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Jimmy Butler III, Warriors down LeBron James-less Lakers in opener
Jimmy Butler III scored 31 points and Stephen Curry added 23 as the visiting Golden State Warriors opened the season with a 119-109 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.,Jonathan Kuminga produced 17 points and nine rebounds and Buddy Hield also had 17 points for the Warriors, who took cont...
Jimmy Butler, Warriors down LeBron James-less Lakers in opener
Jimmy Butler scored 31 points and Stephen Curry added 23 as the visiting Golden State Warriors opened the season with a 119-109 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.,Jonathan Kuminga produced 17 points and nine rebounds and Buddy Hield also had 17 points for the Warriors, who took control ...
Thunder open title defense by winning 2-OT thriller vs. Rockets
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points, including two from the free-throw line with 2.3 seconds remaining in double overtime, lifting the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 125-124 home win over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday in the season opener.,Before the game, Oklahoma City's championship banner was r...
Adrian Kempe's OT power-play tally takes Kings past Blues
Adrian Kempe scored an overtime power-play goal to lift the visiting Los Angeles Kings past the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Tuesday night.,Alex Laferriere also scored, off a Kempe assist, as the Kings snapped a four-game winless streak (0-2-2).,Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper made 17 saves in his first ap...
Enforcer Ross Johnston leads Ducks' offense in win over Preds
Rugged winger Ross Johnston tallied a goal and added two assists in his 250th NHL game, and the visiting Anaheim Ducks ended a two-game losing streak with a 5-2 win against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.,It was the ten-year veteran's first career three-point game.,Cutter Gauthier had a go...
Panthers edge Bruins in Brad Marchand's emotional return to Boston
Carter Verhaeghe scored the deciding goal with 25.7 seconds left in the third period and Brad Marchand recorded two assists in his return to Boston, as the visiting Florida Panthers beat the Bruins 4-3 on Tuesday night.,The final frame featured five combined goals between the teams, including two by...
Blue Jackets pull away in 3rd period, extend Stars' skid
Boone Jenner, Adam Fantilli and Kent Johnson each had a goal and an assist for the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets in a 5-1 win against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.,Denton Mateychuk and Dmitri Voronkov also scored for the Blue Jackets, who scored three third-period goals to seal their second consecut...
Matthew Schaefer extends point streak as Isles nip Sharks
Matthew Schaefer continued the impressive start to his NHL career Tuesday night, scoring the winning goal and collecting two points to help the New York Islanders earn a 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks in Elmont, N.Y.,Schaefer, an 18-year-old who was the No. 1 overall pick in the June draft, has at...
Jack Hughes' hat trick sparks Devils past Maple Leafs
Jack Hughes produced his third career hat trick Tuesday night to lead the visiting New Jersey Devils to a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.,Hughes flicked his third goal into an empty net at 19:30 of the third period to seal the fifth win in a row for the Devils and the second straight loss ...
Jake Walman's power-play OT goal leads Oilers past Senators
Defenseman Jake Walman celebrated his season debut by scoring 2:24 into overtime, fueling the visiting Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.,Tim Stutzle was whistled for slashing 25 seconds into overtime to send Edmonton to the power play. Walman, who was activated of...
Sidney Crosby sets Penguins scoring mark in rout of Canucks
Sidney Crosby became Pittsburgh's career leader in combined regular-season and playoff points by scoring one of his team's three goals spanning 3:08 of the second period, and the host Penguins topped the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Tuesday night.,Tommy Novak gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead on a power play w...
Early second period flurry propels Capitals past Kraken
Ryan Leonard and Jakob Chychrun scored 1:08 apart early in the second period as the Washington Capitals defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 4-1 Tuesday night.,Nic Dowd had a goal and an assist, Tom Wilson scored an empty-netter with 49.6 second left and goaltender Logan Thompson made 16 saves for t...
Reinforced Raptors, Hawks hatching playoff plans
The Toronto Raptors and Atlanta Hawks, two teams that failed to make the NBA playoffs a year ago, bring high aspirations into their season opener on Wednesday in Atlanta.,"I think our expectations for our team is to definitely make the playoffs and win some games in the playoffs," Toronto forward Sc...
Oilers F Kasperi Kapanen out several weeks with undisclosed injury
Edmonton Oilers forward Kasperi Kapanen will miss several weeks with an undisclosed injury, coach Kris Knoblauch said Tuesday.,Kapanen crashed into the boards while attempting a hit on Detroit defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker in the first period of the Red Wings' 4-2 home victory on Sunday. Kapanen p...
Kraken's Berkly Catton, after fast start in debut, takes crack at Caps
It didn't take Berkly Catton long to make an impact in his NHL debut.,Seattle's first-round draft pick in 2024 got the secondary assist on Jordan Eberle's goal at 7:16 of the first period Monday, but the Kraken took their first regulation defeat of the season, 5-2 to the host Philadelphia Flyers.,Th...
Zach Charbonnet, Seahawks run over Texans, keep pace in NFC West
Zach Charbonnet scored on a pair of short runs as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the visiting Houston Texans 27-19 on Monday night.,Jaxon Smith-Njigba recorded his third straight 100-yard receiving game (eight catches, 123 yards) and scored on a pass from Sam Darnold as the Seahawks (5-2) moved into ...
Ivan Barbashev, Knights hand Hurricanes first loss of season
Ivan Barbashev had a goal and assist as the Vegas Golden Knights handed the Carolina Hurricanes their first loss of the season, 4-1 on Monday night in Las Vegas.,Jack Eichel, Pavel Dorofeyev and William Karlsson also scored goals and Mitch Marner had two assists for Vegas, which earned its fourth st...
Jonathan Toews' first goal for Jets sparks comeback over Flames
Jonathan Toews started a third-period comeback with his first goal in 30 months and Mark Scheifele completed it as the visiting Winnipeg Jets claimed a 2-1 victory over the struggling Calgary Flames on Tuesday.,Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves for the Jets, who are riding a five-game winni...
George Springer's Game 7 blast sends Jays past M's, into World Series
TORONTO -- George Springer hit the go-ahead three-run home run in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Seattle Mariners 4-3 Monday night to advance to their first World Series since 1993.,Springer's 23rd career postseason homer helped the Blue Jays win Game 7 of the American Lea...
Jahmyr Gibbs tops 200 total yards as Lions club Buccaneers
Jahmyr Gibbs piled up 218 total yards and two touchdowns, including a 78-yard scoring run, as the host Detroit Lions downed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 24-9, on Monday night.,Gibbs rushed for 136 yards on 17 carries and caught three passes for 82 yards. Jared Goff passed for 241 yards and a touchdown,...