Los Angeles Times - 11.03.2020

LATIMES.COM/SPORTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020D5

WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific W LOLPtsGFGA Vegas 39 24 8 86 227 211 Edmonton 37 24 9 83 223 213 Calgary 36 27 7 79 210 215 Vancouver 36 27 6 78 228 217 Arizona 33 29 8 74 195 187 DUCKS 29 32 9 67 185 222 San Jose 29 35 5 63 180 220 KINGS 28 35 6 62 175 210 Central W LOLPtsGFGA St. Louis 41 19 10 92 221 191 Colorado 41 20 8 90 234 189 Dallas 37 24 8 82 180 177 Nashville 35 26 8 78 215 217 Winnipeg 36 28 6 78 212 201 Minnesota 35 27 7 77 220 220 Chicago 31 30 8 70 206 216 Note: Overtime or shootout lossesworth one point.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Metropolitan W LOLPtsGFGA Washington 41 20 8 90 240 215 Philadelphia 41 21 7 89 232 196 Pittsburgh 40 23 6 86 224 196 Carolina 38 25 5 81 222 193 Columbus 33 22 15 81 180 187 N.Y. Islanders 35 23 10 80 192 193 N.Y. Rangers 37 28 4 78 232 219 New Jersey 28 29 12 68 189 230 Atlantic W LOLPtsGFGA Boston 44 14 12 100 227 174 Tampa Bay 43 21 6 92 245 195 Toronto 36 25 9 81 238 227 Florida 35 26 8 78 231 228 Montreal 31 31 9 71 212 221 Buffalo 30 31 8 68 195 217 Ottawa 25 33 12 62 189 240 Detroit 17 49 5 39 145 267

NHL STANDINGS

RESULTS

AT DUCKS 5
OT TAWA 2

Nicolas Deslauriers (11:49) beat Teemu Selanne (12:58) for the fastest hat trick to begin a game in Ducks history.

BOSTON 2
AT PHILADELPHIA 0

Tuukka Rask’s 50th shutout ended the Flyers’ nine-game win streak and the Bruins reached 100 points.

NASHVILLE 4
AT MONTREAL 2

Filip Forsberg scored twice and Predators withstood a late comeback to hand the Canadiens their third loss in a row.

PITTSBURGH 5
AT NEW JERSEY 2

Evgeni Malkin scored two goals and set up another to lead the Penguins to only their third win in 11 games.

AT TORONTO 2

TAMPA BAY 1

Auston Matthews scored his 47th goal, and the Maple Leafs won at home after a miserable West Coast trip.

CAROLINA 5
AT DETROIT 2

The Hurricanes scored three times in the third period and moved into a tie with Columbus for the first East wild card.

N.Y. RANGERS 4
AT DALLAS 2

Mika Zibanejad scored his 10th goal in five games and the Rangers won for the 10th time in 11 road games.

AT VANCOUVER 5
N.Y. ISLANDERS 4 (SO)

The Canucks moved into a wild-card spot as J.T. Miller scored the only goal in the shootout.

TODAY’S GAMES Ottawa at KINGS, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at DUCKS, 7 p.m. San Jose at Chicago, 5 p.m. Winnipeg at Edmonton, 6 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Colorado, 7 p.m.

DUCKS 5, SENATORS 2 Ottawa.....................................0 1 1 — 2 DUCKS ....................................4 1 0 — 5 FIRST PERIOD: 1. DUCKS, Silfverberg 21 (Djoos, Rakell), 2:02 (pp). 2. DUCKS, Deslauriers 5 (Rowney, Backes), 2:45. 3. DUCKS, Deslauriers 6 (Del Zotto, Rowney), 11:17. 4. DUCKS, Deslauriers 7 (Backes), 11:49. Penalties—Zaitsev, Ott. (hooking), 1:34. Hen- rique, DUCKS (interference), 7:11. Jones, DUCKS (cross-checking), 17:51. SECOND PERIOD: 5. Ott., Tkachuk 21 (Brown, White), 6:06. 6. DUCKS, Rakell 15 (Henrique, Jones), 9:52 (pp). Penalties—Rakell, DUCKS (slashing), 4:03. Reilly, Ott. (hooking), 9:27. THIRD PERIOD: 7. Ott., White 7 (Tkachuk, Chabot), 13:46. Penalties—Backes, DUCKS (tripping), 3:30. Backes, DUCKS (high-sticking), 17:41. SHOTS ON GOAL: Ott. 14-14-14—42. DUCKS 6-5-4—

Power-play conversions—Ott. 0 of 5. DUCKS 2 of 2.
GOALIES: Ott., Hogberg 5-8-8 (15 shots-10 saves).
DUCKS, Miller 9-6-4 (42-40). Att—15,044 (17,174).
T—2:17.

