NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 60 39 15 6 84 167 124 Pittsburgh 62 36 21 5 77 198 163 Philadelphia 61 34 20 7 75 203 187 New Jersey 61 35 22 4 74 172 168 N.Y. Islanders 62 26 28 8 60 146 184 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 60 37 20 3 77 200 139 Ottawa 64 33 23 8 74 198 192 Toronto 62 29 26 7 65 184 190 Buffalo 62 27 27 8 62 154 180 Montreal 63 24 29 10 58 163 175 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 61 29 20 12 70 153 169 Winnipeg 64 30 26 8 68 163 181 Washington 62 31 26 5 67 169 176 Tampa Bay 62 28 28 6 62 174 212 Carolina 62 23 26 13 59 162 187
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 63 41 19 3 85 197 149 St. Louis 62 38 17 7 83 158 125 Nashville 62 36 19 7 79 176 160 Chicago 64 33 24 7 73 193 189 Columbus 62 18 37 7 43 144 207 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 63 40 16 7 87 203 154 Colorado 63 32 27 4 68 164 172 Calgary 62 28 23 11 67 150 170 Minnesota 62 28 25 9 65 139 163 Edmonton 61 24 31 6 54 162 181 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Phoenix 62 32 21 9 73 164 155 San Jose 61 32 22 7 71 177 159 Dallas 63 33 26 4 70 165 171 Los Angeles 62 28 22 12 68 133 135 Anaheim 62 27 25 10 64 160 174 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. All times EST Sunday’s games Tampa Bay 4, New Jersey 3 Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 2 Dallas 3, Vancouver 2 (OT) Ottawa 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 Florida 4, Montreal 2 Minnesota 4, San Jose 3 Anaheim 3, Chicago 1 Monday’s games New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Nashville, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m. Anaheim at Colorado, 9 p.m. St. Louis at Calgary, 9 p.m.
SCORING LEADERS
Through Feb. 25 GP G A PTS Evgeni Malkin, Pit 54 36 41 77 Steven Stamkos, TB 61 43 30 73 Claude Giroux, Phi 57 23 49 72 Jason Spezza, Ott 63 27 42 69 Henrik Sedin, Van 62 13 53 66 Phil Kessel, Tor 62 31 34 65 Daniel Sedin, Van 61 28 35 63 Erik Karlsson, Ott 62 14 49 63 Joffrey Lupul, Tor 62 23 39 62 James Neal, Pit 61 30 30 60 Jordan Eberle, Edm 57 27 33 60 John Tavares, NYI 61 24 36 60 4 tied with 59 pts.
SUNDAY’S SUMMARIES PENGUINS 4, BLUE JACKETS 2
Columbus 0 1 1—2 Pittsburgh 0 1 3—4 First Period—None. Penalties—None. Second Period—1, Columbus, Nash 21 (Nikitin), 9:49 (sh). 2, Pittsburgh, Malkin 37 (Neal, Sullivan), 19:12 (pp). Penalties— Orpik, Pit (interference), :23; Tyutin, Clm (holding), 3:00; Dorsett, Clm (boarding), 9:00; Dupuis, Pit (tripping), 11:55; Umberger, Clm (slashing), 17:53. Third Period—3, Pittsburgh, Dupuis 15 (Sullivan, Staal), 5:50. 4, Pittsburgh, Letang 9 (Park, Cooke), 10:47 (pp). 5, Pittsburgh, Vitale 4 (Tangradi, Cooke), 14:57.
6, Columbus, Prospal 11 (Atkinson), 15:07. Penalties—Brassard, Clm (slashing), 9:18; Wisniewski, Clm (high-sticking), 18:48. Shots on Goal—Columbus 5-10-9—24. Pittsburgh 15-11-14—40. Power-play opportunities—Columbus 0 of 2; Pittsburgh 2 of 5. Goalies—Columbus, Sanford 10-14-4 (40 shots-36 saves). Pittsburgh, Thiessen 1-0-0 (24-22). Referees—Kevin Pollock, Francois St. Laurent. Linesmen—Matt MacPherson, Jay Sharrers.
