Iginla joins 600-goal club

Iginla joins 600-goal club

January 06, 2016
Colorado Avalanche right-wing Jarome Iginla holds up the puck in the locker room after he scored his 600th career goal in an NHL game against the Los Angeles Kings in Denver Monday. — AP
Colorado Avalanche right-wing Jarome Iginla holds up the puck in the locker room after he scored his 600th career goal in an NHL game against the Los Angeles Kings in Denver Monday. — AP

LOS ANGELES — Canadian forward Jarome Iginla became the 19th player in National Hockey League history to score 600 goals as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 Monday.

Iginla got No. 600 at 13:02 of the third period when his pass to the front of the net bounced off the skate of Kings defenseman Jake Muzzin and past goaltender Jhonas Enroth to give Colorado a three-goal lead.

The 38-year-old right-winger was mobbed by his teammates on the ice and got a standing ovation from Colorado’s Pepsi Center crowd.

Iginla is just the second active player to have reached the milestone behind Florida Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr, who has 735.

In 40 games this season, Iginla has 11 goals and 21 points. He had gone scoreless in three games since getting 599 against Arizona on Dec. 27.

Defenseman Tyson Barrie had two goals and two assists, and center Matt Duchene had a goal and assist for the Avalanche, who snapped the Kings’ five-game win streak. Goaltender Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots.

Iginla, who spent his first 16 seasons in the league with the Calgary Flames, won gold medals with Canada in two Olympic ice hockey tournaments in Vancouver (2010) and Salt Lake City (2002).

Oilers 1, Hurricanes 0 (OT): Oilers defenseman Andrej Sekera scored the overtime winner on a rebound from his own scoring chance, giving Edmonton the win.

Sekera took a wrist shot on Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward, then streaked in to tuck the second chance between the netminder’s pads.

Goalie Cam Talbot made 29 saves for his first shutout as an Oiler.

Coyotes 3, Canucks 2: Right-winger Shane Doan scored two goals to lead Arizona to victory over Vancouver.

Center Laurent Dauphin also scored for Arizona (19-16-4). Right-winger Tobias Rieder had two assists. The Coyotes are 6-2-3 in their past 11 games.

Center Bo Horvat, on the power play, and left-winger Daniel Sedin scored for Vancouver (15-16-9). The Canucks have scored two goals or fewer in nine of their past 11 games.

Senators 3, Blues 2 (OT): After his team fell behind 2-0, right-winger Bobby Ryan assisted on Ottawa’s first tally late in the second period, then scored successive goals, including the overtime winner.

Ottawa snapped a three-game losing streak and improved their road record to 9-10-2. The Senators (19-15-6) are among seven teams in the hunt for the last four playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. The Blues (23-14-5) lost a third consecutive game.

Red Wings 1, Devils 0: Goaltender Petr Mrazek stopped 22 shots as the Detroit Red Wings blanked the New Jersey Devils 1-0 at Prudential Center.

The 23-year-old had to be at his best in the first period as the Devils poured 12 shots on net. His best save came eight minutes into the third period when he denied right-winger Kyle Palmieri at the last moment with a poke check.

Rookie left-winger Dylan Larkin scored the game’s lone goal in the first period.


January 06, 2016
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