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Brampton Battalion forward Jamie Lewis knows why his team has been so dominant as of late. Brad Nortman Game Jersey . "We are getting some solid goaltending and defence," said Lewis. "We are also getting some timely goals." Lewis and Sam Carrick each scored a pair of goals to lead the Battalion to a 5-2 win over the Kingston Frontenacs on Sunday afternoon in Ontario Hockey League action. Philip Lane scored the other Battalion (18-10-4) goal while Marcus McIvor chipped in with two assists. Cody Alcock and Kyler Nixon scored for the Frontenacs (8-20-4). Matej Machovsky made 17 saves for the win as Igor Bobkov stopped 36 shots in defeat. Brampton capitalized on one of their seven opportunities with the man advantage while Kingston went 0-for-7 on the power play. The Battalion have now won four games in a row and sit three points ahead of the Barrie Colts and Niagara IceDogs for first in the OHL Central Division. Elsewhere in the OHL, it was: Brampton 5, Kingston 2; London 2, Guelph 1 (OT); Kitchener 6, Mississauga 1; Sarnia 4, Peterborough 2; Saginaw 7, Erie 1; and Sault Ste. Marie 5, Oshawa 3. At Brampton, Ont., Alcock scored just 1:18 into the game to give Kingston a 1-0 lead, but Lewis scored at 3:02 to tie it at one. Lane then scored short handed to give the Battalion a 2-1 lead through 20 minutes of play. Nixon tied it for the Frontenacs at 2:36 of the second period but Lewis scored his second goal of the game 34 seconds later to regain Bramptons lead. Carrick then scored at 12:24 to give the Battalion a two-goal advantage heading into the third period. Carrick then added one more at 10:19, on the power play, to give Brampton a 5-2 victory. --- Knights 2 Storm 1 (OT) At Guelph, Ont., Max Domi scored in overtime and Michael Houser turned aside 32 shots to lead London (24-6-1) over the Storm (13-13-5). --- Rangers 6 Majors 1 At Mississauga, Ont., Zach Lorentz scored two goals and John Gibson made 35 saves as Kitchener (21-9-1) downed the Majors (14-13-4). --- Sting 4 Petes 2 At Sarnia, Ont., Nail Yakupov returned to the lineup after missing seven games with an injury and had a goal and an assist to help the Sting (18-9-5) defeat Peterborough (14-13-5). --- Spirit 7 Otters 1 At Saginaw, Mich., Josh Shalla had his second straight two-goal game and also added an assist as the Spirit (13-17-2) crushed Erie (4-25-2). --- Greyhounds 5 Generals 3 At Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Carson Dubchak scored a hat trick to lift the Greyhounds (16-14-4) past Oshawa (13-16-4). Greg Olsen Elite Jersey . Sean Monahan scored two goals, including the overtime winner, as the Flames snapped a two-game losing skid with a 2-1 victory over the Oilers in a game between two of the NHLs current lesser lights. Kelvin Benjamin Grey Jersey . The 11-year NBA veteran scored 18 of his 28 points in the third quarter and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Phoenix Suns 104-96 Tuesday to match their season best of five victories in a row. LOS ANGELES -- Jonathan Quick and the Los Angeles Kings have returned from the Olympic break with a revitalized game and a sharpened playoff focus. The Carolina Hurricanes have neither, and they realize theyre running out of time to get it. Alec Martinez scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play with 11:45 to play, Quick made 24 saves, and the Kings beat the Hurricanes 3-1 Saturday for their third victory in four days since the break. Mike Richards scored his second goal since late November and Justin Williams added an empty-net goal for Los Angeles, which has roared out of the break with three wins in three cities in about 70 hours. The low-scoring Kings put up eight goals at Colorado and Calgary before holding off Carolina in their return to Staples Center. After five scoreless power plays in the first two periods, the Kings finally converted on their sixth. Captain Dustin Brown got the puck behind the Carolina net and fed it to Martinez, who blasted a shot from the slot for his first goal since Jan. 9. "Its no secret we werent happy with our game before the break started," Martinez said. "We worked on a lot of things, and we knew that when we came back, this would be crunch-time, playoff hockey." After two straight trips to the Western Conference finals and a Stanley Cup championship in 2012, the Kings know a few things about post-season grit -- and they know theyll need it just to reach the playoffs this time. Los Angeles had a 1-8-1 stretch shortly before the Olympic break, falling back to the pack in the conference playoff race. The Kings are thoroughly revived after their time off and an eventful Olympics, which included gold medals for Drew Doughty and Jeff Carter along with two surprising victories for Slovenia and Anze Kopitar. The rest of the Kings got several days off and several more days of practice, and both appear to be paying off. "Weve got to bring our best every night right now," Quick said. The Kings have won four straight overall, and Quick appears to be in top form after starting for the U.S. Olympic team in Sochi. He followed up his shutout of the Flames on Thursday with annother strong performance against the Canes, including a handful of spectacular saves over the final two periods. DeAngelo Williams Grey Jersey. Andrej Sekera scored and Anton Khudobin stopped 28 shots for the Hurricanes, who have lost three straight on their five-game road trip out of the break. Carolina has lost four straight overall, and the Hurricanes must visit NHL-leading Anaheim and powerful San Jose over the next three days. "We didnt have a lot of good scoring chances, but the ones we did, we didnt capitalize on them," Carolina coach Kirk Muller said. "Weve played nine periods now (since the break), and I think were happy with seven of the nine, but we havent gotten any points. Were playing hard and playing well defensively, but were not generating the offence we need to get ahead in these games." Carolina played without forward Alexander Semin, who was scratched with a lower-body injury. The Russian Olympian was hurt Thursday at Dallas, but might return Sunday in Anaheim. "Hes one of our best players, so it hurts having him out," Carolina centre Riley Nash said. "But guys have to fill (the void)." Los Angeles had a fruitless 4-on-3 advantage for 1:09 during the first period, but went ahead in the final minute on a sharp-angled shot by Richards, the veteran centre whose scoring touch has deserted him this season. The goal was his first in 13 games since Jan. 18 and just his second in 37 games since Nov. 25. The Hurricanes tied it up just 41 seconds later on a goal by Sekera. The Slovak Olympians floating shot banked off Kings defenceman Robyn Regehr and beat Quick with 15 seconds left in the first. "We played well and didnt give them a whole lot," Nash said. "It just seems like were finding ways not to win games and not to get points." NOTES: Carolina visited Staples Center for the first time since Oct. 21, 2010. ... Carolina D Jay Harrison was a healthy scratch. He had played in 13 straight games. ... Los Angeles scratched C Jordan Nolan and dressed young F Tanner Pearson for his 10th career NHL game. ... Wayne Gretzky watched from a seat on the glass. cheap jerseys ' ' ' |
