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Penguins rally past Wild to extend point streak
Ryan Shea and Bryan Rust each registered a goal and an assist, and the Pittsburgh Penguins pulled away for a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night in St. Paul, Minn.,Ben Kindel and Anthony Mantha also scored for Pittsburgh, which earned at least one point for the eighth game in a row. Th...
Thunder stay perfect by pulling away from Wizards late
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points, seven assists and no turnovers, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 127-108 home win over the Washington Wizards on Thursday.,The Thunder remained undefeated, winning their sixth consecutive game. The defending NBA champions are 6-0 for the second consecutiv...
Ryan Rollins stars as Bucks top Warriors without Giannis Antetokounmpo
Ryan Rollins scored a career-high 32 points with eight assists, and seven other Bucks players reached double figures to lead Milwaukee to a 120-110 victory over the visiting Golden State Warriors on Thursday night without Giannis Antetokounmpo.,Myles Turner delivered his best game as a Buck with 17 ...
Jets triumph in Jonathan Toews' first matchup with Blackhawks
Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Gabriel Vilardi all recorded three points, and Jonathan Toews notched an assist in his first matchup with his former team as the Winnipeg Jets beat the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Thursday night.,Winnipeg's top line was the story with Vilardi scoring twice and ...
Fast start propels Hurricanes past Islanders to snap skid
Bradly Nadeau scored his first NHL goal to begin a three-goal first-period flurry Thursday night for the Carolina Hurricanes, who rolled to a 6-2 win over the New York Islanders in a battle of Metropolitan Division rivals in Raleigh, N.C.,Mike Reilly and Jordan Martinook scored later in the first wh...
Senators erase 3 deficits, finish Flames in shootout
Drake Batherson netted the shootout winner to give the host Ottawa Senators a 4-3 comeback victory over the struggling Calgary Flames on Thursday.,Lars Eller collected one goal and one assist while Artem Zub and Jake Sanderson also scored for Ottawa, which has won four of five games.,Goaltender Linu...
Bruins' Marat Khusnutdinov calls game in OT against Sabres
Marat Khusnutdinov scored his first goal of the season at 2:07 of overtime to lift the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 win over the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.,After Fraser Minten made a defensive-zone steal and pass, Khusnutdinov tallied the winner on a wrister from the right side after drivi...
Lightning extend winning streak in OT over Stars
Anthony Cirelli scored on a breakaway off a steal 2:36 into overtime as the Tampa Bay Lightning returned home for a 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.,Cirelli took off on the game-winning dash after Brandon Hagel stripped Mikko Rantanen in three-on-three play, lifting the Lightning...
Bruins C Elias Lindholm exits vs. Sabres with lower-body injury
Bruins center Elias Lindholm exited Boston's Thursday home game with a lower-body injury after colliding at center ice with Buffalo Sabres winger Jordan Greenway in the second period.,The Bruins announced that Lindholm would not return.,Lindholm and Greenway appeared to bump knees as both players pu...
Max Holloway: Charles Oliveira rematch 'the fight I want'
Charles Oliveira issued the challenge after his latest UFC victory, and Max Holloway accepted.,A rematch 10 years in the making could be on the horizon, following Holloway's expressed interest in an interview with Uncrowned, published on Thursday.,Holloway, 33, is a former UFC featherweight champion...
LSU parts ways with embattled AD Scott Woodward
LSU and athletic director Scott Woodward mutually agreed to part ways, the university announced Thursday night, in the wake of the high-profile firing of football coach Brian Kelly.,After LSU dismissed Kelly over the weekend, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said during a press conference at the state cap...
Trevor Zegras' 3-point night powers Flyers past Predators
Trevor Zegras notched two goals and an assist, propelling the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 victory over the visiting Nashville Predators on Thursday.,Matvei Michkov collected two assists for the Flyers, who improved to 5-1-0 in their past six games. Philadelphia's Jamie Drysdale and Travis Konecny a...
Franz Wagner, Paolo Banchero power Magic past Hornets for 1st road win
Franz Wagner scored 21 points, while Paolo Banchero and Anthony Black each added 20 points, leading the Orlando Magic to their first road win of the season with a 123-107 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday night.,Orlando shot 51.7% from the field and made 16 3-pointers. The Magic, who lo...
Canucks' Brock Boeser injured in first minute vs. Blues, ruled out
Canucks winger Brock Boeser was knocked out of Vancouver's Thursday road game against the St. Louis Blues in the opening minute when a shot struck him in the lower midsection.,The team ruled him out for the night.,Boeser was helped off the ice 33 seconds after puck drop. Vancouver defenseman Elias P...
Clippers try to revive dormant offense vs. winless Pelicans
While the Los Angeles Clippers will be out to rediscover their offense on Friday, the New Orleans Pelicans will search for their first victory when the teams meet at Inglewood, Calif.,They'll contest the NBA Cup opener for both teams, who are in West Group B with the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles La...
West Virginia's Ross Hodge era begins with Mount St. Mary's
For the third straight season, West Virginia unveils a new coach unburdened by high expectations.,The Ross Hodge era begins with the Mountaineers picked 11th in the Big 12's preseason poll. The faithful get their first chance to decide whether that looks accurate when West Virginia hosts Mount St. M...
Deep No. 9 Kentucky squad opens vs. Nicholls with high expectations
Kentucky has won eight NCAA Tournament championships, and expectations are high for second-year coach Mark Pope to make a deep run this coming March as the No. 9 Wildcats prepare to open their season at home Tuesday against Nicholls in Lexington, Ky.,Kentucky was 24-12 and reached the Sweet 16 last ...
Dodgers plan to 'leave it all out there' with Jays one win away from history
TORONTO -- In their two previous World Series championship triumphs in 1992 and 1993, the Toronto Blue Jays won a dramatic Game 6 each time.,They have a chance to repeat history Friday night by clinching the World Series title against the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6.,Toronto need...
Reports: WNBA, union agree to extend CBA to Nov. 30
The WNBA and the Women's National Basketball Players Association approved a 30-day extension of the current collective bargaining agreement, The Athletic and ESPN reported Thursday.,As the league and the union work on negotiating a new CBA, they faced a Friday deadline before the current agreement e...
Jazz's Lauri Markkanen gets another chance to bash Suns
Four days after Lauri Markkanen lit up the Phoenix Suns for a career-high 51 points, the Utah Jazz forward gets another crack at the Suns on Friday in the first night of NBA Cup play.,The Jazz claimed a 138-134 overtime victory on Monday in Salt Lake City, so Friday's rematch in Phoenix represents a...