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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Friday, April 13, 2018 NHL Playoffs Panarin scores in OT, Blue Jackets beat Capitals in Game 1 By STEVEN WHYNO Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Columbus Blue Jackets went down two goals and three forwards and left with a Game 1 victory. Artemi Panarin scored a beautiful goal 6:02 into over- time to give the Blue Jackets a 4-3 victory over the Wash- ington Capitals on Thursday night in the first-round playoff series. Panarin won it after Columbus lost Josh Anderson to a game misconduct, Alexander Wennberg with an apparent head injury and captain Nick Foligno after taking a puck to the face. None of that seemed to faze a team accustomed to over- coming injuries and digging out of deficits. “In the playoffs, you find a little bit of extra energy,” said Blue Jackets forward Thomas Vanek, who scored from Wennberg’s spot on the power play and had an assist. “That tonight was one of those games where we talked to each other, we pumped each other up, we felt good and it never felt like we were going to lose this one.” Maybe the Blue Jackets didn’t, but they didn’t make it easy on themselves, falling behind 2-0 on power-play goals by Evgeny Kuznetsov scored on Anderson’s five- minute major penalty for boarding and injuring Wash- ington’s Michal Kempny. Not letting the game snowball out of control allowed Columbus to claw back in it with Wenn- berg’s goal in the second and then Vanek’s on the power play early in the third. Vanek scored with Tom Wilson in the penalty box for charging Wennberg, a play the Capitals forward took respon- sibility for shifting the game in the Blue Jackets’ direction. Foligno took a slap shot from Jakub Jerabek to the face just under his left eye 10 seconds after Vanek’s goal, making a gaping hole on the Columbus bench until he returned. Even though Devante Smith-Pelly scored to give the Capitals a lead 5:12 into the third, the Blue Jackets kept grinding away and didn’t let the game get away despite being under-manned. “There was no panic on the bench there,” coach John Tortorella said. “I think players enjoy that. It’s not a big deal to them when they lose players. They’re happy because they get on the ice quicker and more often. We just stayed with it.” Norris Trophy-contending defenseman Seth Jones made things happen to send the game to overtime. Jones drew a tripping penalty on Andre Burakovsky that Washington coach Barry Trotz called unnecessary, almost put the puck in his own net on the delayed penalty and then scored off a pass from Panarin on the ensuing power play with just 4:26 left in regulation. That set the stage for Panarin to drive around fellow Russian Dmitry Orlov before going backhand to forehand and beating Philipp Grubauer top shelf to give the Blue Jackets their first series lead in AP Photo/Nick Wass Columbus Blue Jackets left wing Artemi Panarin (9) celebrates his game-winning goal in overtime with Nick Foligno (71), Brandon Dubinsky (17), Ian Cole (23) and David Savard (58) in Game 1 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series against the Washington Capitals Thursday in Washington. franchise history in their fourth opportunity. “Big goal for our team,” said Panarin, whom Columbus acquired in a trade from Chicago last summer after lacking finish in its series defeat to Pittsburgh. “I’m happy because it was a hard game and a big win.” NASHVILLE 5, COLORADO 2 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Filip Forsberg scored twice in the third period and the Nash- ville Predators rallied to beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Thursday night in Game 1 of the first-round Western Conference series. Pekka Rinne made 25 saves, including a handful on Colorado’s Hart Trophy candidate Nathan MacKinnon. Austin Watson had a goal and an assist for Nashville, which has won 11 straight over Colo- rado. Craig Smith and Colton Sissons scored a goal apiece, and Ryan Johansen had two assists. Nikita Zadorov and Blake Comeau each scored a goal for Colorado. Forsberg, who led Nash- ville with 64 points in the regular season, gave Nashville its first lead of the game at 3-2 when he redirected a shot from captain Roman Josi past Jonathan Bernier at 6:08 of the third. Game 2 is Saturday after- noon in Nashville. TAMPA BAY 5, NEW JERSEY 2 TAMPA, Fla. — The top seeded Tampa Bay Lightning got early goals from four players — none of them named Nikita Kucherov or Steven Stamkos — before holding off the New Jersey Devils for a 5-2 victory Thursday night in Game 1 of the first-round series. Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson and Yanni Gourde scored, helping the Lightning build a 3-0 lead that New Jersey trimmed to one goal before Alex Killorn and Kucherov, who added an empty-netter with 1:12 remaining, finished off the win. Taylor Hall scored an unassisted goal in the second period, then assisted on Travis Zajac’s power-play goal that trimmed the Devils’ deficit to 3-2 midway through third against Andrei Vasilievskiy, who had 29 saves for Tampa Bay. Killorn’s shot over the glove of goalie Kevin Kincaid’s glove restored a two-goal lead before Kucherov, who led the Lightning with 100 points this season, ensured there would be no comeback. Game 2 is Saturday at Amalie Arena. BOSTON 5, TORONTO 1 BOSTON — Brad Marchand, David Backes and David Krejci each scored a power-play goal, and Tuukka Rask stopped 26 shots to lead the Boston Bruins to a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night in Game 1 of their first- round Eastern Conference playoff series. David Pastrnak also scored for Boston, and Sean Kuraly bunted one out of the air and into the net over goalie Frederik Andersen to make it 4-1 with seven minutes gone in the third period. Krejci bounced it in off Andersen from behind to make it 5-1 after Toronto’s Nazem Kadri was thrown out of the game and given a five-minute major for an elbow to Tommy Wingels’ head. Zach Hyman scored Toron- to’s only goal, and Andersen made 35 saves. Game 2 of the best-of- seven series is back at the TD Garden on Saturday night. SAN JOSE 3, ANAHEIM 0 ANAHEIM, Calif. — Evander Kane scored two goals in his first career playoff game and Martin Jones made 25 saves as the San Jose Sharks beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-0 on Thursday night in their first-round series opener. Brent Burns also scored and captain Joe Pavelski had two assists during a three- goal second period to help the Sharks easily take early control in the series between California rivals. San Jose and Anaheim have been regular playoff teams for the past 15 years, yet are meeting in the postseason for only the second time. John Gibson stopped 30 shots for the Ducks, who lost a series opener at home in their third consecutive playoff series. Anaheim had won seven straight home games down the regular-season stretch, losing in regulation at home just once in 17 games since late January. Game 2 is Saturday night at Honda Center. A’ja Wilson top pick of WNBA draft by Las Vegas Aces By DOUG FEINBERG Associated Press NEW YORK — A’ja Wilson is thrilled for the chance to head to Las Vegas. The South Carolina star was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by the Aces on Thursday night. “It’s such a great feeling, just an amazing way to cap off my collegiate career,” Wilson said. “My heart was pounding before she announced the pick.” The 6-foot-5 star admitted she has only been there once, but already knows the Nevada city slogan. “What happens in Sin City stays in Sin City,” Wilson said laughing. The Aces, who moved to Las Vegas from San Antonio this past winter, had the first pick for the second straight season. Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell went second to the Indiana Fever. Indiana also took Victoria Vivians with the eighth pick, giving coach Pokey Chatman a strong young core to build around. The Chicago Sky took Diamond DeShields, who spent the season playing professionally in Turkey, and Gabby Williams of Connecticut with the next two picks. “I’m excited to see what we can do,” DeShields said. UCLA guard Jordin Canada was selected fifth by the Seattle Storm. She’ll get a chance to learn from Sue Bird. “I love Sue Bird, she’s one of my role models,” Canada said. Azura Stevens, who decided to forego her final year of eligibility at UConn, was taken sixth by Dallas. Washington drafted Ariel Atkins of Texas seventh. Lexie Brown was picked ninth by Connecticut. New York took Kia Nurse 10th, marking the third UConn player