Nicolas Deslauriers scored the fastest hat trick in Anaheim history, Ryan Miller made 40 saves and the Ducks rolled to a 5-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night. Deslauriers completed a natural hat trick 11:49 into the game with a wrist shot from the left circle that went off Ottawa goaltender Mar- cus Hogberg’s glove and shoulder to give the Ducks a 4-0 lead. It was his second goal in 32 seconds, after he scored on a one-timer from the slot. Deslauriers’ first goal of the night came at 2:45 after he took a cross-ice pass from Carter Rowney and beat Hogberg to the short side with a wrist shot. Jakob Silf- verberg opened the scoring 43 seconds earlier when he deflected Rickard Rakell’s shot into the net on a power play. It was Deslauriers’ first hat trick in 375 NHL games.

The left wing came into the game with four goals this season. Teemu Selanne held the previous Ducks mark for quickest hat trick at 12:58 in 19 9 7. Deslauriers’ hat trick was the third one completed in the first period in the fran- chise’s 26-year history. It was the NHL’s first natural hat trick in the first 20 minutes since Dallas’ Jamie Benn did it April 7, 2018, against the Kings. “Just scoring a goal for

me is something special, Deslauriers said. “It’s pretty weird. It’s a first for me.” The Ducks — who have earned a point in four con- secutive games — were out- shot 42-15 but scored on five of their first eight shots. Rakell had a goal and an assist, and Rowney and David Backes each had two assists. Brady Tkachuk and Colin White had a goal and an assist for Ottawa, which had won four of five.

Ducks get off to a fast start in victory

Deslauriers completes

natural hat trick 11:49 into the game, fastest

in Anaheim history.

DUCKS 5, OTTAWA 2

associated press

DUCKS GOALIE Ryan Miller blocks a shot against the Ottawa Senators in the first period Tuesday. Miller made 40 saves in Anaheim’s 5-2 victory.

Chris CarlsonAssociated Press

Former Sparks general manager Penny Toleris su- ing the WNBA team, saying in a lawsuit she was fired for raising complaints about in- appropriate sexual relation- ships involving the team president and a managing partner, not for using a racial slur. Toler was dismissed Oct. 4 after a profanity-laced postgame tirade that in- cluded using a racial slur. In the suit filed Tuesday accusing the team of gender discrimination, Toler said her termination had more to do with retaliation “after raising complaints about the workplace conduct” of former team president Christine Simmons and team managing partner and governor Eric Holoman. The lawsuit said they “were engaged in an extramarital affair.” Toler also states in the suit there was a double standard for male employ- ees, including the team’s former coach from 2015 to 2018, who was Brian Agler, al- though the suit doesn’t men- tion Agler by name. Holoman said he was not aware of a lawsuit being filed. Neither Simmons nor Agler could immediately be reached for comment.

J.B. Bickerstaff, who took over as coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers when John Beileinresigned last month, agreed to a multi- year contract with the team.

ETC.

Rams awarded

pick in the draft

The NFL awarded the

Rams a compensatory third-round draft pick, giv- ing the team much-needed capital as it approaches the April 23-25 draft. Thirty-two compensatory picks were awarded to 15 teams that lost “more or better compensatory free agents” than it acquired in the previous year. The Rams were awarded the 104th overall pick based on a formula that took into the account the loss of safety Lamarcus Joynerand offen- sive lineman Rodger Saf- fold, and the acquisition of linebacker Clay Matthews. The Rams do not have a first-round pick in this year’s draft. They traded their 2020 and 2021 first-round picks to the Jacksonville Jaguars in a midseason trade for corner- back Jalen Ramsey. They now have one pick in the second round, two in the third and one each in the fourth, fifth, sixth and sev- enth rounds. The Rams also waived kick returner-receiver JoJo Natson, who finished last season on injured reserve after suffering a hamstring injury against the Arizona Cardinals on Dec. 1. — Gary Klein

The Carolina Panthers signed quarterback Kyle Allento a one-year contract extension. Financial terms were not available. Allen had 3,322 yards passing and a 62% completion rate but had 16 passes intercepted and fumbled seven times. He threw 17 touchdown passes. ... Guard Marshal Yanda, 35, is retiring after 13 seasons in which he was selected to the Pro Bowl eight times and helped the Baltimore Ravens win the 2012 Super Bowl. ... Linebacker Chris- tian Kirkseywas released by the Cleveland Browns after six seasons.

THE DAY IN SPORTS

Sparks accused

of gender bias

in suit by Toler

staff and wire reports

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ODDS

PHOENIX — Ross Strip- ling is scheduled to pitch four innings Thursday, the Dodgers stretching out the right-hander as a starter even though, barring injury, he is expected to begin the season in his familiar swing- man role, pitching mostly out of the bullpen with an oc- casional spot start. Manager Dave Roberts announced Monday the Dodgers will open the season with a rotation of Clay- ton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, David Price, Julio Urias and Alex Wood, but that has hardly deterred Stripling. “In my eyes, I’m compet- ing for the fifth spot in the rotation — that’s the mind-set I have to have,” Stripling said. “As long as I’m getting built up and getting that op- portunity to start as much as anyone else, I’m happy.” Stripling, 30, was a Na- tional League All-Star in 2018, when he went 8-2 with a 2.08 ERA in 25 games, 14 of them starts, in the first half, striking out 108 and walking 14 i n 9 5^1 ⁄ 3 innings. He finished with an 8-6 record and 3.02 ERA and in 2019 went 4-4 with a 3.47 ERA in 32 games, 15 of them starts. Stripling thought he would finally solidify a rotation spot in early February when reports surfaced that he and outfielder Joc Peder- son would be traded to the Angels in a move that was linked to the Mookie Betts deal. Stripling and Pederson were in limbo for five days