LIGHTNING 4, DEVILS 3
Tampa Bay 0 2 2—4 New Jersey 1 0 2—3 First Period—1, New Jersey, Ponikarovsky 12, 12:07. Penalties—Zidlicky, NJ (holding), 13:04. Second Period—2, Tampa Bay, St. Louis 20 (Stamkos, Garon), 6:39. 3, Tampa Bay, St. Louis 21 (Purcell, Stamkos), 14:55 (pp). Penalties—Zubrus, NJ (holding stick), 8:17; Kovalchuk, NJ (tripping), 13:46; Smith, TB (hooking), 15:47; Stamkos, TB (hooking), 20:00. Third Period—4, New Jersey, Sykora 15 (Bernier, Zubrus), 2:28. 5, Tampa Bay, Gilroy 2 (St. Louis, Purcell), 3:09. 6, Tampa Bay, St. Louis 22 (Purcell, Brewer), 10:18. 7, New Jersey, Parise 23 (Kovalchuk, Elias), 17:25 (pp). Penalties—Tampa Bay bench, served by Stamkos (tripping), 15:36; St. Louis, TB (tripping), 19:00. Shots on Goal—Tampa Bay 6-6-4—16. New Jersey 8-6-8—22. Power-play opportunities—Tampa Bay 1 of 3; New Jersey 1 of 4. Goalies—Tampa Bay, Garon 20-16-4 (22 shots-19 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 2215-2 (16-12). Referees—Dan O’Rourke, Kyle Rehman. Linesmen—Ryan Galloway, Greg Devorski.
STARS 3, CANUCKS 2 (OT)
Vancouver 0 2 0 0—2 Dallas 0 1 1 1—3 First Period—None. Penalties—Rome, Van (interference), 9:58. Second Period—1, Vancouver, Kesler 19 (Higgins, Hamhuis), :56. 2, Vancouver, Raymond 8 (Higgins, Rome), 13:11. 3, Dallas, Ryder 25 (Ribeiro, L.Eriksson), 18:04 (pp). Penalties—Ryder, Dal (high-sticking), 10:01; Higgins, Van (hooking), 16:37. Third Period—4, Dallas, Ribeiro 14 (Goligoski, Souray), 19:07. Penalties—Robidas, Dal (hooking), 9:13. Overtime—5, Dallas, L.Eriksson 21 (Daley, Ott), 3:52. Penalties—None. Shots on Goal—Vancouver 8-9-9-0—26. Dallas 6-8-10-4—28. Power-play opportunities—Vancouver 0 of 2; Dallas 1 of 2. Goalies—Vancouver, Luongo 26-11-7 (28 shots-25 saves). Dallas, Lehtonen 24-15-3 (26-24). A—18,010 (18,532). T—2:25. Referees—Dennis LaRue, Brad Meier. Linesmen—Don Henderson, Jean Morin.
SENATORS 5, ISLANDERS 2
N.Y. Islanders 1 0 1—2 Ottawa 0 2 3—5 First Period—1, N.Y. Islanders, Tavares 25 (Parenteau, Hamonic), :49. Penalties— MacDonald, NYI (tripping), 16:51. Second Period—2, Ottawa, Michalek 28 (Karlsson, Turris), 12:21 (pp). 3, Ottawa, Spezza 28 (Karlsson, Kuba), 16:22 (pp). Penalties—Ullstrom, NYI (high-sticking), 10:42; Smith, Ott (holding), 13:44; Parenteau, NYI (tripping), 15:00. Third Period—4, Ottawa, O’Brien 2 (Neil), 5:13. 5, N.Y. Islanders, Parenteau 15 (Hamonic, Moulson), 9:04. 6, Ottawa, Neil 10 (Foligno), 12:59. 7, Ottawa, Turris 6 (Foligno, Greening), 17:49 (en). Penalties—None. Shots on Goal—N.Y. Islanders 13-9-8—30. Ottawa 8-10-6—24. Power-play opportunities—N.Y. Islanders 0 of 1; Ottawa 2 of 3. Goalies—N.Y. Islanders, Nabokov 15-15-0 (23 shots-19 saves). Ottawa, Lehner 2-0-0 (30-28). A—19,660 (19,153). T—2:22. Referees—Dave Jackson, Francis Charron. Linesmen—Steve Barton, Derek Nansen.
