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AP Photo — NAm Y. huh houston Rockets forward terrence Jones (right) battles for a rebound against Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah during the first half thursday in Chicago. By The Associated Press CHICAGO » Mike Dunleavy scored all of his 21 points in the second half, Joakim Noah flirted with another triple-double and the Chi - cago Bulls posted a 111-87 wire-to-wire victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday night. Noah finished with 13 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in 34 min - utes. He was headed for his fourth triple-double of the season, but sat down with about three minutes left be - cause of the lopsided score. Kirk Hinrich scored 19 points for Chicago, going 5 for 6 on 3-pointers, Carlos Boozer added 18 points, D.J. Augustin 13 and Jimmy But - ler 11. The Bulls improved to 2-2 on their six-game home- stand. T h e R o c k e t s h a v e dropped two straight. Re- serve guard Jeremy Lin led Houston with 21 points, while Dwight Howard had 12 points and 10 rebounds in 28 minutes. James Harden had eight points on 2-for-7 shooting in 27 minutes. HAWKS 102, BUCKS 97 » Kyle Korver scored 12 of his 15 points in the fourth quar- ter to help Atlanta beat Mil- waukee for its first back-to- back victories in nearly six weeks. Jeff Teague added 22 points, including eight in the final period when the strug - gling teams traded the lead several times. The Hawks went ahead for good when Korver's 3-pointer gave them a 90- 89 edge with 2:15 left. Both teams entered the contest having lost 14 of their previous 16 games. The Hawks (28-35) have plummeted to the No. 8 spot in the Eastern Conference. They lead the Knicks (26- 40), who have won five in a row, by 3½ games for the fi - nal playoff spot. Dunleavy nets 21, Bulls rout Rockets Noah flirts with triple-double, Chicago goes wire-to-wire nBA rOUndUp Auto RAcing nAScAR, Sprint cup, practice for Food city 500: 9 a.m., FS1. nAScAR, nationwide Series, practice for Drive to Stop Dia- betes 300: 10:30 a.m., FS1. nAScAR, nationwide Series, final practice for Drive to Stop Diabetes 300: Noon, FS1. nAScAR, Sprint cup, pole qualifying for Food city 500: 1:30 p.m., FS1. Formula one Racing Austra- lian grand Prix, Qualifying: 11 p.m., NBCSP. college BASketBAll Acc tournament, First Quar- terfinal, Virginia vs. Florida State: 9 a.m., ESPN. Big ten tournament, First Quarterfinal, Michigan vs. Illinois: 9 a.m., ESPN2. Atlantic 10 tournament, First Quarterfinal, Saint Louis vs. St. Bonaventure: 9 a.m., NBCSP. Southeastern conference, quarterfinal, Florida vs. Mis- souri: 10 a.m., ESPNu. 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Football Jr. SpArTAn SIGn-UpS » Red Bluff Jr. Spartans sign-ups for returning football play- ers and all cheerleaders will be held from noon to 4 p.m. March 23 at the Red Bluff High School field house. Open football sign-ups will be held at the same time and place March 30. Registration fees for both football and cheerleaders are $100, and $80 for each additional child. Also, there will be a $50 refundable work bond per child. Regis - tration fees and work bonds are due at sign-ups without exception. Please bring a small picture and birth cer - tificate of children. There is no reason