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Isles get OT win over Habs in key wild-card showdown
Bo Horvat scored his second goal of the night with 1:23 left in overtime for the surging New York Islanders, who gained ground in the Eastern Conference wild-card race with a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday in Elmont, N.Y.,Horvat, accompanied down the ice by Kyle Palmieri on a two-on...
John Gibson returns to help Ducks squash Predators
John Gibson returned after missing seven games with a lower-body injury and made 33 saves to help the visiting Anaheim Ducks to a 4-1 win against the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.,Trevor Zegras had a goal and an assist for the Ducks (30-31-8, 68 points), whose only two wins in the past six ...
Canucks force OT with late goal, but Blues prevail
Philip Broberg scored off a rush in overtime to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.,The Blues (35-28-7, 77 points) are a point ahead of the Canucks (32-25-12, 76 points) in the race for the final Western Conference wild-card position. Vancouver ...
Drake pulls away for upset win over Missouri in West Region
Bennett Stirtz had 21 points and four assists as No. 11 Drake upset No. 6 Missouri 67-57 in the first round of NCAA Tournament's West Region on Thursday night in Wichita, Kan.,Tavion Banks added 15 points for the Bulldogs (31-3), who will face the winner of No. 3 Texas Tech and No. 14 UNC Wilmington...
Pacers rally to book OT win over Nets
Bennedict Mathurin scored 28 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds to lead the Indiana Pacers to a third consecutive win, 105-99, over the Brooklyn Nets in overtime on Thursday in Indianapolis.,Mathurin buried a trio of free throws to tie the game at 91 with 14 seconds remaining after being f...
Alex Ovechkin inches closer to history as Capitals hold on against Flyers
Alex Ovechkin got within seven goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record as he scored the opening goal in the Washington Capitals' 3-2 home win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.,The Capitals (46-15-8, 100 points) held on after rushing out to a 3-0 lead to earn a season sweep o...
Aleksander Barkov lifts Panthers past Blue Jackets in OT
Captain Aleksander Barkov scored a power-play goal 29 seconds into overtime and Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves to fuel the visiting Florida Panthers to a 1-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday.,With Kirill Marchenko serving a delay-of-game penalty that spanned into overtime, Barkov e...
John Tavares reaches 1,100 career points as Maple Leafs hold off Rangers
John Taveres scored twice and added an assist to become the eighth active player to reach 1,100 career points as the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs recorded a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday.,Tavares scored Toronto's first goal in the first period and netted the tiebreaking goal 4:16...
Flames score fourth in third period, overtake Devils
Jonathan Huberdeau scored the winning goal in a two-point game as the Calgary Flames scored four unanswered third-period goals to beat the New Jersey Devils 5-3 on Thursday in Newark, N.J.,Matt Coronato, Connor Zary, Daniil Miromanov and Nazem Kadri also scored for the Flames, who have won two strai...
Pharrel Payne, Texas A&M fight off Yale's upset bid
DENVER -- Pharrel Payne had a career-high 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Wade Taylor IV had 16 points, and No. 4 seed Texas A&M beat No. 13 seed Yale 80-71 in the first round of the South Region on Thursday night.,Jace Carter added 10 points for the Aggies (23-10), who will face the winner of UC...
Jonas Aidoo helps Arkansas defeat Kansas in West Region
Jonas Aidoo nearly quadrupled his scoring average Thursday night with a game-high 22 points and 10th-seeded Arkansas canned eight straight foul shots in the final minute to clinch a 79-72 win over 7th-seeded Kansas in a first round West Region game of the NCAA Tournament in Providence, R.I.,Johnell ...
Avalanche take control early en route to rout of Senators
Brock Nelson scored his first two goals as a member of the Colorado Avalanche, leading the visitors to a 5-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.,Cale Makar scored a goal and added an assist while Nathan MacKinnon and Joel Kiviranta also tallied for Colorado (42-25-3, 87 points), whic...
Purdue dominates on boards to take down High Point
Trey Kaufman-Renn poured in 21 points, Braden Smith added 20 with six assists and fourth-seeded Purdue gritted out a 75-63 victory over No. 13 seed High Point in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday in Providence, R.I., ,Kaufman-Renn shot 10-for-16 and had eight rebounds to guide the B...
Hornets bounce back from big loss to beat Knicks
LaMelo Ball returned to action and scored 25 points in the Charlotte Hornets' 115-98 victory against the visiting New York Knicks on Thursday night.,Mark Williams posted 19 points and 14 rebounds, Miles Bridges scored 15 points, DaQuan Jeffries had 14 and reserve Nick Smith Jr. added 13 for the Horn...
Wisconsin finds extra gear, pulls away from Montana
DENVER -- John Blackwell scored 19 points, Steven Crowl added 18 and No. 3 seed Wisconsin used a strong second half to pull away from No. 14 Montana for an 85-66 victory in a first-round game in the East Region on Thursday.,John Tonje contributed 15 points, Xavier Amos finished with 11 and Nolan Win...
First Four: Columbia beats Washington for first NCAA win
Riley Weiss scored 24 points and Kitty Henderson tallied 11 points, seven rebounds and seven assists as Columbia held off Washington 63-60 in the First Four of the Women's NCAA Tournament on Thursday in Chapel Hill, N.C.,Columbia (24-6), playing in the First Four for the second straight season, won ...
Panama stuns USMNT in CONCACAF Nations League semis
Cecelio Waterman scored in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time and Panama advanced to the final of the CONCACAF Nations League with a stunning 1-0 semifinal win over the U.S. men's national team on Thursday in Inglewood, Calif.,Waterman, who entered in the 70th minute, scored on Panama's ...
Vols hold off Wofford to advance in Midwest Region
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Chaz Lanier fell just a point shy of his season-high with 29 points while Zakai Zeigler had 12 points and 12 assists to lead No. 2 Tennessee to a 77-62 first-round win over No. 15 Wofford in the Midwest Region on Thursday night at Rupp Arena. ,Lanier's 3-pointer with 2:50 remainin...
G2, Eternal Fire, NaVi, MongolZ advance at BLAST Open Spring
G2 Esports, Eternal Fire, Natus Vincere and The MongolZ opened Group B action with wins at the BLAST Open Spring tournament on Thursday in Copenhagen, Denmark.,G2, Eternal Fire and NaVi each won in 2-0 sweeps over Imperial Esports, Team Liquid and FURIA, respectively. Meanwhile, The MongolZ outlaste...
McNeese holds on to stun fifth-seeded Clemson
Brandon Murray came off the bench to score a team-high 21 points, and 12th-seeded McNeese pulled off the first major upset of the NCAA Tournament, eliminating fifth-seeded Clemson 69-67 in a first-round Midwest Region matchup Thursday in Providence, R.I.,Quadir Copeland added 16 points, seven reboun...