THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH ••  |  Sunday, March 12, 2017 C7

NHL Glance
All Times EST
Power-play opportunities—Calgary 2 of 5;
Winnipeg 0 of 3. NHL roundup

Bruins top Flyers on bank shot

Goalies—Calgary, Elliott 20-13-3 (31 shots-31
EASTERN CONFERENCE saves). Winnipeg, Hellebuyck 22-18-3 (29-26).
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div A—15,294 (15,015). T—2:31.
Ottawa 67 39 22 6 84 182 173 19-10-6 20-12-0 11-10-1 Referees—Kevin Pollock, Garrett Rank.
Montreal 68 38 22 8 84 185 171 20-9-4 18-13-4 12-3-5 Linesmen—Ryan Galloway, Brandon
Boston 68 36 26 6 78 190 176 19-14-0 17-12-6 16-7-1 Gawryletz.
Toronto 67 31 22 14 76 204 199 17-10-6 14-12-8 13-6-3
The Associated Press four-game losing streak games with a victory over
Tampa Bay 67 32 26 9 73 186 184 19-11-3 13-15-6 12-5-3 Lightning 3, Panthers 2 with a victory over San the Winnipeg Jets.
Florida 67 29 27 11 69 168 193 15-16-3 14-11-8 9-9-5 Florida 2 0 0 — 2
Buffalo 69 28 29 12 68 177 203 17-12-6 11-17-6 9-10-4 Tampa Bay 0 2 1 — 3 Drew Stafford scored Jose.
Detroit 66 26 29 11 63 165 198 13-14-5 13-15-6 6-11-5 First Period—1, Florida, Jagr 14 (Barkov,
Marchessault), 16:32. 2, Florida, Pysyk 4
with 5.6 seconds left MAPLE LEAFS 3, HURRI-
Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div (Smith, Barkov), 19:13. Penalties—Brown, TB, in the third period SENATORS 4, AVALANCHE 2: CANES 2, OT: Morgan Rielly
Washington
Pittsburgh
66
66
44 15 7
42 16 8
95 214 143
92 233 186
27-6-1 17-9-6
27-4-3 15-12-5
15-7-5
15-5-1
Major (fighting), 1:59; Petrovic, FLA, Major
(fighting), 1:59; Demers, FLA, (holding), 7:27;
when his dump-in shot Craig Anderson made 14 scored 2:13 into overtime
Columbus 67 43 18 6 92 214 157 25-9-1 18-9-5 14-6-1 Palat, TB, (hooking), 14:22. tipped off Philadelphia saves to set the franchise to lift Toronto over the
N.Y. Rangers 68 43 23 2 88 219 179 19-14-2 24-9-0 13-11-0 Second Period—3, Tampa Bay, Kucherov 31
N.Y. Islanders 67 32 24 11 75 199 201 20-8-6 12-16-5 9-8-4 (Hedman, Drouin), 3:43 (pp). 4, Tampa Bay, defenseman Brandon wins mark and the Ottawa Carolina.
Philadelphia 67 31 28 8 70 173 199 19-10-4 12-18-4 6-10-2 Gourde 1, 10:11 (sh). Penalties—Yandle, FLA, Manning’s stick, lifting Senators defeated the
Carolina 65 27 27 11 65 162 189 19-10-3 8-17-8 7-13-2 served by Marchessault, (roughing), 2:58;
New Jersey 68 25 31 12 62 153 197 13-13-6 12-18-6 8-9-3 Dumont, TB, Major (fighting), 2:58; Yandle, the Boston Bruins to a Colorado Avalanche for COYOTES 5, DEVILS 4:
FLA, Major (fighting), 2:58; Petrovic, FLA,
served by Marchessault, (roughing), 6:17;
2-1 win over the Flyers their sixth consecutive Tobias Reider and
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Petrovic, FLA, Misconduct (misconduct), 6:17; on Saturday. victory. Anthony DeAngelo each
Minnesota
Chicago
66
67
43
42
17
20
6
5
92
89
221
200
159
169
23-9-1 20-8-5
22-9-4 20-11-1
15-6-3
16-8-1
Petrovic, FLA, Misconduct (misconduct), 6:17;
Palat, TB, (roughing), 6:35; Sceviour, FLA,
David Pastrnak had had a goal and assist
Nashville 68 33 24 11 77 200 192 19-8-7 14-16-4 13-10-1 (roughing), 6:35; Witkowski, TB, (cross check- a power-play goal, and LIGHTNING 3, PANTHERS 2: and the Arizona Coyotes
St. Louis 67 35 27 5 75 186 189 20-11-4 15-16-1 11-11-2 ing), 9:24; Sustr, TB, (high sticking), 10:28;
Winnipeg 69 30 33 6 66 204 219 16-18-1 14-15-5 16-8-1 Trocheck, FLA, (roughing), 19:06; Dotchin, TB, Tuukka Rask made 26 Ondrej Palat scored with survived a furious New
Dallas 67 27 30 10 64 188 216 18-12-6 9-18-4 8-14-4 (roughing), 19:06. saves for Boston, which 2:23 left to give the Tampa Jersey rally to hand the
Colorado 67 19 45 3 41 131 221 10-22-2 9-23-1 6-16-0 Third Period—5, Tampa Bay, Palat 14 (Sustr),
17:37. Penalties—Mackenzie, FLA, (tripping), improved to 10-3 under Bay Lightning a 3-2 victory Devils their 10th consecu-
Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div 5:51.
