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NHL roundup: Nathan MacKinnon stars as Avs top Rangers in OT
Nathan MacKinnon, who leads the NHL with 24 goals this season, scored his second goal of the game on a backhander with 2:14 left in overtime as the visiting Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Saturday afternoon after losing a late lead.,MacKinnon started the game-winner -- which bec...

NBA roundup: Timberwolves surge past James Harden, Clippers
Jaden McDaniels scored 27 points on 10-for-13 shooting and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied for a 109-106 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday in Minneapolis.,Julius Randle finished with 24 points for the Timberwolves, who won their fifth game in a row. Naz Reid finished with 19 points of...

Arizona State gets off to fast start in triumph over Oklahoma
Arizona State got off to a hot start on offense and built a 19-point halftime lead, then cruised the rest of the way to an 86-70 win over Oklahoma on Saturday night in the second game of the Jerry Colangelo Classic in Phoenix at the home of the NBA's Suns.,Moe Odum led the Sun Devils (7-2) with 17 p...

Aatu Raty's 3-point night boosts Canucks over Wild
Aatu Raty scored twice and added an assist as the host Vancouver Canucks doubled up the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Saturday night., ,Tom Willander scored and added an assist and defenseman Elias Petterson also found the back of the net for the Canucks, which snapped a four-game winless skid (0-3-1) and w...

Patrick Kane scores last as Red Wings edge Kraken
Patrick Kane scored the tiebreaking goal at 17:31 of the third period as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the host Seattle Kraken 4-3 on Saturday night.,Emmett Finnie, Andrew Copp and James van Riemsdyk also scored and Simon Edvinsson had two assists for the Red Wings, who won for the second time in t...

Oilers' potent offense strikes early, often to put away Jets
Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard each had a goal and an assist and Connor McDavid added two assists as the host Edmonton Oilers jumped out to a four-goal first-period lead and cruised to a 6-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night., ,Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Curtis Lazar, Matt Savoie and Davi...

No. 2 Arizona's red-hot shooting dooms No. 20 Auburn
Koa Peat scored 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting and No. 2 Arizona remained unbeaten with an impressive 97-68 victory over No. 20 Auburn on Saturday night at Tucson, Ariz.,Jaden Bradley and Brayden Burries scored 16 points apiece for the Wildcats (8-0), who will likely become the nation's top-ranked te...

No. 2 Indiana deals No. 1 Ohio State first loss for Big Ten crown
INDIANAPOLIS -- Fernando Mendza passed for 222 yards and a touchdown and the Indiana defense came up with two late stands as the No. 2 Hoosiers defeated No. 1 Ohio State 13-10 in the Big Ten Championship game on Saturday.,The Hoosiers (13-0) won their first conference title since 1967 and beat the B...

Emanuel Sharp tallies 27 points to carry No. 8 Houston past Florida State
Emanuel Sharp continued his hot start with 27 points to lead host Houston to an 82-67 victory over Florida State on Saturday night as part of the Houston Hoops Showdown.,Sharp was 6-of-10 from 3-point range to lead the No. 8 Cougars (8-1) to their second win in a row, with both coming against Atlant...

Canadiens ramp up defense, edge Maple Leafs in shootout
Alexandre Texier scored the decisive goal of a shootout and the visiting Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 on Saturday night.,Cole Caufield scored for the Canadiens in regulation and also in the shootout and Jakub Dobes made 22 saves. Montreal has won two in a row and five of s...

Oklahoma State stays unblemished with win over Grand Canyon
Parsa Fallah scored 25 points and Christian Coleman added 16 as Oklahoma State remained undefeated with an 84-78 win over Grand Canyon on Saturday as part of the Jerry Colangelo Classic in Phoenix, Ariz.,Anthony Roy and Jaylen Curry both had 14 points for the Cowboys (9-0).,The Lopes (5-4) were led ...

Hurricanes jump out to 5-goal lead, cool off Predators
Jackson Blake notched two goals and an assist the Carolina Hurricanes blasted the Nashville Predators 6-3 on Saturday night at Raleigh, N.C.,Nikolaj Ehlers provided a goal and two assists and Taylor Hall, William Carrier and Sebastian Aho also scored for the Hurricanes, who registered more than one ...

Islanders get defense, just enough offense to beat Lightning again
Cal Ritchie banked in a third-period power-play goal, Ilya Sorokin stopped 32 shots in a record-tying performance, and the New York Islanders beat the host Tampa Bay Lightning for the second time in five days in Saturday night's 2-0 blanking.,In a pivotal moment in the third, Lightning forward Brand...

TCU on the rebound against streaking North Texas
TCU has a quick turnaround as it takes on red-hot North Texas on Sunday in the US LBM Coast to Coast Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.,North Texas (7-2) has won four straight games, the latest a 77-75 home victory over Houston Christian on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Horned Frogs (5-3) lost 87-85 in overt...

Jalen Johnson's triple-double helps Hawks handle Wizards
Jalen Johnson recorded his second consecutive triple-double with 30 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists as the visiting Atlanta Hawks snapped a three-game losing streak with a 131-116 win over the Washington Wizards on Saturday.,Onyeka Okongwu scored 21 points, Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 17 and L...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder model for Jazz to follow
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams were big parts of the Oklahoma City Thunder's championship run last season.,Heading into Sunday's matchup with the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City, Gilgeous-Alexander is playing even better than he did last season, when he won NBA Most Valuable Player honors. W...

UCLA overcomes sluggish second half to top reeling Oregon
UCLA survived a cold second half of shooting and got 18 points from Eric Dailey Jr., one of five Bruins to score in double figures in their 74-63 win over Oregon on Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles.,UCLA (7-2 overall, 2-0 in Big Ten) almost squandered an 18-point lead, but closed out the game by ho...

UCF seeks 7th straight win with Towson in town
UCF coach Johnny Dawkins has his team off to its best start since 2016-17, and the Knights will look to notch their seventh straight victory Saturday afternoon when they face the Towson Tigers in Orlando, Fla.,In his 10th season at the Orlando school, Dawkins registered his 175th win last weekend wh...

Blues F Jordan Kyrou (leg) makes early exit vs. Senators
St. Louis Blues winger Jordan Kyrou was knocked out of Saturday's game against the host Ottawa Senators with an apparent left leg injury after a collision along the boards early in the first period.,Kyrou was playing the puck and was hit by Senators forward Stephen Halliday just 2:52 into the game. ...

Cam Spencer stepping up for Grizzlies while Blazers flounder
The rash of injuries at the point guard position has created an opportunity for Memphis Grizzlies reserve Cam Spencer.,As the Grizzlies prepare for a visit Sunday from the Portland Trail Blazers, Spencer finds himself a key part of the rotation and a major reason Memphis has won six of its past eigh...