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Leevi Merilainen, Senators secure shutout win vs. Islanders
Leevi Merilainen authored his second shutout in three starts Tuesday night, recording 24 saves to lead the visiting Ottawa Senators to a 2-0 win over the New York Islanders in Elmont, N.Y.,Ottawa has won three straight games -- all started by Merilainen. The Finnish netminder stopped all 29 shots he...
Trae Young racks up 43 points in Hawks' win over Suns
Trae Young scored a season-high 43 points and the Atlanta Hawks finished strong to beat the visiting Phoenix Suns 122-117 on Tuesday.,Young made 13 of 31 field goals, giving him 3,556 baskets for his career and pushing him past Al Horford for 10th most in franchise history. He was 6-for-12 on 3-poin...
Jeremy Swayman (43 saves), Bruins avenge loss to Lightning
David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha each logged a goal and two assists and Jeremy Swayman tied his career-high mark with 43 saves as the Boston Bruins beat the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Tuesday night.,Reaching the 20-goal plateau for the ninth time in his 11-year NHL career, Pastrnak scored his...
Werenski, Blue Jackets score shootout win over Flyers
Kirill Marchenko scored the deciding goal of a shootout to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 3-2 win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.,The Blue Jackets extended their winning streak to five games and are 9-2-1 over their last 12. Columbus is now 4-0 in games decided by a shootou...
RJ Luis Jr. scores 19 as St. John's overtakes Georgetown
RJ Luis Jr. withstood shooting struggles and scored 19 points, including the tiebreaking free throws with 6:16 remaining as St. John's rallied from a 15-point deficit and earned a 63-58 victory over Georgetown on Tuesday in New York.,A day after being named Big East Player of the Week for his 30-poi...
No. 8 Kentucky's second-half surge sinks No. 11 Texas A&M
Jaxson Robinson hit for 22 points and No. 8 Kentucky won the battle of the boards and the paint in an 81-69 victory over No. 11 Texas A&M on Tuesday in a key early-season Southeastern Conference clash in Lexington, Ky., ,Kentucky (14-3, 3-1 SEC) had a three-point lead at halftime that it expanded to...
David Joplin, No. 7 Marquette extend DePaul's run of Big East futility
David Joplin had a career-high 30 points and opened overtime with back-to-back 3-pointers as No. 7 Marquette escaped Chicago with an 85-83 Big East victory over DePaul on Tuesday night.,Joplin made 7 of 13 3-point attempts, none bigger than those two to begin the extra session, where the Golden Eagl...
Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland avenge loss to Indiana
Donovan Mitchell scored 27 of his game-high 35 points in the first half, helping the Cleveland Cavaliers to defeat the Indiana Pacers 127-117 in Indianapolis on Tuesday.,Darius Garland added 24 points and seven assists, while Evan Mobley had 22 points and 13 rebounds for Cleveland, which avenged Sun...
Logan Stankoven tallies twice to lead Stars past Leafs
Logan Stankoven had two goals to snap a 25-game scoring drought and the visiting Dallas Stars defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Tuesday night.,Matt Duchene added a goal and two assists for the Stars, who have won eight of their past nine games. Mavrik Bourque also scored a goal, Stankoven adde...
Malik Dia powers No. 21 Ole Miss to upset of No. 4 Alabama
Malik Dia set season highs with 23 points and 19 rebounds, and No. 21 Ole Miss' stifling defense led to a 74-64 win over No. 4 Alabama on Tuesday in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Dia made 11 of 21 shots while Jaylen Murray and Jaemyn Brakefield had 13 apiece for the Rebels (15-2, 4-0 SEC), who frustrated Alabama...
Kraken rally as Pens' tough start to 2025 continues
Jamie Oleksiak and Eeli Tolvanen scored 50 seconds apart midway through the third period as the Seattle Kraken rallied for a 4-2 victory against the host Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.,Chandler Stephenson and Kaapo Kakko also tallied for the Kraken, who won for just the second time since the ...
Sharks snap Red Wings' seven-game winning streak
William Eklund had a goal and two assists as the visiting San Jose Sharks snapped Detroit's seven-game winning streak with a 6-3 victory over the Red Wings on Tuesday.,Nico Sturm, Jan Rutta, Mikael Granlund, Tyler Toffoli and Mario Ferraro had the other goals for San Jose, which snapped a three-game...
Thunder take advantage of banged-up 76ers for easy win
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points on 12-of-15 shooting to guide the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-102 win over the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.,Gilgeous-Alexander also dished out nine assists, joining Isaiah Hartenstein (nine points, 16 rebounds) in barely missing a d...
Logan Thompson, Caps stay hot in shutout of Ducks
Logan Thompson made 18 saves for the Washington Capitals in a 3-0 win against the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.,It was his first shutout with the Capitals and the fifth of his five-year NHL career. Thompson stretched his point streak to eight games (7-0-1) and improved his season record t...
No. 19 Illinois uses explosive first half to rout Indiana
Kylan Boswell scored 22 points and backcourt mate Kasparas Jakucionis added 21 as No. 19 Illinois racked up 60 first-half points to spark a 94-69 Big Ten rout of Indiana Tuesday night in Bloomington, Ind., ,Tomislav Ivisic posted 17 points and 11 rebounds and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn added 12 points as the...
Louisville routs Syracuse for seventh straight win
Chucky Hepburn hit a career-high-tying six three-pointers and scored 24 points to guide red-hot Louisville an 85-61 victory over host Syracuse on Tuesday., ,The impressive effort gave the Cardinals (13-5, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) their seventh straight victory. Louisville has won more games th...
No. 1 Auburn, minus Johni Broome, downs No. 15 Mississippi State
Five Auburn players scored in double figures and the No. 1 Tigers survived their first test without their best player, Johni Broome, prevailing 88-66 over visiting No. 15 Mississippi State on Tuesday.,Chad Baker-Mazara scored 18 of his game-high 20 points in the first half for the Tigers (16-1, 4-0 ...
Ryan Conwell's career night leads Xavier past Villanova
Ryan Conwell scored a career-high 34 points and converted a four-point play to highlight a decisive 9-0 run as the Xavier Musketeers rallied for a 69-63 win over the visiting Villanova Wildcats on Tuesday night in Cincinnati.,Conwell, who netted 13 of Xavier's final 14 points, drained a three with 1...
Raptors eye consecutive wins when up-and-down Celtics visit
The Toronto Raptors have a rare chance to win two games in a row when they host the NBA champion Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.,The Raptors ended a five-game losing streak with a 104-101 victory over the visiting Golden State Warriors on Monday night.,Reserve Chris Boucher scored 17 of his 18 po...
Nick Dunlap: Rookie year on PGA Tour ‘eye-opening’ and ‘humbling’
For any player that wins on the PGA Tour, returning the next year to defend your title is a special endeavor.,For Nick Dunlap, it goes even further. By returning to La Quinta, Calif. for the American Express, he's back where a historic victory changed the course of his life.,Dunlap became the first ...