NEW YORK -- Despite playing less than 24 hours before, Craig Anderson wanted to be in net when the Ottawa Senators took on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
Brewers Jerseys 2019 .The goalie got his wish and made 33 saves in a 2-0 shutout victory Sunday night. Anderson is 7-1-1 in nine regular-season starts at Madison Square Garden.Its New York man, Anderson said. Its one of those buildings theres a lot of history. Great team over there and its one of those things you just get up for. The historic buildings who knows how long theyll be around for. Youre fortunate enough to be a part of it and thats kind of the way I address that mentally.Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Mark Stone scored in the second period.Ottawa improved to 6-3 in the road. It also improved to 3-0 in the second night of back-to-back sets.To have to play here back to back on the road and get a team thats been firing from all cylinders, Senators coach Guy Boucher said. One of the best offensive teams in the league and to get a shutout you cant ask for better.Pageau scored 1:54 into the second. Zach Smith worked the puck behind the Rangers net to Tom Pyatt, who drew in two defenders and fed Pageau in front of the net for his third goal of the season.It was a really nice play by (Smith) and Pyatt nice pass, Pageau said. I was just trying to put it on net and that was in our game plan. Go in the blue paint and try to put pucks on net. So thats what I tried to do.The Senators scored again on a power play. Stone fired a wrist shot from inside the faceoff circle for his sixth goal of the season.Rangers goalie Antti Raanta made 18 saves in his first loss of the season. He was making his first start since Nov. 21 against Pittsburgh.The Rangers were 8-0-1 at home through their first nine games before going 0-3-1 in their last four games at Madison Square Garden.New Yorks power play struggled against the Senators, going 0 for 4. The Senators were 1 for 3.We had a couple power plays with some open nets and when a team is playing that good defensively, Derek Stepan said. They didnt make a single mistake -- you have to execute perfectly all the way to your dumps. We just were a little off and they defended extremely well and thats the story tonight.Ottawa forward Derick Brassard played against the Rangers for the first time since he was traded over the summer. New York sent Brassard to Ottawa on July 18 for Mika Zibanejad and a draft pick.Im really thankful for the fans here and for appreciating my work here the last four years, Brassard said.Game notes Adam Clendening and Oscar Lindberg were healthy scratches for the Rangers. ... Mika Zibanejad missed his fourth game with a broken left fibula. ... Fredrik Claesson and Max McCormick were scratched for the Senators.UP NEXT:Rangers: Host Carolina on Tuesday night.Senators: Host Buffalo on Tuesday night.
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Milwaukee Brewers Gear. Kutcher was the U.S. ski teams first specialist evaluating and treating concussions during the 2014 Winter Olympics. He is the NBA concussion program director, advises the NFL and NHL Players Associations and helped to create the NCAAs concussion-related policies.Kutcher founded the University of Michigans NeuroSport program, which he says limited the number of athletes he could evaluate.NEW YORK -- U.S. swimmer James Feigen apologized for the serious distraction he and three teammates caused at a gas station during the Rio Olympics, saying he omitted facts in his statement to police.Feigen says in a statement on the website of his lawyer in Austin, Texas, that I omitted the facts that we urinated behind the building and that Ryan Lochte pulled a poster off the wall.He maintains the group didnt force their way into a bathroom and a gun was pointed at them.Feigen says he paid the driver the cab fare and as I walked away, the man with the gun pointed it at me and my teammate and ordered us, in Portuguese, to sit.Feigen was pulled off an airplane last week by police for more questioning. He says he paid a fine of $10,800 for return of his passport.COLLEGE FOOTBALLSOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says his first reaction to six players being arrested over the weekend was disappointment.Kelly says he reacted like any father would, saying after feeling disappointment he then felt embarrassment. He says then he was mad as hell.Five players were charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession after being stopped for allegedly speeding in Fulton County, about 40 miles south of South Bend. Three face an additional misdemeanor charge of possession of an unlicensed handgunIn a separate incident, cornerback Devin Butler was accused of tackling a police officer and punching him during an altercation outside a bar near campus. Butler had been suspended indefinitely from the team. Kelly kicked starting safety Max Refield off the team.Kelly said the other four players are practicing with the team and will be available to play in the opener against Texas unless the university takes action.HOCKEYGLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Coyotes have hired Dawn Braid as skating coach and say she is believed to be the first full-time female coach in NHL history.Braid has a long association with the NHL.She worked part-time for the Coyotes last year and has served as a skating consultant with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo Sabres and Calgary Flames.Braid also spent seven years with the Athletes Training Center as director of skating development. Among the skaters she worked with while there is New York Islanders center John Tavares. ' ' '