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No. 3 Iowa State, No. 11 Kansas seek to shake off tough losses
Two highly ranked teams are desperate for a win to break out of recent skids.,Only one of those teams will get its wish when No. 3 Iowa State tips off against No. 11 Kansas in a Big 12 Conference battle Monday night in Lawrence, Kan.,Iowa State (17-4, 7-3 Big 12) is eager to bounce back from two con...

Panthers yield quick goal, dominate Blackhawks rest of way
Sam Reinhart scored his 30th goal of the season and contributed two assists for the Florida Panthers in a 5-1 win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday afternoon in Sunrise, Fla.,Carter Verhaeghe contributed a goal and an assist, while Jonah Gadjovich, Matthew Tkachuk and Evan Rodrigue...

Robert Wright III, Baylor surge past No. 11 Kansas
Freshman guard Robert Wright III scored a career-high 24 points to lead short-handed Baylor to an 81-70 upset over No. 11 Kansas on Saturday in Waco, Texas.,VJ Edgecombe scored 14 points but didn't return after he went to the locker room with what was reported as a lower-body injury with 14:38 left ...

Panthers yield quick goal, dominate Blackhawks the rest of the way
Sam Reinhart scored his 30th goal of the season and also contributed two assists for the Florida Panthers in a 5-1 win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday afternoon in Sunrise, Fla.,Carter Verhaeghe contributed a goal and an assist, while Jonah Gadjovich, Matthew Tkachuk and Evan Rod...

No. 11 Kansas, Baylor add injury issues to challenges
No. 11 Kansas hopes to have its lineup back to full strength in a pivotal Big 12 matchup against Baylor on Saturday in Waco, Texas.,The Jayhawks (15-5, 6-3) grinded out a 91-87 home win over UCF on Tuesday without Dajuan Harris Jr. The starter on the Jayhawks' 2022 national championship team played ...

Matthew Tkachuk, Panthers take aim at Blackhawks
Although the Florida Panthers weren't able to string more than two wins together in the month of January, head coach Paul Maurice seems confident the defending Stanley Cup champions are headed in the right direction.,The Panthers will try to continue making incremental strides toward another long pl...

Mikko Rantanen nets first Hurricanes goal in win over Blackhawks
Mikko Rantanen scored in his Hurricanes home debut as Carolina posted a 3-2 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Rantanen was in his third game overall since joining the team via trade from the Colorado Avalanche. The right winger had gone eight straight games wi...

Newcomers fitting in as Hurricanes face Blackhawks
The Carolina Hurricanes will be back in Raleigh, N.C., for a game Thursday night with a different look from when they last played on home ice.,The Hurricanes made a massive trade late last week and they'll be showing off new pieces when the Chicago Blackhawks visit.,The Hurricanes also are riding a ...

Landon Slaggert delivers in season debut to help 'Hawks beat Lightning
Landon Slaggert scored the go-ahead goal in his season debut as the Chicago Blackhawks opened a three-game Eastern Conference road trip with a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. ,Slaggert, who was recalled from the American Hockey League on Sunday, broke a 1-1 tie in the second p...

Slumping Blackhawks get another shot at Lightning
If proximity leads to familiarity, the Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning should be getting to know each other pretty well.,They will meet for the second time in five days on Tuesday night, this time in Florida to cap their season series.,The Lightning found their recent visit to Chicago a g...

No. 11 Kansas again seeks salve while facing UCF
No. 11 Kansas finds itself in a familiar position as it prepares for a Big 12 rematch with visiting UCF on Tuesday night.,The Jayhawks (14-5, 5-3 Big 12) play UCF (13-6 ,4-4) for the second time this season when they're coming off a rare home defeat.,The Jayhawks traveled to Orlando, Fla., to face U...

Wild build big lead, extend mastery of Blackhawks
Jared Spurgeon, Frederick Gaudreau and Joel Eriksson Ek scored to give the visiting Minnesota Wild a three-goal edge, and they held on to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Sunday.,Marcus Foligno scored once in a two-point game and goaltender Filip Gustavsson made 18 saves for the Wild, who snapped ...

Report: Seahawks hiring Klint Kubiak as offensive coordinator
The Seattle Seahawks will name former New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak to the same role, NFL Network reported Sunday.,Kubiak, who turns 38 next month, was the Saints' offensive coordinator for one season but chose to leave while New Orleans is in the midst of a search for a new ...

Wild seek to reverse recent fortunes in clash vs. Blackhawks
The Minnesota Wild are struggling to regain their footing after losing five of their past six games ahead of their visit on Sunday to the Chicago Blackhawks.,Wild coach John Hynes challenged the team after Saturday's 5-4 home loss to the Calgary Flames.,"Now we're choosing to lose," Hynes said. "Tha...

No. 7 Houston keeps rallying, beats No. 12 Kansas in 2OT
J'Wan Roberts had 24 points, nine rebounds and five assists to help No. 7 Houston rally to a dramatic 92-86 double-overtime victory over No. 12 Kansas on Saturday evening in a Big 12 showdown at Lawrence, Kan.,Mylik Wilson added 18 points and Milos Uzan had 17 points, nine rebounds and nine assists ...

Power play propels Lightning to OT win over Blackhawks
Nikita Kucherov capped a three-point outing with a power-play goal 58 seconds into overtime, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Friday.,Kucherov one-timed the winner from the right circle after earlier posting two assists. He stretched his point streak to 11 ga...

Avs' Mikko Rantanen dealt to Hurricanes in 3-team trade
In a blockbuster three-team deal, the Carolina Hurricanes acquired Avalanche star forward Mikko Rantanen and former Hart Trophy winner Taylor Hall of the Chicago Blackhawks while sending forwards Martin Necas and Jack Drury to Colorado on Friday night.,Also in the trade, the Avalanche acquired forwa...

No. 7 Houston puts stingy defense to test vs. No. 12 Kansas
No. 7 Houston seems to have a semi-permanent spot atop the national scoring defense leaders, and now the Cougars are coming off their stingiest effort of the season.,Houston again will rely on defense as it aims to stretch its winning streak to 12 games on Saturday evening in a Big 12 showdown again...

Lightning seek first win of road trip at Blackhawks
The Tampa Bay Lightning do not have the results to show for the effort halfway through their four-game road trip, but coach Jon Cooper and his group like the on-ice showing.,After dropping tight games in Toronto and Montreal, the Lightning will travel to Chicago and meet the Blackhawks on Friday for...

No. 12 Kansas rallies from early deficit to defeat TCU
Hunter Dickinson scored a game-high 16 points and pulled down nine rebounds, Flory Bidunga posted his first career double-double and No. 12 Kansas overcame an early deficit for a 74-61 victory over TCU on Wednesday night in Fort Worth, Texas.,The Jayhawks (14-4, 5-2 Big 12) had three other players f...