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Pair of goals by Lawson Crouse helps Utah get past Flames
Lawson Crouse scored twice, including the game-winning tally, and Clayton Keller collected one goal and one assist to lead the visiting Utah Hockey Club to a 5-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday.,Logan Cooley and Kevin Stenlund also scored goals while Olli Maatta netted a pair of assists ...
No. 14 Ole Miss makes statement in routing Duke in Gator Bowl
Jaxson Dart threw four touchdown passes and Ulysses Bentley IV ran for a pair of scores as No. 14 Mississippi overwhelmed Duke in a 52-20 Gator Bowl romp Thursday night in Jacksonville, Fla.,Coach Lane Kiffin, who expressed his displeasure regarding the College Football Playoff selections, had his t...
No. 19 Gonzaga extends decades of dominance over Portland
Nolan Hickman scored 13 points and Michael Ajayi collected a season-high 15 rebounds as No. 19 Gonzaga cruised to an easy 81-50 victory over visiting Portland on Thursday night in West Coast Conference play at Spokane, Wash.,Dusty Stromer scored a season-best 12 points as the Bulldogs defeated Portl...
Myles Rice, Oumar Ballo lead Indiana past Rutgers
Myles Rice scored 21 points and Indiana overcame the loss of leading scorer Malik Reneau to shoot its way past Rutgers 84-74 in a wild game Thursday in Bloomington, Ind., ,Reneau injured his right knee 29 seconds into the game and subbed out in favor of Oumar Ballo, who missed Indiana's previous gam...
Roope Hintz, Stars double up on Senators
Roope Hintz scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal midway through the second period, and the stingy Dallas Stars won their third straight, 4-2 over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.,With Dallas trailing 2-1, Jamie Benn and Hintz scored in a 1:08 span of the second. Meanwhile, Jak...
Thunder keep streak alive with comeback win over Clippers
The Oklahoma City Thunder earned their 13th consecutive victory -- and longest winning streak since the franchise moved to Oklahoma City -- in a 116-98 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night.,Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points and Jalen Williams added 18 to help the Thunder move w...
Nets turn back fourth-quarter rally to beat Bucks
Cameron Johnson scored 26 points and Cam Thomas added 24 as the visiting Brooklyn Nets withstood a furious fourth-quarter rally to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 113-110 on Thursday.,The Nets led 111-90 with 6:55 remaining before missing their next 12 field-goal attempts. Damian Lillard scored five straig...
Ducks knock off Jets again on Troy Terry's OT winner
Troy Terry scored his second goal of the game with 1:26 left in overtime to lift the visiting Anaheim Ducks to a 4-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets, who opened an eight-game homestand on Thursday evening.,Terry also had an assist, Radko Gudas had a goal and an assist, Leo Carlsson also scored and John G...
Bobby McMann's two goals just enough as Leafs edge Islanders
Bobby McMann scored twice, including the game-winner on the power play with 2:59 left in regulation, as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the New York Islanders 2-1 on Thursday night in Elmont, N.Y.,McMann's third two-goal game of the season was all the support Joseph Woll (32 saves) needed. Nicholas...
Fletcher Loyer's sharp shooting guides No. 20 Purdue past Minnesota
Fletcher Loyer scored 24 points on 8-for-10 shooting, including 4-for-6 from beyond the arc, to lead No. 20 Purdue to an 81-61 win over Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference matchup on Thursday night in Minneapolis., ,Braden Smith registered 20 points, 10 assists and six rebounds for Purdue (10-4, 2-1),...
Struggling Hurricanes get rare road win vs. Panthers
Jaccob Slavin scored with 7:30 remaining to break a tie and lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-1 victory against the Florida Panthers on Thursday night in Sunrise, Fla., avenging two disturbing losses from last month.,Brent Burns had the first Carolina goal and Martin Necas added an empty netter wi...
Jayson Tatum, Celtics hold off Timberwolves
Jayson Tatum scored 33 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished nine assists, and the Boston Celtics held on for a 118-115 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night in Minneapolis.,Derrick White added 26 points on 10-for-20 shooting for Boston, which won its second game in a row. Sam Ha...
Tyrese Haliburton dominates Heat again in Pacers' victory
Tyrese Haliburton combined 33 points with a season-high 15 assists without a turnover to steer the Indiana Pacers to a convincing 128-115 win over the host Miami Heat on Thursday night.,The Pacers were untroubled from the outset as Haliburton set the tone with a 16-point, five-assist first quarter. ...
Hot start sends Tom Hoge to lead in PGA Tour opener
Tom Hoge birdied four of his first five holes and finished with a 9-under-par 64 on Thursday to grab the first-round lead at The Sentry, the PGA Tour season opener at The Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii.,Will Zalatoris checked in with a bogey-free 8 under, and that score was matched late in the...
Wild continue dominance vs. Capitals with shootout win
Matt Boldy scored in the second round of the shootout to lift the visiting Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday.,Boldy rebounded after hitting the post late in overtime by wristing a shot past Charlie Lindgren in the shootout. Marc-Andre Fleury preserved the win b...
Jonatan Berggren's late goal lifts Detroit past Columbus
Jonatan Berggren's breakaway goal with 36 seconds left broke a tie and gave the visiting Detroit Red Wings a 5-4 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.,Alex DeBrincat had a goal and two assists, Dylan Larkin and Patrick Kane each collected a goal and an assist and defenseman Erik Gust...
Jonathan Quick shines as Rangers end skid, beat Bruins
Jonathan Quick made 32 saves and recorded his 399th career regular-season victory as the host New York Rangers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.,Elevated to New York's No. 1 goalie for at least three games until Igor Shesterkin returns fro...
Penn State hangs on to beat Northwestern in bizarre finish
Zach Hicks scored 20 points and Ace Baldwin Jr. chipped in 17 as host Penn State nipped visiting Northwestern 84-80 in a controversial Big Ten contest Thursday in University Park, Pa.,The Wildcats trailed by a bucket in the waning seconds, when an inadvertent whistle erased a goaltending call -- and...
No. 21 Memphis pulls away from Florida Atlantic
Tyrese Hunter scored a game-high 20 points, PJ Haggerty added 19 and No. 21 Memphis raced past host Florida Atlantic for a 90-62 win on Thursday night in Boca Raton, Fla., in the American Athletic Conference opener for both teams.,The Tigers (11-3, 1-0 AAC) kept Florida Atlantic at arm's length in t...
Notre Dame stymies Georgia at Sugar Bowl, moves on to CFP semis
NEW ORLEANS -- Jayden Harrison had a record kickoff return for a touchdown, Notre Dame's defense dominated and the No. 7 seed Fighting Irish defeated No. 2 seed Georgia 23-10 in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game at the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Thursday.,The Irish's Riley Leonard passed fo...