to be taken in the opening round. It’s the second time in three seasons that AP Photo/Julie Jacobson South Carolina’s A’ja Wilson is congratulated by family af- ter being selected as the No. 1 overall pick by the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA basketball draft Thursday in New York. three Huskies were drafted in the first round. UConn players went 1-2-3 in 2016. “It’s really cool that we were all here for each other,” Williams said. Los Angeles drafted 19-year-old Russian star Maria Vadeeva with the 11th pick. She’s the first foreign player who didn’t play at an American college to be taken in the first round since 2012. Marie Gulich of Oregon State was drafted by Phoenix to close out the first round. UCLA’s Monique Billings was the final player invited to the draft to be taken. She went with the 15th pick to Atlanta. The Dream had traded for that pick earlier in the day sending Bria Holmes to the Connecticut Sun. “I wasn’t nervous, I knew that I would be drafted,” Billings said. The draft was held at Nike’s New York headquarters. The athletic apparel company is a global partner and outfitter for the WNBA this season. They unveiled the new WNBA uniforms earlier Thursday. Training camps open up on April 29 and the 22nd season of the WNBA begins play on May 18. Other tidbits from the draft: PRESIDENTIAL CONNECTIONS: Former President Barack Obama’s niece, Leslie Robinson, was taken in the third round by the New York Liberty. Her dad is vice president of player development and G League operations for the Knicks. GREEK SISTERS: When Wilson took a picture with WNBA President Lisa Borders on stage, the pair flashed the Alpha Kappa Alpha sign. The two were sorority sisters with Borders graduating from Duke and Wilson from South Carolina. Alpha Kappa Alpha was the first African American sorority starting at Howard in 1908. ALL IN THE FAMILY: DeShields joined her father (Delino) and brother (Delino Jr.) as first-round draft picks. Father and son were taken in the baseball draft. They are believed to be the first father- son-daughter combo to all be taken in the opening round of a draft. The elder DeShields was in attendance at the draft. Pam McGee, Imani McGee-Stafford and JaVale McGee were the first moth- er-daughter-son to be taken in the opening round when McGee-Stafford was drafted with the 10th pick in 2016. FOREIGN PLAYERS: Other foreign players joining Vadeeva in the draft were Ji-Su Park (South Korea); Raisa Mussina (Russia) Julia Reisingerova (Czech Republic). SCOREBOARD Local slate PREP BASEBALL Friday Ontario at Mac-Hi (DH), Noon Irrigon at Joseph (DH), 1 p.m. Riverside at Vale (DH), 2 p.m. Umatilla at Burns (DH), 2 p.m. Saturday Pilot Rock at Union (DH), 11 a.m. Weston-McEwen at Heppner (DH), 11 a.m. Pendleton at The Dalles (DH), Noon Hood River at Hermiston (DH), Noon Stanfield at Nyssa (DH), 1 p.m. PREP SOFTBALL Friday Weston-McEwen at Grant Union (DH), Noon Irrigon at Echo (DH), 1 p.m. Riverside at Umatilla (DH), 1 p.m. Pendleton at The Dalles (DH), 3 p.m. Mac-Hi at Ontario (DH), 3 p.m. Saturday Pilot Rock at Heppner (DH), 11 a.m. Hood River at Hermiston (DH), Noon Echo at Vale (DH), 1 p.m. PREP TRACK & FIELD Friday Pendleton, Hermiston, Weston-McEwen, Pilot Rock, Helix, Ione at Rivers Edge (Umatilla), Noon Hermiston, Arlington at Oregon Relays (Eugene), TBD Saturday Pendleton at Willamette Falls Invitational, 10 a.m. Mac-Hi at La Grande Invitational, 10 a.m. Stanfield, Heppner, Umatilla, Riverside, Helix at Stanfield Invitational, 10 a.m. PREP GOLF Friday Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Heppner (boys) at La Grande Country Club PREP TENNIS Friday Weston-McEwen at Riverside, 3 p.m. Saturday Eisenhower (WA) at Hermiston, Noon Condon, Helix, Ione at Stanfield, 10 a.m. PREP LACROSSE Friday Selah at Hermiston, 7 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday Columbia Basin at BMCC (DH), 1 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Friday BMCC at Yakima Valley (DH), 2 p.m. British Columbia at EOU (DH), 2 p.m. Saturday British Columbia at EOU (DH), 11 a.m. BMCC at Wenatchee Valley (DH), Noon Basketball NBA PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Toronto vs. Washington Saturday, April 14: Washington at Toronto, 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17: