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PITTSBURGH -- J.T. Miller scored short-handed to cap a second-period rally, helping the New York Rangers overcome an early two-goal deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Monday night.The teams play again Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden to complete a pivotal, early season home-and-home between Metropolitan Division contenders. The Penguins have lost four of six and trail the first-place Rangers by four points.Pittsburghs Jake Guentzel scored twice in the first period of his first NHL game, but Rick Nash and Michael Grabner made it 2-2 before Miller, a Pittsburgh native, got his eighth of the season.Kevin Hayes added his ninth goal midway through the third, and Derek Stepan also scored into an empty net.Antti Raanta, starting the second game of a back-to-back for New York, rebounded after the first period and made 29 saves for his fifth win in six games.Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 31 shots for Pittsburgh.PREDATORS 3, LIGHTING 1NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- P.K. Subban scored twice in the second period and Pekka Rinne made 23 saves, helping Nashville to a win over Tampa Bay.Viktor Arvidsson also scored and Ryan Ellis added three assists for the Predators, winners of two of three.Rinne continued his hot November, improving to 6-1-2 on the month.Tyler Johnson scored and Ben Bishop made 27 saves for Tampa Bay, which got its only defeat in the final game of a five-game trip.AVALANCHE 3, BLUE JACKETS 2, OTCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- Matt Duchene scored 1:49 into overtime in his first game back from a concussion, helping Colorado snap Columbus seven-game home winning streak.The victory improved Colorados record to 9-9-0, while Columbus, playing its second game in two days, fell to 10-5-2.Colorado led 2-1 before Columbus Cam Atkinson tied it with 6.5 seconds left, assisted by Sam Gagne and Zach Werenski.It was Atkinsons second goal of the night and seventh of the season. His first score came at 9:00 of the first period.Semyon Varlamov stopped 40 of 42 shots, while Curtis McElhinney, starting in relief of Sergei Bobrovsky, stopped 24 attempts.SABRES 4, FLAMES 2BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Kyle Okposo had a goal and an assist, helping Buffalo bust an offensive slump with three power-play goals in a victory over Calgary.Johan Larsson, Matt Moulson and Marcus Foligno also scored for the Sabres, who reached three goals in a game for the first time in 11 chances, since a 3-1 win at Winnipeg on Oct. 30. Buffalo has won consecutive games for just the second time this season.Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist and Mikael Backlund also scored for Calgary, which is coming off a 3-2 win at Detroit on Sunday night. Buffalo got two assists each from Sam Reinhart and Taylor Fedun, who now has four assists in three games since being called up from the AHL.Robin Lehner had 29 saves for the Sabres, and Brian Elliott turned away 28 shots for Calgary. 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LA 2024, the group organizing the 2024 Olympic bid for Los Angeles, is pledging to harness the popularity and technology of esports for their efforts to bring the Games back to the U.S. In a press release, the LA 2024 acknowledged the recent League of Legends World Championships, held in a sold-out Staples Center this past weekend, as inspiration for the announcement.In a statement, LA 2024 Chairman Casey Wasserman said we view esports immense global popularity and continued advances in digital technologies as tremendous tools for reconnecting millennials with the Olympic movement.21,000 fans turned out for the 2016 World Championships final, and millions tuned in on Twitch and other broadcast services. In comparison, the Olympics saw declining viewership among 18-to-49 year olds, a ddemographic keen to esports, as the average age of a North American esports viewer was found by research firm EEDAR to be 24 to 27.ddddddddddddWasserman also notes technology surrounding both esports and the culture of Los Angeles as a potential area to leverage for 2024 events. Recent tournaments like Worlds and The International have utilized virtual and augmented reality, as well as presentation tools and streaming, to elevate the tournaments presentation.Harnessing the power of new technologies like virtual and augmented reality to promote healthy lifestyles will be a key objective as we seek to create a new Games for a new era in 2024, said Wasserman. ' ' '