SPORTS
Friday, December 8, 2017
East Oregonian
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Soccer
Sounders have rare chance to repeat as MLS champions
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
TUKWILA, Wash. — In
the immediate aftermath of
winning their first MLS Cup
title a year ago, the Seattle
Sounders started to plan long
term.
After playing all the way
into December, the Sounders
knew the challenge of trying
to make it back to the playoffs
in 2017, let alone contend for
another title, with a short,
limited offseason. They also
had evidence of how tough
it was as the 2015 finalists
— Portland and Columbus
— both missed the playoffs
in 2016.
The Sounders stuck
to their plan early in the
season even if it meant
resting players and possibly
giving away some early
matches. But those decisions,
combined with some key
additions during the summer
transfer window, have helped
put Seattle back in the MLS
Cup final against Toronto
with a chance to do what
few teams in league history
MLS Cup
Seattle
Sounders
Toronto FC
• Saturday, 1 p.m.
• at BMO Field, Toronto
have accomplished: repeat as
champions.
“We know for reigning
champions it’s extremely
difficult to reach the playoffs
again, let alone repeat,” goal-
keeper Stefan Frei said. “For
us to have a chance to do that
is massive.”
A win on Saturday would
raise Seattle to another level
in North American soccer.
They’re already highly
regarded for their fan support
and one of the most successful
expansion launches in pro
sports. They’ve won multiple
U.S. Open Cup titles and last
year added the desired star
to their crest with their first
league championship.
But a victory over Toronto
would make Seattle just the
fourth team in league history
to repeat. D.C. United won
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Seattle Sounders forward Clint Dempsey looks to pass
during training on Wednesday in Tukwila, Wash.
the first two titles in league
history.
Houston
won
consecutive titles in 2006-07
and Los Angeles went back-
to-back in 2011-12.
“I think we’re at the point
now where we’re starting to
get in that elite level of clubs
in MLS. I think the league
and people from the outside
are starting to notice that
since (2009) we’ve reached
the playoffs every time,
we’ve consistently grabbed
trophies, we’ve consistently
found ourselves competing
for trophies,” Frei said.
“And even though we may
be a young team compared
to some of the original ones
we’re starting to fill the
cabinet with trophies. I think
being able to achieve some-
thing like the L.A. Galaxy
did winning back-to-back
would definitely cement us
in that elite class.”
Repeating has been a
Prep Roundup
Riverside girls knock off Rockets at buzzer
East Oregonian
UMATILLA — In the first day of
the Columbia River Clash at Umatilla
High, the Riverside Pirates continued
their win streak after a dramatic finish.
Riverside held on to defeat the Pilot
Rock Rockets 38-36 thanks to a
strong second half performance from
senior Skylar Wightman and a bucket
at the buzzer.
The Rockets (3-1) put their scoring
woes behind them and came out ready
to fight for their previously undefeated
record, but the Pirates (4-0) held on in
the final seconds.
“They played real well defen-
sively,” Riverside head coach Clair
Costello said of his team.
While Costello said the girls have
yet to have the offensive performance
they are capable off, Wightman had an
impressive outing with a game-high
13 points.
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PR
RHS
6
13
7
3
8
8
15 — 36
14 — 38
PILOT ROCK — G. Austin 10, S. Weinke 9, K. Deist 5,
B. Howland 5, B. Baleztina 3, K. Evans 2, R. Oates 2.
RIVERSIDE — S. Wightman 13, A. Hernandez 11, B.
Avalos 5, A. Caldera 4, F. Rosen 4, E. Daltoso 1.
3-pointers — PR 3, RHS 4. Free throws — PR 5-9, RHS
10-14. Fouls — PR 19, RHS 8.
BOYS BASKETBALL
UMATILLA 83, UNION 35 — At
Umatilla, the Vikings opened up their
Columbia River Clash tournament
on Thursday evening with an 83-35
beatdown of the Union Bobcats.
Seth Cranston led the Vikings
(3-0) with 20 points, Sebastian Garcia
had 16 points and Moises Garcialazo
added 10 points. The Vikings led the
Bobcats (2-1) by a 42-19 score at the
break, and then exploded for 37 points
in the third quarter to cruise to the
victory. Keegan Glenn led Union with
13 points.
