Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Evgeni Malkin, Hendrix Lapierre and Filip Hallander scored in the second period and Arturs Silovs stopped 19 shots to help the Pittsburgh Penguins steamroll the Philadelphia Flyers 7-0 on Wednesday night.
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Penguins → score → night
Silovs posted his third career shutout in his 57th start.
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Silovs → post → start
Nick Robertson scored two goals and Ville Koivunen and Egor Chinakhov also scored for the Penguins.
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Koivunen → score → Penguins
Sidney Crosby added an assist.
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Crosby → add → assist
The Penguins’ season ended on the same Philadelphia ice in April when the Flyers won a first-round playoff series in six games.
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Flyers → end → games
The Flyers left the clincher to a roaring ovation on Cam York’s winner.
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Flyers → leave → winner
Five months later, the Flyers were soundly booed off the ice – reaching a crescendo after the second period – and the opening night festivities were spoiled for a team trying to become a force in the Eastern Conference.
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festivities → boo → Conference
The Penguins are trying to run it back at least one more time between the longtime core of Crosby, Malkin and Kris Letang.
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Penguins → try → Crosby
Malkin signed a one-year deal to remain in Pittsburgh, and the hope is there’s enough magic left to help put the Penguins in position to win a playoff series for the first time in nearly a decade.
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hope → sign → decade
The 40-year-old Malkin ripped a one-timer from the slot early in the second period for the 3-0 lead that also gave him 100 career points against the Flyers.
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that → rip → Flyers
He became the sixth player with at least 100 points against the Flyers.
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He → become → Flyers
Crosby’s assist on Robertson’s game-opening goal extended his record with 140 career points against Philly.
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assist → open → Philly
Easton Cowan had a goal and an assist in the first period and Toronto beat New York for its first victory under coach Jim Hiller.
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Toronto → have → Hiller
The Maple Leafs rebounded from a 3-2 home loss to Montreal in their opener Tuesday night, spoiling the Islanders’ first game of the season.
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Leafs → rebound → season
Colton Sissons also scored for Toronto, and Anthony Stolarz made 26 saves.
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Stolarz → score → saves
Emil Heineman scored in the third period for New York.
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Heineman → score → York
Ilya Sorokin stopped 24 shots.
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Sorokin → stop → shots
Sissons redirected his first goal for Toronto at 7:14 of the first period off Nick Paul’s setup.
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Sissons → redirect → setup
Cowan then shoveled home a power-play rebound with 8:05 left in the period.
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Cowan → shovel → period
Reunited with fellow netminder Sergei Bobrovsky after winning the Stanley Cup together with Florida in 2024, Stolarz was perfect until Heineman scored short-handed with 5:51 left.
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Heineman → reunite → 5:51
AVALANCHE 8, KINGS 4
DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored twice in a four-goal second period and capped his night with a rare fight, and Colorado opened the season with a victory over Los Angeles.
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Colorado → score → Angeles
Hours before the game, Colorado coach Jared Bednar was given a four-year contract extension.
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Bednar → give → extension
Bednar, who led Colorado to the 2022 Stanley Cup title, was in the final year of his current contract.
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who → lead → contract
The extension ended speculation on his future after being swept by Vegas in the Western Conference finals last spring.
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extension → end → finals
“I didn’t want him to go through the whole year and have those distractions of being asked that same question, especially as the year goes on,” Avs president and general manager Joe Sakic said before Wednesday night’s game.
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Sakic → want → game
Artturi Lehkonen had two goals, Brock Nelson had a goal and two assist and Mackenzie Blackwood made 26 saves for Colorado, which scored four times on the power play and allowed two short-handed goals.
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which → have → goals
MacKinnon, who had a career-high 53 goals last season, scored on a 5-on-3 just 23 seconds into the second period and gave the Avs a 4-2 lead with his second at 8:33.
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who → have → 8:33