to ar- rive early or to stay over- night as a lottery will be held to fill teams if needed. This year all football players will be required to sell an additional $100 in Jamboree tickets and turn the money in to the associ - ation to go toward uniform costs. Additional fundrais- ing opportunities will be provided to cheerleaders to mitigate uniform costs. For more information, call Perry Rhoda at 736- 3163. Around FrOm pAGe 1 made 35 saves, including a spectacular post-to-post stop on Jack Johnson with seconds remaining in regu - lation and Columbus on the power play. Ryan Johansen, R.J. Um- berger and James Wis- niewski scored for the Blue Jackets. Brandon Dubkinsky added two assists for Colum- bus, 17-7-2 since Jan. 1. After squandering a 2-1 lead early in the third pe- riod, the Blue Jackets tied it on Wisniewski's slap shot into the top left corner from the right circle with 4:58 re - maining. San Jose had scored twice just under 6 minutes into the period to take the lead on a few uncharacteris - tic plays by Bobrovsky. Only 15 seconds in, a long rebound off Bobrovksy sat in the slot and Nieto eas - ily fired it home. Later on the power play, Columbus couldn't convert on a two- on-one leading to a 4-on-1 for the Sharks. Pavelski fed Marleau, with Bobrovsky a bit too deep in his net. The man-advantage goal was the first for San Jose in its last seven games. Johansen opened the scoring at 5:28 of the first period with his 26th. Johan - sen snapped home a loose puck from between the cir- cles through traffic. Marleau tied it 5 minutes later on a sequence jump- started by poor puck man - agement by defenseman Da- vid Savard. Logan Couture got the puck and centered it from the right boards to an open Marleau at the crease for the one timer. In the second period, the Blue Jackets quickly got into penalty trouble, giving the Sharks a two-man ad - vantage for 36 seconds. But it was the Blue Jackets who capitalized. After the first penalty expired, Umberger stepped out of the box, took a long pass in stride from Du - binsky and beat Stalock be- tween the pads for his 18th. Notes: Columbus' Artem Anisimov, who has six goals in his last seven games, didn't play due to birth of his first child Thursday. ... San Jose is 19-6-3 against Eastern Conference teams. ... Blue Jackets RW Nathan Horton donated 1,000 tick - ets for "first responders" to attend the game. ... Colum- bus Russian D Fedor Tyutin took the morning skate and is getting close to returning from an ankle injury. Sharks FrOm pAGe 1 Scoreboard nBA Basketball Western ConferenCe Pacific Division W L Pct GB Clippers 46 20 .697 — Golden State 41 25 .621 5 Phoenix 36 28 .563 9 Sacramento 23 42 .354 221/2 Lakers 22 42 .344 23 southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 48 16 .750 — Houston 44 21 .677 41/2 Memphis 38 26 .594 10 Dallas 39 27 .591 10 New Orleans 26 38 .406 22 northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 47 17 .734 — Portland 42 23 .646 51/2 Minnesota 32 31 .508 141/2 Denver 28 36 .438 19 Utah 22 43 .338 251/2 eastern ConferenCe atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 36 27 .571 — Brooklyn 33 30 .524 3 New York 26 40 .394 111/2 Boston 22 43 .338 15 Philadelphia 15 49 .234 211/2 southeast Division W L Pct GB x-Miami 44 18 .710 — Washington 33 31 .516 