Score board
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL results on Thursday (home team in CAPS)
Detroit 6 CHICAGO 4
WASHINGTON 7 Tampa Bay 4
BOSTON 4 Pittsburgh 2
Buffalo 4 TORONTO 1
Vancouver 2 NASHVILLE 1
Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic division
W L OTL GF GA PTS
NY Rangers 23 13 3 107 107 49
Philadelphia 20 10 7 126 114 47
New Jersey 21 12 3 109 94 45
Pittsburgh 19 15 4 120 114 42
NY Islanders 12 22 4 98 136 28
Northeast division
Boston 29 5 4 141 84 62
Montreal 21 9 6 108 91 48
Buffalo 18 15 5 109 109 41
Toronto 15 17 6 116 137 36
Ottawa 13 17 5 83 100 31
Southeast division
Washington 25 11 3 131 115 53
Carolina 18 15 5 100 113 41
Florida 16 16 5 93 104 37
Tampa Bay 10 17 10 89 117 30
Atlanta 12 21 5 110 139 29
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central division
Detroit 25 7 5 138 109 55
Chicago 20 8 7 127 94 47
Columbus 17 16 4 96 103 38
Nashville 17 17 3 91 109 37
St. Louis 14 20 3 106 128 31
Northwest division
Calgary 22 11 4 115 110 48
Vancouver 21 15 3 112 101 45
Colorado 19 17 1 103 107 39
Minnesota 18 16 2 92 84 38
Edmonton 17 16 3 101 111 37
Pacific division
San Jose 28 4 5 128 87 61
Anaheim 19 15 4 107 107 42
Phoenix 18 15 5 97 106 41
Dallas 16 15 5 107 123 37
Los Angeles 15 16 6 95 102 36
Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings and are not included in the loss column (L)
Winter Sports
Nordic skiing
PARIS: Tour de Ski results on Thursday, the fourth round of the series at Nove Mesto in the Czech Republic:
Women (1.2km sprint freestyle):
1. Arianna Follis (ITA), 2. Petra Majdic (SLO), 3. Aino Kaisa Saarinen (FIN), 4. Magda Genuin (ITA), 5. Alena Prochazkova (SVK)
Overall (after four of six Tour de Ski rounds):
1. Aino Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 59:30.4, 2. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) at 13.8, 3. Marit Bjoergen (NOR) 37.0, 4. Petra Majdic (SLO) 44.1, 5. Arianna Follis (ITA) 52.8
Men (1.2km sprint freestyle):
1. Petter Northug (NOR), 2. Tor Arne Hetland (NOR), 3. Cristian Zorzi (ITA), 4. John Kristian Dahl (NOR), 5. Dario Cologna (SUI)
Overall (after four of six Tour de Ski rounds):
1. Dario Cologna (SUI) 1hr 26min 02.4sec, 2. Vassili Rotchev (RUS) 1 h 26:25.9, 3. Eldar Roenning (NOR) 1 h 26:34.9, 4. Petter Northug (NOR) 1 h 26:50.9, 5. Axel Teichmann (GER) 1 h 26:58.3
Ski Jumping Four Hills
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany: Results from Thursday's second stage of the annual Four Hills event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in southern Germany:
1. Wolfgang Loitzl (AUT) 276.3 points (134.5/136.5m); 2. Simon Ammann (SUI) 274.6 (140.0/134.5); 3. Harri Olli (FIN) 258.6 (133.0/131.5); 4. Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 257.6 (134.0/130.5); 5. Martin Koch (AUT) 249.0 (134.5/128.0); 6. Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 248.5 (128.0/132.0); 7. Anders Jacobsen (NOR) 247.0 (134.0/126.0); 8. Martin Schmitt (GER) 245.2 (135.0/124.0); 9. Dimitry Vassiliev (RUS) 239.6 (131.0/126.0); 10. Matti Hautam 0 1ki (FIN) 237.1 (130.5/124.0)
Overall (after two of four events):
1. Wolfgang Loitzl (AUT) 561.5 points; 2. Simon Ammann (SUI) 561.0; 3. Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 537.7; 4. Harri Olli (FIN) 527.1; 5. Dimitry Vassiliev (RUS) 524.0
World Cup overall (after 9 of 28 events):
1. Simon Ammann (SUI) 765 points; 2. Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 610; 3. Wolfgang Loitzl (AUT) 539; 4. Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 314; 5. Ville Larinto (FIN) 305
(China Daily 01/03/2009 page11)
