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Bruins hammer Canucks on David Pastrnak's milestone night
Czech linemates David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha each scored a goal and combined for seven points as the Boston Bruins eased past the host Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Saturday night.,Pastrnak (one goal, three assists) became the 11th player in Bruins history to reach 400 career assists after contributing...
Jake Guentzel stays hot as Lightning knock off Kraken
Jake Guentzel scored for the sixth consecutive game and added an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the host Seattle Kraken 5-1 on Saturday night.,Brandon Hagel tallied twice, Brayden Point added a goal and an assist, Nikita Kucherov had two helpers and Declan Carlile, recalled earlier in th...
Trevin Knell's 15 points help BYU get past Wyoming
Trevin Knell scored 15 points to lead BYU to a 68-49 victory over Wyoming in Salt Lake City on Saturday.,Mawat Mag and Dawson Baker added 11 points apiece off the bench for the Cougars. BYU finished with 37 bench points.,Knell, Mag and Baker combined to make eight 3-pointers to power the Cougars' of...
76ers rookie Jared McCain out indefinitely with torn meniscus
The Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday announced that rookie guard Jared McCain has suffered a torn meniscus and will have surgery. He is out indefinitely.,McCain, 20, has averaged 15.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 23 games (eight starts) this season. His scoring average is the highest of any...
Brady Tkachuk scores in OT to lift Senators past Penguins
Ottawa's Brady Tkachuk fired in the overtime game-winner as the Senators won their season-high third straight game, edging the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 Saturday night.,In the teams' fourth straight overtime match in Ottawa, Tkachuk took a stretch pass from Jake Sanderson, toe-dragged his way...
Jets regain first place in the Central with 4-2 win over Canadiens
Gabriel Vilardi and Kyle Connor each had a goal and an assist as the host Winnipeg Jets regained first place in the Central Division by doubling up on the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night 4-2.,Josh Morrissey had two assists. Adam Lowry and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for Winnipeg, while Ni...
Jeff Petry gets first 2 goals of season as Wings double up Leafs
Jeff Petry scored his first two goals of the season as the host Detroit Red Wings downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Saturday night.,Petry hadn't scored since April 11 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Meanwhile, goaltender Ville Husso got his first victory in over a year. Husso, who made 23 saves...
Jordan Gainey drains layup at the buzzer as No. 1 Tennessee edges Illinois
Jordan Gainey drove the length of the court and scooped in a right-handed layup on the left side of the hoop at the buzzer to lift No. 1 Tennessee to a 66-64 nonconference victory over Illinois before a sellout crowd Saturday afternoon in Champaign, Ill.,Gainey came off the bench to deliver 18 of hi...
Lamont Butler has perfect shooting night as No. 5 Kentucky defeats Louisville
Lamont Butler returned to Kentucky's lineup Saturday in spectacular fashion, scoring a career-high 33 points to lead the fifth-ranked Wildcats past the visiting Louisville Cardinals 93-85 in Lexington, Ky.,The fifth-year point guard missed the last two games for the Wildcats (10-1) due to an ankle i...
Javon Small comes up big as West Virginia handles Bethune-Cookman
Javon Small paved the way for West Virginia's fourth consecutive win, scoring 27 points, grabbing six rebounds and dishing out six assists in an 84-61 victory over Bethune-Cookman Saturday night in Morgantown, W. Va.,Amani Hansberry finished with 16 while Jonathan Powell hit four 3-pointers and scor...
QB Derek Carr officially ruled out for Sunday’s game by Saints
On Saturday, the New Orleans Saints officially ruled quarterback Derek Carr out for Sunday's game against the Washington Commanders.,Carr, who sustained a left hand injury and was placed in concussion protocol following a hard landing after a run in the Saints' 14-11 win against the New York Giants ...
Cade Tyson sparks North Carolina off the bench to easy win against La Salle
Cade Tyson came off the bench to hit five 3-point shots on his way to 23 points in North Carolina's 93-67 romp past La Salle on Saturday at Chapel Hill, N.C.,RJ Davis added 13 points, while Von-Allen Lubin and Seth Trimble both had 10 points. Davis supplied five assists.,The Tar Heels (6-4), playing...
Down 13 in 2nd half, No. 24 UCLA rallies past Arizona
Tyler Bilodeau scored a game-high 17 points as No. 24 UCLA used a second-half rally to beat Arizona 57-54 on Saturday as part of the Hall of Fame Series in Phoenix.,UCLA trailed 49-36 with 10:49 left but outscored the Wildcats 21-5 down the stretch. The Bruins (9-1) have won eight straight games, wh...
No. 20 Wisconsin halts skid, stifles Butler's top scorer
No. 20 Wisconsin ended a three-game losing streak behind Nolan Winter's career-high 20 points, defeating nonconference foe Butler 83-74 at the Indy Classic in Indianapolis on Saturday., ,Steven Crowl Winter added 18 points and six rebounds and Max Klesmit scored 11 points for Wisconsin (9-3), which ...
Kirill Kaprizov takes charge as Wild bounce back vs. Flyers
Kirill Kaprizov scored a pair of goals to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday afternoon in Saint Paul, Minn., ,Matt Boldy and Marco Rossi added one goal apiece for Minnesota, which bounced back from a 7-1 loss in its previous game against the Edmonton Oilers...
No. 22 Cincinnati roars back late to upend rival Xavier
No. 22 Cincinnati rallied from a seven-point deficit in the second half to defeat cross-town rival Xavier 68-65 on Saturday on the Cincinnati campus.,Simas Lukosius had 11 of his team-leading 14 points in the second half for Cincinnati (8-1), which snapped a five-game losing streak to Xavier in anot...
QB recruit Bryce Baker talks with Bill Belichick, stays with UNC
Four-star quarterback Bryce Baker, after speaking with new North Carolina coach Bill Belichick, will sign with his home-state Tar Heels on Dec. 18, the high school senior told ESPN on Saturday.,Baker verbally committed in June 2023 to North Carolina and then-head coach Mack Brown, who was fired at t...
South Carolina uses size to overpower South Carolina Upstate
Nick Pringle scored a career-high-tying 19 points as host South Carolina downed South Carolina Upstate 73-53 in a game delayed several minutes after a frightening injury on Saturday in Columbia, S.C.,With 5:10 left in the first half, South Carolina Upstate's Brit Harris was knocked off balance as he...
Kings continue surge with easy 5-1 win over Rangers
The Los Angeles Kings erupted for three goals in the second period to take a commanding lead and finished off 5-1 road victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday.,Adrian Kempe, Quinton Byfield, Alex Turcotte, and Warren Foegele each tallied a goal and an assist in the victory, while Darcy Kuemper...
With better sense of urgency, Texas faces Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Texas looks to continue its home success in the runup to its first season in the Southeastern Conference when it hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Sunday afternoon in Austin, Texas., ,The Longhorns (8-2) rebounded from a loss to two-time defending NCAA champion UConn on Sunday by walloping New Mexico Sta...