12 Charlotte 31 34 .477 141/2 Atlanta 28 35 .444 161/2 Orlando 19 47 .288 27 Central Division W L Pct GB x-Indiana 47 17 .734 — Chicago 36 29 .554 111/2 Detroit 25 40 .385 221/2 Cleveland 25 40 .385 221/2 Milwaukee 13 52 .200 341/2 x-clinched playoff spot Wednesday's games Denver 120, Orlando 112 Sacramento 115, Philadelphia 98 Charlotte 98, Washington 85 Brooklyn 96, Miami 95 Toronto 101, Detroit 87 New York 116, Boston 92 Memphis 90, New Orleans 88 Dallas 108, Utah 101 San Antonio 103, Portland 90 Cleveland 110, Phoenix 101 Clippers 111, Golden State 98 thursday's games Chicago 111, Houston 87 Atlanta 102, Milwaukee 97 Lakers at Oklahoma City, (n) friday's games Washington at Orlando, 4 p.m. Indiana at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Memphis at Toronto, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Phoenix at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Portland at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Lakers at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Clippers at Utah, 6 p.m. Cleveland at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. saturday's games Milwaukee at New York, 9 a.m. Brooklyn at Washington, 4 p.m. Memphis at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Indiana at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Sacramento at Chicago, 5 p.m. Bulls 111, rockets 87 roCkets (87) Parsons 1-11 0-0 2, Jones 1-7 0-0 2, Howard 5-7 2-2 12, Beverley 3-9 3-4 9, Harden 2-7 3-4 8, Lin 7-13 6-6 21, Asik 2-3 2-4 6, Garcia 2-4 0-0 5, Motiejunas 1-5 0-2 2, Hamilton 3-7 4-4 12, Casspi 0-1 4-6 4, Canaan 1-5 2-2 4. Totals 28-79 26-34 87. BuLLs (111) Dunleavy 8-15 1-1 21, Boozer 9-19 0-0 18, Noah 3-6 7-7 13, Hinrich 7-12 0-0 19, Butler 4-8 2-2 11, Augustin 5-9 0-1 13, Gibson 2-7 1-2 5, Snell 2-5 0-0 4, Moham - med 1-1 0-0 2, Fredette 1-3 0-0 3, Murphy 1-1 0-0 2, Shengelia 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43 -8 6 1 1- 13 1 11 . Houston 20 22 16 29 — 87 Chicago 25 25 35 26 — 111 3-Point Goals: Houston 5-26 (Hamilton 2-5, Lin 1-2, Garcia 1-2, Harden 1-5, Jones 0-1, Casspi 0-1, Canaan 0-2, Motiejunas 0-2, Parsons 0-2, Beverley 0-4), Chicago 14-24 (Hinrich 5-6, Dunleavy 4-6, Augus - tin 3-7, Butler 1-1, Fredette 1-2, Snell 0-2); fouled out: None; rebounds: Houston 59 (Howard 10), Chicago 45 (Noah 10); assists: Houston 16 (Lin, Beverley 3), Chicago 35 (Noah 9); total fouls: Hous - ton 21, Chicago 24; technicals: Howard; a: 21,747 (20,917). Hawks 102, Bucks 97 BuCks (97) Middleton 4-15 0-0 8, Ilyasova 10-20 2-2 22, Pachulia 2-6 0-0 4, Knight 6-13 7-8 20, Wolters 2-7 2-2 7, Antetokounmpo 1-4 2-4 5, Henson 5-6 2-2 12, Adrien 5-10 2-4 12, Sessions 2-8 3-4 7. Totals 37-89 20-26 97. HaWks (102) Carroll 5-11 1-2 15, Millsap 6-12 3-4 17, Antic 3-8 1-2 8, Teague 7-10 6-6 22, Korver 4-6 4-4 15, Brand 3-7 0-0 6, Mack 2-5 0-0 4, Scott 0-5 2-2 2, Schroder 4-6 0-0 8, Martin 2-3 0-0 5, Muscala 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-74 17-20 102. Milwaukee 30 23 14 30 — 97 atlanta 23 24 21 34 — 102 3-Point Goals: Milwaukee 3-19 (Knight 1-2, Wolters 1-3, Antetokounmpo 1-4, Sessions 0-3, Ilyasova 0-3, Middleton 0-4), Atlanta 13-29 (Carroll 4-6, Korver 3-5, Teague 2-3, Millsap 2-4, Martin 1-2, Antic 1-4, Mack 0-1, Scott 0-4); fouled out: None; rebounds: Milwaukee 51 (Ilyasova 10), Atlanta 48 (Millsap 8); assists: Milwaukee 24 (Antetokounmpo 5), Atlanta 23 (Teague 8); total fouls: Milwaukee 21, Atlanta 22; a: 12,554 (18,729). College men thursday 1. Florida (29-2) did not play. 2. Wichita State (34-0) did not play. 3. Villanova (28-4) lost to Seton Hall 64-63. 