PANTHERS 4, CANADIENS 2
Montreal 2 0 0—2 Florida 1 2 1—4 First Period—1, Montreal, Desharnais 12 (Cole), 4:27. 2, Montreal, Subban 4 (Kaberle, Desharnais), 6:55 (pp). 3, Florida, Weiss 14 (Ellerby), 11:36. Penalties—Bergenheim, Fla (holding), 3:53; Pacioretty, Mon (slashing), 3:57; Kopecky, Fla (hooking), 6:23; Versteeg, Fla (tripping), 6:23; White, Mon, major (fighting), 20:00; Subban, Mon (slashing), 20:00; Gudbranson, Fla, major (fighting), 20:00. Second Period—4, Florida, Bergenheim 14 (Samuelsson, Clemmensen), 1:09 (pp). 5, Florida, Weiss 15 (Samuelsson, Bergenheim), 4:01. Penalties—Barch, Fla (boarding), 16:30; Florida bench, served by Santorelli (too many men), 18:55; Cole, Mon (roughing), 19:10; Garrison, Fla (roughing), 19:10. Third Period—6, Florida, Campbell 4 (Weiss, Bergenheim), 9:52. Penalties— Weber, Mon (holding), 3:58; Diaz, Mon (holding), 10:53; Eller, Mon (cross-checking), 15:53; Subban, Mon (roughing), 19:14; Kopecky, Fla (roughing), 19:14. Shots on Goal—Montreal 10-4-6—20. Florida 10-13-9—32. Power-play opportunities—Montreal 1 of 5; Florida 1 of 5. Goalies—Montreal, Budaj 2-6-1 (32 shots28 saves). Florida, Clemmensen 11-5-5 (20-18). A—18,108 (17,040). T—2:29. Referees—Gord Dwyer, Chris Rooney. Linesmen—Darren Gibbs, Jonny Murray.
WILD 4, SHARKS 3
San Jose 2 0 1—3 Minnesota 1 1 2—4 First Period—1, San Jose, Wingels 3 (McGinn, Marleau), 1:22. 2, San Jose, Thornton 14 (Mitchell, Burns), 3:21. 3, Minnesota, Clutterbuck 14, 9:13. Penalties—Marleau, SJ (high-sticking), 14:09; McGinn, SJ (roughing), 19:22. Second Period—4, Minnesota, Schultz 1 (Brodziak), 1:43 (pp). Penalties—Ferriero, SJ (hooking), 1:39; Brodziak, Min (goaltender interference), 8:44; Vlasic, SJ (holding), 16:30; Zanon, Min (slashing), 19:17. Third Period—5, San Jose, Burns 10 (Thornton, Marleau), 8:45 (pp). 6, Minnesota, Cullen 14 (Scandella), 14:33. 7, Minnesota, Ortmeyer 1 (Spurgeon), 15:47. Penalties—W.Peters, Min (holding), 7:34. Shots on Goal—San Jose 12-2-14—28. Minnesota 7-13-6—26. Power-play opportunities—San Jose 1 of 3; Minnesota 1 of 4. Goalies—San Jose, Greiss 8-7-1 (26 shots22 saves). Minnesota, Backstrom 17-16-6 (28-25). A—17,401 (18,064). T—2:25. Referees—Jean Hebert, Paul Devorski. Linesmen—Thor Nelson, Michel Cormier.
DUCKS 3, BLACKHAWKS 1
Chicago 1 0 0—1 Anaheim 1 1 1—3 First Period—1, Chicago, Kane 14 (Leddy, Hossa), 11:29 (pp). 2, Anaheim, Cogliano 12 (Bonino), 19:40. Penalties—Lydman, Ana (high-sticking), 10:42; Perry, Ana (tripping), 12:38; Morrison, Chi (delay of game), 15:58. Second Period—3, Anaheim, Brookbank 2 (Selanne, Beauchemin), 12:31. Penalties—None. Third Period—4, Anaheim, Selanne 21 (Getzlaf, Perry), 4:48 (pp). Penalties— Bolland, Chi (hooking), 3:54; Mayers, Chi (hooking), 4:27; Visnovsky, Ana (tripping), 10:45; Emery, Chi, served by Frolik (roughing), 13:09; Hagman, Ana (slashing), 13:09. Shots on Goal—Chicago 10-5-4—19. Anaheim 12-13-13—38. Power-play opportunities—Chicago 1 of 3; Anaheim 1 of 3. Goalies—Chicago, Emery 11-8-2 (38 shots-35 saves). Anaheim, Hiller 24-20-10 (19-18). A—17,601 (17,174). T—2:31. Referees—Marc Joannette, Brian Pochmara. Linesmen—Vaughan Rody, Tim Nowak.