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UNION
12 7
9
7 — 35
UMATILLA 19 23 37
4 — 83
UNION — K. Glenn 13, R. Shoemaker 7, L. Cloutier 6, T.
Lantis 4, C. Mclean 3, C. Kirkland 2.
UMATILLA — S. Cranston 20, S. Garcia 16, M. Garcialazo
10, T. Durfey 7, C. De Loera 7, K. Webb 7, G. Armenta 6, U.
Garcia 6, L. Miller 4, J. Garcia, S. Hartung, N. Nolford.
3-pointers — UNION 1, UMAT 6. Free throws — UNION
2-5, UMAT 9-14. Fouls — UNION 14, UMAT 12.
PILOT ROCK 56, RIVERSIDE
34 — At Umatilla, Bryson Pierce
scored 22 points as Pilot Rock
defeated Riverside in the Columbia
River Clash tournament on Thursday
afternoon.
After Pierce, Chris Weinke scored
11 points for the Rockets (4-0), Riley
Lankford had 10 and Levi Thieme
had nine. Cristian Rea led the Pirates
(1-3) with 10 points.
————
PR
15 18 15
8 — 56
RHS
9 8
4 13 — 34
PILOT ROCK — B. Pierce 22, C. Weinke 11, R. Lank-
ford 10, L. Thieme 9, B. Key 4.
RIVERSIDE — C. Rea 10, F. Aparicio 7, M. Hegar 7, A.
Zellar 5, M. Madrigal 3, B. Franco 2.
3-pointers — PR 7, RHS 5. Free throws — PR 9-14,
RHS 3-5. Fouls — PR 12, RHS 13.
Also from Thursday’s Columbia
River Clash action, the Echo Cougar
boys defeated Faith Bible 56-44 and
will play Umatilla on Friday. In girls
action, Umatilla beat Union 34-32,
Mac-Hi beat Stanfield 40-26, and
Echo fell to Faith Bible 52-14.
rarity in the league’s 22
seasons. The back-to-back
titles by Los Angeles earlier
this decade may be the
most impressive because
they came at a time when
the league was expanding
rapidly and there was more
parity in the league.
That’s why Seattle and
Toronto making it back to the
final for the second straight
year is such a notable accom-
plishment. Between league
play, domestic competitions,
international call-ups and a
variety of other obstacles,
both have enough depth and
talent to stand out.
“There are a lot of teams
that are even because of
the way the league is set
up, salary cap situations
for teams. I just feel like
there are a lot of teams that
are pretty close to each
other,” Seattle forward Clint
Dempsey said. “It’s not like
there is one team that has an
opportunity to really go and
get a ton of players and have
a huge salary cap to try and
push themselves away from
everybody else like you see
in the other leagues. It’s a
good league, we have a great
team and I think the organi-
zation has done a great job of
providing depth for this team
but also an attractive style of
soccer for the fans to watch.”
There’s also Seattle’s
sports history. Both the
Seattle Seahawks and Seattle
SuperSonics
played
in
consecutive championships,
yet neither was able to pull
off two straight titles. The
Sonics lost to the Washington
Bullets in 1978, but beat them
in 1979. The Seahawks won
the Super Bowl in 2014 and
were on the verge of winning
the following season before
a famous late interception
against New England cost
Seattle a second straight title.
“We’re living in a really
cool moment because what
happened last year is special
and what is happening this
year is special,” coach Brian
Schmetzer said. “We still
have one more game to go.
We’re going to do our best to
put out a good performance
and we’ll see which team
wins.”
OLYMPICS: there
US
ready
is no specific information
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from the State Department,
which has not issued any travel
restrictions to South Korea.
The USOC is in frequent
contact with the State
Department, the organizing
committee in South Korea and
law enforcement about security
issues in Korea and other places
that members of the U.S. team
travel.
“Each host city presents
a unique challenge from a
security perspective, and that
is no different in this regard,”
spokesman Mark Jones said.
“We will continue to work with
(authorities) to ensure that our
athletes, and our entire delega-
tion, are safe.”
In September, the USOC’s
head of security, Nicole Deal,
sent a letter to members of
the U.S. delegation saying,
“Despite current political
tensions with North Korea,
to suggest there are imminent
threats to U.S. citizens or facil-
ities in South Korea.”
