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By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joonas Korpisalo stopped 20 shots for his first shutout of the season and fourth of his career as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-0 to stop a three-game losing streak. Arthur Kaliyev, Vladislav Gavrikov and Drew Doughty scored for the Kings, who tied

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Tommy Novak scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Nashville Predators beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 to preserve their playoff hopes. Zach Sanford and Egor Afanasyev also scored for the Predators, who have two home games remaining in the regular season — on Thursday against Minnesota and Friday against

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Jared McCann scored his 40th goal of the season and the Seattle Kraken reached the 100-point mark in their second NHL season, beating the Arizona Coyotes 4-1 on Monday night. Oliver Bjorkstrand, Justin Schultz and Matty Beniers also scored for the Kraken, who won their fifth

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Marcus Johansson scored two goals late in the third period, and the short-handed Minnesota Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2. Matt Boldy and Gustav Nyquist also scored for Minnesota in its second consecutive win. Filip Gustavsson made 39 saves in his second straight start. Johansson’s 18th

BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) — Jamie Lee Rattray scored the winner in the ninth round of the shootout and Canada beat the United States 4-3 Monday night in the final preliminary round game for both teams at the women’s world hockey championship. The teams will turn their attention to the quarterfinals on Thursday after finishing 1-2

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jeimer Candelario and CJ Abrams drove in two runs apiece, and the Washington Nationals pounded out 14 hits in a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Every batter in the starting lineup got a hit for the Nationals, who won for the third time

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Max Muncy hit a grand slam and a three-run drive for his 10th career multihomer game, Mookie Betts led off the game with a homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers got back to their slugging ways in a 9-1 win over the San Francisco Giants.

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Germán Márquez pitched five strong innings before leaving with right forearm tightness, Alan Trejo tied a career-high with three hits and the Colorado Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4. Márquez was warming up for the sixth inning when he began rubbing his forearm as manager

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Max Scherzer shut down the San Diego Padres for five innings, rebounding from his postseason flop against them last year, and the New York Mets won 5-0 in a playoff rematch between National League heavyweights. Jeff McNeil and Francisco Lindor each laced a two-run double

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen struck out 11 over seven innings, Christian Walker smacked a two-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks won their fourth straight game, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0. Nick Ahmed had three hits while Ketel Marte added two for the D-backs, who took three of four

By GEORGE RICHARDS Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — John Tavares scored with 21.3 seconds remaining in overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Florida 2-1 Monday night to snap the Panthers’ six-game winning streak. Auston Matthews also scored for Toronto, netting his 40th of the season. Ilya Samsonov made 46 saves. Brandon Montour scored

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Joe Pavelski notched his 1,000th career point with a second-period goal, Roope Hintz had a goal and three assists and the Dallas Stars thumped the Detroit Red Wings 6-1 on Monday night. Pavelski, playing in his 1,248th game, became the 10th American-born player to reach the milestone

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Nico Hoerner’s soft single off Matt Brash with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning scored pinch-runner Nick Madrigal and gave the Chicago Cubs a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Jarred Kelenic hit a game-tying home run off closer Michael Fulmer with one out

By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Adley Rutschman homered for the second straight game, Kyle Gibson earned his third victory in as many starts with Baltimore, and the Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 5-1. Ryan Mountcastle and Austin Hays also went deep for Baltimore, which improved to 4-0 in series openers this season.

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Sean Murphy hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning and the Atlanta Braves recovered after blowing a two-run lead in the ninth to beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4. Murphy blasted the first pitch from Derek Law to center field for his third hit of the

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York Islanders are no longer in control of their chances to make the playoffs after losing 5-2 to the Washington Capitals. Ilya Sorokin allowed three goals on the first six nine shots he faced behind sloppy defense before settling down. The Islanders did not

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Casey Mittelstadt scored the tying goal in the third period and got the deciding goal in the shootout to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers. JJ Peterka also scored for the Sabres and rookie Devon Levi made 26 saves

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alec Bohm homered and had six RBIs and the Philadelphia Phillies tagged NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara for nine runs in a 15-3 win over the Miami Marlins. Brandon Marsh and Jake Cave added solo homers for the Phillies. Philadelphia pounded Alcantara for five

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Shane Bieber shook off a rough first inning to pitch seven, and Josh Naylor hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the seventh to give the Cleveland Guardians a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees in a rematch of last year’s AL Division Series. Bieber gave