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Ovechkin returns, scores in OT as Capitals beat Bruins Flames hand Canadiens fi rst regulation loss of season MONTREAL, Jan 31, (AP): Jacob Markstrom made 37 saves for his sec- NHL Results/Standings ond shutout of the season, Johnny Ga- udreau and Mikael Backlund scored, and the Calgary Flames handed the Montreal Canadiens their fi rst regula- WASHINGTON Jan 31, (AP): Results tion loss of the season, 2-0. and standings from the NHL games Davis scores 27 in return on Saturday. The Flames improved to 3-3-1, snap- Buffalo 4 New Jersey SO 3 ping a three-game losing streak that in- Philadelphia 3 NY Islanders OT 2 cluded a 4-2 loss to the Canadiens on Pittsburgh 5 NY Rangers OT 4 Thursday night. Montreal dropped to Washington 4 Boston OT 3 Florida 3 Detroit OT 2 5-1-2. Carolina 4 Dallas 1 Gaudreau opened the scoring on a Tampa Bay 4 Nashville 3 power play at 3:34 of fi rst period with Calgary 2 Montreal 0 Edmonton 4 Toronto OT 3 as Lakers survive Celtics his fi fth of the season. Backlund scored Colorado 5 Minnesota 1 into an empty net with 34 seconds left. St Louis 6 Anaheim 1 Jake Allen made 31 saves for the Vancouver 4 Winnipeg 1 Canadiens. East Division Capitals 4, Bruins 3 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 9 6 0 3 15 35 29 In Washington, Alex Ovechkin Philadelphia 9 6 2 1 13 31 28 scored in overtime in his return, Vitek Boston 8 5 1 2 12 25 17 Vanecek made 40 saves in his sixth Pittsburgh 9 5 3 1 11 29 34 Buffalo 9 4 3 2 10 27 27 consecutive start, and Washington beat New Jersey 8 3 3 2 8 18 23 Boston. NY Islanders 8 3 4 1 7 16 20 Ovechkin beat Tuukka Rask clean NY Rangers 8 2 4 2 6 22 25 off the rush 28 seconds into OT in his Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA fi rst game since Jan. 19. The Capitals Columbus 9 4 2 3 11 23 25 captain missed the past four games be- Florida 5 4 0 1 9 19 14 cause of COVID-19 protocols. Tampa Bay 6 4 1 1 9 19 14 Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and Dallas 5 4 1 0 8 20 10 Carolina 5 4 1 0 8 14 7 an , Trevor van Riemsdyk scored Nashville 8 4 4 0 8 20 24 his fi rst since joining the Capitals and Chicago 9 2 4 3 7 23 30 Richard Panik added one on the power Detroit 9 2 5 2 6 18 32 play. Washington blew a three-goal lead West Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA by allowing goals to Nick Ritchie, Brad Colorado 9 6 3 0 12 33 19 Marchand and then Charlie McAvoy Vegas 7 5 1 1 11 23 17 with 57.3 seconds left in regulation. St Louis 8 5 2 1 11 28 28 Minnesota 9 5 4 0 10 25 25 Former Bruins captain Zdeno Chara Los Angeles 8 3 3 2 8 25 26 played almost 21 minutes in his fi rst Anaheim 9 3 4 2 8 15 23 game against his old team, which Arizona 8 3 4 1 7 20 22 didn’t see him as a full-time player at San Jose 8 3 5 0 6 22 31 North Division age 43. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Oilers 4, Maple Leafs 3, OT Toronto 10 7 2 1 15 33 29 In Edmonton, Alberta, Connor Mc- Montreal 8 5 1 2 12 33 22 David scored his second goal of the Vancouver 11 6 5 0 12 40 37 Winnipeg 8 5 3 0 10 29 25 night 42 seconds into overtime to lift Edmonton 10 4 6 0 8 30 36 Calgary 7 3 3 1 7 20 17 Ottawa 8 1 6 1 3 17 36 ICE HOCKEY Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for play- Edmonton past Toronto. offs under this season’s temporary McDavid redirected a pass from realignment. Leon Draisaitl off the rush for his sev- enth goal of the season. McDavid also Zach Sanford also scored during the had an assist. three fastest goals to open a game in Dominik Kahun and Josh Archiba- Blues history. The fl urry also was the ld also scored, and Mikko Koskinen fi fth-fastest three goals to begin a game stopped 26 shots for Edmonton. Auston in NHL history, and the fastest since Matthews, William Nylander and Zach December 1987. Boston Celtics’ Daniel Theis (right), competes against Los Angeles Lakers’ Talen Horton-Tucker (5) and Dennis Schroeder (17) for the ball during the fi rst Hyman scored for Toronto. Sabres 4, Devils 3, SO half of an NBA game, on Jan. 30, in Boston. (AP) Lightning 4, Predators 3 In Buffalo, N. Y., Jack Eichel scored In Tampa, Florida, Tyler Johnson, in a shootout, Linus Ullmark made 31 Cal Foote, Victor Hedman and Steven saves and Buffalo beat New Jersey in Blazers edge Bulls 123-122 Gonzaga routs Pepperdine 97-75 Stamkos scored in the second period in the opener of a two-game set. Tampa Bay’s victory