Nov 29, 2019 3 min read

High school football

Robbie Meyer kicked a game-winning 25-yard field goal with three seconds left to lift Archbishop Wood over Gateway, 24-21, in a PIAA Class 5A semifinal game.

The win advances District 12 champion Archbishop Wood to its seventh state title appearance in the last nine seasons.

• Thomas Jefferson put on another dominant performance, this time beating Lampeter-Strasburg, 44-2, in a PIAA Class 4A semifinal game.

The Jaguars led 22-2 at halftime before inflicting the Mercy Rule and a running clock with a pair of touchdowns and a two-point conversion in the third quarter.

Pens recall forward

The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled forward Joseph Blandisi from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League.

Blandisi, 25, is being recalled for the third time this season and has played in nine games for Pittsburgh, tallying two points (1G-1A) including the game-winning goal against Minnesota on Oct. 12.

The Markham, Ontario native has skated in 10 games for the WBS Penguins this season, recording six points (3G-3A). In the WBS 6-2 win on Wednesday night against Lehigh Valley, Blandisi notched two points (1G-1A).

In the NHL

Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and three assists, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Friday.

J.T. Compher added a goal and two assists for Colorado, which earned its second straight win. Cale Makar, Ryan Graves and Valeri Nichushkin also scored in the first of a home-and-home set.

• David Krejci scored 1:40 into overtime, David Pastrnak scored his league-leading 24th goal and Boston earned its sixth straight win, 3-2.

Krejci’s goal, his fifth of the season, came on a left-circle wrist shot against an out-of-position Henrik Lundqvist after Pastrnak created space with a deke in the right circle.

• Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves for his second shutout, leading Winnipeg to its third consecutive win, 3-0.

Neal Pionk had a power-play goal for the Jets, who improved to 10-2-1 this month with one game to play. Nikolaj Ehlers and Kyle Connor also scored, and Blake Wheeler had two assists.

John Gibson made 17 saves for the Ducks.

• Martin Jones made 33 saves for San Jose, and Noah Gregor scored his first career NHL goal in a 4-1 over the Los Angeles Kings.

Logan Couture, Patrick Marleau and Marc-Edouard Vlasic also scored to help San Jose rebound from a lackluster effort Wednesday night against Winnipeg.

• Defenseman Jared Spurgeon had a goal and two assists, and Minnesota scored three goals in a 4:13 span of the second period to beat Ottawa, 7-2.

The Wild had their highest-scoring game of the season, beating the Senators for the eighth straight time since November 2016. It was the first time Minnesota scored seven goals since a Dec. 11, 2018, victory over Montreal.

Alex Stalock made 33 saves to improve to 6-3-2 as starter Devan Dubnyk takes more family leave to deal with his wife’s undiagnosed illness.

• Jack Eichel had two goals and an assist, powering Buffalo to the 6-4 victory.

Jimmy Vesey, Jeff Skinner, Casey Mittelstadt and Victor Olofsson also scored for the Sabres. Linus Ullmark made 25 saves.

• Sean Couturier and Scott Laughton each had a goal and an assist, and Philadelphia earned its third straight victory, 6-1 over Detroit.

Kevin Hayes, Oskar Lindblom, Shayne Gostisbehere and James van Riemsdyk also scored. The Flyers haven’t lost in regulation during the regular season to Detroit since Jan. 25, 1997, going 16-0-1 over that stretch.