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Flames score 4 straight goals, continue dominance of Sharks
Nazem Kadri scored twice and goaltender Dustin Wolf continued his mastery against the team he grew up supporting as the visiting Calgary Flames claimed a 4-1 comeback victory over the slumping San Jose Sharks on Thursday.,Connor Zary and Mikael Backlund both netted one goal and one assist for the Fl...
Julian Champagnie enjoys Brooklyn homecoming as Spurs' streak hits 11
Julian Champagnie scored 26 points in a successful homecoming and the San Antonio Spurs extended their longest winning streak since the 2015-16 season to 11 with a 126-110 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night in New York.,A Brooklyn native who played at nearby Bishop Loughlin High School...
Timberwolves hold down Kawhi Leonard-less Clippers
Anthony Edwards scored 31 points and Donte DiVincenzo added 18 as the Minnesota Timberwolves shook off the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers to earn a 94-88 victory on Thursday in Inglewood, Calif.,Jaden McDaniels and Ayo Dosunmu each scored 12 points and Rudy Gobert added 13 rebounds as the Timberw...
Matt Boldy's 4-point effort steers Wild past Avalanche
Matt Boldy had two empty-net goals and added two assists, Joel Eriksson Ek also scored twice and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 in Denver on Thursday night.,Filip Gustavsson made 44 saves for Minnesota, which has won six in a row and tightened the race in the Central Division. Ma...
Royce O’Neale's late 3 caps Suns' rally, sinks Lakers
Royce O'Neale made a 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds remaining as the host Phoenix Suns overcame a 13-point second-half deficit for a 113-110 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. ,O'Neale gave the Suns a 110-108 lead on the previous possession before LeBron James' tip-in tied it with 22.7 sec...
Saddiq Bey scores 42 as hot-shooting Pelicans top Jazz
Saddiq Bey had a season-high 42 points along with seven assists and five rebounds to lead the New Orleans Pelicans over the Utah Jazz 129-118 in Salt Lake City on Thursday night. ,Bey, who hit 14 of 20 shots from the field, including 5 of 9 from 3-point range, had the second 40-point game of his NBA...
Precious Achiuwa's career night lifts Kings past Mavs
Precious Achiuwa posted a career-high 29 points to lead the Sacramento Kings to a 130-121 win over the host Dallas Mavericks on Thursday.,Achiuwa shot 13 of 19 from the field, including 3 of 3 from 3-point range, and had 12 rebounds.,Maxime Raynaud scored 22 points and Daeqwon Plowden added 19 off t...
Matvei Michkov's OT goal caps Flyers' rally vs. Rangers
Matvei Michkov scored twice, including the overtime winner, as the visiting Philadelphia Flyers battled back to edge the New York Rangers 3-2 on Thursday night.,Michkov skated around J.T. Miller and snapped a shot five-hole past Igor Shesterkin at 2:10 of the extra frame for his 15th of the season.,...
Blues' Dylan Holloway returns to action with hat trick vs. Kraken
Dylan Holloway came off the injured list to produce three goals and an assist, leading the St. Louis Blues past visiting Seattle Kraken 5-1 Thursday night.,Holloway logged his second career hat trick in his first game since Jan. 18. He had been sidelined by a high ankle sprain that had limited him t...
Bulls match third-longest skid in team history with loss to Blazers
Jerami Grant scored 27 points and Toumani Camara added 16 to help the visiting Portland Trail Blazers post a 121-112 victory over the struggling Chicago Bulls on Thursday night.,Robert Williams III recorded 14 points, a season-best 14 rebounds and three blocked shots and fellow reserve Vit Krejci al...
Ryan O’Reilly’s late winner propels Predators to divisional victory
Ryan O'Reilly scored a game-winner late in the third period to help power the Nashville Predators past the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Thursday.,Roman Josi made a beautiful pass to O'Reilly, who tipped the game-winning goal past Spencer Knight to secure the victory for the Predators with 3:16...
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Union complete 12-0 aggregate win
The Philadelphia Union, already with an overwhelming advantage from the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup opening-round series, added three goals in the first 12 minutes of the second leg and cruised to a 7-0 win over Defence Force on Thursday in Chester, Pa.,Stas Korzeniowski and 16-year-ol...
No. 13 Michigan State holds on late for upset win over No. 8 Purdue
Carson Cooper scored 15 points to lead No. 13 Michigan State to a 76-74 win at No. 8 Purdue in a Big Ten contest on Thursday in West Lafayette, Ind.,Kur Teng scored 13 points and Jeremy Fears Jr. added 12 points for Michigan State (23-5, 13-4), which won in West Lafayette for the first time since 20...
Kevin Durant powers for 40 as Rockets earn comeback win at Magic
Kevin Durant scored 40 points on Thursday night to help the visiting Houston Rockets rally for a 113-108 victory over the Orlando Magic.,Reed Sheppard added 20 points and made five 3-pointers for Houston, which trailed by 19 points in the third quarter before going on a 21-0 run to help spur the com...
Julian Champagnie enjoys homecoming as Spurs' streak hits 11
Julian Champagnie scored 26 points in a successful homecoming and the San Antonio Spurs extended their longest winning streak since the 2015-16 season to 11 with a 126-110 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night in New York.,A Brooklyn native who played at nearby Bishop Loughlin High School...
Islanders tie game late, send Canadiens to OT loss
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored the game-winner at 1:46 of overtime as the visiting New York Islanders rallied for a 4-3 victory against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.,Pageau carried the puck up the left side for a partial breakaway and cut to the front of the net before slipping a backhand under Sa...
Corey Kispert, CJ McCollum carry Hawks past their ex-team, Wizards
Corey Kispert and CJ McCollum took it to their old team on Thursday, combining for 58 points to help the Atlanta Hawks roll to a 126-96 win over the visiting Washington Wizards.,The duo, obtained in the trade that sent Trae Young to the Wizards last month, sparked Atlanta to its second wire-to-wire ...
Penguins stay hot, take down free-falling Devils
Connor Clifton and Egor Chinakhov scored 50 seconds apart during a three-goal third period to help the Pittsburgh Penguins, minus superstar Sidney Crosby, break open a tight contest and beat the visiting New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Thursday night.,Tommy Novak opened the scoring, Evgeni Malkin recorded ...
Sebastian Aho goal helps Hurricanes edge Lightning
Carolina's Sebastian Aho broke a third-period tie with a power-play goal after the Hurricanes had a three-goal lead vanish in Thursday night's 5-4 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning in a matchup of the Eastern Conference's top two teams in Raleigh, N.C.,Logan Stankoven and Taylor Hall both had ...
Wings' Dylan Larkin ties it, then wins it in OT vs. Sens
Dylan Larkin scored his second goal of the game at 1:50 of overtime and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Senators 2-1 in Ottawa.,Larkin, an Olympic gold medalist for Team USA, started the winning rush with a pass to Lucas Raymond at center ice. Larkin then got behind Ottawa's Shane Pinto, took the ret...