AHL EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division GP W L OL SL PTS GF GA St. John’s 53 33 13 5 2 73 176 150 Manchester 59 29 27 0 3 61 153 171 Providence 57 26 25 3 3 58 142 160 Worcester 53 24 20 4 5 57 140 144 Portland 56 25 25 3 3 56 157 188 East Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Norfolk 57 36 18 1 2 75 202 155 W.B./Scrn 57 32 18 2 5 71 183 172 Hershey 56 29 18 4 5 67 191 169 Syracuse 55 22 25 4 4 52 172 180 Binghamton 55 21 30 2 2 46 148 178 Northeast Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Bridgeport 54 30 18 3 3 66 164 148 Connecticut 55 27 18 5 5 64 165 154 Albany 55 26 21 5 3 60 142 158 Springfield 56 27 25 2 2 58 162 169 Adirondack 55 26 26 2 1 55 150 159
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Midwest Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Charlotte 56 31 19 2 4 68 160 150 Chicago 55 30 20 2 3 65 156 140 Peoria 57 30 24 2 1 63 170 158 Milwaukee 54 28 22 2 2 60 152 142 Rockford 56 24 26 2 4 54 157 182 North Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Toronto 56 31 19 4 2 68 167 136 Rochester 56 26 21 6 3 61 164 168 Lake Erie 57 27 25 2 3 59 141 164 G. Rapids 53 23 21 5 4 55 171 170 Hamilton 55 25 25 1 4 55 141 168 West Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Okla. City 55 35 15 2 3 75 161 121 Houston 55 26 17 3 9 64 150 149 San Antonio 56 30 23 2 1 63 142 153 Abbotsford 55 29 21 3 2 63 133 140 Texas 55 24 27 2 2 52 163 179 NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss. All times EST Sunday’s games Bridgeport 3, Albany 2 Adirondack 4, Syracuse 3 Manchester 4, Providence 3 Norfolk 3, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2 Springfield 6, Portland 2 Milwaukee 3, San Antonio 1 Toronto 6, Hamilton 1 Peoria 4, Abbotsford 3 (S0) Rockford 1, Chicago 0 (OT) Monday’s games No games scheduled. Tuesday’s games Worcester at Connecticut, 11 a.m. St. John’s at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL SUNDAY’S GAMES
EAST Iona 98, St. Peter’s 61 Loyola (Md.) 62, Manhattan 60 Marist 89, Niagara 77 New Hampshire 58, Binghamton 49 Rider 65, Fairfield 62 Siena 86, Canisius 75 Stony Brook 55, Maine 48 SOUTH Louisville 57, Pittsburgh 54 South Florida 46, Cincinnati 45 MIDWEST Cent. Michigan 74, N. Illinois 64 Illinois 65, Iowa 54 Indiana 69, Minnesota 50 Wisconsin 63, Ohio St. 60 SOUTHWEST No scores reported. FAR WEST Colorado 70, California 57 Denver 64, North Texas 52
MONDAY’S SCHEDULE
EAST Notre Dame at Georgetown, 7 p.m. SOUTH Hampton at Bethune-Cookman, 7:30 p.m.
Morgan St. at Delaware St., 7:30 p.m. Norfolk St. at Florida A&M, 7:30 p.m. Coppin St. at Md.-Eastern Shore, 7:30 p.m. NC Central at SC State, 7:30 p.m. NC A&T at Savannah St., 8 p.m. MVSU at Jackson St., 8:30 p.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff at Grambling St., 9 p.m. MIDWEST Texas-Pan American at North Dakota, 8 p.m. SOUTHWEST Alabama St. at Prairie View, 8:30 p.m. Alabama A&M at Texas Southern, 8:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Baylor, 9 p.m. Kansas at Oklahoma St., 9 p.m. FAR WEST Longwood at Gonzaga, 9 p.m. N. Arizona at Montana St., 9 p.m. TOURNAMENTS Big South Conference at camps sites, first round
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HOW TOP 25 FARED
Sunday’s games 1. Baylor (29-0) beat Texas 80-59; beat Kansas 76-45. 2. Stanford (26-1) beat Colorado 68-46; beat Utah 69-42. 3. Notre Dame (27-2) beat No. 16 Louisville 68-52; beat South Florida 80-68. 4. UConn (26-3) beat Pittsburgh 86-37; beat Marquette 85-45. 5. Miami (25-4) lost to No. 7 Duke 74-64; beat Boston College 88-42. 6. Maryland (25-4) beat North Carolina 8464; beat N.C. State 65-50. 7. Duke (24-4) beat No. 5 Miami 74-64; beat North Carolina 69-63. 8. Ohio State (24-5) lost to No. 11 Penn State 84-66; beat Minnesota 81-56; lost to No. 23 Nebraska 71-57. 9. Delaware (26-1) beat George Mason 7153; beat Northeastern 89-71. 10. Tennessee (21-8) lost to Arkansas 7271, OT; beat Florida 75-59. 11. Penn State (23-5) beat No. 8 Ohio State 84-66; beat Minnesota 74-51. 12. Green Bay (25-1) beat Valparaiso 7236; beat Butler 78-53. 13. Kentucky (24-5) beat Vanderbilt 70-61; beat South Carolina 53-50; beat Mississippi State 76-40. 14. Texas A&M (20-7) lost to Oklahoma 64-55; beat Texas Tech 79-51. 15. Georgetown (22-6) beat Syracuse 65-62. 16. Louisville (20-8) lost to No. 3 Notre Dame 68-52; beat No. 21 DePaul 75-62. 17. Georgia Tech (22-7) beat Virginia Tech 76-66; beat Clemson 62-50. 18. Georgia (22-7) beat Mississippi 87-52; beat LSU 62-46. 19. St. Bonaventure (27-2) beat Fordham 52-45; beat Rhode Island 58-32. 20. St. John’s (20-8) beat West Virginia 63-54; beat Villanova 69-49. 21. DePaul (20-9) lost to Syracuse 81-65; lost to No. 16 Louisville 75-62. 22. Purdue (21-8) beat Michigan 60-49; beat Indiana 90-58. 23. Nebraska (21-7) lost to Michigan State 73-53; beat No. 8 Ohio State 71-57. 24. Rutgers (20-8) beat Seton Hall 62-39; beat Providence 68-47. 25. Gonzaga (25-4) beat BYU 77-60.
