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Connor McDavid (lower-body injury) headed back to Edmonton
Star center Connor McDavid is headed back to Edmonton to be re-evaluated after sustaining a lower-body injury in the first minute of the Oilers' 6-1 road loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.,McDavid, crossing the blue line with the puck shortly after winning the opening faceoff, fell after a...
Freddie Freeman, Dodgers take commanding 3-0 lead vs. Yanks
NEW YORK -- Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer in the first and Walker Buehler pitched five innings of two-hit ball as the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled within one win of their eighth World Series title in team history with a 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday night.,Los Angeles leads the...
Ryan Donato nets pair as Blackhawks take down Avalanche
Ryan Donato had two goals and an assist, Philipp Kurashev and Lukas Reichel also scored, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 in Denver on Monday night.,Ilya Mikheyev scored his first goal of the season, Jason Dickinson had two assists and Petr Mrazek turned away 24 shots for C...
Sharks overtake Utah, prevail in OT for first win of season
Alexander Wennberg scored the overtime winner as the San Jose Sharks erased a three-goal third-period deficit to edge the Utah Hockey Club 5-4 on Monday in Salt Lake City.,Fabian Zetterlund scored twice, Mikael Granlund had a goal and two assists and Wennberg and Tyler Toffoli each had a goal and an...
Calvin Austin III's two TDs steer Steelers past Giants
Calvin Austin III scored touchdowns on a 73-yard punt return and a 29-yard toss from Russell Wilson to push the host Pittsburgh Steelers past the New York Giants 26-18 on Monday night.,Austin broke a 9-9 tie in the third quarter with his thrilling return, and on the Steelers' next possession, Wilson...
Sounders earn PK win over Dynamo in playoff opener
Alex Roldan scored the clincher in a penalty-kick shootout as the Seattle Sounders defeated the visiting Houston Dynamo after a scoreless draw Monday night in the opener of their best-of-three Western Conference quarterfinal playoff series.,The fourth-seeded Sounders made all five of their penalty a...
Michigan QB Jack Tuttle retires due to medical reasons
Michigan quarterback Jack Tuttle announced his retirement on Monday.,Tuttle is stepping away from football for medical reasons, as he "didn't fully recover from" an offseason procedure to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing arm. He also recently sustained his fifth concussion.,"Toda...
Mavs roll past Jazz, who lose Taylor Hendricks (leg)
Kyrie Irving scored 23 points to lead the Dallas Mavericks past visiting Utah in a 110-102 victory on Monday night in a game marred by an injury to Jazz power forward Taylor Hendricks.,After Dallas lost Saturday at Phoenix, when only Irving, Luka Doncic and Klay Thompson scored in double figures for...
Bulls use 3-ball to rally past Grizzlies
Zach LaVine scored 30 points and Nikola Vucevic added 22 on Monday night to lead the visiting Chicago Bulls to a 126-123 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies, who played without injured guard Ja Morant. ,Morant missed his first game of the season due to thigh soreness. Desmond Bane led the Grizzlies w...
Nikola Jokic scores 40 to carry Nuggets past Raptors in OT
Nikola Jokic had seven of his 40 points in overtime and added 10 rebounds as the visiting Denver Nuggets came back to defeat the Toronto Raptors 127-125 on Monday night.,Christian Braun added 17 points for the Nuggets, who won for the first time in three games. Jamal Murray also scored 17 points, Mi...
Lightning top Predators in Steven Stamkos' Tampa Bay homecoming
Nick Paul tapped in a goal 3:22 into overtime as the Lightning spoiled Steven Stamkos' two-assist return to Tampa Bay by beating the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Monday night.,Paul kept the puck alive with hard work in the offensive zone and sent it over to Jake Guentzel, who then returned it to Paul ...
Jalen Green's 36 points carry Rockets past Spurs
Jalen Green poured in 36 points, 24 of them in the first half, as the visiting Houston Rockets defeated the San Antonio Spurs 106-101 on Monday.,The Rockets split the teams' two-games-in-three-nights series after the host Spurs won 109-106 on Saturday.,In the rematch, Houston led by 21 points with 3...
Heat turn away Pistons for first home win
Jimmy Butler scored 23 points and dished out seven assists as the host Miami Heat defeated the Detroit Pistons 106-98 on Monday night.,The Heat got plenty of support from their backcourt, as Terry Rozier scored 20 points and Tyler Herro added 19 as Miami earned its first home win of the season -- in...
Behind John Tavares' hat trick, Leafs hand Jets first loss
John Tavares recorded a hat trick while Max Pacioretty and William Nylander combined for six points as the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs handed the Winnipeg Jets their first defeat of the season, a 6-4 decision on Monday.,With the Jets pressing while trailing 5-4 in their quest to go 9-0-0, Tavares n...
Wizards edge Hawks to notch first win of season
Kyle Kuzma broke out of a slump with a season-high 25 points and Jordan Poole added 26 on Monday to lead the visiting Washington Wizards to their first win of a season, a 121-119 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.,Kuzma's previous best had been 14 points, but he came alive in the second half to finish ...
Darius Garland scores 34 to lead Cavs' rally past Knicks
Darius Garland scored 15 of his game-high 34 points in the fourth quarter Monday night for the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers, who overcame a 13-point third-quarter deficit to beat the New York Knicks 110-104.,Donovan Mitchell scored 25 points and Jarrett Allen had a double-double (15 points, 15 rebou...
Payton Pritchard's 3-point shooting powers Celtics past Bucks
Payton Pritchard came off the bench to make eight 3-pointers and score 28 points in 28 minutes as the Boston Celtics remained unbeaten after four games with a 119-108 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Monday.,Pritchard made 10 of his 14 field-goal attempts, including 8 of 12 from long dis...
Aleksander Barkov returns as Panthers blast Sabres
Aleksander Barkov celebrated his return to the lineup with a goal and an assist to help the visiting Florida Panthers to a 5-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night.,Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Reinhart each had a goal and an assist for Florida, and Sam Bennett scored in his fifth straight gam...
Paolo Banchero explodes for 50 points as Magic top Pacers
Paolo Banchero became Orlando's first player with a 50-point game in 20 years and flirted with a triple-double Monday night to lead the Magic past the visiting Indiana Pacers 119-115.,Banchero finished with 50 points and matched Tracy McGrady's franchise record for points scored in a half, putting u...
Oilers fall to Blue Jackets after losing Connor McDavid to injury
The visiting Edmonton Oilers lost center Connor McDavid to a lower-body injury in the opening minute against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday evening and then lost the game 6-1.,McDavid was tripped as he crossed the blue line shortly after winning the opening faceoff. The three-time Hart Memorial...