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Washington State hosts Georgetown after Peavy’s 26-point game
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Nebraska visits Arizona State after Gary’s 24-point performance
Arizona State gives up 76.5 points to opponents and has been outscored by 2.6 points per game. Nebraska is fifth in the Big Ten with 24.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Berke Buyuktuncel averaging 4.3. Arizona State is shooting 43.8% from the field this season, 0.8 percentage points higher than the 43.0% Nebraska allows to opponents.
Butler hosts Dawes and Utah
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USC Trojans take on the UConn Huskies in Elite 8
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Illinois State plays Louisiana Tech in NIT matchup
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Belmont takes on Villanova after Jones’ 26-point performance
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Boone Jenner(5) and Kirill Marchenko(28) provided the only offense for Columbus, and Daniil Tarasov suffered a 3-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
The Jackets fell short against Ottawa on Saturday night, and their playoff hopes suffered for it.
With the loss to the Senators, the CBJ fell out of the wild card two spot, getting supplanted by the Montréal Canadiens the second the clock hit zeros. But then, later in the night, the New York Rangers beat the San Jose Sharks and would jump both Columbus and Montréal, knocking the Blue Jackets down another spot in the standings. All in all, it was a tough night for Columbus.
Dean Evason said after the game, "That was a great game. Both teams played hard, played fast. Certainly the start was fantastic, the pace of the game. Everybody was playing their butts off. We had lots of chances, certainly in the third period and at the end to tie it. It was just a great hockey game that we fell a little bit short."
Zach Werenski added, "I thought we played hard. I thought it was a pretty even game for the most part. We'd probably like to have back some minutes in the second there where I thought we didn't get to our game, but it's a good team. I liked our effort."
The Jackets are now 33-30-9 with 75 points.
Final Stats
Player Stats
- Boone Jenner scored his 5th goal of the season.
- Kirill Marchenko scored his 28th goal of the season.
- Zach Werenski had a pair of assists, his 51st and 52nd of the year. He also led the team with 5 shots.
- Denton Mateychuk recorded his 6th assist of the season.
- Daniil Tarasov stopped 24 of 27 Ottawa shots.
Team Stats
- The Jackets power play went 0/1 on the night.
- The Columbus PK stopped both of Ottawa's power plays.
- Columbus won 38.5% of the faceoffs.
Up Next: The Jackets welcome the Nashville Predators into Nationwide Arena on Tuesday.
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Rangers end West Coast road trip with 6-1 sinking of Sharks
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Artemi Panarin and Adam Fox each scored two goals, Jonathan Quick had 21 saves, and the New York Rangers beat the San Jose Sharks 6-1 on Saturday.
Jonny Brodzinski and Vincent Trocheck also scored for New York.
Cam Lund scored a power play goal for San Jose for his first career point, and Sharks goalie Alexandar Georgiev had 27 saves.
Panarin, who scored his team-leading 32nd and 33rd goals, got New York started scoring twice in less than two minutes in a first period in which the Rangers out-shot San Jose 14-5. His first goal broke a scoreless tie at 12:04 of the first and then next at 13:58 made it 2-0.
Takeaways
Rangers: New York solidified its position in the wild card playoff race. The Rangers had lost eight of their previous 11 games (3-6-2) going into Saturday.
Sharks: Were seeking what would have been their first three-game winning streak since early December.
Key moment
Fox’s goal at 4:48 of the second period made it a 3-0 game and gave New York some breathing room a day after the Rangers blew a two-goal lead in the third period of Friday’s 5-4 overtime loss to Anaheim.
Key stat
The Rangers won 67.9 percent of the faceoffs in Saturday’s game. New York ranked third in the NHL in faceoff win percentage (53 percent) going into Saturday, and San Jose ranked No. 25 (48.2 percent)
Up next
The Rangers play host to Minnesota on Wednesday, and the Sharks play the Kings in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Panthers wrap up homestand against Montreal squad clinging to last Wild Card spot
It’s been a fun week at home for the Florida Panthers.
After picking up a pair of wins over Pittsburgh and Utah while enjoying some down time in-between, the Panthers will look to complete their second straight perfect homestand when they host the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday afternoon in Sunrise.
It’s the start of a home-and-home between the two Atlantic Division rivals, one that concludes on Tuesday at Bell Centre in Montreal.
One thing that is quite certain is that the Panthers should get a hell of a fight from the playoff hopeful Habs.
Entering play Sunday, Montreal holds the final Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference despite being in a three-way tie with the Columbus Blue Jackets and the New York Rangers points-wise.
The Canadiens have lost five straight though (0-3-2) and, at least until now, have squandered a chance solidify their standing in the playoff race.
Instead, the Canadiens will have to fight for points against the defending Stanley Cup champs over the next few days.
Florida arrives on Sunday one point behind the Toronto Maple Leafs for the top spot in the Atlantic Division and with a game in hand.
Much of the attention in Pantherland this week was on Brad Marchand.
Acquired at the NHL Trade Deadline while recovering from an upper-body injury, Marchand made his Panthers debut on Friday against Utah.
Marchand played well and picked up the primary assist on Sam Bennett’s overtime winner.
Here are the Panthers projected lines and pairings for Sunday’s showdown with the Pens:
Carter Verhaeghe – Sasha Barkov – Sam Reinhart
Mackie Samoskevich – Sam Bennett – Brad Marchand
Eetu Luostarinen – Anton Lundell – Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer – Nico Sturm – Evan Rodrigues
Gus Forsling – Seth Jones
Niko Mikkola – Tobias Bjornfot
Nate Schmidt – Uvis Balinskis
Scratches: Tomas Nosek, Jonah Gadjovich, Dmitry Kulikov
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