over Nashville. Victor Olofsson, Tobias Rieder and Brayden Point had two assists to Eric Staal also scored to help the Sa- BOSTON, Jan 31, (AP): help Tampa Bay end a fi ve-period goal bres improve to 3-0-2 in their past fi ve Anthony Davis had 27 NBA Results/Standings drought with the big second. Andrei games. Taylor Hall had two assists. points and 14 rebounds in Baylor tops Auburn in Vasilevskiy made 23 saves. Hurricanes 4, Stars 1, Nashville lost in regulation to Tam- his return to the lineup and In Raleigh, N.C., Vincent Trocheck WASHINGTON, Jan 31, (AP): Re- pa Bay for the fi rst time since Dec. 29, scored twice in a three-minute span in the Los Angeles Lakers sults and standings from the NBA Big 12/SEC Challenge 2013, a span of 13 games. the fi rst period and Carolina beat Dal- games on Saturday. Ryan Ellis, Viktor Arivdsson and hung on to beat the Boston Portland 123 Chicago 122 las after Hurricanes starting goaltender Houston 126 New Orleans 112 WACO, Texas, Jan 31, (AP): Davion leader Austin Reaves and starting guard Mathieu Olivier had power-play goals Celtics 96-95 when Daniel Miami 105 Sacramento 104 for the Predators. Pekke Rinne made 29 Petr Mrazek left the game due to injury Mitchell had 13 points and seven assists Alondes Williams because of COV- in the opening minutes. Theis missed a follow shot Charlotte 126 Milwaukee 114 saves, losing to the Lightning in regula- LA Lakers 96 Boston 95 against his former team, Matthew May- ID-19 protocols. tion for the fi rst time in his career. James Reimer replaced Mrazek and at the buzzer. Memphis 129 San Antonio 112 er soared for a couple of highlight dunks Elijah Harkless scored 14 points and Penguins 5, Rangers 4, OT stopped 10 of 11 shots and handed the LeBron James fi nished with 21 Phoenix 111 Dallas 105 and No. 2 Baylor remained undefeated Brady Manek added 12 for the Sooners Stars their fi rst loss of the season in Golden State 118 Detroit 91 In New York, Sidney Crosby scored points, seven rebounds and seven Eastern Conference with an 84-72 victory over Auburn in (11-4). The became the second team in at 2:27 of overtime and Pittsburgh ins their fi fth game overall and fi rst of a assists in the fi rst meeting of the Atlantic Division the Big 12/SEC Challenge. the past 25 years to beat three Top 10 beat the New York Rangers 5-4 on Sat- two-game set in Carolina. W L Pct GB Mitchell made a 3-pointer with 11 1/2 teams in a row, following wins over Avalanche 5, Wild 1 season between the longtime ri- Philadelphia 14 6 .700 - minutes left to extend Baylor’s lead to Kansas and Texas. urday night to stop a two-game skid. vals. Montrezl Harrell added 16 Brooklyn 13 8 .619 1-1/2 Jason Zucker, Brandon Tanev, Kas- In St. Paul, Minn., Brandon Saad Boston 10 8 .556 3 59-43, getting the pass from Jared But- Texas Tech 76, LSU 71 peri Kapanen and Jake Guentzel also had a goal and assist to lead a balanced points for the Lakers, who lost in New York 9 11 .450 5 ler and making the shot right after com- In Baton Rouge, La., Mac McClung, scored for Pittsburgh, and Casey De- scoring attack in Colorado’s victory Detroit on Thursday when Davis Toronto 7 12 .368 6-1/2 ing out of one of his shoes. who had not made a fi eld goal in the sec- over Minnesota. Southeast Division Baylor (16-0), which has gone deeper ond half, hit two 3-pointers to key a stun- Smith made 30 saves. Guentzel tied it rested a bruised right quadriceps. W L Pct GB 4-all midway through the third period. Logan O’Connor, Joonas Donskoi, Jayson Tatum fi nished with 30 points Atlanta 10 9 .526 - into a season without a loss only one ning late rally in Texas Tech’s victory Brendan Lemieux, Kevin Rooney, Mikko Rantanen and J.T. Compher also and nine rebounds for the Celtics. Jay- Charlotte 9 11 .450 1-1/2 other time - a 17-0 start in 2011-12. over LSU in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. Chris Kreider and Artemi Panarin scored, and Philipp Grubauer made 19 len Brown added 28 points. Boston has Orlando 8 12 .400 2-1/2 Adam Flagler, another transfer, led the Texas Tech (12-5) scored straight 12 Miami 7 12 .368 3 Bears with a season-high 19 points, points in the fi nal minute. With the Red scored for New York. Alexandar Geor- saves for his NHL-best sixth victory. lost fi ve out of its last seven. Washington 3 12 .200 5 giev made 33 saves. Colorado has won three straight and The Celtics played the fi nal 10:28 Central Division while Butler