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Oilers run out of comebacks in wild offence-first loss to Devils

These 6-5 games are fun, even if your team doesn’t win them. Hey — you can always say, “Scoring five goals on the road is pretty good. That was fun.” But allowing six to the New Jersey Devils to lose 6-5 in overtime? Does an Oilers fan gnash their teeth or shrug their shoulders? “I thought we played a lot better than we did in St. Louis,” reasoned Kailer Yamamoto, of Wednesday’s 4-2 loss to the Blues. “But that’s a really good (Devils) team over there. They know how to score goals too.” They do indeed, as the Oilers fought back from one-goal deficits to tie the game four separate times, then took a 5-4 lead into the final moments. In a game like this one, however, you just knew it wouldn’t last, and Dougie Hamilton’s long wrister somehow made it through the bodies to be deflected home by Yegor Sharangovich with just 32 seconds to play. Of course this one was headed to overtime, tied 5-5. “They win a draw there, get the puck and shoot it,” deadpanned Connor McDavid , who lost t...

Hits and misses: A four-way fight for fourth?

Tired City find a way to keep on winning Liverpool have lost one and drawn one of their last two Premier League games. Chelsea have drawn three of their last four in the competition. The demands of the festive fixture schedule – perhaps as tough as they have ever been in modern times, given the illnesses and injuries affecting squads – have taken their toll on Man City’s title rivals. When the standards are so high, those small slip-ups can be costly. Against Arsenal on Saturday, it looked like City may be going the same way. Afterwards, Pep Guardiola described his group of players as “incredibly tired, mentally and physically”. He pointed to the four academy youngsters on the bench. But City, somehow, found a way to win. That was far from certain at various points through the contest, with an impressive Arsenal side – described as the better team by Guardiola – seeing the ball cleared off the line and Gabriel Martinelli hit a post after Bukayo Saka had swept in their opener. Th...

Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin becomes NHL’s all-time power-play goals leader

| December 31, 2021, 10:21 PM December 31, 2021, 10:21 PM Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is the NHL’s new all-time leader in power-play goals. The Record Breaker. pic.twitter.com/gZvlWZM284 — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 1, 2022 Ovechkin, who scored the eventual winner for the Capitals against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday, buried his 278th power-play goal of his career to surpass Dave Andreychuk. “It’s a great moment for me, for the team, for the fans, for the game as well. Now it’s over and we’ll move on,” said Ovechkin after the game. “It’s a great moment for me, for the team, for the fans, for the game as well. Now it’s over and we’ll move on.” Alex Ovechkin after passing Dave Andreychuk for the most power play goals in NHL history tonight. #CapsWings pic.twitter.com/TsYPnzYVO0 — Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 1, 2022 That was also Ovechkin’s 23rd goal of the season and the 753rd of his career, moving him to within 141 of Wayne Gretz...

British South Asians in football: How 2021 was a gamechanger

It’s been a rollercoaster 12 months across football, but 2021 will also go down as the biggest year for British South Asians in the history of the English game. Three Premier League youngsters signed their first professional deals, taking the number of British South Asian footballers in England’s top flight up to five, with 16 players from the community contracted across the divisions last season. Zidane Iqbal and Dilan Markanday hit the headlines after making their first-team debuts in Europe – for Manchester United and Tottenham, respectively, while history was also made in the Sky Bet Championship, in the FA Cup and at Wembley. The first South Asian heritage England international was revealed in a year that also saw the growth of the British South Asian supporters’ movement. Sky Sports News had it covered from all angles – we look back at an unforgettable year in 2021 for British South Asians in football… Raikhy gets the party started Please use Chrome browser for a mor...