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FC Dallas look to clean up offensive inefficiencies in match at Real Salt Lake
FC Dallas will look to return to its early-season form when the team travels to battle Real Salt Lake on Saturday night in a Western Conference match in Sandy, Utah.,The Toros (1-2-1, 4 points) head back to the road looking for answers after dropping two straight matches on their home pitch. Their m...

Red Bulls seek to continue success vs. Toronto FC
The New York Red Bulls will look to continue their longstanding dominance over Toronto FC on Saturday night in Harrison, N.J.,New York is 8-0-3 in the last 11 regular-season matches against Toronto, dating to the 2019 season. All-time, the Red Bulls are 17-2-2 in home games against the Canadian side...

Oilers' Connor McDavid injured in OT loss to Jets
Edmonton Oilers superstar captain Connor McDavid sustained a lower-body injury in the second period of a 4-3 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.,McDavid appeared to get hurt after being bumped by Winnipeg defenseman Josh Morrissey in his pursuit of the puck in the Jets' zone.,The severit...

Blue Jackets seek AWOL offense against Penguins
The Columbus Blue Jackets have dropped five consecutive games heading into a crucial road clash with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.,However, as the Blue Jackets (31-28-9, 71 points) look to return to winning ways, they sit three points back of the Montreal Canadiens in the chase for the Eastern ...

Hurricanes top Sharks for 2nd eight-game win streak of season
Sebastian Aho and Sean Walker scored third-period goals to lead the Hurricanes to a 3-1 road victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, Carolina's eighth win in a row.,The Hurricanes (42-22-4, 88 points) are on the eighth winning streak of eight or more games in franchise history, with two of tho...

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks blast star-less Lakers
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 28 points and grabbed seven rebounds while leading the visiting Milwaukee Bucks to a 118-89 victory over the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday.,Gary Trent Jr. added 23 points and six 3-pointers off the bench as Milwaukee snapped a two-game skid. Kyle Kuzma adde...

Utah scores 3 times in 3rd to put away Sabres
Mikhail Sergachev scored twice for Utah Hockey Club in a 5-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday in Salt Lake City.,Dylan Guenther broke a third-period tie for Utah (31-27-11, 73 points) before Kevin Stenlund and Sergachev added insurance goals. Logan Cooley also scored and Karel Vejmelka mad...

Kings hand Blackhawks sixth straight loss
Darcy Kuemper made 17 saves for the visiting Los Angeles Kings in a 3-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.,Kuemper has surrendered just five goals in his past six games, after a 10-game run in which he had given up 31.,Trevor Moore, Alex Turcotte and Joel Edmundson scored for the ...

John Gibson returns to help Ducks squash Predators
John Gibson returned after missing seven games with a lower-body injury and made 33 saves to help the visiting Anaheim Ducks to a 4-1 win against the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.,Trevor Zegras had a goal and an assist for the Ducks (30-31-8, 68 points), whose only two wins in the past six ...

Canucks force OT with late goal, but Blues prevail
Philip Broberg scored off a rush in overtime to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.,The Blues (35-28-7, 77 points) are a point ahead of the Canucks (32-25-12, 76 points) in the race for the final Western Conference wild-card position. Vancouver ...

Drake pulls away for upset win over Missouri in West Region
Bennett Stirtz had 21 points and four assists as No. 11 Drake upset No. 6 Missouri 67-57 in the first round of NCAA Tournament's West Region on Thursday night in Wichita, Kan.,Tavion Banks added 15 points for the Bulldogs (31-3), who will face the winner of No. 3 Texas Tech and No. 14 UNC Wilmington...

Aleksander Barkov lifts Panthers past Blue Jackets in OT
Captain Aleksander Barkov scored a power-play goal 29 seconds into overtime and Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves to fuel the visiting Florida Panthers to a 1-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday.,With Kirill Marchenko serving a delay-of-game penalty that spanned into overtime, Barkov e...

Jonas Aidoo helps Arkansas defeat Kansas in West Region
Jonas Aidoo nearly quadrupled his scoring average Thursday night with a game-high 22 points and 10th-seeded Arkansas canned eight straight foul shots in the final minute to clinch a 79-72 win over 7th-seeded Kansas in a first round West Region game of the NCAA Tournament in Providence, R.I.,Johnell ...

Hornets bounce back from big loss to beat Knicks
LaMelo Ball returned to action and scored 25 points in the Charlotte Hornets' 115-98 victory against the visiting New York Knicks on Thursday night.,Mark Williams posted 19 points and 14 rebounds, Miles Bridges scored 15 points, DaQuan Jeffries had 14 and reserve Nick Smith Jr. added 13 for the Horn...

Keith Mitchell, Stephan Jaeger among 5 tied for Valspar lead
Former PGA Tour winners Keith Mitchell (United States) and Stephan Jaeger (Germany) were among the five co-leaders when first-round play was suspended at the Valspar Championship on Thursday in Palm Harbor, Fla.,Mitchell, Jaeger, Jacob Bridgeman, Ricky Castillo and Finland's Sami Valimaki shot round...

Surging Pistons set to face injury-plagued Mavericks
These are heady times for the Detroit Pistons, who moved a season-high eight games above .500 with a last-second victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday.,The Pistons (39-31) have their sights set on larger goals as they prepare to visit the Dallas Mavericks on Friday.,While the injury-plagued Maver...

Reilly Opelka serves his way to first-round victory at Miami Open
Reilly Opelka topped Christopher Eubanks 6-3, 7-6 (4) in an all-American first-round matchup on Thursday at the Miami Open.,Opelka, who's playing on a protected ranking as he works his way back from hip and wrist injuries that sidelined him in 2023 and 2024, earned his first match win at an ATP Mast...

Lakers G Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves out vs. Bucks
Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic will not play Thursday night against the visiting Milwaukee Bucks for injury maintenance and will be joined on the sideline by starting guard Austin Reaves.,Doncic, who has been dealing with a sprained right ankle, played 32 minutes in Wednesday night's 120-108 wi...
NHL March 20th Best Bet: Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Islanders
March 20th's top NHL bets is a point total prediction for the Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Islanders matchup....

Rockets are hot, Heat are not as opposites attract
The contrast is stark.,When the Miami Heat plays host to the Houston Rockets on Friday night, it will be a battle between two teams who have been headed in different directions over recent weeks.,Houston (45-25) is on a season-best eight-game win streak.,Miami (29-40) is on a nine-game losing streak...