while the Dodgers, Red Sox and Twins ironed out com- plications of an agreed-upon three-team trade that would send Betts and David Price to the Dodgers, but the An- gels pulled out of the pact, and Stripling and Pederson remained Dodgers. “When you think about the trade, the one good thing was that I could go some- where and spread my wings, make 30 starts if I stay heal- thy, whereas here, that op- portunity doesn’t really ex- ist,” Stripling said. “But there are no hard feelings. I like this role. It’s been good for me, and I know they really value it. I’ve found a good little niche. But I still want to get into that [starter’s] routine and have that leash and know they’re going to let me go. It will hap- pen at some point.” In the meantime, Strip- ling is working to improve his repertoire by experi- menting with a new changeup grip, which he believes will turn the off-speed offer- ing into more of an out pitch. “I’ve gone back and forth between a four-seam and a two-seam grip,” Stripling said. “I throw mostly four- seam fastballs, so I was using a four-seam changeup [grip] for a while, but it was spinning funny and not getting much movement. “So I went to a two-seam [grip] and was getting some movement and having some success with it. Now I’m trying to make it look as much like my fastball as I can. The ones I’ve thrown well have much more movement.” Several conversations with hitters, teammates and

opponents motivated Strip- ling, who also throws a fastball, slider and curve. “They say, ‘I see your changeup the whole way,’ from the glove to out of my hand, and the way it spins,” Stripling said. “We’re trying to combat that. “People always say, ‘Hey, if you had that, it would be a great weapon.’ But in the middle of June, I’m trying to get guys out. I’m not going to spend an hour a day working on a new pitch and get lost.” The new grip produced a pitch that goes down and in to right-handed hitters. “If you look at my arsenal and what I do to righties, a lot of things are moving right-to-left, so you can al- most eliminate the inner half against me,” Stripling said. “Sometimes I’ll work up- and-in, but I’ll rarely live up there. “If I can throw something that looks down the middle, assuming it will break [to the outside] and then break [to the inside], that will be a good weapon for me.” Stripling already has an effective pitch-mix but can be better with an improved changeup. “He’s a major league starter — that’s a fact,” Dod- gers manager Dave Roberts said. “There are very few guys who can command four pitches that are big league pitches, can get righties and lefties out. Ross has that ability and the head to at- tack hitters and understand how to go about that.”

Staff writer Jack Harris contributed to this report.

ROSS STRIPLING MIGHT have become one of the Angels’ top starters, but for now, the former All-Star will begin the season in the Dodgers’ bullpen.

Kent NishimuraLos Angeles Times

Trade issues are not

big deal to Stripling

Pitcher has no hard feelings, still wants to be starter

By Mike DiGiovanna

Seattle 3, Angels 1

AT THE PLATE: Shohei Ohtani has two hits in 19 at-bats this spring. He struck out twice Tuesday, increasing his Cactus League total to 11. Ohtani said a few days ago that he was “taking baby steps. Right now I’m looking for feel and seeing the ball at the plate. I’d rather not have lucky hits. I’d rather keep those for the season.” Manager Joe Maddon does not think Ohtani needs extra repetitions in side games. “He needs major league games to start,” Maddon said. “I told him he is going to hit .300 this year. He needs bright lights. He needs the game to count. He’s going to be just fine.”

ON THE MOUND:Reliever Ty Buttrey, sidelined since the second week of spring training because of an oblique issue, pitched for the first time. In a scoreless inning, he reached his usual upper-90s velocity. He said he felt comfortable and did not struggle with his mechanics. “I was kind of surprised,” he said. “I’m just amped up. That’s good to see, especially this early in my first outing. My velo’s good, and I just want to fine-tune the location a little bit and start working the changeup and slider a little more.” ... Starter Dylan Bundy, who yielded one hit and no runs in his first 7^1 ⁄ 3 innings, gave up two runs and three hits over four innings. He struck out five.

EXTRA BASES:The Angels reassigned seven players to minor league camp, including infield prospect Jahmai Jones and pitching prospect Hector Yan, who are both on the 40-man roster. Jones was optioned to triple-A Salt Lake and Yan to advanced Class-A Inland Empire, promotions in each case. ... Dillon Peters sprained his ankle coming down clubhouse stairs after his start against the Kansas City Royals on Friday. He was scheduled to pitch again Wednesday but was pushed back. The injury should not affect Peters’ availability to begin the regular season.

UP NEXT:The Angels will host the Oakland Athletics at Tempe Diablo Stadium at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Jose Suarez is scheduled to start. TV: Fox Sports West. Radio: AM 830. — Maria Torres

SHOHEI OHTANI has only two hits and has struck out 11 times this spring.

Elaine ThompsonAP

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