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Syracuse holds on for close win over visiting Saint Joseph's
Tyler Betsey tied a career high with 16 points to guide Syracuse to a 71-63 home victory over Saint Joseph's on Thursday.,Nate Kingz added 14 points and William Kyle III chipped in with 12 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks for Syracuse (6-3), which has won back-to-back games following an 0-3 trip ...

Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson carry Sabres past Canucks
Rasmus Dahlin and Tage Thompson each had a goal and an assist for the Buffalo Sabres in a 3-2 win against the host Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.,Zach Benson scored, and Alex Lyon made 30 saves for the Sabres, who have won two straight and picked up their first regulation road win. Buffalo played wi...

Nikola Jokic, Nuggets trounce Kings, extend road win streak
Nikola Jokic poured 23 of his game-high 36 points into a first-half runaway as the visiting Denver Nuggets crushed the Sacramento Kings 136-105 on Thursday night.,Despite failing to add to his league-league total of 11 triple-doubles, Jokic also found time for a game-high 12 rebounds and eight assis...

Avalanche score 3 goals in second period to top Panthers
Gavin Brindley had a goal and an assist in his return to the lineup, Nathan MacKinnon, Brock Nelson and Sam Malinski also had a goal and an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Florida Panthers 6-2 in Denver on Thursday night.,Gabriel Landeskog and Artturi Lehkonen scored goals, Josh Manson a...

Falcons' last-second field goal caps rally, sinks Bucs
Zane Gonzalez drilled a 43-yard field goal as time expired, lifting the visiting Atlanta Falcons to a stunning 29-28 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday.,After Atlanta, which trailed by 14 in the fourth quarter, forced a Tampa Bay punt at the two-minute warning, the Falcons took over a...

Zach Hyman's hat trick lifts Oilers over red hot Red Wings
Zach Hyman netted a hat trick and Connor McDavid collected four assists to lead the host Edmonton Oilers to a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.,Mattias Ekholm also scored for the Oilers, who are on a 5-2-2 run after struggling to find momentum through the first two months of the se...

Syracuse hold on for close win over visiting Saint Joseph's
Tyler Betsey tied a season high with 16 points to guide Syracuse to a 71-63 home victory over Saint Joseph's on Thursday.,Nate Kingz added 14 points and William Kyle III chipped in with 12 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks for Syracuse (6-3), which has won back-to-back games following an 0-3 trip ...

Marcus Johansson scores twice in Wild's victory over Stars
Marcus Johansson netted a pair of goals and Matt Boldy scored once in a three-point outing as the host Minnesota Wild erased a pair of deficits to beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Thursday in Saint Paul, Minn.,Joel Eriksson Ek collected one goal and one assist, while Zach Bogosian added a goal for the W...

Alperen Sengun, Amen Thompson steer Rockets past Clippers
Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson teamed to spearhead a fourth-quarter rally that carried the Houston Rockets to a 115-113 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday.,Sengun (22 points, 15 rebounds, five assists, four steals) contributed two critical post baskets down the stretch. Tho...

Kyle Kuzma, Bucks snap Celtics streak with comeback win
Kyle Kuzma scored a season-high 31 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 116-101 win over the visiting Boston Celtics on Thursday night without Giannis Antetokounmpo.,Bobby Portis added 27 off the bench for Milwaukee, who snapped a two-game skid, on 11-of-13 shooting from the floor. Kevin Porter J...

David Pastrnak logs 2 goals, 2 assists as Bruins double up Jets
David Pastrnak recorded two goals and two assists in his second game back from injury, leading the Boston Bruins past the host Winnipeg Jets 6-3 on Thursday for their fourth consecutive win.,Following a three-goal first period for the Bruins, Hampus Lindholm (one goal, one assist) netted the eventua...

Steven Stamkos scores 4 to help Predators rout Blues
Steven Stamkos scored four goals to lead the Nashville Predators past the St. Louis Blues 7-2 Thursday night.,Ryan O'Reilly, Filip Forsberg and Michael Bunting also scored for the Predators, who won for the sixth time in eight games.,Luke Evangelista earned three assists for Nashville, while Fedor S...

Pelicans roll over Trail Blazers to end 7-game skid
Trey Murphy III scored 24 points as the New Orleans Pelicans snapped a seven-game skid with a 143-120 win over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday.,Bryce McGowens added a career-high 23 points -- including 5-of-5 3-pointers -- and Jordan Poole contributed 22 off the bench in his first ga...

Missouri takes down Alabama State behind hot-shooting first half
Jacob Crews pumped in six 3-pointers and scored a team-high 20 points Thursday night as Missouri eased past visiting Alabama State 85-77 in Columbia, Mo.,Crews missed just two of his nine shots for the Tigers (9-2), which connected on a sizzling 64.7% of shots from the field. Anthony Robinson II add...

No. 4 Iowa State takes down rival Iowa in narrow comeback
Joshua Jefferson scored a game-high 24 points to lead No. 4 Iowa State to a 66-62 comeback win over Iowa on Thursday night in Ames, Iowa.,Tamin Lipsey added 14 points and Milan Momcilovic contributed 10 points for the Cyclones (10-0).,Tavion Banks led Iowa (8-2) with 14 points and Cam Manyawu and Be...

Jacob Fowler lifts Canadiens over Penguins in NHL debut
Jacob Fowler made 35 saves in his NHL debut, leading the visiting Montreal Canadiens to a 4-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday evening.,Alexandre Texier, Brendan Gallagher, Cole Caufield and Oliver Kapanen scored, while Lane Hutson and Juraj Slafkovsky each had two assists for the Can...

Alexander Wennberg's OT goal caps Sharks' rally past Maple Leafs
Alexander Wennberg scored at 2:49 of overtime Thursday night and the visiting San Jose Sharks came back to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2.,Wennberg knocked in the rebound after a 2-on-1 with William Eklund.,John Klingberg's goal tied the game for San Jose late in the third period to force overti...

Tim Stutzle's 2 goals propel Senators past Blue Jackets
Tim Stutzle scored twice to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 6-3 win over the host Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.,Drake Batherson and Michael Amadio each had a goal and two assists while David Perron and Claude Giroux added a goal and an assist apiece for the Senators, who had lost five of th...

Hurricanes take top spot in East with shootout win over Capitals
Seth Jarvis scored the only tally in the shootout to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 road win over the Washington Capitals on Thursday.,The victory moved the Canes into first place in the Eastern Conference. Carolina and Washington each have 40 points, but the Hurricanes hold the tiebreaker advan...

Mark Stone scores a pair as Golden Knights edge Flyers in OT
Mark Stone scored two goals, including the game-winner 2:47 into overtime, to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-2 victory over the host Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.,Jack Eichel had two assists, setting up the winner with a bullet pass from the left corner to Stone by the right side of t...