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Predators blank Ducks to move into playoff position
Goaltender Justus Annunen posted his first shutout of the season and Erik Haula netted one goal and one assist to pace the visiting Nashville Predators to a 5-0 victory over the slumping Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.,Annunen made 43 saves for his third career shutout as the Predators jumped into a playo...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder manhandle short-handed Lakers
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points in 28 minutes as the Oklahoma City Thunder demolished the Lakers for the second time in five days, prevailing 123-87 on Tuesday in Los Angeles.,The Thunder (63-16), by earning their sixth consecutive win and their 18th in 19 games, moved within one win or one...
Predators move into playoff position with shut-out win over Ducks
Goaltender Justus Annunen posted his first shutout of the season and Erik Haula netted one goal and one assist to pace the visiting Nashville Predators to a 5-0 victory over the slumping Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.,Annunen made 43 saves for his third career shutout as the Predators jumped into a playo...
Golden Knights edge Canucks, grab piece of first place in Pacific
Cole Smith scored the eventual game-winner as the Vegas Golden Knights edged the host Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Tuesday night.,With the win, the Golden Knights (36-26-16, 88 points) moved into a tie for first place in the Pacific Division with the Oilers. Edmonton holds the tiebreaker edge.,Vegas is ...
CONCACAF Champions Cup: LAFC grab big edge on Cruz Azul
David Martinez scored twice and Son Heung-Min added a goal and an assist as host Los Angeles FC routed Cruz Azul on Tuesday during the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal matchup.,The two-game, total-goal series will conclude on April 14 in Puebla, Mexico. The victorious team will fac...
Braves' Reynaldo Lopez, Angels' Jorge Soler ejected after fight
Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Jorge Soler and Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Reynaldo Lopez were ejected after a fight near the mound in the fifth inning of the teams' Tuesday game in Anaheim, Calif.,Soler, who homered in the first inning, and Lopez started staring each other down after the ...
Wild cruise to win, knock Kraken to brink of elimination
Joel Eriksson Ek scored and had two assists while Matt Boldy and Marcus Johansson each had a goal and an assist as the Minnesota Wild won their fourth straight game, downing the visiting Seattle Kraken 5-2 on Tuesday.,Marcus Foligno and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored for Minnesota (45-21-2, 102 poi...
Canadiens pull off comeback, shootout victory over Panthers
Cole Caufield and Alexandre Texier scored in the shootout to complete the host Montreal Canadiens' 4-3 comeback win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.,Ivan Demidov, Phillip Danault and Nick Suzuki scored for the Canadiens (46-22-10, 102 points) in regulation. Montreal has won nine of its la...
Late rallies lift Cardinals to 10-inning win over Nationals
Thomas Saggese and JJ Wetherholt hit run-scoring doubles in the 10th inning and the visiting St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 7-6 on Tuesday night.,Saggese led off with a double off Cole Henry (0-2) to score automatic runner Masyn Winn with the go-ahead run. Saggese went to third on...
Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto deals in return to Toronto vs. Blue Jays
Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched an effective six-plus innings Tuesday night and the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1. ,Yamamoto (2-1) allowed one run, five hits and one walk with six strikeouts in his first appearance back in the stadium where he was named World Series MVP ...
Zach Werenski, Blue Jackets collect critical win against Red Wings
Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist in regulation, then scored the decisive goal in the shootout as the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets snapped a six-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.,Adam Fantilli scored with 17 seconds left to force overtime, and Columbus w...
Reds avoid near-blanking, force extras to stun Marlins
The Cincinnati Reds -- scoreless against Sandy Alcantara until the ninth inning -- rallied to defeat the host Miami Marlins 6-3 in 10 innings on Tuesday night.,Cincinnati tied the score in the ninth on a two-out wild pitch by Anthony Bender, and the Reds took control in the 10th on Nathaniel Lowe's ...
Rob Dillingham pours in career-best 26 as Bulls blast Wizards
Rob Dillingham's career-high 26 points off the bench highlighted a balanced scoring effort as the Chicago Bulls rolled to a 129-98 rout of the host Washington Wizards on Tuesday.,Chicago (30-49) left little doubt on the way to snapping a seven-game losing streak, pouncing on Washington (17-62) with ...
Mavs deny JJ Redick's claim of incorrect MRI on Austin Reaves’ injury
The Dallas Mavericks have denied Lakers coach JJ Redick's claim that their medical staff initially performed an MRI on the wrong part of Austin Reaves' body, leading to a second MRI and a delayed diagnosis of his oblique injury.,Reaves, Los Angeles' second-leading scorer at 23.3 points per game, had...
Trevor Story's RBI double breaks deadlock, leads Red Sox past Brewers
Trevor Story snapped a scoreless tie with a bases-loaded double in the sixth inning, Garrett Crochet took a shutout into the seventh and the Boston Red Sox held on for a 3-2 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night., ,The Red Sox, who managed just three hits, converted three cons...
Paul Skenes takes no-hitter into 6th as Pirates stifle Padres
Oneil Cruz and Nick Gonzales each had clutch two-run singles to back up a gem by Paul Skenes and propel the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-1 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.,Skenes (2-1) carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning before allowing a one-out single by Fernando Tatis J...
Bulls prez sees Billy Donovan as integral to future -- if coach wants to stay
The Chicago Bulls aren't looking to move on from Billy Donovan. Now it's up for Donovan to decide what his future holds.,Bulls CEO and president Michael Reinsdorf held a video call with media Tuesday and said the team's next front office hires must be "sold" on Donovan as their coach.,"If I intervie...
Mets rally late, nip D-backs in 10 for 4th straight win
Ronny Mauricio delivered the game-winning RBI single in the 10th inning Tuesday for the host New York Mets, who beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 in the opener of a three-game series.,Automatic runner Francisco Lindor went to third on Bo Bichette's groundout and trotted home on Mauricio's hit to dee...
Colorado QB Dominiq Ponder's BAC double legal limit in fatal wreck
An autopsy report released Tuesday revealed Dominiq Ponder had a blood alcohol limit more than twice the legal limit when he lost control of his 2023 Tesla and struck a utility pole in a fatal accident on March 1. ,The details released by the Boulder County Coroner's office showed Ponder, a 23-year-...
Gary Woodland grateful for Augusta security as he manages PTSD
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- When Gary Woodland last played the Masters in 2024, he was months removed from surgery to remove a brain tumor.,At that point, it may have appeared to outsiders that he'd finished his fight. Woodland, though, said he "didn't know what the future held.",Woodland, now 41, revealed in a...