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No. 17 Kansas State rides QB Avery Johnson's arm in rout of West Virginia
Avery Johnson threw for career highs in yards (298) and touchdowns (three) in his eighth career start as No. 17 Kansas State dominated host West Virginia 45-18 on Saturday night.,On a night K-State (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) struggled to get any traction on the ground, Johnson found three different receivers...

A.J. Allmendinger advances to Xfinity finale with Vegas win
LAS VEGAS -- It was the first NASCAR Xfinity Series trophy of the season for A.J. Allmendinger, but the timing was on point, his playoff win in the Ambetter Health 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday punching his ticket into next month's season-finale championship race.,The 42-year old Calif...

Sharks desperate to emulate Avs and grab first win
The Colorado Avalanche will look to make it back-to-back wins when they visit the San Jose Sharks on Sunday.,Colorado snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 overtime victory against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday to conclude a four-game homestand.,Nathan MacKinnon scored the game-winner with 41 s...

JJ Peterka propels Sabres to victory over Blackhawks
JJ Peterka scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period to help the visiting Buffalo Sabres earn a 4-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.,Peterka scored for a third straight game to put Buffalo ahead 3-2. He took a cross-ice pass from Tage Thompson low in the left circle for a qui...

Missouri QB Brady Cook (ankle) returns to lead Tigers to comeback victory
Missouri quarterback Brady Cook left Saturday's game against Auburn in the first quarter with an ankle injury, then made a trip to the hospital before returning late in the third quarter to help the Tigers to a 21-17 home victory.,Cook underwent an MRI exam at the hospital, Tigers coach Eli Drinkwit...

No. 8 LSU rides balanced offense in rout of Arkansas
Caden Durham ran for three touchdowns Saturday night and No. 8 LSU limited Arkansas to 38 yards on the ground in a 34-10 Southeastern Conference win in Fayetteville, Ark.,Durham rushed for 101 yards on 21 carries as the Tigers (6-1, 3-0) earned their sixth straight win. Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier...

Kings on the road again, but close to home at Anaheim
The Los Angeles Kings, who captured six of a possible 10 points in the eastern portion of their season-opening seven-game road trip, head down the Santa Ana Freeway to the Honda Center on Sunday afternoon to face their Southern California rivals, the Anaheim Ducks.,The seven-game road trip, which be...

Canucks hand Flyers rare shutout loss in home debut
Kevin Lankinen made 26 saves for his fourth career shutout as the Vancouver Canucks spoiled the Philadelphia Flyers' home opener with a 3-0 victory on Saturday night.,Nils Hoglander, Brock Boeser and Kiefer Sherwood scored for Vancouver, which improved to 2-1-0 on its four-game road trip. The Canuck...

Islanders outlast slumping Canadiens after lengthy shootout
Noah Dobson scored in the ninth round of the shootout Saturday night for the New York Islanders, who squandered two leads before outlasting the Montreal Canadiens, 4-3, in Elmont, N.Y.,Neither team scored in the first three rounds of the shootout before both swapped goals in the next two rounds. Goa...

Vanderbilt holds off pesky Ball State to improve to 5-2
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia threw for 275 yards and a touchdown and ran for 82 and another score, leading the Commodores to a 24-14 win over visiting Ball State in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday night.,Tight end Eli Stowers caught eight passes for 130 yards and a touchdown for Vanderbilt (5-2,...

Tom Wilson's second goal of the game gives Capitals OT win over Devils
Tom Wilson scored his second goal of the game at 4:00 of overtime to lift the visiting Washington Capitals to a 6-5 win against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night,Wilson entered the zone 2-on-1, kept the puck and fired a wrist shot past Jacob Markstrom. He scored in his fourth straight game to ...

Ken Duke heats up, grabs 1-shot lead at Dominion Energy Charity Classic
Ken Duke followed a torrid front nine with a relatively uneventful last nine holes to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Dominion Energy Charity Classic on Saturday in Richmond, Va.,Duke carded a 6-under-par 66 at the Country Club of Virginia to move to 9-under 135, one shot better than ...

Blues edge Hurricanes on Kasperi Kapanen's goal
Mathieu Joseph and Jake Neighbours each had a goal and an assist for the St. Louis Blues in a 4-3 win against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.,Dylan Holloway and Kasperi Kapanen also scored and Joel Hofer made 36 saves for the Blues, who were coming off a 1-0 overtime win against ...

Chris Kreider, Rangers top Maple Leafs, extend win streak
Chris Kreider scored two goals -- one into an empty net -- and the visiting New York Rangers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Saturday night.,Alexis Lafreniere and Artemi Panarin (empty net) also scored for the Rangers, who have won the first two games of a three-game road trip and three in a...

Wild extend point streak with another win over Jackets
Kirill Kaprizov collected one goal and one assist as the visiting Minnesota Wild claimed a 3-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.,Marco Rossi and Mats Zuccarello also scored for the Wild, while goaltender Filip Gustavsson made 23 saves.,Minnesota is unbeaten in regulation to kick of...

J.T. Poston, Doug Ghim in front at delayed Shriner's event
Doug Ghim and J.T. Poston shared the lead at the Shriners Children's Open in Las Vegas when play was halted due to darkness Saturday evening.,The third round will conclude Sunday morning ahead of the fourth round.,Ghim made a big move on Saturday, birdieing his final four holes at TPC Summerlin whil...

Cavaliers F Max Strus (ankle) to miss at least six weeks
Cleveland Cavaliers small forward Max Strus will miss at least six weeks due to a sprained right ankle.,Strus injured the ankle during individual workouts on Thursday, according to the Cavaliers. An X-ray and MRI exam confirmed the severity of the injury.,Strus will undergo treatment and rehab work ...

Christopher Bell collects third Busch Light Pole Award at Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS -- Joe Gibbs Racing's Christopher Bell earned the pole position for Sunday's South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) -- his third pole of the year and third at the 1.5-mile Vegas high banks.,Saturday's lap of 185.344 mph in the No. 20 JGR...

Gustav Forsling's OT goal lifts Panthers over Golden Knights
Gustav Forsling scored with 17 seconds left in overtime as the host Florida Panthers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Saturday night in Sunrise.,Sam Bennett had the primary assist as Forsling shot the puck into the open right side of the net.,This was a matchup between the NHL's two most-rec...

Atlanta United get needed victory at Orlando, make playoffs
Saba Lobjanidze and Jamal Thiare scored in the first 17 minutes as Atlanta United qualified for the postseason by wrapping up the regular season with a 2-1 road victory against Orlando City on Saturday night.,Atlanta United (10-14-10, 40 points) won back-to-back matches for the first time since Marc...