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In wild finish, Kings hold on to defeat Rockets
DeMar DeRozan gave Sacramento the lead for good with 2:20 remaining, De'Aaron Fox made five free throws amid two controversial calls in the final 33 seconds, and the host Kings hung on to defeat the Houston Rockets 132-127 on Thursday night.,DeRozan finished with 31 points and Domantas Sabonis had 2...
Alex Turcotte's two tallies take Kings past Canucks
Alex Turcotte had two goals and an assist while leading the visiting Los Angeles Kings to a 5-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.,Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist, Warren Foegele also scored and Darcy Kuemper made 20 saves for Los Angeles, which averted w...
Aryna Sabalenka extends Australian Open win streak
Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus owns the longest Australian Open women's singles winning streak in more than a decade after advancing out of the third round on Friday in Melbourne.,Sabalenka got past Denmark's Clara Tauson 7-6 (5), 6-4 in 2 hours, 6 minutes.,The victory was th...
Clippers claim another easy win, blasting Blazers
Norman Powell scored 23 points to help the Los Angeles Clippers complete a perfect back-to-back set with a convincing 118-89 win over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night.,James Harden added 19 points and six assists for Los Angeles before being rested for the entire fourth quarter for ...
Down by 3 goals, Oilers storm back to top Avalanche
Evan Bouchard scored the winning goal late in the third period, capping the Edmonton Oilers' rally from a three-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in Denver on Thursday night.,Bouchard also had an assist, Connor McDavid also had a goal and an assist, and Brett Kulak and Viktor Arvidsson...
Rangers keep coming back, finally top Utah
Chris Kreider scored the tiebreaking goal with 9:38 remaining in the third period as the New York Rangers erased three one-goal deficits and defeated the Utah Hockey Club 5-3 on Thursday night in Salt Lake City.,The Rangers capped a 2-0-1 Western trip and extended their point streak to six games (4-...
Northwestern's Nick Martinelli beats OT buzzer, Maryland
Nick Martinelli caught an inbounds pass and made a 10-foot jumper at the overtime buzzer to give Northwestern a 76-74 win against Maryland on Thursday in Evanston, Ill.,Martinelli finished with 22 points. His decisive play came when the Wildcats inbounded from the offensive end line with 0.7 seconds...
Ace Bailey leads Rutgers to road win over Nebraska
Ace Bailey had 24 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots as Rutgers edged Nebraska 85-82 in Lincoln, Neb., in the Big Ten matchup on Thursday night.,Dylan Harper supplied 21 points, five rebounds and four assists for the Scarlet Knights (10-8, 3-4 Big Ten). Dylan Grant added 15 points.,Brice Wi...
In their first shootout of season, Predators knock off Blackhawks
Filip Forsberg's 300th career goal tied the game late in regulation, and the Nashville Predators went on to beat the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in a shootout Thursday night.,Nashville trailed 2-1 when a streaking Forsberg took a stretch pass from Nick Blankenburg, then drilled the puck past Chi...
Miguel Angel Jimenez on top again at Hualalai
Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez, a three-time champion of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, rolled in a long eagle putt and wound up tied for the lead after the event's first round on Thursday.,In the PGA Tour Champions season opener at Hualalai Golf Club in Ka'upulehu-Kona, Hawaii, Jim...
Canadiens capture another road win, at Stars
Jakub Dobes made 32 saves and Alex Newhook scored a go-ahead goal midway through the third period to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-1 road win over the Dallas Stars on Thursday.,Juraj Slafkovsky and Joel Armia scored for the Canadiens, and Nick Suzuki had two assists.,The Canadiens are on a six-...
Dylan DeMelo's last-minute goal lifts Jets over Kraken
Dylan DeMelo scored with 27 seconds remaining in the third period as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 2-1 Thursday night to remain tied with Washington for first place in the NHL's overall standings.,Mark Scheifele also scored for the Jets, who improved to 4-1-2 on their eight-...
Brayden Schenn, Blues continue mastery of Flames
Brayden Schenn scored twice to lead the St. Louis Blues past the visiting Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday night.,The Blues swept their three-game season series with the Flames for the second straight campaign.,Colton Parayko and Jordan Kyrou also scored for the Blues, who went 3-1 on their homestand....
Flyers extend sudden surge, dump Islanders
Sean Couturier, Garnet Hathaway and Morgan Frost scored in the second period Thursday night for the Philadelphia Flyers, who beat the New York Islanders 5-3 in Elmont, N.Y.,Cam York scored what proved to be the game-winner early in the third, and Noah Cates added an empty-netter with 1:12 left for t...
Jake Guentzel, Lightning emerge with shootout win over Ducks
Jake Guentzel scored the only shootout goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning earned a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.,Guentzel, who had a goal in regulation, beat Anaheim goalie Lukas Dostal (34 saves) between the pads to open the shootout.,Andrei Vasilevskiy made 34 saves for the Lig...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder romp over Cavaliers
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 134-114 home win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.,The game was a marquee matchup between the two teams with the NBA's best records.,But it turned into a blowout early, as the Thunder reeled off a 22-2 run over t...
William Nylander lifts Maple Leafs past Devils in OT
William Nylander scored his second goal of the game at 1:10 of overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Thursday night.,Nylander, who also had an assist, scored on a breakaway to end Toronto's three-game losing streak.,Auston Matthews tied the game at 15:47...
Devin Booker (37 points) pushes Suns past Wizards
Devin Booker scored 37 points and Washington, D.C., native Kevin Durant added 23, fueling the visiting Phoenix Suns to a 130-123 wire-to-wire victory over the reeling Wizards on Thursday.,Booker scored at least 30 points for the fourth straight game after sinking four 3-pointers and 13 of 15 free th...
Alex Ovechkin strikes in OT, Capitals beat Senators 1-0
Alex Ovechkin scored at 3:07 of overtime to lift the visiting Washington Capitals over the Ottawa Senators 1-0 on Thursday night.,Ovechkin took a pass from Rasmus Sandin on the rush and beat Leevi Merilainen from the left circle for his 874th NHL goal. He is now 21 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's...
Red Wings' hot power play overwhelms Panthers
Cam Talbot made 41 saves and the Detroit Red Wings scored three power-play goals in a 5-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night in Sunrise, Fla.,Detroit's Jonatan Berggren, Dylan Larkin and Patrick Kane each had a goal with the man advantage. Marco Kasper also scored, and Larkin added an a...