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Ryan McDonagh, Roman Josi lead Predators past Lightning, 5-1

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:23:38 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan McDonagh and Roman Josi each had a goal and an assist, and the Nashville Predators beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Thursday night.Juuso Parssinen, Filip Forsberg and Yakov Trenin also scored and Juuse Saros made 32 saves for Nashville, which has won three straight and nine of 11.Alex Barré-Boulet scored and Jonas Johansson made 25 saves for the Lightning, who had their two-game winning streak snapped.Nashville went 2-for-3 on the power play while holding the Lightning scoreless on their four chances with the man advantage. It was the first multiple power-play goal game for Nashville in more than a month. Tampa Bay entered Thursday with the NHL’s second-best power play success rate at 31.9%.Barré-Boulet scored the game’s first goal with 6:28 remaining in the opening period on a one-timer from the right circle.Parssinen tied it 1-1 with 2:46 left in the first on the power play. McDonagh’s shot from the right point hit Philip Tomasino in the slot and th...

Sabres snap 4-game skid with a 3-1 win over Atlantic Division-leading Bruins

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:23:38 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — JJ Peterka, Tage Thompson and Victor Olofsson scored and the Buffalo Sabres snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.Devon Levi made 30 saves for Buffalo, which beat the Atlantic Division-leading Bruins for the first time in nearly a calendar year. The Bruins had won three straight against Buffalo. The Sabres last beat Boston on Dec. 31, 2022.“Just focusing on stepping over the boards and winning your shift and beating the guy across from you,” Thompson said. “From there, you get time and space to make plays.”Brad Marchand scored for Boston, which had its four-game winning streak halted. Marchand also recorded the 1,000th penalty of his career.“This game will humble you quickly and we saw that tonight,” Marchand said. “It’s about making sure you play hard and make life difficult on the other team.”Linus Ullmark finished with 33 saves, and the Bruins were outshot 35-29.“We just didn’t have any energy or life to us,” said ...

Sharks rally to spoil Patrick Kane’s Detroit debut, beating Red Wings 6-5 in OT

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:23:38 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Mikael Granlund scored 37 seconds into overtime and the San Jose Sharks spoiled Patrick Kane’s Detroit debut, overcoming a four-goal deficit to beat the Red Wings 6-5 in overtime Thursday night.Nico Sturm and Tomas Hertl each scored twice for San Jose. Hertl, who has five goals in the last two games, and Fabian Zetterlund had the Sharks’ first two short-handed goals of the season. Hertl tied it with 1:29 left on a rebound after San Jose pulled its goaltender for an extra skater.The 35-year-old Kane, a nine-time All-Star who signed a one-year contract with Detroit on Nov. 28, didn’t record a point. He hit the post early in the third period. Kane had his right hip surgically repaired six months ago.Michael Rasmussen scored two goals in a 13-second span for Detroit. Klim Kostin, Lucas Raymond and Dylan Larkin also scored.KINGS 4, CANADIENS 0MONTREAL (AP) — Quinton Byfield had two goals and an assist, Cam Talbot made 24 sabes and Los Angeles beat Montreal for its NHL-reco...

How a Fairfax Co. community is responding to teenager’s deadly overdose

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:23:38 GMT

A Fairfax County, Virginia, high school community is in mourning after a student’s deadly overdose earlier this week.Fairfax County police said they’re investigating the overdose, which happened in Seven Corners on Monday. When they got to an apartment in the 2900 block of John Marshall Drive at around 6 p.m., police said a teenager was found unconscious. The teen was taken to a hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.The teenager was on a video call with a friend when she became unconscious, police said. Detectives found evidence that narcotics had been used.In a note to the Justice High School community, obtained by WTOP, Principal Tiffany Narcisse described the incident as a “heartbreaking loss for our community.” The school has a crisis team on site in the aftermath of the incident, she wrote.In a separate message, addressed to the FCPS community, Superintendent Michelle Reid said, “Out of concern for the student’s privacy, we will not be releasing further information abou...

Joseph Woll makes 29 saves before leaving with injury, Maple Leafs hold off Senators 4-3

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:23:38 GMT

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Joseph Woll made 29 saves before leaving because of an injury midway through the third period and the Toronto Maple Leafs held on to beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Thursday night.Woll left after stopping a shot from Rourke Chartier.Toronto led 3-2 at the time, and William Nylander made it 4-2 with 6:57 remaining.Mitch Marner, David Kampf and Calle Jarnkrok also scored for the Maple Leafs, and Martin Jones stopped none of 10 shots in relief of Woll.Josh Norris, Jacob Bernard-Docker and Claude Giroux scored for Ottawa. Anton Forsberg stopped 18 shots.Jarnkrok gave Toronto a 3-1 edge 3:35 into the third period with a wrist shot, capped a run of three straight Maple Leafs goals.But under two minutes later, Bernard-Docker made it a one-score game with his first career NHL goal on a point shot. Nylander made it 4-2 with a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle, and Giroux finished the scoring on a one-timer with 1:53 remaining.Ottawa was unable to complete the com...