Shots on Goal—Florida 13-6-15—34. Tampa
interim coach Bruce over the Florida Panthers. tive loss.
San Jose 67 40 20 7 87 185 157 21-8-4 19-12-3 13-7-3
Calgary 68 38 26 4 80 187 182 19-14-0 19-12-4 10-9-3 Bay 12-10-12—34. Cassidy, who replaced Palat redirected Andrej
Anaheim
Edmonton
68
67
35 23 10 80 176 172
35 23 9 79 190 177
21-8-3 14-15-7
16-11-4 19-12-5
12-6-4
12-4-3
Power-play opportunities—Florida 0 of 3;
Tampa Bay 1 of 4.
fired Claude Julien on Sustr’s shot to complete Blues 4, Islanders 3:
Los Angeles 66 32 28 6 70 164 166 18-12-1 14-16-5 9-9-1 Goalies—Florida, Reimer 12-12-5 (34 shots-31 Feb.7. Tampa Bay’s comeback Vladimir Tarasenko scored
Vancouver 67 28 30 9 65 156 192 18-10-6 10-20-3 11-9-1 saves). Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 16-13-6
Arizona 67 24 35 8 56 164 217 15-15-4 9-20-4 9-12-5 (34-32). Jordan Weal had the from a two-goal deficit. twice to lead the St. Louis
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. A—19,092 (19,092). T—2:44. Flyers’ goal, and Steve Blues over the New York
Referees—Gord Dwyer, Kyle Rehman.
Linesmen—Greg Devorski, Pierre Racicot. Mason stopped 25 shots. FLAMES 3, JETS 0: Brian Islanders. Alexander Steen
Saturday’s Games WILD CARD
Boston 2, Philadelphia 1 Eastern Conference Elliott made 31 saves for and Patrik Berglund also
Nashville 3, San Jose 1 Maple Leafs 3, Hurricanes 2, ot
Toronto 3, Carolina 2, OT
TEAM PT GP ROW
Toronto 1 1 0 1 — 3 PREDATORS 3, SHARKS his second consecutive scored, and the Blues won
N.Y. Rangers 88 68 40
Calgary 3, Winnipeg 0 N.Y. Islanders 75 66 31
Carolina 1 1 0 0 — 2
1: Ryan Johansen and shutout and the Calgary their fourth straight game.
Buffalo 5, Columbus 3 First Period—1, Carolina, Rask 15 (Lindholm,
Toronto 74 66 29 Flames extended their Carter Hutton stopped 21
Ottawa 4, Colorado 2 Tampa Bay 71 66 27
Pesce), 8:59. 2, Toronto, Marner 17 (Bozak, James Neal scored goals
Van riemsdyk), 9:52. Penalties—Zaitsev, TOR,
Tampa Bay 3, Florida 2 Philadelphia 70 66 25
(cross checking), 19:01. to help Nashville snap a winning streak to nine of 24 shots.
St. Louis 4, N.Y. Islanders 3 Florida 69 66 25
Arizona 5, New Jersey 4 Second Period—3, Carolina, Teravainen 13
Western Conference
Pittsburgh at Vancouver, late (Faulk, Staal), 0:45 (pp). 4, Toronto, Van riems-
TEAM PT GP ROW
Washington at Los Angeles, late dyk 21, 7:37. Penalties—Ward, CAR, served by
Calgary 78 67 34

ARACE regarding his travel and was Meram.

Skinner, (interference), 4:23.
St. Louis 73 66 33
Today’s Games Third Period—None. Penalties—Marincin,
Minnesota at Chicago, 12:30 p.m.