Washington at Toronto, 4 p.m. Friday, April 20: Toronto at Washington, 5 p.m. Sunday, April 22: Toronto at Washington, 5 p.m. Boston vs. Milwaukee Sunday, April 15: Milwaukee at Boston, 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 17: Milwaukee at Boston, 5 p.m. Friday, April 20: Boston at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 22: Boston at Milwaukee, 10 a.m. Philadelphia vs. Miami Saturday, April 14: Miami at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Monday, April 16: Miami at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Thursday, April 19: Philadelphia at Miami, 4 p.m. Saturday, April 21: Philadelphia at Miami, 11:30 a.m. Cleveland vs. Indiana Sunday, April 15: Indiana at Cleveland, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 18: Indiana at Cleve- land, 4 p.m. Friday, April 20: Cleveland at Indiana, 4 p.m. Sunday, April 22: Cleveland at Indiana, 5:30 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Houston vs. Minnesota Sunday, April 15: Minnesota at Houston, 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 18: Minnesota at Houston, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21: Houston at Minnesota, 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 23: Houston at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Golden State vs. San Antonio Saturday, April 14: San Antonio at Golden State, 12 p.m. Monday, April 16: San Antonio at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19: Golden State at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 22: Golden State at San Antonio, 12:30 p.m. Portland vs. New Orleans Saturday, April 14: New Orleans at Port- land, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17: New Orleans at Port- land, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19: Portland at New Orleans, 6 p.m. Saturday, April 21: Portland at New Orleans, 2 p.m. Oklahoma City vs. Utah Sunday, April 15: Utah at Oklahoma City, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 18: Utah at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Saturday, April 21: Oklahoma City at Utah, 7 p.m. Monday, April 23: Oklahoma City at Utah, 7:30 p.m. Hockey NHL PLAYOFF GLANCE FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Tampa Bay 1, New Jersey 0 Thursday: Tampa Bay 5, New Jersey 2 Saturday: New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 12 p.m. April 16: Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m. April 18: Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m. Boston 1, Toronto 0 Thursday: Boston 5, Toronto 1 Saturday: Toronto at Boston, 5 p.m. April 16: Boston at Toronto, 4 p.m. April 19: Boston at Toronto, 4 p.m. Columbus 1, Washington 0 Thursday: Columbus 4, Washington 3, OT Sunday: Columbus at Washington, 4:30 p.m. April 17: Washington at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. April 19: Washington at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Pittsburgh 1, Philadelphia 0 Wednesday Pittsburgh 7, Philadelphia 0 Friday: Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. April 15: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 12 p.m. April 18: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Nashville 1, Colorado 0 Thursday: Nashville 5, Colorado 2 Saturday: Colorado at Nashville, 12 p.m. April 16: Nashville at Colorado, 7 p.m. April 18: Nashville at Colorado, 7 p.m. Winnipeg 1, Minnesota 0 Wednesdayy: Winnipeg 3, Minnesota 2 Friday: Minnesota at Winnipeg, 4:30 p.m. April 15: Winnipeg at Minnesota, 4 p.m. April 17: Winnipeg at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Vegas 1, Los Angeles 0 Wednesday: Vegas 1, Los Angeles 0 Friday: Los Angeles at Vegas, 7 p.m. April 15: Vegas at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. April 17: Vegas at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. San Jose 1, Anaheim 0 Thursday: San Jose 3, Anaheim 0 Saturday: San Jose at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. April 16: Anaheim at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. April 18: Anaheim at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Boston 10 2 .833 — Toronto 8 5 .615 2½ New York 6 7 .462 4½ Baltimore 5 8 .385 5½ Tampa Bay 3 9 .250 7 Central Division W L Pct GB Minnesota 7 4 .636 — Cleveland 8 5 .615 — Chicago 4 8 .333 3½ Detroit 