Kings blank Canadiens 4-0, set the NHL record with their 11th straight road win to open season

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:23:38 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — Quinton Byfield had two goals and an assist, Cam Talbot earned a shutout and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 Thursday night for their NHL record 11th road victory to open the season.The Kings (16-4-3), who eclipsed the mark of 10 straight road wins set by the Buffalo Sabres in 2006-07, are one road win away from matching the NHL record of 12 consecutive road victories at any point during the season.Drew Doughty had a goal and an assist and Trevor Moore also scored for Los Angeles. Anze Kopitar had three assists and Talbot made 24 saves.Montreal was shut out by Los Angeles for the second time this season. The Kings earned a 4-0 win in Los Angeles on Nov. 25.Samuel Montembeault stopped 38 shots and became the first Canadiens goalie to start consecutive games since Jake Allen on Oct. 21 and 23.Byfield continued his breakout season after a slow start to his career. The second overall pick in 2020 has eight goals and 13 assists through 23 games this ...

Patrick Kane returns, just misses a shot in season debut with Red Wings in 6-5 OT loss to Sharks

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:23:38 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Kane was all alone in front of the net with a point-blank shot to score in his debut with the Detroit Red Wings.Ping.Kane hit the left post early in the third period and the San Jose Sharks went on to beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-5 in overtime Thursday night.“It would’ve been nice to bury that,” he said.Kane took his first of 22 shifts at the start of the game and finished with three shots in 16 minutes, 33 seconds of ice time in an intriguing NHL comeback.The 35-year-old Kane had his right hip surgically repaired six months ago and is shooting to become the third player in the league to return from the invasive procedure.“Overall, I felt fine,” he said. “I’ll definitely have to build up the timing, the confidence and getting back to trying to take over when you have the puck on your stick and take over games.”Detroit signed the playmaking wing last week to a prorated $2.75 million contract for the rest of the season to bolster its chances of earni...

Jacobi scores 15, Eastern Illinois knocks off IUPUI 75-58

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:23:38 GMT

CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — Kooper Jacobi had 15 points in Eastern Illinois’ 75-58 win against IUPUI on Thursday night.Jacobi added 15 rebounds for the Panthers (5-5). Corey Swayer Jr. scored 15 points, going 6 of 10 (1 for 4 from 3-point range). Kyndall Davis had nine points and shot 3 of 6 from the field and 2 for 3 from the line.Jlynn Counter finished with 19 points and six rebounds for the Jaguars (3-7). IUPUI also got seven points and three steals from Vincent Brady II.IUPUI visits Minnesota on Dec. 12.Eastern Illinois’ hosts Central Arkansas on Sunday. ___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Langley’s late OT bucket send UNC Greensboro past Eastern Kentucky 87-85

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:23:38 GMT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Kobe Langley scored 19 points and his left-handed floater off a drive in the lane with less than a second left carried UNC Greensboro past Eastern Kentucky 87-85 in overtime Thursday night.Donovan Atwell led the Spartans (7-1) with 24 points shooting 8 for 12 shooting including 8 for 10 from 3-point range. Mikeal Brown-Jones scored 19 points and Langley finished 8-for-11 shooting.UNC Greensboro now has won six straight.Devontae Blanton led the way for the Colonels (3-4, Atlantic Sun Conference) with 22 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three steals. Leland Walker added 18 points and Isaiah Cozart scored 16 points.UNC Greensboro hosts Elon on Sunday.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Barzal and Horvat lead the Islanders to a 7-3 win vs the Blue Jackets

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:23:38 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Mathew Barzal had two goals and two assists, Bo Horvat also scored twice and picked up an assist, and the New York Islanders beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-3 on Thursday night.Pierre Engvall, Cal Clutterbuck and Kyle Palmieri also scored for New York, which extended its point streak to four games (3-0-1). Semyon Varlamov finished with 32 saves in his first win at home this season.Adam Fantilli scored twice and added an assist for the Blue Jackets, who lost their third straight. Emil Bremstrom also scored and Spencer Martin made 28 saves.Columbus pulled within one early in the third period when Fantilli scored his second of the game at 1:27.The Islanders have squandered third-period leads 11 times in nine games this season (3-1-5), including their previous game — a 5-4 overtime loss Tuesday to San Jose. But they responded Thursday and scored three consecutive goals after Fantilli’s second to stretch their lead to 7-3 and ease nerves on the bench.Barzal buried a pass...