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Cole Caufield scores in the final minute of overtime as Canadiens rally to beat Blue Jackets 4-3

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:08:17 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — Cole Caufield scored with 43 seconds left in overtime and the Montreal Canadiens rallied to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Thursday night.Caufield, who also had two assists, beat Columbus goaltender Elvis Merzlikins on the glove side with a wrist shot.Nick Suzuki had a goal and two assists and Mike Matheson had a goal and an assist for Montreal. Sean Monahan also scored and Samuel Montembeault stopped 31 shots as Montreal overcame an early 2-0 deficit.Emil Bemstrom scored two power-play goals and Jack Roslovic finished with a goal and two assists for Columbus. Merzlikins made 23 saves.Blue Jackets center Adam Fantilli, the third pick in June’s draft, was held without a point after coming in with goals in the last two games.Columbus went 2 for 4 on the power play, while Montreal was 2 for 5.Tied at 3-all with less than a minute remaining in the third period, Canadiens veteran Brendan Gallagher took a high-sticking penalty that left Montreal short a man at the e...

McTavish scores in OT as Ducks hand Bruins their first loss of the season with a 4-3 victory

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:08:17 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Mason McTavish scored on a 2-on-1 break with 2:52 remaining in overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist, while Charlie McAvoy added three assists, but Boston surrendered a 3-1 lead in the third period and lost for the first time this season. Charlie Coyle and Matt Grzelcyk also scored for the Bruins, now 7-1 on the franchise’s centennial season.Anaheim forced overtime on Troy Terry’s goal with 14.7 seconds left in regulation.Boston’s Linus Ullmark made 28 saves while John Gibson stopped 30 shots for the Ducks.Anaheim (3-4) jumped in front with five minutes left in the opening period with the help of a fortunate bounce. Defenseman Rako Gudas fired a rocket from just inside the blue line that deflected off the skate of Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm and past Ullmark. Bruins coach Jim Montgomery wanted the officials to review for possible goalie interference but the call on ...

Brink scores first two NHL goals as Flyers’ 6-2 romp over the Wild.

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:08:17 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bobby Brink scored his first two NHL goals, Sean Couturier, Owen Tippett, Travis Konecny and Travis Sanheim each added one and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Minnesota Wild 6-2 0n Thursday night. Carter Hart made 26 saves while Cam Atkinson had three assists for Philadelphia (4-2-1). Dakota Mermis and Marcus Foligno scored for Minnesota (3-3-1) while Filip Gustavsson had 29 saves on the first stop of the Wild’s four-day, three-city trip to the East Coast. Brink — the 22-year-old rookie who was drafted by the Flyers in 2019 — has been part of the early stages of Philadelphia’s rebuilding efforts. Skating on the third line with Joel Farabee and Noah Cates, Brink has made an immediate impression on Flyers head coach John Tortorella —who has played him in six of Philadelphia’s games this season.Philadelphia entered Thursday night with a 1 for 20 mark on the power play — the worst in the NHL through the season’s first two-plus weeks. On Thurs...

Tras la pista del sospechoso de los tiroteos en Lewiston, Maine: estos son los desafíos que puede enfrentar su búsqueda

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:08:17 GMT

(CNN) — Las autoridades se han abalanzado sobre el sur de Maine para buscar a un hombre acusado de matar a 18 personas en dos tiroteos masivos ocurridos el miércoles en la ciudad de Lewiston, y varios aspectos en sus antecedentes podrían hacer que el esfuerzo para encontrarlo sea tanto desafiante como peligroso, dijeron expertos a CNN.La búsqueda de Robert Card, de 40 años, comenzó hace un día, después de que se reportaron dos tiroteos a solo 6,4 kilómetros de distancia en Lewiston, la segunda ciudad más grande de Maine, a unos 65 kilómetros al norte de Portland. Ahora se enfrenta a una orden de detención por ocho cargos de asesinato, cifra que aumentará a medida que se identifique a más víctimas, según las autoridades.¿Quién es Robert Card y qué sabemos del sospechoso de los tiroteos en Lewiston, Maine?Mientras tanto, las autoridades continúan su búsqueda. Pero podrían enfrentarse a varios retos en su carrera por encontrar a Card, según los expertos en temas policiales, a sab...