That same week, USOC
CEO Scott Blackmun said,
“From our perspective, with
the information we currently
have, it’s full-steam ahead.”
It’s the same position the
USOC held as of Thursday,
and athletes who have been
faced with the question haven’t
wavered on their intention to
compete.
“I was in Pyeongchang last
February and as far as I’ve been
told over the past year by the
USOC, everything is basically
the same,” figure skater Nathan
Chen said last month. “I didn’t
feel any security threats while
I was there and I feel like
everything will be basically the
same for this upcoming Games.
I trust the USOC 100 percent
and I know that they would do
the best for all of their athletes.”
TIGERS: Lone varsity returner leads Stanfield to its second victory of season
Continued from 1B
game and we should have
won by more,” Wood said.
“We just need to focus on
the next game because Pi-
lot Rock is a league game
so it’ll show us. We’ve al-
ready played a league team
in Culver so it’ll show us
what league is like.”
That game versus Culver
at the Sherman Invitation-
al in Moro was the first
time the Tigers got to see
Bailey’s extensive sweater
collection.
“I do have probably 10-15
Christmas sweaters,” he
said. “I wore it one time
because they just weren’t
having fun, so I wore it
against Culver and we had
some fun and we won so
I figured I might as well
wear it again. I’ll proba-
bly have an array of them
throughout December
anyways.”
Bailey is working to
continue the recent winning
tradition
of
Stanfield
athletics, using an almost
entirely new team made up
of three sophomores, five
juniors and four seniors.
“It’s hard,” Woods
said. “There’s a lot of
growing up for those kids
to do because they don’t
know, they don’t have the
varsity experiences. Elias
(Esquivel) ... he’s getting
way better though, he’s
improved so much. It’s
incredible how much he’s
improved. Everybody just
needs to keep following in
his footsteps, I think.”
Esquivel had an impres-
sive outing against Arlington.
All three of his baskets were
3-pointers, and the ball was
in his hands during the final
seconds as Stanfield clung to
a two-point lead.
It was the returning duo
who clinched the win for the
Tigers.
The Honkers had missed
a lay-up to tie the game after
back-to-back Stanfield turn-
overs. Arlington got the ball
back and called a timeout
to catch their breath. There
were 7.7 seconds remaining
as they readied to inbound
the ball.
“They beat us on about
every single inbound,”
Bailey said of the Honkers.
“They would bring the
in-bounder around and I
kept telling them, ‘You
guys have got to guard him,
you’ve got to guard him.’
So finally we just said, ‘You
know what, Brody take the
in-bounder.’”
Woods did just that and
as the ball fell into the hands
of Arlington senior Brent
Troutman, who stepped back
to attempt another three,
Woods used his 6-foot 5-inch
frame to block the shot.
Esquivel was there to recover
the ball and secure at least a
tie with a final free throw.
Esquivel was nervous, he
admitted after the game — he
didn’t want to give Arling-
ton’s productive shooters
a chance to tie or win. He
made the first and when the
second missed and bounced
Arlington’s way off the rim,
the Honkers didn’t have
enough time to execute their
final play.
The win was a testament
to the potential Bailey sees in
the team, which he stresses in
no way “rebuilding.”
“Even though we’re
young, we’re not rebuilding,”
he said. “This is not a
rebuilding year by any means
and that’s what we’re trying
to keep off of us because we
owe it to our seniors to have
a good year and I really think
once we click we’re going to
be a dominating force.”
Stanfield’s recent domina-
tion, and the expectations of
Tiger athletes, are something
he knows well.
Bailey spent grades
K-12 in Stanfield, and left
to continue his education at
Eastern Oregon University.
He didn’t play or coach
basketball, but he knew one
day he wanted to come back
to Stanfield to teach and now
take the helm of the boys
basketball team.
“Everything in my life
has kind of fallen into place,”
Bailey said. “So when (a
teaching position) opened
up I was like, ‘I want to go
home.’”
There are three genera-
tions of Baileys in Stanfield
and Bailey’s wife’s family
is also from the town with
roughly 2,000 residents.
“I just love it, the commu-
nity is — I’ve never been
in anything like Stanfield,”
he said. “Nothing has ever
came close. My high school
upbringing was just so much
fun that I kind of wanted to
go back and try to give these
kids the same thing I experi-
enced.”
