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Justin Sourdif nets 1st hat trick as Caps hold off slumping Ducks
Justin Sourdif had three goals and two assists and the Washington Capitals hung on to beat the visiting Anaheim Ducks 7-4 on Monday night.,Connor McMichael had four assists, Alex Ovechkin scored two goals, and Ryan Leonard and John Carlson each had a goal and an assist for the Capitals, who built a ...

Mammoth beat Rangers in OT after Igor Shesterkin leaves with injury
Sean Durzi scored 66 seconds into overtime Monday night to help the visiting Utah Mammoth rally for a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers, who lost goalie Igor Shesterkin to a lower-body injury in the first period.,Michael Carcone scored the tying goal 6:15 into the third period before Durzi went ...

Anfernee Simons drops 8 threes to help Celtics tame Bulls
Anfernee Simons made eight 3-pointers and scored a game-high 27 points to help the Boston Celtics extend their winning streak to four games by beating the visiting Chicago Bulls 115-101 on Monday night.,Payton Pritchard added 21 points for the Celtics, who received 13 points and 13 rebounds from Nee...

Tariq Francis (30 points) propels Rutgers over Oregon in OT
Tariq Francis scored six of his 30 points in overtime and made 10 of 11 free throws for the game to lead Rutgers to an 88-85 win over Oregon on Monday night in Piscataway, N.J.,Rutgers (8-7, 1-3 in Big Ten) got its first conference win of the season after trailing by eight at halftime and storming b...

Pistons throttle Knicks in battle of top two Eastern Conference teams
Cade Cunningham had 29 points and 13 assists as the host Detroit Pistons dominated a matchup of Eastern Conference powers, thumping the New York Knicks, 121-90, on Monday night.,The teams entered the week in the top two spots in the Eastern Conference standings. The Knicks, who lost their fourth str...

Blue Jackets want to protect late leads better with Sharks on tap
Holding onto third-period leads has been a struggle for the Columbus Blue Jackets this season. They've lost six of 18 games when leading at the start of the third period, the second-worst winning percentage in the NHL in that situation.,The Blue Jackets hope to get another chance to buck that trend ...

Jets, Golden Knights each looking to end long droughts
Two teams striving to snap long losing streaks face off Tuesday when the Vegas Golden Knights visit the Winnipeg Jets.,Vegas, which entered Monday's action atop the Pacific Division with 46 points, has lost a season-high five straight games and has won just once in its last nine (1-5-3).,Things are ...

No. 10 Nebraska remains perfect with resilient win at Ohio State
Braden Frager scored 15 points to help No. 10 Nebraska remain unbeaten and hold off Ohio State 72-69 in Columbus, Ohio on Monday.,Earlier in the day, the Cornhuskers (15-0, 4-0 Big Ten) reached the top 10 for the first time since being ranked No. 9 on Feb. 28, 1966.,Rienk Mast had 12 points, and Jam...

DePaul aims to recapture last season's dominance of Georgetown
DePaul has struggled to win consistently throughout its tenure in the Big East.,However, that hasn't been the case against Georgetown of late.,Looking to build on their first league win of the season, the Blue Demons eye a fourth consecutive victory over the visiting Hoyas on Tuesday night in Chicag...

Jake LaRavia filling scoring void for Lakers ahead of Pelicans clash
Jake LaRavia has proven to be the perfect tonic for the resurgent Los Angeles Lakers ahead of Tuesday's road clash with the New Orleans Pelicans.,The versatile wing, who signed as a free agent last summer, is in season-best form -- his surge arriving just when his team needed his two-way punch most....

Cedric Coward ailing as Grizzlies host Spurs
During a season in which Memphis Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant has missed approximately half of the team's 35 games due to injury, teammates seem to be joining him on the sidelines on a consistent basis.,The latest to join the oft-injured Morant was rookie Cedric Coward, a bright spot for the Grizz...

Leafs, new franchise record-holder Auston Matthews take on Florida
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews will return home Tuesday night to play the Florida Panthers on a roll that has made him the team's all-time leading scoring leader.,Matthews has six goals and four assists over his past four games. He scored twice in a 4-3 overtime road loss to the New Yor...

Georgia standouts Zachariah Branch, CJ Allen, Oscar Delp declare for draft
Georgia gained a better idea of what it will need to replace in 2026 on Monday, as the Bulldogs' top pass-catcher Zachariah Branch and top tackler CJ Allen both declared their intentions to enter the 2026 NFL Draft.,They were joined by top receiving tight end Oscar Delp in announcing their moves on ...

Isles return Ilya Sorokin, hope to have Matthew Schaefer vs. Devils
Matthew Schaefer, the player most responsible for the New York Islanders' surprising turnaround this season, may not play Tuesday night.,But the Islanders will get back one of their biggest foundational pieces when goalie Ilya Sorokin starts against the New Jersey Devils in a battle of longtime Metr...

NFL finalizes opponents for 2026 regular season
Fourteen NFL teams and their fan bases are looking forward to the playoffs, but for everyone else, the focus has already shifted to next year.,The NFL finalized every team's opponents for the 2026 season at the conclusion of the 2025 regular season on Sunday night, when Pittsburgh beat Baltimore to ...

Jets set dubious mark with no interceptions all season
The New York Jets have many lowlights associated with their poor 3-14 season.,But one in particular stands out - the Jets became the first team in NFL history to go the entire season without recording a single interception.,The NFL has been recording that statistic since 1933.,New York had a chance ...

LSU hoping for Dedan Thomas Jr.'s return vs. South Carolina
If LSU is going to stay undefeated at home and pick up its first SEC victory against South Carolina on Tuesday in Baton Rouge, it may have to do so without one of the conference's most dynamic playmakers.,Dedan Thomas Jr., a two-time All-Mountain West performer while at UNLV, is averaging 16.2 point...

Cincinnati, West Virginia hope to brush off losses to cream of the crop
Cincinnati and West Virginia opened with losses to the class of the Big 12 Conference, and both are after a league win when they square off on Tuesday in Morgantown, W. Va.,In a back-and-forth affair, the Bearcats (8-6, 0-1 Big 12) lost 67-60 to then-No. 8 Houston on Saturday at home. Day Day Thomas...

Coming off rare regulation loss, Avalanche visit sizzling Lightning
The matchup Tuesday night on Florida's Gulf Coast comes down to this: It's the NHL's best, the Colorado Avalanche, versus its hottest, the Tampa Bay Lightning.,Colorado will be playing its third game in four nights, but nothing has seemed to hamper coach Jared Bednar's dynamic club and its race to t...

Sabres aim to start new streak as they host Canucks
Rasmus Dahlin doesn't see any reason why the Buffalo Sabres can't start another winning streak when they host the struggling Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night., ,The Sabres are looking to rebound from a 5-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday which snapped their franchise-record tying 10-...