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By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored three times to become the third NHL player with 800 career goals, and the streaking Washington Capitals beat the lowly Chicago Blackhawks 7-3. Nic Dowd, Anthony Mantha, Trevor van Riemsdyk and Dmitry Orlov also scored as Washington earned its fifth straight win. Conor

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 44 points, Jaylen Brown added 25 and the Boston Celtics blew a 20-point lead in the second half before rallying from a late 13-point deficit for a thrilling 122-118 overtime victory against the Los Angeles Lakers. Marcus Smart hit four 3-pointers and

By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Malik Beasley made five 3-pointers and scored 21 points, and the Utah Jazz cooled off Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans 121-100. Williamson scored 26 points in 26 minutes and Jonas Valanciunas scored 15, but the Pelicans saw their seven-game winning streak snapped. Only

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Jonathan Marchessault’s second power-play goal late in the third period broke a tie and helped lift the Vegas Golden Knights to a 6-5 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday. The final minutes of the game were action packed. William Karlsson added an empty-net strike for Vegas with 1:24 left and

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Artturi Lehkonen had a short-handed goal and an assist, Pavel Francouz stopped 26 shots and the banged-up Colorado Avalanche beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2. Devon Toews and J.T. Compher also scored for the defending Stanley Cup champion Avalanche, who’ve won consecutive games for the first time

HOUSTON (AP) — Ja’Vier Francis had career highs of 17 points and 15 rebounds, Marcus Sasser scored 17 points, and No. 5 Houston rebounded from its first loss with a 74-46 win over North Carolina A&T. Sasser, a preseason All-American, was 6 of 10 from the field after shooting 2 of 11 and scoring nine

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Branden Carlson scored a career-high 27 points, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked four shots as Utah rolled past UTSA 91-70 for its fifth straight win. Carlson was 10 of 14 from the floor and made 6 of 7 free throws. Marco Anthony added 16 points and 10 rebounds for his

By BRIAN J. PEDERSEN Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Azuolas Tubelis had 20 points and 13 rebounds and No. 9 Arizona hit a season-high 15 3s in a 99-61 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Tubelis, a 6-foot-11 junior from Lithuania, early in the game became the 53rd player in school history to reach 1,000

DETROIT (AP) — Brady Skjei scored the only goal and Pyotr Kochetkov made 27 saves in the Carolina Hurricanes’ 1-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings 1-0 in the 100th career meeting between the teams. Carolina improved to 5-0-1 on its current road swing, tying a record for most wins and setting a record for

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Roope Hintz scored the go-ahead goal with three seconds left in the second period and backup Scott Wedgewood made 35 saves against his former team as the Dallas Stars beat New Jersey 4-1, sending the Devils to their third straight loss. With both teams playing their

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Cleveland scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Florida State defeated South Carolina Upstate 80-63. It was Cleveland’s fourth double-double of his career. Darin Green had three 3-pointers and scored 15 points, 10 in the second half. Caleb Mills added 13 points, all in the first half, with five

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson scored two third-period power-play goals, and Craig Anderson stopped 40 shots in the Buffalo Sabres’ 6-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings. Victor Olofsson and JJ Peterka scored goals 13 seconds apart midway through the third period, and Alex Tuch and Peyton Krebs

WASHINGTON — Led by Jordan Wood’s 15 points, the Howard Bison defeated the Florida International Panthers 71-59 on Tuesday night. The Bison improved to 5-8 with the win and the Panthers fell to 4-5.

OREM, Utah — Led by Justin Harmon’s 19 points, the Utah Valley Wolverines defeated the SAGU American Indian Warriors 100-54 on Tuesday night. The Wolverines are now 7-4 on the season.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Free agent left-hander Ryan Yarbrough has signed a one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals after spending the past five seasons with Tampa Bay. The 30-year-old Yarbrough was 3-8 with a 4.50 ERA in 20 games last season, making nine starts. He twice was on the injured list with groin

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Armando Bacot had 11 rebounds, reaching double digits for a program-record 62nd time, and scored 14 points as North Carolina rolled by The Citadel 100-67. Bacot passed Billy Cunningham for the record while also posting his 55th double-double of his career and sixth this season. Caleb Love hit four 3-pointers

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — KJ Williams scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Derek Fountain also recorded a double-double and LSU beat North Carolina Central 67-57. Fountain scored 17 points on 6-for-9 shooting and recorded a career-high 14 rebounds. Knotted at 23 with 5:29 remaining before halftime, Williams threw down a dunk then made

WASHINGTON — Led by Matt Rogers’ 20 points, the American Eagles defeated the VMI Keydets 69-61 on Tuesday night. The Eagles moved to 8-2 with the win and the Keydets fell to 5-7.