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Cole Caufield, Alex Newhook double up as Canadiens trounce Stars
Cole Caufield and Alex Newhook both scored two goals for the Montreal Canadiens, who capped a perfect four-game road trip with a 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday.,Phillip Danault added a goal and an assist for Montreal, which has earned points in six straight games (5-0-1). Noah Dobson ...
Matthew Schaefer's overtime winner lifts Islanders over Wild
Matthew Schaefer scored the winning goal 33 seconds into overtime to lift the New York Islanders to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Schaefer finished with two goals and an assist for New York, which has won back-to-back games for the second time this season. ...
Joel Hofer's 31 saves lead Blues to convincing win over Bruins
Robert Thomas and Philip Broberg each had one-goal, two-assist performances to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 4-1 lead over the visiting Boston Bruins on Thursday night.,Broberg netted the eventual game-winner in the second period as the Blues overcame an early 1-0 deficit with the final four tallies...
Hawks withstand late push to hold off Cavaliers
Onyeka Okongwu scored a season-high 29 points, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker sank two crucial free throws with 15.3 seconds remaining as the host Atlanta Hawks snapped a three-game losing streak with a 114-111 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.,Atlanta also snapped Cleveland's three-ga...
Jeremiah Fears, Pelicans earn first victory over still-winless Kings
Jeremiah Fears flirted with his first career triple-double and the New Orleans Pelicans broke into the win column for the first time this season with a 132-120 triumph over the visiting Sacramento Kings on Thursday.,Fears and Zion Williamson each scored 22 points for New Orleans, which was playing 2...
Anthony Edwards undergoes successful knee scope
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards underwent a successful arthroscopic procedure on his right knee Thursday, the team announced.,Edwards, 25, is expected to make a full recovery, though the team did not provide a timetable for his return. Earlier reports indicated he could miss up to two m...
Red Wings take down Blackhawks behind Viktor Arvidsson’s hat trick
Viktor Arvidsson recorded his sixth career hat trick and added an assist as the host Detroit Red Wings defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Thursday night.,Lucas Raymond scored a go-ahead power-play goal early in the third period, and Alex DeBrincat added two assists. John Gibson made 18 saves, in...
Mammoth pull even in final second, cap comeback vs. Penguins in OT
Pittsburgh native Logan Cooley scored with one second remaining in regulation to cap his fourth career hat trick, then Mikhail Sergachev tallied 3:27 into overtime to lift the visiting Utah Mammoth to a stunning 4-3 victory over the Penguins on Thursday.,With time winding down, Vincent Trocheck wire...
Pontus Holmberg’s 4-point night powers Lightning past Jets
Pontus Holmberg recorded a goal and three assists for a career-high four points, Anthony Cirelli scored and collected his 200th career assist as part of a four-goal second period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the visiting Winnipeg Jets 6-4 on Thursday night.,The Lightning improved to 6-0-0 a...
Pyotr Kochetkov, Hurricanes shut down struggling Blue Jackets
Pyotr Kochetkov made 24 saves and set the Carolina Hurricanes franchise record for goaltender victories to begin a season by winning for the ninth time this season in Thursday night's 3-2 triumph against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Raleigh, N.C.,Kochetkov has emerged as the team's top goalie, manni...
Packers WR Christian Watson (chest) leaves in ambulance
Green Bay wide receiver Christian Watson was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for tests after leaving the Packers' Thursday night home game against the Carolina Panthers with a chest injury.,Prime Video showed Watson climbing into the back of the ambulance shortly after walking to the lo...
Nikola Jokic, Nuggets open NBA Cup against struggling Suns
Denver's Nikola Jokic enters Friday's NBA Cup group-play opener at Phoenix fresh off his 200th career triple-double, while Suns star Devin Booker hopes to regain his usual consistency.,Jokic will look to build on his 200th career regular-season triple-double when the Nuggets conclude a short two-gam...
Report: Mets 3B Bo Bichette opts in for 2027 at $42 million
New York Mets infielder Bo Bichette will exercise his $42 million player option for the 2027 season instead of returning to free agency, The Athletic reported Thursday.,The move keeps Bichette in New York for at least one more year after an uneven debut season with the Mets. The 28-year-old also hol...
Rookie vs. superstar rematch in spotlight as Warriors host Lakers
The NBA's flopping controversy figures to come to the forefront Friday night when the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors duel in San Francisco.,The longtime rivals met on opening night in Los Angeles, with the Lakers riding 28 points from Luka Doncic and a perfect shooting night from Walke...
SMU opens season of high expectations with Southern
Last year, SMU snapped an eight-season NCAA Tournament drought.,A mere NCAA Tournament appearance apparently will not be a sufficient payoff for head coach Andy Enfield's third season at SMU, which begins with a visit from Southern on Monday in Dallas.,"We have some bigger goals at SMU and look forw...
Timberwolves try to stop jitters as Clippers visit
The Minnesota Timberwolves' first game without Anthony Edwards did not go well.,Minnesota will try to learn from its mistakes when it tips off against the Los Angeles Clippers in an NBA Cup West Group B game Friday night in Minneapolis. It marks the second game for the Timberwolves without Edwards, ...
ATP roundup: Alexander Zverev clinches world No. 1 ranking
Top-seeded Alexander Zverev secured the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for the first time with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over the Netherlands' Tallon Griekspoor on Thursday in the second round of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna.,The German did not face a break point and broke Griekspoor once in each set to r...
Newly arrived All-Pro players add compelling angle to Bears vs. Seahawks
Thanks to a pair of blockbuster trades this week, there could be an interesting matchup on the interior lines Monday night when the Chicago Bears play the defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks in Seattle.,The Bears (5-2) acquired All-Pro defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons from the Tennessee Titans on...
Karl Vilips fires career-low 62, takes first-round lead at Mexico Open
Karl Vilips ended a career-low, 9-under-par 62 with four straight birdies and claimed the first-round lead at the VidantaWorld Mexico Open on Thursday in Vallarta, Mexico.,The Australian began his round on the back nine at Vidanta Vallarta and ran off five birdies in a row at Nos. 11-15. One bogey a...
Report: Bears, Illinois near agreement to keep team in Chicagoland
Illinois is close to a deal with the Bears that would keep the franchise close to Chicago -- and out of Indiana -- according to a report in Crain's Chicago Business.,The Bears all but bid farewell to Chicago in August when president Kevin Warren declared a new stadium in Indiana had become the "sole...