The Chicago Blackhawks' captain Jonathan Toews scored on his return to the line up as his team romped to a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday.
Toews, who had been out with concussion-like symptoms after a taking a hard body check against the Vancouver Canucks on October 21, tallied one of the team's three third-period goals as the Blackhawks (9-5-2) moved to the top of the Central Division.
Toews, who had a team-high 34 goals last season, sparked the Blackhawks on his return. "I felt great on the ice," he said. "If you look at a lot of our games in the past couple weeks, they were low scoring. We struggled a bit on the power play. That was the difference tonight."
"His presence, the way he plays the game, the way he competes every shift, that's why he's the captain," said the Chicago centre John Madden, who opened the scoring with a goal in the second period. "He leads by the way he plays. If we just follow along and compete as hard as he does, everybody will be all right."
Chicago's Troy Brouwer broke a 1-1 tie with a tip-in at 1:33 in the third, Toews followed with a backhand to extend the lead at 5:04 and Andrew Ebbett scored his first goal of the season halfway through the period to complete the scoring.
The NHL's leading points scorer, Anze Kopitar, had tied it 1-1 at 9:10 in the second period for the Kings (10-6-2).
Kopitar joined Washington's Alex Ovechkin - who may be back in action later this week after being sidelined with an upper-body strain - for the league lead in goals scored but he could not keep the Kings from losing two in a row.
The Blackhawks used two power-play conversions to take control while killing off two chances from the Kings.
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Results
United States beat UAE by three wickets
United States beat Scotland by 35 runs
UAE v Scotland – no result
United States beat UAE by 98 runs
Scotland beat United States by four wickets
Fixtures
Sunday, 10am, ICC Academy, Dubai - UAE v Scotland
Admission is free
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Other workplace saving schemes
- The UAE government announced a retirement savings plan for private and free zone sector employees in 2023.
- Dubai’s savings retirement scheme for foreign employees working in the emirate’s government and public sector came into effect in 2022.
- National Bonds unveiled a Golden Pension Scheme in 2022 to help private-sector foreign employees with their financial planning.
- In April 2021, Hayah Insurance unveiled a workplace savings plan to help UAE employees save for their retirement.
- Lunate, an Abu Dhabi-based investment manager, has launched a fund that will allow UAE private companies to offer employees investment returns on end-of-service benefits.
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