4. Arizona (29-3) beat Utah 71-39. 5. Louisville (27-5) beat Rutgers 92-31. 6. Virginia (25-6) did not play. 7. Duke (24-7) did not play. 8. Michigan (23-7) did not play. 8. San Diego State (28-3) beat Utah State 73-39. 10. Kansas (24-8) beat Oklahoma State 77-70, OT. 11. Syracuse (27-4) did not play. 12. Wisconsin (25-6) did not play. 13. Cincinnati (27-5) beat UCF 61-58. 14. Creighton (25-6) beat DePaul 84-62. 15. North Carolina (23-8) did not play. 16. Iowa State (24-7) beat Kansas State 91-85. 17. Oklahoma (23-9) lost to Baylor 78-73. 18. Saint Louis (26-5) did not play. 19. Memphis (23-8) vs. No. 21 UConn. 20. New Mexico (25-6) beat Fresno State 93-77. 21. UConn (24-7) at No. 19 Memphis. 22. Michigan State (23-8) did not play. 23. VCU (24-7) did not play. 24. Ohio State (24-8) beat Purdue 63-61. 25. SMU (23-9) lost to Houston 68-64. tournaMent american athletic Conference Quarterfinals Cincinnati 61, UCF 58 Houston 68, SMU 64 Louisville 92, Rutgers 31 atlantic 10 Conference second round Dayton 87, Fordham 74 Richmond 76, Duquesne 64 St. Bonaventure 82, La Salle 72 atlantic Coast Conference second round Florida St. 67, Maryland 65 NC State 67, Miami 58 Pittsburgh 84, Wake Forest 55 Big 12 Conference Quarterfinals Baylor 78, Oklahoma 73 Iowa St. 91, Kansas St. 85 Kansas 77, Oklahoma St. 70, OT Big east Conference Quarterfinals Creighton 84, DePaul 62 Providence 79, St. John's 74 Seton Hall 64, Villanova 63 Big sky Conference first round N. Colorado 62, N. Arizona 60 North Dakota 79, Sacramento St. 76 Big ten Conference first round Illinois 64, Indiana 54 Minnesota 63, Penn St. 56 Ohio St. 63, Purdue 61 Big West Conference first round Cal Poly 69, UC Santa Barbara 38 Long Beach St. 66, Cal St.-Fullerton 56 UC Irvine 63, UC Riverside 43 Conference usa Quarterfinals Middle Tennessee 62, Old Dominion 48 Southern Miss. 64, UTEP 56 Tulsa 70, Tulane 49 Mid-american Conference third round Akron 83, Ohio 77 Mid-eastern athletic Conference Quarterfinals Morgan St. 81, Florida A&M 68 Norfolk St. 57, Savannah St. 47 Mountain West Conference Quarterfinals San Diego St. 73, Utah St. 39 UNLV 71, Wyoming 67 Pacific-12 Conference Quarterfinals Arizona 71, Utah 39 Colorado 59, California 56 southeastern Conference Quarterfinals LSU 68, Alabama 56 Missouri 91, Texas A&M 83, 2OT South Carolina 71, Arkansas 69 southland Conference second round Northwestern St. 88, Nicholls St. 72 Sam Houston St. 70, Oral Roberts 61 southwestern athletic Conference Quarterfinals Alabama St. 64, Alcorn St. 51 sun Belt Conference first round UALR 74, Troy 61 Western athletic Conference first round Idaho 73, UMKC 70 Utah Valley 83, Texas-Pan American 63 College Women tournaMent Big sky Conference first round Montana 75, Montana St. 66 S. Utah 86, Sacramento St. 78 Colonial athletic association first round UNC Wilmington 67, William & Mary 65 Conference usa Quarterfinals FIU 69, Tulane 55 Middle Tennessee 69, UAB 59 Mid-american Conference third round Akron 83, Toledo 69 Ball St. 74, Buffalo 60 Mid-eastern athletic Conference Quarterfinals Coppin St. 82, Md.