DENVER (AP) — Frederick Gaudreau scored two short-handed goals, Filip Gustavsson stopped 39 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 Wednesday night. Marcus Johansson and Sam Steel also scored for the Wild, who improved to 16-1-4 in their last 21 games moved three points ahead of Colorado and Dallas atop the Central Division. Bowen Byram and Lars Eller scored for the Avalanche, who lost for just the 10th time in their last 34 games (24-7-3). Alexandar Georgiev finished with
Wednesday's Scoreboard NHL Florida 3 Toronto 2 (OT) N.Y. Islanders 2 Washington 1 (SO) Minnesota 4 Colorado 2 --- AHL Hershey 3 Toronto 1 Chicago 3, Grand Rapids 2 Hartford 4, Bridgeport 1 Springfield 7, Charlotte 4 Cleveland 3, Rochester 2 Providence 4, WB/Scranton 3 Henderson 3 Calgary 5 Coachella Valley 5, Bakersfield 1 Colorado 4, Ontario 2 Tucson 6, San Diego 5 --- NBA Milwaukee 149, Indiana 136 New York 101, Miami 92 Brooklyn 123, Houston 114 Philadelphia 116, Dallas 108 Utah 128, San Anto
TORONTO — Paul Maurice would have screamed louder — and dropped more expletives — if he could find the words. Simmering behind the bench as his Florida Panthers sleepwalked through the start of Wednesday's second period, the team's head coach went nuclear during a break in action. A beet-red Maurice didn't hold back as he unloaded on his players for their effort in a game they simply had to win. That tirade eventually produced the desired result. Brandon Montour scored at 1:41 of overtime and ba