BOWLING PBA U.S. OPEN
At Brunswick Zone-Carolier North Brunswick, N.J. Sunday’s results Final Standings 1. Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo. (3 games) 663 pins, $60,000. 2. Mike Fagan, Dallas (1), 214 pins, $30,500. 3. Jason Belmonte, Australia (1), 213 pins, $15,000. 4. Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y. (1), 191 pins, $10,000. Playoff Results Match One — Weber def. Shafer, 223-191. Match Two — Weber def. Belmonte, 225213. Championship — Weber def. Fagan, 215214.
GOLF WGC ACCENTURE MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
At Dove Mountain, The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Marana, Ariz. Yardage: 7,791; Par: 72 (Seeds in parentheses) Championship Hunter Mahan (21), United States, def. Rory McIlroy (2), Northern Ireland, 2 and 1. Third Place Mark Wilson (40), United States, def. Lee Westwood (3), England, 1 up. Semifinals Mahan def. Mark Wilson, 2 and 1. McIlroy def. Westwood, 3 and 1.
MAYAKOBA GOLF CLASSIC
At Mayakoba Resort, El Camaleon Golf Club, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico Purse: $3.7 million Yardage: 6,987; Par 71 (36-35) Sunday’s results Final Round (x-won on 8th playoff hole) x-John Huh (250), $666,000 67-70-71-63—271 Robert Allenby (150), $399,600 69-67-70-65—271 Matt Every (83), $214,600 67-71-69-66—273 Colt Knost (83), $214,600 69-71-67-66—273 Alejandro Canizares, $129,963 67-72-69-66—274 Dicky Pride (48), $129,963 68-72-68-66—274 Chris Stroud (48), $129,963 69-66-68-71—274 Daniel Summerhays (48), $129,963 69-65-67-73—274 Michael Allen (38), $99,900 68-71-66-71—276 Will Claxton (38), $99,900 66-68-71-71—276 J.J. Henry (38), $99,900 72-69-68-67—276 Briny Baird (30), $74,925 71-69-67-70—277 Rich Beem (30), $74,925 70-71-69-67—277 Richard S. Johnson (30), $74,925 70-66-72-69—277 Billy Mayfair (30), $74,925 70-68-70-69—277 Stephen Ames (25), $46,990 69-70-70-69—278 Mark D. Anderson (25), $46,990 67-72-73-66—278 Charles Howell III (25), $46,990 67-71-69-71—278 Tom Lehman (25), $46,990 70-72-70-66—278 Seung-Yul Noh (25), $46,990 68-70-73-67—278 Greg Owen (25), $46,990 67-67-73-71—278 Tim Petrovic (25), $46,990 72-72-66-68—278 Kevin Stadler (25), $46,990 68-68-72-70—278 Vaughn Taylor (25), $46,990 71-69-72-66—278 Marc Turnesa (25), $46,990 67-72-67-72—278
LPGA HSBC CHAMPIONS
At Tanah Merah Country Club, Singapore Yardage: 6,547; Par: 72 (36-36) a-amateur Sunday’s results Final round (x-won on third playoff hole) x-Angela Stanford, $210,000 66-70-71-71—278 Na Yeon Choi, $102,564 68-71-71-68—278 Shanshan Feng, $102,564 69-71-69-69—278 Jenny Shin, $102,564 69-67-71-71—278 Yani Tseng, $60,780 71-72-67-69—279 Ai Miyazato, $45,677 69-70-73-69—281 I.K. Kim, $45,677 68-72-71-70—281