-Eastern Shore 60 Savannah St. 84, Florida A&M 75 Missouri Valley Conference first round Loyola of Chicago 75, Bradley 69 southland Conference first round McNeese St. 78, Texas A&M-CC 73 Nicholls St. 77, Oral Roberts 66 southwestern athletic Conference Quarterfinals Jackson St. 74, MVSU 68 Prairie View 71, Alabama St. 61 nHL Hockey Western ConferenCe Pacific Division GP W L ot Pts Gf Ga Anaheim 66 43 16 7 93 210 167 San Jose 67 43 17 7 93 209 162 Los Angeles 66 38 22 6 82 162 139 Phoenix 67 31 25 11 73 185 191 Vancouver 68 30 28 10 70 160 183 Calgary 66 26 33 7 59 159 196 Edmonton 66 23 35 8 54 166 215 Central Division GP W L ot Pts Gf Ga St. Louis 65 44 14 7 95 213 148 Colorado 66 43 18 5 91 202 174 Chicago 66 38 14 14 90 225 175 Minnesota 66 35 22 9 79 163 162 Dallas 65 32 23 10 74 188 181 Winnipeg 67 30 28 9 69 184 195 Nashville 66 28 28 10 66 160 195 eastern ConferenCe atlantic Division GP W L ot Pts Gf Ga Boston 66 44 17 5 93 210 145 Toronto 67 35 24 8 78 198 205 Tampa Bay 66 35 24 7 77 191 175 Montreal 67 35 25 7 77 167 170 Detroit 65 29 23 13 71 172 183 Ottawa 65 28 25 12 68 185 213 Florida 66 24 35 7 55 161 214 Buffalo 66 19 39 8 46 131 196 Metropolitan Division GP W L ot Pts Gf Ga Pittsburgh 65 44 17 4 92 206 159 Columbus 66 34 26 6 74 193 183 N.Y. Rangers 67 35 28 4 74 173 167 Philadelphia 65 33 25 7 73 184 190 New Jersey 66 29 24 13 71 163 168 Washington 67 30 27 10 70 193 202 Carolina 66 29 28 9 67 167 187 N.Y. Islanders 67 25 33 9 59 188 228 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday's games Vancouver 3, Winnipeg 2, SO Boston 4, Montreal 1 Colorado 3, Chicago 2 Calgary 7, Anaheim 2 thursday's games San Jose 4, Columbus 3, SO Boston 2, Phoenix 1 Carolina 4, Buffalo 2 Tampa Bay 5, Florida 4 Minnesota 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Edmonton at St. Louis, (n) Toronto at Los Angeles, (n) friday's games San Jose at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Washington, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. New Jersey at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at Chicago, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Calgary at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Anaheim at Colorado, 6 p.m. saturday's games Carolina at Boston, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Nashville, 5 p.m. Columbus at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Calgary at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. sharks 4, Blue Jackets 3 san Jose 1 0 2 0 — 4 Columbus 1 1 1 0 — 3 San Jose won shootout 1-0 first Period: 1, Columbus, Johansen 26 (Jenner, Foligno), 5:28. 2, San Jose, Mar- leau 27 (Couture), 10:53; Penalties: None. second Period: 3, Columbus, Umberger 18 (Dubinsky), 3:05 (sh); Penalties: Umberger, Clm (tripping), :57, Savard, Clm (high-sticking), 2:22, Brown, SJ (r ou gh in g) , 1 3: 10 . third Period: 4, San Jose, Nieto 9 (Cou- ture, Vlasic), :15. 5, San Jose, Marleau 28 (Pavelski, Boyle), 5:56 (pp). 