Los Angeles
Winnipeg
70 66 30
66 68 28
TOR, (holding), 0:42; Nordstrom, CAR, (high his family. As the old adage goes,
Montreal at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Vancouver 65 67 24
sticking), 11:27.
Overtime—5, Toronto, Rielly 4 (Gardiner,
Continued from C1 The Iraq FA said club before country.
N.Y. Rangers at Detroit, 7 p.m. Dallas 64 67 27
Washington at Anaheim, 9:30 p.m. Tie-breakers: 1. Fewest games played (GP). 2.
Nylander), 2:13. Penalties—None. Meram has chosen to That being clear,
Shots on Goal—Toronto 9-6-10-1—26. Carolina
Dallas at San Jose, 10 p.m. Most wins in regulation or overtime (ROW);
12-14-11-1—38. are as immune to the skip a game March 23 Meram’s dedication to
this excludes shootout wins. The top three
Monday’s Games teams in each division make the playoffs,
Power-play opportunities—Toronto 0 of 2; slings and arrows of against Australia in the Iraqi national team
Carolina 1 of 2.
Columbus at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
then the next two teams in each conference
with the most points qualify as wild cards.
Goalies—Toronto, Andersen 27-14-13 (38 the real world as any Tehran — a game being is inspirational. Because
Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m. shots-36 saves). Carolina, Ward 22-20-9
(26-23).
other walk of life. played in Iran, and not Mosul is so war-torn, it
Winnipeg at Nashville, 8 p.m. TODAY’S LINE A—12,328 (18,680). T—2:31. Today, the congrega- in Iraq, for security rea- took years to assemble
Pittsburgh at Calgary, 9 p.m. Favorite Line Underdog Line
Colorado at Arizona, 10 p.m. N.Y. Rangers -118 at Detroit +108
Referees—Chris Lee, Chris Rooney.
Linesmen—Brian Murphy, Jonny Murray.
tion is right down the sons — due to “recent the paperwork and
St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. at Edmonton Off Montreal Off
Boston at Vancouver, 10 p.m. at Chicago -134 Minnesota +124
street — where Crew SC decisions by the Ameri- obtain dual citizenship.
Coyotes 5, Devils 4
Friday’s Games
at Anaheim Off Washington Off
New Jersey 0 2 2 — 4 midfielder Justin Meram can government with Since, Meram has trav-
at San Jose Off Dallas Off
Columbus 4, Buffalo 3 Arizona 3 1 1 — 5 is dribbling into the regards to its relation- eled thousands of miles
First Period—1, Arizona, Vrbata 16 (Murphy,
Minnesota 7, Florida 4
Detroit 4, Chicago 2
Calendar Domi), 1:27. 2, Arizona, Rieder 15 (Martinook), intersections. He cannot ship with the Islamic over hundreds of hours,
April 9 — End of regular season.
St. Louis 4, Anaheim 3 April 12 — Playoffs begin.
2:53. 3, Arizona, Chychrun 6 (Martinook,
Rieder), 18:25 (pp). Penalties—Jooris, ARI,
nutmeg international State.” commuting by air.
Pittsburgh 3, Edmonton 2, SO May 28-June 3 — Draft combine, Buffalo, N.Y.
(roughing), 7:45; Pietila, NJ, (roughing), 7:45; politics. The Iraq FA said it Those who have heard
Saturday’s summaries Senators 4, Avalanche 2
Domi, ARI, (interference), 13:24; Blandisi, NJ,
(holding), 15:24; Vrbata, ARI, (cross checking),
Meram is an American tried to change Meram’s him describe the scores
Predators 3, Sharks 1 Ottawa 0 3 1 — 4 16:24; Hall, NJ, (slashing), 16:40. citizen who is proud of mind. It told him his of thousands of Iraqis
Nashville 1 1 1 — 3 Colorado 1 0 1 — 2 Second Period—4, Arizona, Perlini 12
San Jose 1 0 0 — 1 First Period—1, Colorado, Nieto 5 (Goloubef, (Deangelo, Chychrun), 3:59 (pp). 5, New his Iraqi heritage. His “entrance to Tehran will who flock to soccer
First Period—1, San Jose, Martin 4 Comeau), 9:38. Penalties—Didomenico, OTT, Jersey, Palmieri 21 (Hall, Blandisi), 5:47 (pp). parents hail from Mosul, not affect his presence matches have a notion
(Thornton), 6:18. 2, Nashville, Johansen (tripping), 11:27; Stalberg, OTT, (high stick- 6, New Jersey, Bennett 4 (Severson), 12:09.
