Martins Dukurs saved his best race for the last race of the season.
The Latvian veteran won the world championship for the sixth time Friday, his time over four runs down the 2010 Vancouver Olympics track ending up a half-second ahead of Russia's Nikita Tregubov. Olympic champion Yun Sungbin of South Korea was third.
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Germany's Tina Hermann, center, kisses the trophy after her win, as she poses with compatriots Jacqueline Loelling, left, who finished second, and Sophia Griebel, who finished third, during the women's event at the Skeleton World Championships in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday, March 8, 2019. (Darryl DyckThe Canadian Press via AP)
Martins Dukurs, of Latvia, celebrates after winning the men's event at the Skeleton World Championships in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday March 8, 2019. (Darryl DyckThe Canadian Press via AP)
Germany's Tina Hermann celebrates after winning the women's event at the Skeleton World Championships in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday, March 8, 2019. (Darryl DyckThe Canadian Press via AP)
Germany's Tina Hermann, center, kisses the trophy after her win, as she poses with compatriots Jacqueline Loelling, left, who finished second, and Sophia Griebel, who finished third, during the women's event at the Skeleton World Championships in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday, March 8, 2019. (Darryl DyckThe Canadian Press via AP)
Germany's Tina Hermann, right, celebrates after winning he women's event at the Skeleton World Championships in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday, March 8, 2019. (Darryl DyckThe Canadian Press via AP)
Dukurs was dominant, posting the fastest time in all four runs down the track. The top U.S. men's finisher was Austin Florian, who placed eighth.
Martins Dukurs, of Latvia, celebrates after winning the men's event at the Skeleton World Championships in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday March 8, 2019. (Darryl DyckThe Canadian Press via AP)
In the women's championship, Tina Hermann won her second world title and led a German sweep of the medals. Jacqueline Loelling was second and Sophia Griebel was third.
That sweep by Germany marked the first time one nation swept the medals in a world skeleton championship, either in the men's or women's event.
The top U.S. women's finisher was Savannah Graybill, who was eighth.
Germany's Tina Hermann celebrates after winning the women's event at the Skeleton World Championships in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday, March 8, 2019. (Darryl DyckThe Canadian Press via AP)
The bobsled and skeleton world championships — and the competitive 2018-19 international sliding season — ends Saturday night when the four-man competition is held in Whistler.
Germany's Tina Hermann, center, kisses the trophy after her win, as she poses with compatriots Jacqueline Loelling, left, who finished second, and Sophia Griebel, who finished third, during the women's event at the Skeleton World Championships in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday, March 8, 2019. (Darryl DyckThe Canadian Press via AP)
Germany's Tina Hermann, right, celebrates after winning he women's event at the Skeleton World Championships in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday, March 8, 2019. (Darryl DyckThe Canadian Press via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — Matvei Michkov had a goal and two assists and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Friday night to move within one point of the Islanders for third place in the Metropolitan Division.
Travis Sanheim and Alex Bump had a goal and an assist each and Owen Tippett also scored for Philadelphia. Dan Vladar finished with 20 saves. The Columbus Blue Jackets are also tied with the Flyers with 88 points.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored for New York and Ilya Sorokin made 17 saves in his 10th straight appearance, but the Islanders lost their third straight in a tightly contested Eastern Conference playoff race.
Michkov fired a shot from behind the goal line off Sorokin’s pad early in the second period to give the Flyers a 3-0 lead.
Tippett opened the scoring, completing a forehand-backhand move off a pass from Sanheim with less than seven minutes remaining in the first period.
Bump extended the Flyers’ lead to two goals when he caught Sorokin out of position and sent a wrist shot just inside the post.
Pageau scored off a feed from Mathew Barzal with less than five minutes remaining in the second period to pull New York within 3-1.
Sanheim scored midway through the third period to restore Philadelphia’s three-goal lead and put the game out of reach.
Simon Holmstrom returned to the Islanders’ lineup after missing the previous game against the Buffalo Sabres with an upper-body injury. Anthony Duclair was a healthy scratch.
Flyers: Host the Boston Bruins on Sunday.
Islanders: Visit the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.
This story has been changed throughout to correct final score to 4-1.
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