6, Columbus, Wisniewski 6 (Dubinsky, Calvert), 15:02; Penalties: Dubinsky, Clm (slashing), 5:39, Thornton, SJ (hooking), 6:53, Burns, SJ (tripping), 18:31. overtime: None; Penalties: None. shootout: San Jose 1 (Couture NG, Pavelski G), Columbus 0 (Letestu NG, Johansen NG, Atkinson NG). shots on Goal: San Jose 11-7-8-1=27. Columbus 9-16-11-2=38. Goalies: San Jose, Stalock 11-4-1 (38 shots-35 saves). Columbus, Bobrovsky 25-16-4 (27-24). a: 13,851 (18,144); t: 2:40. referees: Paul Devorski, Dean Morton; Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Mark Shewchyk. Bruins 2, Coyotes 1 Phoenix 0 0 1 — 1 Boston 2 0 0 — 2 first Period: 1, Boston, Chara 16, 5:54. 2, Boston, Iginla 21 (Boychuk, Lucic), 17:31; Penalties: Caron, Bos, double minor (high-sticking), 10:17. second Period: None; Penalties: Stone, Pho (slashing), 6:29, Soderberg, Bos (hooking), 13:23, Bartkowski, Bos (boarding), 15:40. third Period: 3, Phoenix, Korpikoski 9 (Ekman-Larsson, Doan), 8:14; Penalties: Soderberg, Bos (holding), 12:12. shots on Goal: Phoenix 8-2-12=22. Boston 12-3-5=20. Goalies: Phoenix, M.Smith 24-20-10 (20 shots-18 saves). Boston, Rask 30-14-4 (22-21). a: 17,565 (17,565); t: 2:16. referees: Graham Skilliter, Chris Lee; Linesmen: Derek Nansen, Andy McEl - man. Hurricanes 4, sabres 2 Buffalo 1 0 1 — 2 Carolina 1 0 3 — 4 first Period: 1, Buffalo, Ennis 17 (penalty shot), 10:22. 2, Carolina, Skinner 26 (R.Murphy, Lindholm), 13:20; Penalties: Semin, Car (hooking), 3:48, Conacher, Buf (holding), 17:42. second Period: None; Penalties: Buffalo bench, served by Conacher (too many men), 3:11, Tallinder, Buf (holding), 16:42, Ennis, Buf (slashing), 19:39. third Period: 3, Buffalo, Stafford 13 (Conacher), 8:43. 4, Carolina, Semin 18 (Sekera, Jo.Staal), 11:48 (pp). 5, Caro - lina, Tlusty 12 (Semin, Jo.Staal), 13:43. 6, Carolina, Gerbe 14 (Dwyer, E.Staal), 19:59 (en); Penalties: Ehrhoff, Buf (trip - ping), 9:56, Skinner, Car (goaltender interference), 15:25. shots on Goal: Buffalo 12-4-7=23. Caro- lina 13-22-20=55. Goalies: Buffalo, Neuvirth 4-8-2 (54 shots-51 saves). Carolina, Ward 8-10-5 (23-21). a: 13,654 (18,680); t: 2:27. referees: Eric Furlatt, Francois St. Laurent; Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Anthony Sericolo. Lightning 5, Panthers 4 florida 2 0 2 — 4 tampa Bay 2 2 1 — 5 first Period: 1, Florida, Fleischmann 7 (Kulikov, Bjugstad), 1:44 (pp). 2, Tampa Bay, Salo 3 (Filppula), 5:38. 3, Florida, Howden 1 (Hayes, Pirri), 5:50. 4, Tampa Bay, Kostka 3 (Purcell), 8:18; Penalties: Pyatt, TB (hooking), 1:14. second Period: 5, Tampa Bay, Callahan 12 (Palat, Filppula), 12:04. 6, Tampa Bay, Johnson 21 (Stamkos), 18:53; Penalties: Gudas, TB (interference), :43, Huber- deau, Fla (slashing), 5:07, Howden, Fla (tripping), 12:41. third Period: 7, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 15 (Filppula, Hedman), 10:47 (pp). 8, Florida, Upshall 12 (Bjugstad, Boyes), 18:55. 9, Florida, Pirri 8 (Petrovic, Campbell), 19:33; Penalties: Olsen, Fla (interference), 9:52, Petrovic, Fla (boarding), 16:26. shots on Goal: Florida 11-5-11=27. Tampa Bay 7-13-8=28. Goalies: Florida, Ellis 5-7-0 (28 shots-23 saves). Tampa Bay, Bishop 30-11-6 (27-23). a: 18,324 (19,204); t: 2:18. referees: Tim Peel, Tom Kowal; Lines- men: Greg Devorski, Brad Kovachik. n.Y. Wild 2, rangers 1 n.Y. rangers 0 1 0 — 1 Minnesota 1 0 1 — 2 first Period: 1, Minnesota, Niederreiter 12 (Brodziak), 13:08; Penalties: Suter, Min (slashing), 4:29, Stepan, NYR (hook- ing), 10:39, Pouliot, NYR (hooking), 15:53. second Period: 2, N.Y. Rangers, Stepan 12 (McDonagh, Nash), 3:19 (pp); Penal- ties: Brodziak, Min (high-sticking), 1:37, Hagelin, NYR (tripping), 14:53. third Period: 3, Minnesota, Parise 23 (Pominville, Granlund), 1:03; Penalties: Brodziak, Min (delay of game), 16:40. shots on Goal: N.Y. Rangers 7-7-16=30. Minnesota 9-9-8=26. Goalies: N.Y. Rangers, Talbot 11-6-0 (26 shots-24 saves). Minnesota, Kuemper 12-4-3 (30-29). a: 18,885 (17,954); t: 2:26. referees: Brad Meier, Don Van Mas - senhoven; Linesmen: Derek Amell, Brad Lazarowich. Blues 6, oilers 2 edmonton 1 1 0 — 2 st. Louis 1 1 4 — 6 first Period: 1, Edmonton, Perron 25 (Hall, Ference), 7:39. 2, St. Louis, Sobotka 8 (Tarasenko, Oshie), 18:48; Penalties: Fraser, Edm (holding), 1:16, Polak, StL (tripping), 11:39. second Period: 3, St. Louis, Tarasenko 20 (Oshie, Sobotka), 5:05. 4, Edmonton, Fraser 1 (Gordon, Joensuu), 18:03; Penal - ties: Hall, Edm (high-sticking), 9:58, Perron, Edm (roughing), 19:49, Steen, StL (roughing), 19:49. third Period: 5, St. Louis, Pietrangelo 8 (Sobotka), :42. 6, St. Louis, Schwartz 20 (Backes, Steen), 4:25. 7, St. Louis, Oshie 17 (Steen, Shattenkirk), 7:56 (pp). 8, St. Louis, Schwartz 21 (Lapierre, Paajarvi), 12:56; Penalties: Smyth, Edm (cross-checking), 6:14, Gazdic, Edm, misconduct, 6:14, Reaves, StL, miscon - duct, 6:14, Fraser, Edm (cross-checking), 7:20, Perron, Edm, served by Yakupov (high-sticking, roughing), 10:33, Gazdic, Edm, game misconduct, 10:33, Reaves, StL, game misconduct, 10:33, Sobotka, StL (roughing), 10:33, Fraser, Edm, misconduct, 16:42, Hall, Edm (roughing), 16:42, Sobotka, StL, misconduct, 16:42, Tarasenko, StL, served by Roy (roughing, unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:42, Shat - tenkirk, StL (cross-checking), 18:41. shots on Goal: Edmonton 8-6-11=25. St. Louis 15-8-14=37. Goalies: Edmonton, Scrivens 12-11-4 (37 shots-31 saves). St. Louis, R.Miller 20-22-4 (25-23). a: 18,084 (19,150); t: 2:35. referees: Kevin Pollock, Chris Rooney; Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Mark Wheler. Transactions BaseBaLL american League Boston red sox: Optioned RHPs Anthony Ranaudo and Alex Wilson, INF Garin Cecchini and Ofs Bryce Brentz and Alex Hassan to Pawtucket (IL). Reassigned RHPs Matt Barnes, Miguel Celestino and Noe Ramirez, LHP Henry Owens, C Blake Swihart and INFs Heiker Meneses and Travis Shaw to minor league camp. new York Yankees: Optioned RHP Bryan Mitchell to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL) and RHP Jose Campos to Tampa (FSL). tampa Bay rays: Optioned LHPs Jeff Beliveau and C.J. Riefenhauser, RHPs Na - than Karns and Kirby Yates, INFs Vince Belnome and Hak-Ju Lee and OF Kevin Kiermaier to Durham (IL). Returned OF Mikie Mahtook to minor league camp. national League Colorado rockies: Assigned RHP Raul Fernandez, INF Rosell Herrera and LHPs Jayson Aquino, Tyler Matzek and Kraig Sitton to minor league camp. st. Louis Cardinals: Optioned RHP Eric Fornataro, C Audry Perez and OF Oscar Taveras to Memphis (PCL). san francisco Giants: Named Jeffrey Leonard community ambassador. Washington nationals: Optioned OF Michael Taylor and LHP Matt Purke to Harrisburg (EL). Reassigned RHPs Clay Hensley, Josh Roenicke and RHP Daniel Stange and LHP Danny Rosenbaum to minor league camp. american association amarillo sox: Re-signed RHP Ryan Mitchell. | SPORTS | REDBLuFFDAILYNEWS.Com FRIDAY, mARCh 14, 2014 2 B