid that night,
making 21 saves on 23 shots dur-
ing a 3-1 loss to Utica. The Capi-
tals recalled him Monday morn-
ing.
Vanecek said he felt tired for
the first two periods Sunday but
was better in the third. He said
he’s trying to get back to the
stretch of solid games he turned
in back in January.
“For goalies, it’s a little bit
different [to get back into game
shape],” he said Monday morn-
ing. “You have to track the puck
and everything, so the eyes is a
little bit slower, too, in the game.
But when you get used to it... you

CAPITALS FROM D1

Caps’ home woes continue with loss to Toronto

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The Maple Leafs’ Wayne Simmonds sends Capitals defenseman Michal Kempny to the ice during the second period of Toronto’s 5-3 win.

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Maple Leafs 5, Capitals 3

TORONTO ................................ 3 02 —5

WASHINGTON ......................... 1 11 —3

FIRST PERIOD

Scoring: 1, Toronto, Bunting 19 (Marner, Sandin), 2:35.

2, Washington, Sheary 12 (Backstrom, Carlson), 16:23.

3, Toronto, Nylander 21 (Tavares, Kerfoot), 18:49. 4,

Toronto, Holl 2 (Marner, Rielly), 19:58.

SECOND PERIOD

Scoring: 5, Washington, Wilson 16 (Ovechkin, Carlson),

10:11 (pp).

THIRD PERIOD

Scoring: 6, Washington, Wilson 17 (Fehervary, Carlson),

1:44 (sh). 7, Toronto, Sandin 3 (Holl, Tavares), 16:37. 8,

Toronto, Engvall 9 (Mikheyev), 18:59 (en).

SHOTS ON GOAL

TORONTO .............................. 1099 —28

WASHINGTON ....................... 12111 0— 33

Power-play opportunities: Toronto 0 of 4; Washington 1

of 3. Goalies: Toronto, Mrazek 9-4-0 (33 shots-30 saves).

Washington, Vanecek 10-7-5 (17-16), Washington,

Samsonov 17-9-3 (10-7). A: 18,573 (18,277). T: 2:30.

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For the first time all season,

the Miami Heat has a bit of a

cushion atop the Eastern Confer-

ence.

Gabe Vincent and Tyler Herro

each scored 20 points, and the

Heat topped the Chicago Bulls,

112 -99, on Monday night in Mi-

ami for its ninth win in its last 10

games. The Heat moved a season-

best two games clear of the sec-

ond-place Bulls in the East.

“Whatever people want to say

about us is cool,” Herro said.

Jimmy Butler and Bam Ade-

bayo each had 15 points for Mi-

ami. Max Strus had all 13 of his

points in the fourth quarter for

the Heat.

Chicago guard DeMar DeRo-

zan’s streak of 10 consecutive

games with at least 30 points

ended; he finished with 18.

“I was just playing,” DeRozan

said of the streak. “Just going out

there playing, competing, doing

whatever I could. I was just going

out there playing.... I’m glad it’s

over with so I can stop hearing

everything about it.”

Zach LaVine led the Bulls with

22 points, while Ayo Dosunmu

had 18 and Nikola Vucevic added

14 for Chicago.

l GRIZZLIES 118, SPURS

105: Ja Morant threw down a

massive dunk over seven-footer

Jakob Poeltl and scored a career-

high 52 points, lifting Memphis

over visiting San Antonio.

The arena was still buzzing

from Morant’s fast-break slam

late in the second quarter when

Steven Adams delivered a length-

of-the-court pass to Morant, who

knocked down a buzzer-beater

from the left baseline for a 68-58

halftime lead.

Morant added 13 consecutive

points during the fourth quarter

to break the game open, follow-

ing up a career-best 46 points in a

win Saturday at Chicago by con-

necting on 22 of 30 from the field.

He h it all four three-point tries as

Memphis won its second

straight.

l MAGIC 119, PACERS 103:

Wendell Carter Jr. had 21 points

and 12 rebounds and eight Orlan-

do players scored in double fig-

ures as the Magic beat Indiana at

home.

Mo Bamba and Franz Wagner

had 15 points apiece for the

Magic.

The game marked the return of

Orlando guard Markelle Fultz,

who tore his left ACL almost 14

months ago. Fultz had 10 points

and six assists in 16 minutes.

Tyrese Haliburton had 23

points and seven assists for the

Pacers.

l TIMBERWOLVES 127,

CAVALIERS 122: Karl-Anthony

Towns hit a three-pointer — on

the same floor where he won the

three-point contest during NBA

All-Star Weekend — with 11.8

seconds left, and Minnesota sur-

vived host Cleveland’s comeback.

Towns’s first three-pointer of

the game helped the Timber-

wolves hang on after blowing a

23 -point third-quarter lead.

D’Angelo Russell scored 25

points and Towns had 17 as Min-

nesota handed Cleveland its first

home loss in nearly two months.

l RAPTORS 133, NETS 97:

Scottie Barnes made his first 11

shots and had 28 points and a

season-high 16 rebounds, leading

Toronto over Brooklyn i n New

York.

Blown out by Charlotte and

Atlanta in their first two games

after the all-star break, the Rap-

tors were on the good side of a

romp against a Nets team that

was missing its best players, its

coach and apparently anyone

who could guard Barnes.

The forward was 10 for 10 at

halftime, the first rookie to be

perfect on 10 or more shots in a

half since Derrick Rose on March

18, 2009, according to the Elias

Sports Bureau.

l BUCKS 130, HORNETS

106: Giannis Antetokounmpo

had 26 points and 16 rebounds

and host M ilwaukee scored a

season-high 44 points in the sec-

ond quarter on the way to a win

over Charlotte.

Jrue Holiday had 21 points and

eight assists and Bobby Portis

added 20 points and 10 rebounds

for the Bucks, who were coming

off a loss to the Nets on Saturday.

LaMelo Ball scored 24 points

to lead Charlotte. Terry Rozier

finished with 17 points and eight

assists.

l KINGS 131, THUNDER 110:

DeAaron Fox had 29 points and

10 assists, and visiting Sacramen-

to rolled past Oklahoma City.

Tr ey L yles scored 24 p oints and

Harrison Barnes scored 23 for the

Kings, who snapped a four-game

losing streak.

Oklahoma City’s Shai

Gilgeous-Alexander had his third

consecutive game with at l east 30

points since returning from a

sprained right ankle, scoring 37

points and recording 10 assists.

Wizards sign Satoransky

The Washington Wizards

signed guard Tomas Satoransky.

The 6-foot- 7 Satoransky re-

turns to the team he spent his

first three NBA seasons with

from 2016 to 20 19. He was draft-

ed by the Wizards in the second

round in 20 12, then played three

seasons in Spain.

NBA ROUNDUP

Miami tightens grip on East’s top spot

HEAT 112,

BULLS 99

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Tyler Herro scored 20 points as

the Heat beat DeMar DeRozan

and the Bulls to move two full

games clear atop its conference.

WIZARDS’ NEXT THREE

vs. Detroit Pistons

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