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J.T. Miller added a power-play goal in the third period as Tampa Bay regained first place in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference with 108 points. Dan Girardi also scored against his former team, Alex Killorn had a goal and an assist, and backup goalie Louis Domingue made 28 saves.

The Lightning fell from the top spot for the first time since mid-October when they lost to the Bruins on Thursday night.

New York rookie Filip Chytil got his first NHL goal. Chris Kreider and Brady Skjei also scored for the Rangers, and Ondrej Pavelec made 43 saves.

AVALANCHE 5, BLACKHAWKS 0

DENVER (AP) – Sven Andrighetto scored twice for Colorado, and Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots before leaving in the third period with an apparent injury.

Tyson Barrie, Mikko Rantanen and Tyson Jost also scored for an Avalanche team that remains in contention a season after finishing with a league-worst 48 points.

Varlamov was cruising along until a Chicago player ran into his left pad with 6:25 remaining. Jonathan Bernier came in and finished the Avalanche’s 27th home win, which is tied for second-most in franchise history.

Colorado coach Jared Bednar had no update on Varlamov’s status after the victory.

Collin Delia stopped 31 shots for Chicago.

DUCKS 3, KINGS 2, OT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Rickard Rakell scored 4:41 into overtime, lifting Anaheim to the win.

Nick Ritchie also scored and John Gibson stopped 28 shots for the Ducks, who are 6-1-1 in their last eight games. Ondrej Kase had two assists.

Drew Doughty scored and Jonathan Quick made 31 saves for the Kings, who went 2-0-3 in the season series against their Freeway Faceoff rivals.

Los Angeles is one point ahead of Anaheim for third place in the Pacific Division. The Ducks have four games remaining while the Kings have three.

Rakell’s 32nd goal came on a shot from the right circle over Quick’s shoulder.

MAPLE LEAFS 5, ISLANDERS 4

NEW YORK (AP) – Auston Matthews scored with 3:58 left, lifting playoff-bound Toronto to the road win.

Mitch Marner and Nazem Kadri each had a goal and an assist [url=http://www.packerscheapstore.com/jake-ryan-jersey-cheap]Jake Ryan Jersey[/url] , and Nikita Zaitsev and James van Riemsdyk also scored for Toronto. Frederik Andersen stopped 29 shots to help the Maple Leafs win for the eighth time in 10 games and extend a franchise record with their 47th win.

Toronto, which clinched a postseason berth when Florida lost in overtime at Ottawa on Thursday night, is all but locked into third place in the Atlantic Division.

Anthony Beauvillier had a goal and an assist, and Johnny Boychuk, Brock Nelson and John Tavares also scored for the Islanders, who lost for the 15th time in 18 games (3-11-4). Christopher Gibson finished with 27 saves.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, BLUES 3

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Jonathan Marchessault’s goal 22 seconds into overtime lifted Vegas to the victory.

The expansion Golden Knights (49-22-7) can win the Pacific Division with a point in Saturday’s game against San Jose.

Marchessault had two goals, and William Karlsson and James Neal also scored for Vegas. Malcolm Subban stopped 21 shots.

Patrik Berglund, Brayden Schenn and Chris Thorburn scored for the Blues. Jake Allen made 22 saves.

HURRICANES 4, CAPITALS 1

WASHINGTON (AP) – Justin Faulk scored midway through the second period, and Carolina beat Washington to stay in the playoff race.

The Hurricanes, who haven’t made the playoffs for the last eight years, have won four of five. Carolina, which has four games remaining, remains a long shot to qualify for the postseason.

Metropolitan Division-leading Washington had won five in a row. Michal Kempny scored his first goal with the Capitals after he was acquired in a February trade with Chicago.

Carolina goaltender Scott Darling stopped 20 shots, and Braden Holtby had 26 saves for Washington.

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So, Miller saved his wrecking ball for Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.

Miller collected four quarterback hits, three sacks, three tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery in leading the Broncos to a 27-24 win in Case Keenum’s Denver debut .

Miller was in the Seahawks’ backfield seemingly as much as Seattle running back Chris Carson, who was pick-pocketed in the second half as Miller simply snatched the ball out of his hands in one of the best plays of opening weekend.

“Technically, that’s not a good move,” Miller said with a chuckle, noting he should have set the edge instead of tossing aside fullback Tre Madden.

“You want to be stout, shock and scare. But I ‘ole’ed’ outside, so I knew I needed to get back down to be able to make the tackle. I just saw the ball and I just grabbed it.”

Miller said in the lead-up to the opener that he hates playing Wilson, whom he considers the best QB in the game. Yes, ahead of Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees, the only three who were ranked higher in The Associated Press quarterback rankings that came out Friday.

“I still don’t like playing against Russell [url=http://www.billsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-trent-murphy-jersey]http://www.billsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-trent-murphy-jersey[/url] ,” Miller said. “Running around out there, 20 yards, getting everybody tired. Luckily, we were able to get him before he could get started. That was in our scheme this week, we wanted to keep him in the pocket and (make) him beat us with his arm, which he’s capable of doing.

“But we’d rather pick that poison and that strategy worked.”

Wilson threw for 298 yards and three TDs, but was picked off twice and sacked six times and ran just twice for 5 yards.

“He got out of the pocket a couple of times, but that’s Russ,” Miller said. “He’s a great player. He’s going to get out of the pocket, but we kept some of the great plays to a minimum.”

Miller didn’t get to face Wilson in Super Bowl 48 because he’d blown out a knee toward the end of the 2013 season, the only one in his first seven years in the NFL when he didn’t reach double digits in sacks.

Miller was back in the Super Bowl two years later and won the game’s MVP honors after harassing Cam Newton, whom he strip sacked twice, leading to 15 points in Denver’s 24-10 win over the Panthers.

The Broncos haven’t been back to the playoffs since, going 14-18 over the past two years.

Although Miller collected 23½ sacks in that time, too many deficiencies on the roster and deficits on the scoreboard kept him from being the difference maker he was Sunday.

That doesn’t mean he saw his performance as anything more than a good start.

“You know me, I never move faster than I have to. I never move slower than I need to [url=http://www.miamidolphinsteamonline.com/jason-sanders-jersey]Authentic Jason Sanders Jersey[/url] ,” Miller said. “I just stay in the moment. We’ve got a great team. We got a great win today. We played great defense. This is how you want to start a season.”

His three sacks moved him into 50th on the NFL’s all-time sack list with 86½.

“It’s great, to be 29 and in the top 50, the league has been around for close to 100 years now,” Miller said. “It’s great, man. It’s a true blessing.”

At one point Sunday, the giant scoreboard showed Miller inhaling oxygen on the sideline after one of his big plays and the crowd roared.

“I wasn’t even paying attention and I look up and Case is telling everybody to be quiet,” Miller recounted. “I kind of felt bad for a second.”

It wasn’t the only time Miller interrupted Keenum’s focus, either.

Keenum normally spends his time between series on the bench studying pictures of formations and talking with to his coaches, “but it’s hard not to notice when the crowd’s going crazy and Von’s out there crawling or whatever he’s doing, whatever his sack dance is. That’s impressive to watch.

“I’m glad I’m on the sidelines when he’s on the field, that’s for sure.”

Wilson wasn’t so lucky.

“I think that when it’s third-and-3 or 4, I’ve spun out and make a lot of plays,” Wilson said. “I would probably say most of the time it works.

“With a guy like Von, sometimes it doesn’t.”

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