Brent Burns scored in overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks in the NHL on Wednesday.
Burns took a cross-ice pass and beat the San Jose goalie over the left shoulder with 1:38 played in overtime.
San Jose had tied it with just 25 seconds remaining in regulation. The point for an overtime loss was enough for the Sharks to break a tie with Boston and reclaim the NHL’s best record.
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It was the Wild’s first win in 10 games against a Western Conference opponent.
FLAMES 6, OILERS 4
In Calgary, the home team notched its fourth straight win by beating Edmonton.
Jarome Iginla and Michael Cammalleri each scored twice and set up three others for the Flames, who have earned points in nine straight games to surge five points clear atop the Northwest Division.
STARS 4, DEVILS 2
In Dallas, Loui Eriksson scored Dallas’ first short-handed goal of the season and added a late empty-netter as Dallas downed New Jersey.
Mark Parrish had a power-play goal, Landon Wilson also scored, and Marty Turco made 25 saves for the Stars.
BLUE JACKETS 2, DUCKS 0
In Anaheim, California, rookie Steve Mason became the first Columbus goalie to post shutouts in three consecutive games as Columbus defeated Anaheim.
Mason stopped 27 shots, giving him 71 saves in the three victories, and extending his shutout streak to a franchise-record 182 minutes, 8 seconds. He leads the NHL with a 1.69 goals-against average, and is tied for a league-high five shutouts.
Craig MacDonald scored in his Blue Jackets debut.
COYOTES 3, AVALANCHE 1
In Glendale, Arizona, Peter Mueller scored twice in two minutes in the second period to help Phoenix down Colorado.
HURRICANES 3, THRASHERS 1
In Raleigh, North Carolina, Sergei Samsonov had two goals and an assist to lead Carolina over Atlanta.
ISLANDERS 4, PANTHERS 2
In Uniondale, New York, Mike Comrie scored twice in New York’s three-goal second period that saw off Florida.
Sean Bergenheim and Mark Streit added goals in the Islanders’ first win over the Panthers since 2006.
Taiwan kept their hopes of advancing to next year’s World Baseball Classic (WBC) alive with a 9-1 victory over South Africa in a qualifier at the Taipei Dome on Saturday, backed by solid pitching. Taiwan last night played against Nicaragua. As of press time, Nicaragua was leading 6-0. Bouncing back from Friday’s struggles on the mound, when Taiwanese pitchers surrendered 15 runs to Spain, Team Taiwan on Saturday kept the visiting team in check, allowing just one run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Starting pitcher Sha Tzu-chen struck out one and allowed no hits, except for a hit-by-pitch over
Taiwan kept its hopes of advancing to the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) alive with a 9-1 victory over South Africa in a qualifier at the Taipei Dome last night, backed by solid pitching. Bouncing back from Friday’s struggles on the mound, when Taiwanese pitchers surrendered 15 runs to Spain, Team Taiwan kept the visiting team in check, allowing just one run in the bottom of the fourth inning. The win was crucial for Taiwan, as a loss would have eliminated the team from contention for the next WBC. Starting pitcher Sha Tzu-chen (沙子宸) struck out one and allowed no hits, except for
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