Brodeur ties Roy; Caps win in shootout
nhl
Martin Brodeur tied Patrick Roy's NHL career record of 551 wins when the New Jersey goalie led the Devils to a 3-1 win over the host Montreal Canadiens last night. Brodeur was as steady as ever in making 22 saves back home in Montreal against Roy's former team, with the Hockey Hall of Famer looking on from a suite. He will get his first chance at setting the record Tuesday night at home against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Capitals 5, Hurricanes 4, SO:: Alex Ovechkin moved within one goal of becoming the first Capitals player with three seasons of 50 and scored the winner in the shootout, helping his team end a four-game losing streak in Washington with a victory over Carolina. Mike Green scored his 24th goal and assisted on Ovechkin's goal, and Alexander Semin has his 29th goal and three assists.
Blast's win streak ends at six games
soccer
The Blast's six-game winning streak ended with an 11-6 loss to the host Philadelphia KiXX. Defender Billy Nelson scored at the 11:33 mark of the first quarter to give the Blast (13-3) a 2-0 lead. But midway through the second quarter, Angel Rivillo tied the score at 2 with the first of five unanswered KiXX goals that gave Philadelphia (9-8) an 11-2 lead. Carlos Garcia and Giuliano Celenza scored late to cut the KiXX lead to 11-6. The Blast hosts the Massachusetts Twisters in its last home game of the season Saturday at 7:35 p.m.
U.S. routed, faces elimination at WBC
baseball
Jake Peavy lasted only two innings, and Team USA could soon be gone, too. With an embarrassing 11-1 loss to Puerto Rico in Miami that was stopped in the seventh because of the mercy rule, the Americans are again on the ropes in Round 2 of the World Baseball Classic. Carlos Beltran and Felipe Lopez homered, and Puerto Rico rocked Peavy for six runs to send the U.S. team into the losers' bracket. Roy Oswalt will start for the Americans tonight when they face the Netherlands in an elimination game.
More World Baseball Classic:: The Orioles' Melvin Mora drove in a run on a first-inning groundout, and Miguel Cabrera and Jose Lopez each added a solo home run to power Venezuela to a 3-1 win over the Netherlands in the second round.