Stanfield will continue
to compete in the Columbia
River Clash through the
weekend, and face Pilot
Rock at 3:30 p.m. Friday.
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SHS
14 11 28
8 — 61
AHS
9 17 23
9 — 58
STANFIELD — B. Woods 17, E. Nunez 14,
E. Esquiel 10, H. Hernandez 6, M. Sanchez
5, S. Keltz 4, F. Ramirez 2, B. Hernandez 2,
R. Orozco 1
ARLINGTON — W. Good 17, B. Troutman
15, T. Evans 9, D. Valdez 8, J. Troutman 5,
T. Longacre 4
3-pointers — SHS 5, AHS 5. Free throws
—SHS 18-31, AHS 7-10. Fouls — SHS 15,
AHS 22.
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or 541-564-4542. Follow her
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SCOREBOARD
Local slate
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Friday
Irrigon vs. Imbler (at Heppner), 4:30 p.m.
Ione vs. Prarie City (at Condon), 4:30 p.m.
Walla Walla (WA) at Pendleton, 7 p.m.
Chiawana (WA) at Hermiston, 7:30 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Heppner, 7:30 p.m.
Weston-McEwen vs. Salem Acadmey (at
Kennedy), 7:30 p.m.
Helix at Enterprise, 7:30 p.m.
N. Clackamas Christian at Condon/Wheel-
er, 7:30 p.m.
Nixyaawii vs. Crane (at EOU), 7:30 p.m.
Riverside, Umatilla, Pilot Rock, Stanfield,
Arlington, Echo vs. TBD (at Umatilla), TBD
Saturday
Nixyaawii vs. Jordan Valley (at EOU),
12:30 p.m.
Ione vs. North Clackamas Christian (at
Condon), 12:30 p.m.
Mac-Hi vs. Irrigon (at Heppner), 2:30 p.m.
Prarie City at Condon/Wheeler, 3:30 p.m.
Imbler at Heppner, 5:30 p.m.
Riverside, Umatilla, Pilot Rock, Stanfield,
Arlington, Echo vs. TBD (at Umatilla), TBD
Helix vs. TBD (at Enterprise), TBD
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Friday
Irrigon vs. Imbler, 3 p.m.
Ione vs. Prarie City (at Condon), 3 p.m.
Chiawana (WA) at Hermiston, 5:45 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Heppner, 6 p.m.
Nixyaawii vs. Crane (at EOU), 6 p.m.
Weston-McEwen vs. King’s Way Christian
(WA) (at Kennedy), 6 p.m.
North Clackamas Christian at Condon/
Wheeler, 6 p.m.
Helix at Enterprise, 6 p.m.
Pendleton at Walla Walla (WA), 7 p.m.
Riverside, Umatilla, Pilot Rock, Mac-Hi,
Echo vs. TBD (at Umatilla), TBD
Saturday
Nixyaawii vs. Jordan Valley (at EOU), 11
a.m.
Ione vs. North Clackamas Christian (at
Condon), 11 a.m.
Mac-Hi vs. Irrigon (at Heppner), 1 p.m.
Prarie City at Condon/Wheeler, 3:30 p.m.
Imbler at Heppner, 4 p.m.
Weston-McEwen vs. TBD (at Kennedy),
TBD
Helix vs. TBD (at Enterprise), TBD
Riverside, Umatilla, Pilot Rock, Mac-Hi,
Echo vs. TBD (at Umatilla), TBD
PREP WRESTLING
Friday
Hermiston at Post Falls (ID)
Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Heppner at La Grande
Tournament
Irrigon at Culver Invitational, 8 a.m.
Saturday
Irrigon at Culver Invitational, 8 a.m.
Riverside at Leonard Schutte Invite (WA)
Echo at Nyssa Tournament
PREP SWIMMING
Saturday
Pendleton, Hermiston at Baker, Noon
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Wednesday
Multnomah JV at BMCC, 5 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Friday
Edmonds at BMCC, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
EOU at Linfield, 4 p.m.
BMCC at Blazer Classic (Centralia, WA),
TBA
COLLEGE WRESTLING
Saturday
Warner Pacific, Clackamas CC at EOU,
4/6 p.m.