11 (Josi), 12:10. Penalties—Jarnkrok, NSH, ing), 15:40; Tyutin, COL, (holding), 18:16. Penalties—Greene, NJ, (holding), 2:11; Smith, and he has made it part in America (and) that of how his heartstrings
(interference), 7:32; Hansen, SJ, (slashing),
14:08.
Second Period—2, Ottawa, Claesson 2 ARI, served by Duclair, (delay of game), 4:36;
(Pageau, Pyatt), 10:41. 3, Ottawa, Burrows 13 Jooris, ARI, (roughing), 17:43; Noesen, NJ,
of his life’s calling to pay was not convincing even have been thrummed.
Second Period—3, Nashville, Neal 19 (Hoffman, Karlsson), 15:35 (pp). 4, Ottawa, (roughing), 17:43. homage as a member of with assertion from Put yourself in his
(Wilson), 10:08. Penalties—Dillon, SJ, Major
(fighting), 14:01; Watson, NSH, Major
Hoffman 21 (Kelly), 18:54. Penalties—
Bourque, COL, (tripping), 15:08.
Third Period—7, New Jersey, Palmieri 22
(Severson, Henrique), 0:17. 8, Arizona,
the Iraqi national team. the association’s legal boots. Meram’s parents
(fighting), 14:01; Bitetto, NSH, (interfer- Third Period—5, Ottawa, Dzingel 13 (Karlsson, Deangelo 4 (Chychrun, Mcginn), 13:31. 9, The calling has been expert.” are Chaldean Chris-
ence), 16:50. Burrows), 11:22. 6, Colorado, Andrighetto 3 New Jersey, Moore 7 (Zacha, Wood), 15:02.
Third Period—4, Nashville, Arvidsson 24 (Colborne, Soderberg), 19:48 (pp). Penalties— Penalties—None. put on hold as President Presumably, Meram tians who met in the
(Subban), 18:58 (sh). Penalties—Bitetto, Karlsson, OTT, (tripping), 7:34; Bourque, COL, Shots on Goal—New Jersey 11-11-8—30. Donald Trump’s travel has lawyers telling him Detroit area, where they
NSH, (interference), 2:38; Burns, SJ, (high (interference), 13:03; Beauchemin, COL, Arizona 8-14-9—31.
sticking), 8:42; Neal, NSH, (slashing), (boarding), 13:36; Smith, OTT, (hooking), Power-play opportunities—New Jersey 1 of 2; ban, placed on foreign otherwise. It is hard to have lived for decades.
17:30.
Shots on Goal—Nashville 7-13-5—25. San
14:30; Landeskog, COL, Major (fighting),
15:35; Dzingel, OTT, Major (fighting), 15:35;
Arizona 2 of 3.
Goalies—New Jersey, Kinkaid 6-9-2 (21
nationals from six Mus- tell at the moment as Meram was born and
Jose 11-8-7—26. Phaneuf, OTT, (slashing), 18:22. shots-20 saves), Schneider 19-22-10 (10-6). lim-majority countries, Meram could not be raised in Shelby Charter
Power-play opportunities—Nashville 0 of 2;
San Jose 0 of 4.
Shots on Goal—Ottawa 11-14-6—31. Colorado Arizona, Smith 17-20-7 (30-26).
10-4-2—16. A—11,223 (17,125). T—2:40.
is compelling Meram to reached for comment Township, Michigan,
Goalies—Nashville, Saros 8-6-3 (26 Power-play opportunities—Ottawa 1 of 4; Referees—Trevor Hanson, Dean Morton. pass on playing with the Saturday afternoon. which is 12 miles north
shots-25 saves). San Jose, Jones 31-17-6 Colorado 1 of 5. Linesmen—John Grandt, Kiel Murchison.
(24-22). Goalies—Ottawa, Anderson 21-8-1 (16 Iraqi national team. One can’t blame him for of 8 Mile Road. The
A—17,497 (17,562). T—2:24. shots-14 saves). Colorado, Pickard 12-22-2 Blues 4, Islanders 3 Clearly, he sees risk in keeping a low profile. Merams are as Ameri-
Referees—Eric Furlatt, Ian Walsh. (31-27). N.Y. Islanders 0 1 2 — 3
Linesmen—Scott Cherrey, Trent Knorr. A—15,317 (18,007). T—2:26. St. Louis 1 3 0 — 4 leaving the country. He and the Crew had a can as Eminem, Oscar
Referees—Jake Brenk, Mike Leggo. First Period—1, St. Louis, Tarasenko 31 (Steen, On Saturday, Meram game. Mayer or Corrado
Bruins 2, Flyers 1 Linesmen—Shandor Alphonso, Tim Nowak. Schwartz), 7:23 (pp). Penalties—Hickey,
Philadelphia 0 1 0 — 1 NYI, (tripping), 6:17; Jaskin, STL, major (high and the Crew played at As the old adage goes, Parducci.
