PARIS - With low scores at a premium on Saturday, Kevin Stadler fired a third-round, 1-over 72 and he extended his lead to four shots heading into the final day at the Alstom Open de France. Stadler, who sits atop the leaderboard at 9-under-par 204, entered the day up by three shots, but the rest of the field could not shoot low enough to catch the American. Stadler is seeking his second win on the European Tour. The 34-year-old held a 3-shot lead over Frenchman Victor Riu after the second round, but Riu carded a 2-over 73 and dropped into a tie for second place at 5-under 208. He is tied with Thongchai Jaidee, who shot a 69 at Le Golf National. U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer is alone in fourth place at 3-under 210 after shooting a 70 on Saturday. Matthew Baldwin (70) and Bernd Wiesberger (71) are both right behind Kaymer at 2-under. Defending Alstom Open de France champion Graeme McDowell is eight shots off the pace at 1-under and he is tied for seventh with Robert Karlsson (70), Damien McGrane (72), Michael Hoey (73) and Mark Foster (73). Saturdays lowest round was a 3-under 68 turned in by Julien Quesne, who is at even-par for the week. Stadlers lead was not always so comfortable on Saturday. In fact, Riu started his round off strong and was able to pull even with the leader at one point. Up by three shots to begin the day, Stadler parred his first two holes before dropping a shot with a bogey at No. 3. Riu made birdies at both five and nine, while Stadler rounded out his front nine with six straight pars. The duo, who were paired together, shared the lead at 9-under heading to No. 10. Then the wheels started to come off for Riu, starting with a bogey on the par-4 10th hole. Stadler countered Rius bogey with a birdie to move two shots ahead. Riu picked himself up briefly with a birdie at 11, but back-to-back bogeys at 12 and 13 put him three shots back. Riu made birdie at 14 before making three straight bogeys from 15. He made par at 18 to finish his round. Stadler, on the other hand, cruised to six straight pars before making his second bogey of the round at No. 17, dropping his lead to four. He too parred the 18th and finished with a 72. "I got about what I deserved out of my game today," Stadler said. "I didnt play that great, made a whole lot of pars and did not have nearly as many looks as I had the last couple days, but you cant expect to play that well for four days in a row." Stadler understood how tough the course was playing, so he was pleased with his round. "I knew I really didnt have to do anything crazy today," he said "A couple less would have been nice, but overall Im happy the way it went." Jaidee had one of the better rounds on the day, making four birdies at seven, eight, 13 and 16. 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Damian Jones Hawks Jersey . - The Baltimore Ravens have hired Steve Spagnuolo to be their secondary coach and assistant head coach.WASHINGTON - Nicklas Backstrom had his first career regular season hat trick, Braden Holtby made 26 saves, and the Washington Capitals held on to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Saturday night.Backstrom scored two second period goals and completed the natural hat trick early in the third.Alex Ovechkin and Tom Wilson had two assists each for Washington, which has won four of its last five.Tyler Johnson (with 4:24 remaining) and Matthew Carle (with 2:31 left) scored late in the third period to pull the Lightning within one, but Eric Fehrs empty netter sealed it.It was Washingtons second win this week against the Lightning, following Tuesdays 5-3 victory at Tampa Bay.The Lightning, which was beginning a five-game road trip, has lost 3 of 4.Ben Bishop made 24 saves for Tampa Bay, which had a first-period goal disallowed to due goaltender interference.Holtby was stellar during the second period.Mike Green (hooking) and Ovechkin (roughing) were both sent off at 6:49, giving the Lightning a 5-on-3 power play for two minutes.Holtby made a series of saves, including one on a rebound try by Ryan Callahan when he reached back with his stick to pull the puck away just before it rolled across the goal line.The Capitals took a 1-0 lead when Backstrom corralled a blocked shot in the slot and back-handed the puck in the net.Backstrom has five points (three goals, ttwo assists) in his last three games.ddddddddddddHe made it 2-0 with 1:20 left in the period. Bishop made the initial save on Backstom, and Ovechkins rebound try rolled free.Backstrom pulled the puck back as it crossed the end line just left of the goal, and put it in.He completed the natural hat trick at 2:17 of the third when he took a pass in the slot from Ovechkin and snapped the puck low past Bishop for his eighth of the season.Backstroms only previous three-goal effort came April 17, 2010 against the Canadiens in a first-round playoff game.Tampa Bay was outshot 12-2 in the first period, but appeared to take a 1-0 lead at the 9:56 mark.Valtteri Filppula skate in toward Holtby on the goalies right, circled around the net and passed in front to Steven Stamkos, who fired into an open net for what would have been his 18th goal.Meanwhile, Holtby and Callahan were in a pile to the right of the net with Washingtons Brooks Orpik standing over them. After a review, Callahan was called for goaltender interference and the goal was disallowed.NOTES: Washington won the season series 2-1. . Tampa Bay F Ondrej Palat (lower-body injury) missed his second straight game, and D Radko Gudas sat out due to a stomach virus. . Washington D Karl Alzner played his 323rd consecutive game, passing Kelly Miller for the third-longest streak in franchise history. ' ' '