PREP SCORES
Thursday
BOYS PREP BASKETBALL
FRANKLIN 50, Lebanon 42
PLEASANT HILL 71, Siuslaw 60
PARMA (ID) 52, Vale 42
PORTLAND ADV. ACAD. 89, Waverly
College (Other) 58
COLUMBIA CHRIST. 52, Cat. Gabel 49
(OT)
WESTSIDE CHRIST. 72, Valor Christian 47
HORIZON CHRISTIAN-TUALATIN 44,
Cascade Christian 43
DE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC 84, La
Pine 45
Pilot Rock 56, RIVERSIDE 34
UMATILLA 83, Union 35
Pilot Rock 56, RIVERSIDE 34
UMATILLA 83, Union 35
OREGON F/T DEAF 54, Jewell 35
C.S. Lewis Acad. 51, PORT. WALDORF 34
EDDYVILLE CHAR. 48, Willamette Valley
Christian 45
Trinity Lutheran 61, DUNSMUIR (CA) 33
Grants Pass at EAGLE POINT, canceled
GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL
SOUTHRIDGE 66, Kalani (HI) 39
Mazama 48, RIDGEVIEW 31
Sutherlin 52, ST. MARY’S-MEDFORD 41
ASTORIA 58, R.A. Long (WA) 45
Ontario at NEW PLYMOUTH (ID) 6:30pm
Nyssa 47, BAKER 38
MCLOUGHLIN 40, Stanfield 26
Klamath Union 53, BUTTE VALLEY (CA)
13
VALE 40, Fruitland (ID) 30
Portland Christian 42, VERNONIA 25
Jefferson 49, TAFT 14
WARRENTON 40, Neah-Kah-Nie 30
Portland Adventist Acad. 47, KNAPPA 37
DAYTON 48, Rainier 28
Catlin Gabel 39, COLUMBIA CHRIST. 19
Riverside 38, PILOT ROCK 36
UMATILLA 34, Union 32
HARRISBURG 46, Colton 25
Crow 44, LOWELL 25
Faith Bible 52, ECHO 14
Jewell 48, OREGON F/T DEAF 16
PORTLAND WALDORF 34, C.S. Lewis
Acad. 21
Football
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L
T Pct PF
New England 10 2
0 .833 348
Buffalo
6 6
0 .500 227
N.Y. Jets
5 7
0 .417 266
Miami
5 7
0 .417 209
South
W L
T Pct PF
Tennessee
8 4
0 .667 266
Jacksonville 8 4
0 .667 299
Houston
4 8
0 .333 296
Indianapolis 3 9
0 .250 205
North
W L
T Pct PF
Pittsburgh 10 2
0 .833 281
Baltimore
7 5
0 .583 280
Cincinnati
5 7
0 .417 219
Cleveland
0 12
0 .000 176
West
W L
T Pct PF
Kansas City 6 6
0 .500 303
L.A. Chargers 6 6
0 .500 268
Oakland
6 6
0 .500 249
Denver
3 9
0 .250 206
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L
T Pct PF
Philadelphia 10 2
0 .833 361
Dallas
6 6
0 .500 286
PA
223
283
288
298
PA
282
178
309
330
PA
213
207
238
308
PA
274
212
278
315
PA
215
284
Washington 5 7
0 .417 272 314
N.Y. Giants 2 10
0 .167 189 291
South
W L
T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 9 4
0 .692 370 263
Carolina
8 4
0 .667 269 238
Atlanta
8 5
0 .615 294 261
Tampa Bay 4 8
0 .333 243 288
North
W L
T Pct PF PA
Minnesota 10 2
0 .833 285 204
Detroit
6 6
0 .500 314 308
Green Bay
6 6
0 .500 258 281
Chicago
3 9
0 .250 191 267
West
W L
T Pct PF PA
L.A. Rams
9 3
0 .750 361 222
Seattle
8 4
0 .667 290 222
Arizona
5 7
0 .417 219 310
San Francisco 2 10
0 .167 202 298
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Week 14
Thursday’s Games
Atlanta 20, New Orleans 17
Sunday’s Games
Oakland at Kansas City, 10 a.m.
San Francisco at Houston, 10 a.m.
Minnesota at Carolina, 10 a.m.
Chicago at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.
Green Bay at Cleveland, 10 a.m.
Detroit at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.
Indianapolis at Buffalo, 10 a.m.
Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.