Boston 1 0 1 — 2 Flames 3, Jets 0 sticking), 10:14. the Houston Dynamo. club before country. Yet, he is unsure
First Period—1, Boston, Pastrnak 28 Calgary 1 1 1 — 3 Second Period—2, St. Louis, Steen 13, 4:58. 3,
(Bergeron), 18:38 (pp). Penalties— Winnipeg 0 0 0 — 0 N.Y. Islanders, Nelson 16 (Mayfield, Ho-sang), Meanwhile, the Iraq Earlier in the week, how an executive order
Manning, PHI, Major (fighting), 2:02; First Period—1, Calgary, Backlund 21
Beleskey, BOS, Major (fighting), 2:02; (Hamilton, Frolik), 14:06 (pp). Penalties—
11:37. 4, St. Louis, Tarasenko 32 (Gunnarsson),
15:28. 5, St. Louis, Berglund 19 (Paajarvi,
Football Association it was announced that might affect him and/
Gudas, PHI, (tripping), 5:39; Carlo, BOS, Chiarot, WPG, (interference), 13:08. Perron), 18:06. Penalties—Perron, STL, issued a release that Meram signed a contract or his family if he plays
(hooking), 14:08; Marchand, BOS, (high Second Period—2, Calgary, Frolik 15 (hooking), 7:47.
sticking), 14:25; Konecny, PHI, (tripping), (Tkachuk, Hamilton), 12:09 (pp). Penalties— Third Period—6, N.Y. Islanders, Beauvillier 8 made Meram a news extension that, accord- a soccer game in Iran.
17:06. Stajan, CGY, (tripping), 7:22; Chiarot, WPG,
major (high sticking), 9:50; Ehlers, WPG,
(Clutterbuck, Hickey), 2:11. 7, N.Y. Islanders, item throughout the ing to reports, raised He is something of a
Second Period—2, Philadelphia, Weal 3 Leddy 11 (Tavares, Ladd), 18:31 (pp).
(Simmonds, Giroux), 1:27. Penalties—Weal, (high sticking), 13:35; Byfuglien, WPG, (high Penalties—Bouwmeester, STL, (slashing), Middle East, and his average annual political football, caught
PHI, (hooking), 16:49.
Third Period—3, Boston, Stafford 6
sticking), 15:55; Bennett, CGY, Major (fight-
ing), 18:38; Trouba, WPG, Major (fighting),
17:21.
Shots on Goal—N.Y. Islanders 10-8-6—24. St.
beyond. compensation from between Iraq and a hard
(K.Miller), 19:54. Penalties—None. 18:38; Bennett, CGY, served by Tkachuk, Louis 8-10-6—24. The Iraq FA said, in $175,000 to $525,000. I place. I feel for the guy,
(slashing), 18:38.
Shots on Goal—Philadelphia 14-9-4—27.
Boston 11-4-12—27. Third Period—3, Calgary, Chiasson 9
Power-play opportunities—N.Y. Islanders 1 of
4; St. Louis 1 of 1.
essence, that Meram has would wager that Crew and there is a tinge of
Power-play opportunities—Philadelphia 0 (Monahan, Hamilton), 3:24. Penalties—Elliott, Goalies—N.Y. Islanders, Greiss 23-14-4 (18 chosen not to participate fans were thrilled with shame in the feeling.
of 2; Boston 1 of 3. CGY, served by Bouma, (roughing), 6:42; shots-14 saves), Berube 3-2-2 (6-6). St. Louis,
Goalies—Philadelphia, Mason 19-18-7 (27 Morrissey, WPG, (unsportsmanlike conduct), Hutton 10-8-2 (24-21). in two upcoming World this transaction because
shots-25 saves). Boston, Rask 32-16-4 6:42; Stajan, CGY, (slashing), 12:42.
Shots on Goal—Calgary 10-12-7—29.
A—19,505 (19,150). T—2:26. Cup qualifiers because if anyone on the team marace@dispatch.com
(27-26). Referees—Dan O’Rourke, Tim Peel.
A—17,565 (17,565). T—2:42. Winnipeg 7-15-9—31. Linesmen—Steve Barton, Mark Wheler. of safety concerns deserved such a bump, it @MichaelArace1