Live updates | Airstrikes ravage swaths of Gaza after Israeli troops and tanks briefly enter

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:08:17 GMT

More airstrikes have ravaged swaths of the Gaza Strip, and residents are running out of food, water and other supplies. The bombardment continued as the Israeli military said its troops and tanks briefly entered northern Gaza to prepare for a full-scale incursion, the Israeli raid since the war began more than two weeks ago. Meanwhile, a senior Hamas official told The Associated Press that the Palestinian militant group needs greater intervention from its allies, including Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, in its war with Israel.The war, now in its 20th day, is the deadliest of five Gaza wars for both sides. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said Thursday that more than 7,000 Palestinians have been killed so far — more than three times the number killed in the six-week-long Gaza war in 2014. In the occupied West Bank, more than 100 Palestinians have been killed in violence and Israeli raids following Hamas’ surprise rampage on Oct. 7 in southern Israel.The Associated Press couldn&#...

Martin Necas scores in overtime to give Hurricanes 3-2 win over Kraken

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:08:17 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Martin Necas scored his second goal of the game with 9.7 seconds left in overtime, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Seattle Kraken 3-2 on Thursday night to snap a three-game skid.Necas got the puck in the slot and delivered the winning shot after receiving a pass from Tony DeAngelo.Carolina’s Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored with 4:24 left in regulation to force the extra session. Necas had an assist on that goal. Frederik Andersen stopped 23 shots for the Hurricanes.Oliver Bjorkstrand and Devin Shore scored for the Kraken, who have yet to win consecutive games this season. Joey Daccord, who has recorded both of Seattle’s victories, made 43 saves.The Hurricanes, who were coming off a 2-4-0 road stretch, played in just their second home game.Seattle was aiming to beat Carolina for the second time this season.Kotkaniemi and Necas became the third and fourth Carolina players to reach the four-goal mark.Andersen didn’t play in the past three games as he recovered from ...

AP Week in Pictures: Global | Oct. 20 – 26, 2023

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:08:17 GMT

Shepherds defending ancient grazing and migration rights guide sheep through a city square during the annual parade in Spain. Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza Strip. Chinese astronauts attend a send-off ceremony for their manned space mission in northwestern China. And in sports, Afghanistan captain Hashimatullah Shahidi celebrated their win against Pakistan during the Cricket World Cup match in India.The selection was curated jointly by AP photo editors Aaron Jackson in New York and Subramoney Iyer in New Delhi.Follow AP visual journalism:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnewsAP Images on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP_ImagesAP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com/Source

US strikes two Iranian-linked locations in Syria in retaliation for recent attacks against US personnel

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:08:17 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — US strikes two Iranian-linked locations in Syria in retaliation for recent attacks against US personnel.Source

Live Updates | Maine police have left a home they surrounded in hunt for mass shooting suspect

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:08:17 GMT

At least 18 people were killed in shootings at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, sparking a massive search for the suspect. Late Thursday, heavily armed law enforcement backed by a police helicopter had surrounded a home and told anyone who might be inside to surrender, but authorities eventually left with no one in custody. Follow for live updates.WHAT TO KNOW— Authorities are searching towns, forests and waterways for the suspect.— Here’s what we know about the suspect and where the shooting happened.— Social media posts spread an incorrect photo of the Maine suspect.— Maine passed a law to try to prevent mass shootings, but some say more is needed.— The shooting is the 36th mass killing in the United States this year.OFFICERS HAVE LEFT HOME THEY SURROUNDED, SAYING THEY WERE EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANTMost of the law enforcement officers and a helicopter that surrounded a home connected to a relative of the suspect in the Maine shootings have ...

No gold for beach volleyball’s Grimalt cousins, Chile’s faces of the Pan American Games

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:08:17 GMT

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Beach volleyball players Marco and Esteban Grimalt are not famous outside of Chile, but at home the cousins are the host nation’s faces of the Pan American Games. Television ads, posters in Santiago’s subway and Tik Tok videos shared by adoring influencers have the two front and center.The Grimalts failed on Thursday to defend their 2019 Pan American Games gold medal, losing 21-13, 21-17 to Brazil’s André Loyola and George Souto, a setback that upset Chilean fans nationwide.Fans like Josefa Eli, 23, arrived at Santiago’s Peñalolén beach volleyball center hours before the match, a rare feature in Pan American Games competitions, for two reasons: Avoid the rush and get better seats to watch the two most popular local athletes.“They are great and they are gorgeous. Can’t you see that?” said Eli, who was wearing an Olympic team shirt and eating a burrito as she waited in line. She will be back to the court on Friday to see the two Pan Ameri...