4 8 .333 3½ Kansas City 3 8 .273 4 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 11 3 .786 — Houston 9 4 .692 1½ Seattle 6 4 .600 3 Oakland 5 8 .385 5½ Texas 4 10 .286 7 ——— Thursday’s Games Cleveland 9, Detroit 3 Boston 6, N.Y. Yankees 3 Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 0 L.A. Angels 7, Kansas City 1 Friday’s Games Baltimore (Tillman 0-2) at Boston (Rodri- guez 0-0), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Montgomery 0-0) at Detroit (Fiers 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Velasquez 1-1) at Tampa Bay (Faria 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Stroman 0-1) at Cleveland (Clevinger 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Lopez 0-1) at Minne- sota (TBD), 5:10 p.m. Texas (Hamels 1-2) at Houston (Cole 1-0), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Heaney 0-0) at Kansas City (Hammel 0-1), 5:15 p.m. Oakland (Triggs 1-0) at Seattle (Leake 2-0), 7:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W New York 10 Atlanta 7 L Pct GB 1 .909 — 5 .583 3½ Philadelphia Washington Miami Central Division Pittsburgh Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati West Division 6 6 3 W 9 7 6 6 2 5 .545 4 7 .462 5 9 .250 7½ L 3 6 6 7 10 Pct GB .750 — .538 2½ .500 3 .462 3½ .167 7 W L Pct GB Arizona 9 3 .750 — Colorado 7 7 .500 3 San Francisco 6 6 .500 3 Los Angeles 4 7 .364 4½ San Diego 4 10 .286 6 ——— Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh 6, Chicago Cubs 1 St. Louis 13, Cincinnati 4 Colorado 5, Washington 1 San Francisco 7, San Diego 0 Friday’s Games Atlanta (Sanchez 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Darvish 0-0), 11:20 a.m. St. Louis (Weaver 1-0) at Cincinnati (Mah- le 1-1), 3:40 p.m. Colorado (Freeland 0-2) at Washington (Roark 1-0), 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Davies 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Velasquez 1-1) at Tampa Bay (Faria 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Kuhl 1-0) at Miami (Peters 1-1), 4:10 p.m. Arizona (Greinke 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 1-0), 7:10 p.m. San Francisco (Blach 1-1) at San Diego (Ross 1-1), 7:10 p.m. Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T New York City FC 5 0 1 Atlanta United FC 4 1 0 New England 3 1 1 Columbus 3 2 1 Orlando City 2 2 1 New York 2 2 0 Montreal 2 3 0 Philadelphia 1 1 2 Chicago 1 2 1 Toronto FC 1 2 0 D.C. United 0 3 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Sporting K.C. 4 1 1 Vancouver 3 2 1 LA Galaxy 2 2 1 Real Salt Lake 2 3 1 Los Angeles FC 2 2 0 Minnesota United 2 3 0 Pts 16 12 10 10 7 6 6 5 4 3 2 GF GA 14 4 13 6 10 5 9 6 9 10 10 5 5 9 3 4 7 8 3 4 5 10 Pts GF GA 13 12 9 10 8 9 7 7 8 7 6 14 6 9 10 6 6 9 FC Dallas 1 0 3 6 6 3 Colorado 1 1 2 5 7 5 Houston 1 2 1 4 7 6 San Jose 1 2 1 4 7 8 Portland 0 3 2 2 6 12 Seattle 0 3 0 0 0 5 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Friday’s Games Orlando City at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. Los Angeles FC at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Montreal at New York, 1 p.m. Toronto FC at Colorado, 3 p.m. LA Galaxy at Chicago, 3:30 p.m. Columbus at D.C. United, 7 p.m. FC Dallas at New England, 7:30 p.m. Houston at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Minnesota United at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Golf PGA Tour RBC HERITAGE Thursday At Harbour Town Golf Links Hilton Head, S.C. Purse: $6.7 million Yardage: 7,099; Par 71 First Round Rory Sabbatini 33-31—64 John Huh 30-36—66 Billy Horschel 35-31—66 Matt Kuchar 32-34—66 Chesson Hadley 34-32—66 Harris English 34-33—67 Martin Laird 33-34—67 Patrick Cantlay 33-34—67 Jonas Blixt 34-33—67 Charles Howell III 36-32—68 Notables Dustin Johnson 35-34—69 Zach Johnson 37-33—70 Jason Dufner 34-37—71 -7 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 -2 -1 E Auto Racing NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY CUP SERIES FOOD CITY 500 Site: Bristol, Tennessee Schedule: Friday, practice, 12 p.m. (FS1), qualifying, 4:45 p.m. (FS1); Saturday, practice, 8:30 & 11:05 a.m. (FS1), Sunday, race, 2 p.m., FOX Track: Bristol Motor Speedway (oval, 0.533 miles). Race distance: 266.5 miles, 500 laps. Last year: Jimmie Johnson won the spring race at Bristol for his second con- secutive win.
