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Alex Ovechkin inches closer to history as Caps double up Panthers
Lars Eller and Nic Dowd each scored a goal early in the third period and captain Alex Ovechkin added career goal No. 878, lifting the host Washington Capitals to a 6-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.,Ovechkin scored for the third time in as many games by putting the puck into an ...
Lightning prevail to end Senators' five-game winning streak
Brandon Hagel broke a third-period tie with his 23rd goal, and the host Tampa Bay Lightning snapped Ottawa's five-game winning streak in a wild 4-3 victory over the Senators Tuesday night.,Locked in a 2-all tie in the first of two straight home matches with Ottawa, the Lightning saw Hagel grab a puc...
Joel Embiid posts triple-double in return as Sixers top Mavs
Joel Embiid recorded a triple-double in his return to the court and Tyrese Maxey had a double-double as the Philadelphia 76ers nipped the visiting Dallas Mavericks 118-116 on Tuesday., ,Embiid finished with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in 36 minutes. Maxey contributed 33 points and 13 assis...
Sabres hold off Blue Jackets for fourth consecutive win
Alex Tuch scored two second-period goals after registering a first-period assist and the Buffalo Sabres recorded their first four-game winning streak in more than two years with a 3-2 home victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.,Bowen Byram had a goal with an assist, Jason Zucker added tw...
Jeremy Swayman, Bruins blank Wild
Jeremy Swayman pitched a 35-save shutout and Charlie McAvoy scored the eventual game-winning goal as the Boston Bruins beat the visiting Minnesota Wild 3-0 on Tuesday night.,The Bruins won their second straight game and fourth in the last six. ,Trent Frederic and Morgan Geekie joined McAvoy in the g...
No. 25 Ole Miss leans on strong first half to stomp on No. 14 Kentucky
Matthew Murrell scored a season-high 24 points and No. 25 Ole Miss made nine 3-pointers as part of an explosive 54-point first half on the way to a 98-84 win over No. 14 Kentucky on Tuesday night in Oxford, Miss.,In the first 20 minutes, the defensive-minded Rebels (17-6, 6-4 Southeastern Conference...
No. 6 Florida finds rhythm, surges past Vanderbilt
Will Richard scored 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting to help sixth-ranked Florida rebound from its worst performance of the season with an 86-75 win over Vanderbilt on Tuesday in Gainesville, Fla.,Alex Condon added 19 points and nine rebounds and Denzel Aberdeen scored 13 for the Gators (19-3, 6-3 Sout...
Florida State, after Leonard Hamilton's announcement, tops Irish
Jamir Watkins scored a team-high 21 points and pulled down eight rebounds, helping Florida State earn a 67-60 victory over Notre Dame on Tuesday in Tallahassee, Fla.,Malique Ewin added 18 points, 10 rebounds, three steals and three blocks for the Seminoles (14-9, 5-7 Atlantic Coast Conference), who ...
Dawson Garcia helps Minnesota defeat Penn State
Dawson Garcia led the way with 19 points and 14 rebounds as visiting Minnesota defeated Penn State 69-61 on Tuesday in a Big Ten Conference matchup from University Park, Pa., ,Brennan Rigsby made all five of his shots off the bench as part of a 14-point performance for Minnesota (12-11, 4-8 Big Ten)...
Braden Smith goes off for 31 points, lifts No. 7 Purdue over Iowa
Braden Smith scored 31 points on 11-for-15 shooting and No. 7 Purdue held on for a 90-81 win over Iowa in a Big Ten Conference battle on Tuesday night in Iowa City, Iowa.,Trey Kaufman-Renn added 25 points on 10-for-18 shooting for Purdue (18-5, 10-2 Big Ten), which won for the 10th time in its past ...
No. 12 St. John's dumps No. 11 Marquette, extends win streak
Kadary Richmond collected 18 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists to fuel No. 12 St. John's to a 70-64 victory over No. 11 Marquette on Tuesday in New York.,Richmond made 8 of 14 attempts from the floor just three days after sinking 10 of 14 shots to highlight his season-high 24-point performance i...
Tundra, Gaimin Gladiators win groups at $1M BLAST Slam II
Tundra Esports and Gaimin Gladiators won their groups and earned all-important byes into the playoff semifinals at the BLAST Slam II on Tuesday in Copenhagen.,The $1 million event began Tuesday with two groups of five teams. They played a round robin of best-of-one matches in their group to determin...
Vitality, Natus Vincere win groups as IEM Katowice playoffs finalized
Team Vitality and Natus Vincere won their respective groups Tuesday and clinched byes into the playoff semifinals of the Intel Extreme Master Katowice event in Poland.,On the final day of the group stage, Vitality swept Virtus.pro 2-0 in the Group A upper-bracket final and Natus Vincere defeated The...
Raptors hope to avert 2nd straight season sweep by Knicks
The Raptors will look to continue on their roll and avoid being swept in their season series with the New York Knicks on Tuesday night in Toronto.,The Knicks have won the first three contests of the four games between the teams this season and have defeated the Raptors in seven straight meetings ove...
NaVi, MongolZ qualify for IEM Katowice playoffs
Natus Vincere and The MongolZ clinched playoff spots at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice by winning Group B upper-bracket semifinal matches on Monday in Poland.,NaVi eked out a 2-1 win over Team Sports, while The MongolZ dumped GamerLegion 2-0.,In other Group B action on Monday, Astralis edged FUR...
Deandre Ayton gets revenge vs. Suns, carries Blazers to OT win
Deandre Ayton scored 25 points and collected a season-best 20 rebounds against his former team to help the Portland Trail Blazers notch a 121-119 overtime victory over the visiting Phoenix Suns on Monday night.,Deni Avdija recorded 24 points, eight rebounds and five assists before fouling out as Por...
Warriors survive back-and-forth battle with Magic
Moses Moody capped a 17-point performance off the bench with a late 3-pointer, Andrew Wiggins had a team-high 25 points and the Golden State Warriors outlasted the Orlando Magic 104-99 on Monday night in San Francisco.,Stephen Curry overcame a slow start to score 24 points for the Warriors, who won ...
Pacers extend win streak by mounting comeback over Jazz
Pascal Siakam scored 22 points to lead the visiting Indiana Pacers to their fourth straight victory, a come-from-behind 112-111 win over the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City on Monday night.,Siakam made 8 of 14 shots, including a game-clinching dunk in the final seconds, and Tyrese Haliburton added 18 po...
Nuggets finally finish off pesky Pelicans
Michael Porter Jr. scored a season-high 36 points, Nikola Jokic had 27 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 125-113 on Monday night.,Jamal Murray finished with 20 points and eight assists, Julian Strawther contributed 15 points and Christian B...
Jaren Jackson Jr., Grizzlies race to win over Spurs
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 31 points, GG Jackson added a season-high 27 and Ja Morant had 25 points to lead the host Memphis Grizzlies past San Antonio Spurs 128-109 on Monday.,Morant, who missed the previous two games with a right shoulder injury, shot 9-for-18 -- including 4-for-6 from beyond the 3-...