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NEW YORK -- Yankees infielder Jayson Nix has broken his left hand, the result of being hit by a pitch from Torontos R.A. Dickey. Nix was hit by a pitch from the knuckleballer in the second inning Wednesday night. He went to first base and stayed for one pitch before leaving. Mark Reynolds pinch ran. Nix has filled in nicely for the Yankees through a season beset by injuries, including to All-Stars Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira. He was making his 32nd start this season at third base and has started 41 times at shortstop. Nix hit a tying homer in the seventh and a walk-off single in the ninth Tuesday in the second game of a doubleheader sweep. Hes hitting .236 with three homers and 24 RBIs. . Cote was eligible to become a free agent Feb. 15. Cote helped running back Jon Cornish run for a league-high 1,813 rushing yards en route to being named the leagues most outstanding player. .Y. - Jerome Samson scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the St. .5 million, one-year contract on Friday. Hawkins, who turns 41 in December, will compete with Rex Brothers for the closers role at spring training. .Y. - Nelson Mandela will be honoured by the New York Yankees with a plaque in Monument Park. . Vettel, who has already clinched his fourth straight F1 title, enters the finale with a chance to equal Michael Schumachers 13 victories in a year and match the record of nine consecutive wins by Alberto Ascari in the 1952 and 1953 seasons. MONTREAL -- Carey Price eased back into action with the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.Price made 27 saves in his season debut to help the Canadiens beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-2.It was nice to get back into the routine and get to play a regular-season game, Price said. I felt fine. I felt pretty good in the skate this morning. We were skating well and moving the puck. Its always a bonus to put up five (goals).Price made his first NHL start since injuring his right knee on Nov. 25, 2015. He also missed the first three games of this season because of the flu.For a guy who hasnt skated for a while, because of his flu, he was sharp, Canadiens coach Michel Therrien said. Very encouraging to see.Alexei Emelin, Torrey Mitchell, Shea Weber, Alex Galchenyuk and Artturi Lehkonen scored for Montreal (3-0-1).Hes got such a calming presence, Mitchell said about Price. Hes such a big leader for us. He was joking about not setting the bar too high and getting a shutout in game one, so it was nice to get five goals for him.Jakob Chychrun and Laurent Dauphin scored for the Coyotes.Playing for the injured Coyotes starter Mike Smith, backup Louis Domingue allowed four goals on 19 shots before being pulled in the second period. Justin Peters stopped 23 of 24 shots in relief. Arizona dropped to 1-2-0.It got away from us in the second period, Arizona coach Dave Tippett said. We were all right, we competed hard, but there are areas of our game that we still have to clean up. The execution is not what it needs to be. We need all the parts to work to be competitive.Price wasnt tested much in the first period, stopping all eight shots he faced.Things werentt as smooth in the second.dddddddddddd A sprawled-out Price was helpless against Chychrun at 6:36 for Arizonas first of the night to make it 4-1. The Coyotes scores again with 3:11 left in the period, a short-handed goal after a bad giveaway by Nathan Beaulieu in his own zone.Montreal put the game out of reach with three goals in less than 4 minutes in the second period.Mitchell made it 2-0 with a one-timer at 2:07 off a beautiful cross-ice pass from Beaulieu. Weber then scored his first in a Canadiens uniform 2 minutes later with a hard slap shot through traffic.It was unbelievable, said Weber of the fans response to his goal. I cant describe the feeling. Its really special. Happy to be part of this team.Galchenyuk dangled around Arizona captain Shane Doan before beating Domingue with a wrister at 5:49 to make it 4-0.Lehkonen fired home his second of the season to make it 5-2 in the third.Emelin opened the scoring for the Canadiens at 13:20 of the first period. Using Andrew Shaw as a screen, he beat Domingue with a slap shot between pad and blocker.Game notes Price is 8-0-0 in his career against the Coyotes. ... Emelin scored for the first time since March 17. ... Montreal defenseman Zach Redmond broke his foot during practice Thursday morning. Hes expected to be sidelined six weeks.UP NEXTCoyotes: Arizona has four more games left on a six-game trip. The Coyotes are at the New York Islanders on Friday night and will face the New York Rangers on Sunday night.Canadiens: Montreal is at Boston on Saturday night. ' ' '
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