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Подготовили Ольга ЕРМОЛИНА; Илья ТРИСВЯТСКИЙ
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Hockey. NHL. Regular season. Montreal - Philadelphia - 1:2, Islanders - Ottawa - 3:2, New Jersey - Washington - 6:5 (bulls) - Ovechkin "B" (2+1), Vic. Kozlov "B" (1+1) , "Minnesota" - "Columbus" - 3:2 (bullet), "Colorado" - "Edmonton" - 2:3 (bullet), "Vancouver" - - "Toronto" - 4:2, "Rangers" - "Boston" - 3:2 (bullet), "Pittsburgh" - "Buffalo" - 5:2 - Malkin (1+3) , “Phoenix” – “Dallas” – 2:3, “Los Angeles” – “Nashville” – 1:3.
The most valuable player in the National Hockey League last season, Washington forward Alexander Ovechkin, after a goalless streak of nine matches, scored goals for the fourth game in a row, and in these games he also invariably assisted his partners in scoring goals. The Russian made his second double in the current championship and over the last four games he scored 10 (5+5) points using the goal plus pass system. Washington played two games in a row with New Jersey. Capitals forward Alexander Semin was injured in the home match; he did not take part in the replay, and the capitals interrupted their streak of five wins in a row. The timing of Semin’s return to the squad has not yet been announced.
Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin has not left the ice without a goal or assist for 13 games in a row. The Penguins secured the lead against Buffalo in the final period by turning the red light on four times.
Boston snatched victory in overtime
Basketball. NBA. Regular season. Clippers -- Golden State -- 103:121, Philadelphia -- Oklahoma -- 110:85, Minnesota -- Portland -- 83:88, Milwaukee -- Boston " -- 97:102 (OT), "Atlanta" -- "New Jersey" -- 107:119, "Cleveland" -- "Utah" -- 105:93, "Houston" -- "New Orleans" -- 91:82, "Chicago" -- "Indiana" -- 104:91.
The leader of the Eastern Conference, Boston, played a controversial match with Milwaukee. Entering the fourth period, the Celts led by a dozen points, but lost the 12-minute period 22:34. But in extra time, the guests allowed the Bucks to score only four points. The winners' top scorer was Paul Pierce - 28 points, and he made 14 of 15 free throws and all four shots from long range.
Utah couldn't do anything about Cleveland's top scorer LeBron James, who had 38 points. The Jazzmen's highest paid player, Andrei Kirilenko, who usually comes off the bench this season, is now injured (with a sprained finger) and has not appeared on the court. After Friday's defeat of the Lakers in the game with Detroit (95:106), there is not a single team left in the league that has never experienced the bitterness of failure.
CSKA passed the test by Vladivostok
Basketball. Super League. Men. "Ural Great" - "Spartak" St. Petersburg - 70:71, "Spartak-Primorye" - CSKA - 73:77, "CSK VVS-Samara" - UNICS - 69:63, "Lokomotiv-Rostov" "- "Dynamo" M - 66:75, "Triumph" - "Khimki" - 65:72. The leaders are: Khimki - 6 wins - 0 losses, CSKA - 4--0, Dynamo M - 4--1.
Traditionally, it was difficult for the reigning champion CSKA in Vladivostok. At the beginning of the second half of the match, Spartak-Primorye led 43:37, and the final period began with the score 60:55 in favor of the guests. Five seconds before the siren, Maurice Bailey scored with a foul and reduced the hosts' gap to 73:75. He also had to commit a tactical foul on Ramunas Siskauskas, and the Lithuanian missed two free throws. To the disappointment of three thousand fans, the selection was won by army player Andrei Vorontsevich.
Among the surprises was the victory of the Samara “pilots” over UNICS. Marky Perry brought the hosts 27 points, making all ten free throws.
A new cycling track has opened in St. Petersburg
On Saturday, a new modern indoor cycling track was opened on Krestovsky Island in St. Petersburg. According to the famous cycling coach Alexander Kuznetsov, the author of the idea of creating the track and the person who managed to implement this project, the St. Petersburg facility has no analogues in the world. By the way, its construction took eight years. At the same time, not a single penny of budget money was spent.
The uniqueness of the track in the city on the Neva lies in the fact that in addition to the track 8.5 m wide and the classic length of 250 m, a track for training on road bicycles was built behind the upper fence. More than 80 athletes can train on the track and on such a track at the same time.
According to Alexander Kuznetsov, he actually created this project himself, taking all the best that is available in the world. The first international starts at the St. Petersburg cycling track will take place no earlier than in two years. During this period, the coaches expect to carry out serious work with young personnel, as well as an experimental group of athletes who will purposefully prepare for the Olympic Games in London and subsequent ones. By the way, official documents on the creation of such a group were signed on Saturday by the Minister of Sports Vitaly Mutko.
Mukhortova and Trankov won silver in Paris
The fourth stage of the Figure Skating Grand Prix series has ended in the French capital. The Russian team has only a silver medal, won in pair skating by Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov. Oleg Vasiliev's students let world champions Alena Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy from Germany go ahead. Ingo Steuer's team scored the most points in the short and free programs, while Mukhortova-Trankov were second after the short and third after the free, and in the end lost to the winners by almost 18 points. Thus, after two qualifying stages of the series, the German couple has two victories, which ensured their place among the participants in the Grand Prix final, which will take place in December in South Korea.
In the men's tournament, the second highest award was won by Canadian Patrick Cheng, who had previously won at the home stage of Skate Canada. Russian Andrey Lutai finished the tournament in 11th, penultimate place.
World champions Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder became the first in ice dancing. This is the second victory for the French in the current series. Russians were not represented in women's competitions. Canadian Jeannie Rocher climbed to the first step. By the way, this is also the second “gold” earned by the figure skater at the stages of this season.