Washington at L.A. Chargers, 1:05 p.m.
Tennessee at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Denver, 1:05 p.m.
Seattle at Jacksonville, 1:25 p.m.
Philadelphia at L.A. Rams, 1:25 p.m.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.
Monday’s Game
New England at Miami, 5:30 p.m.
Basketball
NBA
Thursday’s Games
L.A. Lakers 107, Philadelphia 104
Washington at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Brooklyn 100, Oklahoma City 95
Houston 112, Utah 101
Friday’s Games
Chicago at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Cleveland at Indiana, 4 p.m.
Denver at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Golden State at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Dallas at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.
Sacramento at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Toronto at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Boston at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.
NCAA Men’s Basketball
Top 25
Thursday’s Games
No. 21 Purdue 80, Valparaiso 50
Friday’s Games
St. John’s at No. 16 Arizona State, 5 p.m.
(PAC12)
Oklahoma at No. 25 USC, 7:30 p.m.
(ESPN2)
Pac-12
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled.
Friday’s Games
Colorado State at Oregon, 7 p.m. (PAC12)
St. John’s at Arizona State, 5 p.m. (PAC12)
Oklahoma at USC, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
NCAA Women’s Basketball
Top 25
Thursday’s Games
No. 4 Louisville 79, Vanderbilt 57
No. 24 Michigan 82, Marquette 76
No. 10 West Virginia 73, Pitt 52
No. 14 Duke 85, UNCG 54
No. 13 FSU 84, Stetson 39
No. 25 Cal 89, San Diego 64
Friday’s Games
George Washington at No. 15 Maryland,
4 p.m.
No. 20 Kentucky at Florida Gulf Coast,
4 p.m.
No. 1 UConn at DePaul, 4 p.m. (FS1)
Saint Louis at No. 17 Missouri, 5 p.m.
No. 7 UCLA at Oklahoma State, 5 p.m.
Pac-12
Thursday’s Games
North Arizona 84, Arizona 66
Boise State 85, Washington 62
No. 25 Cal 89, San Diego 64
Friday’s Games
No. 7 UCLA at Oklahoma State, 5 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W
L OT
Tampa Bay 28 20
6
2
Toronto
29 18 10
1
Boston
26 13
9
4
Montreal
30 13 13
4
Detroit
28 11 12
5
Florida
28 11 13
4
Pts
42
37
30
30
27
26
GF
106
101
75
83
79
85
GA
71
85
74
93
91
97
Ottawa
27 9 12
6 24 77 93
Buffalo
28 7 17
4 18 60 96
Metropolitan Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
New Jersey 27 16
7
4 36 84 81
Columbus 28 17 10
1 35 80 70
N.Y. Islanders 28 16
9
3 35 104 96
Washington 29 17 11
1 35 90 86
Pittsburgh 30 16 11
3 35 90 98
N.Y. Rangers 27 15 10
2 32 91 81
Carolina
27 11 11
5 28 76 85
Philadelphia 29 11 11
7 29 83 86
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis
29 19
8
2 40 95 75
Nashville 28 18
7
3 39 92 80
Winnipeg 29 17
8
4 38 99 82
Dallas
29 16 12
1 33 86 84
Minnesota 27 13 11
3 29 80 82
Chicago
28 12 11
5 29 84 79
Colorado 27 12 13
2 26 83 91
Pacific Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Los Angeles 30 19
8
3 41 94 66
Vegas
27 17
9
1 35 94 85
Vancouver 29 14 11
4 32 79 81
Calgary
29 15 12
2 32 84 92
San Jose
27 15 10
2 32 71 65
Anaheim
29 12 11
6 30 78 86
Edmonton 28 11 15
2 24 80 96
Arizona
31 7 19
5 19 74 110
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss.
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Thursday’s Games
Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT
Boston 6, Arizona 1
Tampa Bay 5, Colorado 2
Florida 6, Winnipeg 4
Calgary 3, Montreal 2, OT
St. Louis 3, Dallas 0
Philadelphia 4, Vancouver 1
Los Angeles 4, Ottawa 3
San Jose 5, Carolina 4, OT
Friday’s Games
N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 4 p.m.
Columbus at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Vegas at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Buffalo at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Soccer
MLS CUP
Saturday: Seattle at Toronto, 1 p.m.
(ESPN)