Jacob Peterson scored his first Major League Soccer goal since the 2012 regular

Sam Bradford Cardinals Jersey . - Jacob Peterson scored his first Major League Soccer goal since the 2012 regular-season finale, and Sporting Kansas City beat the short-handed Columbus Crew 2-0 on Sunday to move into a three-way share of the Eastern Conference lead. Peterson, starting on the right wing because of Sal Zizzos groin strain, put Kansas City (4-2-2) ahead in the 10th minute when he slotted home a loose ball in the penalty area. Claudio Bieler came off the bench to add an insurance goal -- his first score of the year -- into an open net deep in second-half stoppage time. Eric Kronberg made four saves, including a goal-line stop of a hard header from Bernardo Anor in the 31st minute, to preserve his fourth shutout. Columbus (3-2-3) dropped from second to fourth with the loss. The Crew had to play a man down after the 80th minute, when midfielder Wil Trapp drew a second yellow card for taking down Benny Feilhaber from behind. 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Russian Polar explorer Artur Chilingarov, who led the mission, lit a special bowl at the North Pole sign.DENVER - Alex Ovechkin has scored plenty of pretty goals in his career. He even throws in some scrappy ones from time to time.Ovechkin scored late in the third period, Braden Holtby stopped 27 shots, and the Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Thursday night.Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist, Jason Chimera also scored, and Ovechkin added an assist for the Capitals. Washington won the last two games of its three-game trip.Winning on the road, it feels like a bigger moral victory than winning at home, Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. Winning on the road brings a team closer together.Ovechkin broke a 2-all tie when he skated past defenceman Jan Hejda and put a shot on Reto Berra. The goalie didnt cover up the loose puck, and Ovechkin poked it just over the goal line with 5:56 left. It was his ninth of the season and first in four games.It was a lucky bounce (to get the puck back), Ovechkin said. I was skating and put the puck on net. It was a huge goal and gave us the points.Hejda took responsibility for Ovechkins goal.Its a game about mistakes, he said. I made one, and we paid the price.The Avalanche played half the game short-handed after Alex Tanguay was hit in the face on a shot by Ovechkin. Tanguay immediately skated off the ice and went into the locker room. The Avalanche announced that Tanguay sustained a jaw injury.Tanguays former teammate, Peter Forsberg, watched from a suite three days after being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. The Avalanche played a highlight video of Forsbergs career on the big scoreboard as he watched with his wife and two children.Forsberg said before the game he enjoyed his time with the Avalanche, which included two Stanley Cup titles.There was no other goal in this organization than to win the Cup, he said. I didnt think about the Hall of Fame or anything, it was just winnning games. Chad Williams Cardinals Jersey. Colorado, playing its first home game in two weeks, tied it on Tyson Barries second goal of the season at 6:44 of the third period. The defenceman pinched in from the blue line and tipped in a pass from Gabriel Landeskog for his second goal of the season.I got over there a little late and should have read it better, Holtby said.Daniel Briere had a goal, and Berra finished with 20 saves for Colorado.Colorado pulled Berra for an extra skater with 1:28 left. The Avalanche had several scoring chances but couldnt get the tying goal past Holtby.Too bad we could not score toward the end, Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said. We had our chances, plenty of looks. I thought we had a great third period, as well. Its a tough situation losing a game where you think you played a good game but sometimes those things happen.We need to stick to it because I think theres a lot of positives in the way weve been playing, especially defensively.Backstrom gave Washington a 1-0 lead with his fifth goal 1:04 into the second period. The Capitals nearly scored again a minute later when a puck sat in the Avalanche crease, but they couldnt get a stick on it.Colorado responded with Brieres third of the season when he wristed Nathan MacKinnons rebound by Holtby at 2:53.MacKinnon had two assists.The Capitals went ahead 2-1 when Chimeras shot from the top of the right circle beat Berra over his left shoulder at 12:10 of the second.Im not really happy with that game, Berra said. I couldve stopped each of these goals.NOTES: Colorado G