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Quinton Byfield helps Kings survive Blues in OT
Quinton Byfield scored the game-winning goal 27 seconds into overtime for the Los Angeles Kings, who snapped a five-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the visiting St. Louis Blues on Saturday.,Anze Kopitar scored for the Kings off assists from Drew Doughty and Mikey Anderson, whose stickwork pre...
Steven Stamkos' hat trick propels Predators to OT win over Blackhawks
Steven Stamkos completed a hat trick in overtime to lift the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.,Stamkos fired a one-timer from the left circle at 2:39 of the extra frame for his 14th career hat trick.,Justus Annunen made 17 saves for the Predators, ...
Nashville converts first scores of season into win over Timbers
Ahmed Qasem scored midway through the second half in his first MLS start and Nashville SC halted its scoreless start to the season with a 2-0 victory over the visiting Portland Timbers on Saturday night.,Andy Najar also scored his first goal for his new club just before halftime, helped by an error ...
Zach Steffen records another shutout as Rapids edge Austin
Rafeal Navarro's goal in the 18th minute and Zach Steffen's second clean sheet of the season was enough for visiting Colorado Rapid to defeat Austin FC 1-0 on Saturday in an early-season Western Conference match.,The Rapids (1-0-2, 5 points) struck early on, with Navarro finding the net off an assis...
Chicago catches fire with three late goals to down FC Dallas
The visiting Chicago Fire exploded for three goals late in the second half as they defeated FC Dallas 3-1 in rainy Frisco, Texas on Saturday.,Leonardo Barroso, Andrew Gutman, and Hugo Cuypers scored in a span of less than 10 minutes for the Fire (1-1-1, 4 points), who won their first match under Gre...
Bulls rally past Heat with dominant fourth quarter
Josh Giddey recorded his third triple-double of the season and hit a 3-pointer with 16 seconds left as the visiting Chicago Bulls rallied from a 17-point deficit to beat the Miami Heat 114-109 on Saturday.,Giddey had 26 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists for Chicago, which outscored Miami 36-20 in t...
Balanced attack carries Oklahoma past rival Texas
Brycen Goodine scored 14 points to lead a balanced Oklahoma attack as the Sooners defeated rival Texas 76-72 on Saturday in the teams' regular-season Southeastern Conference finale in Austin, Texas.,Both the Sooners (19-12, 6-12 SEC) and the Longhorns (17-14, 6-12) are considered on the bubble for a...
Valeri Nichushkin's hat trick carries Avalanche past Maple Leafs
Valeri Nichushkin had three goals for his first career regular-season hat trick, Nathan MacKinnon had two goals to reach 100 points for the season, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied in the third period to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-4 in Denver on Saturday night.,Joel Kiviranta and Jonathan Drou...
Philadelphia Union stay perfect; Revolution still without a goal
Tai Baribo scored his MLS-leading sixth goal and the Philadelphia Union continued their perfect start under first-year coach Bradley Carnell with 2-0 victory over the New England Revolution in Foxborough, Mass., on Saturday night.,Baribo's 76th-minute header of Kai Wagner's pass tied an MLS record f...
Australia's Karl Vilips grabs lead at Puerto Rico Open
Australia's Karl Vilips is fighting stomach problems and the rest of the field in pursuit of his first PGA Tour title after grabbing a one-stroke lead Saturday through three rounds of the Puerto Rico Open.,Vilips, 23, collected seven birdies against one bogey in carding a 6-under-par 66 to reach 18-...
Flames rookie GK Dustin Wolf posts another shutout
Rookie goaltender Dustin Wolf recorded his third shutout of the season and his career while backstopping the host Calgary Flames to a 1-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.,Joel Farabee scored the game's lone goal for the Flames, who moved back into the Western Conference's second wild...
New York City FC holds off collapse with rebound vs. Orlando City
Hannes Wolf scored the tiebreaking goal on a header in the 71st minute as New York City FC recovered quickly from conceding the tying goal and earned a 2-1 victory over visiting Orlando City Saturday night in New York.,After being unable to avoid allowing late goals in a draw to Inter Miami and a lo...
Red Bulls turn away Atlanta United threats in scoreless draw
Carlos Coronel recorded seven saves for the visiting New York Red Bulls on Saturday in a 0-0 tie against Atlanta United.,New York (1-1-1, 4 points) had just seven total shot attempts, none on goal, despite posting a 59.1 percent possession rate. The Red Bulls have now gone scoreless in two of three ...
Aric Almirola edges Alex Bowman to win at Phoenix
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Aric Almirola made a dramatic last-lap pass in overtime to claim the win in Saturday's GOVX 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Phoenix Raceway, making door-to-door contact with Hendrick Motorsports' Alex Bowman in the final two turns. The .045-second margin of victory was the secon...
Inter Miami looks to stay hot vs. Charlotte FC
Inter Miami will put its unbeaten streak across all competitions on the line when it hosts Charlotte FC on Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Although it's still very early in the MLS season, the contest could prove important for both sides, which enter the match tied in the standings.,Inter Miami (1-0...
Rockets blast Pelicans with season-best 146 points
Dillon Brooks scored a game-high 27 points, Aaron Holiday added 20 off the bench and Amen Thompson flirted with a triple-double as the Houston Rockets opened a six-game homestand with a 146-117 wire-to-wire victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday.,The Rockets capped the four-game season se...
Botic van de Zandschulp upsets Novak Djokovic at Indian Wells
Lucky loser Botic van de Zandschulp recorded one of the biggest victories of his career by delivering a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 victory over five-time champion Novak Djokovic on Saturday in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif.,The 29-year-old Dutchman had a 26-15 edge in winners wh...
SEC tournament roundup: No. 5 South Carolina beats No. 10 Oklahoma to reach final
Joyce Edwards scored 21 points to lead a balanced scoring effort and No. 5 South Carolina never trailed in defeating No. 10 Oklahoma 93-75 in the SEC tournament semifinals Saturday in Greenville, S.C.,MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 19, Sania Feagin had 14, Tessa Johnson scored 11 and Chloe Kitts added 10 ...
No. 2 Duke beats North Carolina, clinches ACC regular-season title
Kon Knueppel scored 17 points and Tyrese Proctor and Sion James both notched 16, and No. 2 Duke responded from a seven-point deficit in the second half to beat rival North Carolina 82-69 on Saturday night at Chapel Hill, N.C.,Duke clinched the outright regular-season championship in the Atlantic Coa...
Hornets score last 12 points to surge past Nets
Miles Bridges poured in 26 points and the Charlotte Hornets closed the game by scoring the final 12 points to rally for a 105-102 victory against the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night.,Nick Smith Jr. had 19 points, Moussa Diabate added 16 points and 15 rebounds and Bridges pulled in 12 reboun...