had 16, MaCio Teague 15 Raiders trailing 71-64 following a fi eld Flyers 3, Islanders 2, OT four of fi ve to take the West Division without Marcus Smart, who was W L Pct GB and Mayer 13. Flo Thamba was score- goal by Shareef O’Neal with 1:10 re- In Philadelphia, Scott Laughton lead. helped off the court with what the team Milwaukee 11 8 .579 - less in 17 minutes, but had 11 rebounds. maining in the game, McClung hit two Indiana 11 8 .579 - Jaylin Williams had 17 points for Au- from behind the arc. scored in overtime and Jake Voracek Panthers 3, Red Wings 2, OT said was a left calf strain following a Cleveland 9 10 .474 2 In Detroit, Aleksi Heponiemi made collision with Harrell underneath the Chicago 7 11 .389 3-1/2 burn (10-8). Florida 85, W. 80 and Kevin Hayes also in Philadelphia’s Gonzaga 97, Pepperdine 75 victory over New York. the most of his NHL debut, scoring basket. Harrell tipped in a missed layup Detroit 5 15 .250 6-1/2 In Morgantown, W.Va., Colin Western Conference In Malibu, Calif., Drew Timme had Jordan Eberle and Scott Mayfi eld with 2:15 left in overtime to lift Florida and stepped on Smart’s foot as he came Castleton scored 15 of his 21 points in Southwest Division 19 points and Gonzaga routed Pepper- the second half and Florida beat West scored for the Islanders. past Detroit. down. W L Pct GB Keith Yandle and Aleksander Bark- Trail Blazers 123, Bulls 122 Memphis 8 6 .571 - dine for its 21st straight victory. Virginia in the Big 12-SEC Challenge. The Flyers and Islanders played for Andrew Nembhard added 17 points the fi rst time since New York won ov also scored, and Sergei Bobrovsky In Chicago, Damian Lillard hit a San Antonio 11 9 .550 - Noah Locke had 19 points for Florida made 25 saves. fadeaway 3-pointer as time expired to Houston 9 9 .500 1 and eight assists, Corey Kispert scored (10-4). Tyree Applebee fi nished with Game 7 of their second-round playoff Dallas 8 12 .400 3 16 points and Aaron Cook had a career- series last season. The Islanders domi- Canucks 4, Jets 1 lift Portland past Chicago. New Orleans 7 11 .389 3 12. Derek Culver led West Virginia (11- Lillard fi nished with 44 points on Northwest Division high 15 for Gonzaga (17-0, 8-0 West 5) with a career-high 28 points. nated this one in regulation and outshot In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Brock Bo- Coast Conference). the Flyers 27-14. eser scored two goals, leading Vancou- eight 3-pointers. W L Pct GB Missouri 102, TCU 98, OT Utah 15 4 .789 - In Columbia, Mo., Xavier Pinson Blues 6, Ducks 1 ver over Winnipeg. It appeared the Bulls had the game Denver 11 8 .579 4 BASKETBALL In Anaheim, California, Jordan Ky- Rookie Nils Hoglander and Zack in control after Coby White hit a pair Portland 10 8 .556 4-1/2 scored a career-best 36 points, Jeremiah Oklahoma City 8 10 .444 6-1/2 Tilmon had a career-high 33 and Mis- rou scored two of St. Louis’ three goals MacEwen also scored for the Canucks. of free throws to give them a 122-117 Villanova 80, Seton Hall 72 in the opening 2:06, and the Blues Mason Appleton scored for Winni- lead with 11.5 seconds left. Lillard Minnesota 4 14 .222 10-1/2 souri beat TCU in overtime in the SEC/ Pacifi c Division In Newark, N.J., Jeremiah Robinson- Big 12 Challenge. cruised past Anaheim. peg off an assist from Adam Lowry. came down and hit a 3-pointer with 8.2 W L Pct GB Earl scored 23 points in 21 minutes and seconds to play. LA Clippers 15 5 .750 - The Tigers (11-3) trailed by 12 with LA Lakers 15 6 .714 -1/2 Villanova rolled to ninth straight vic- less than fi ve minutes left in regulation. Following the inbounds, the Blazers Phoenix 10 8 .556 4 tory, beating Seton Hall. trapped Zach LaVine in the corner and Missouri rallied behind Pinson’s out- Golden State 11 9 .550 4 Jermaine Samuels added 17 points side shooting. He went 8 for 13 from forced a jump ball with 6.2 seconds Sacramento 8 11 .421 6-1/2 and Justin Moore had 16 for Jay left. After the jump, Lillard picked up beyond the arc, including a deep 3 with Wright’s team. Collin Gillespie had 11 3.9 seconds left that tied it at 89. the loose ball and fi red a 3 from near points and a career-high 11 assists. Penn State 81, Wisconsin 71 the sideline to win it. Sacramento had a last-ditch chance, but Richaun Holmes’ jumper was well 65, Virginia 51 In State College, Pa., Myreon Jones short. In Blacksburg, Va., Keve Aluma scored 20 points on 8-for-12 shooting BASKETBALL Bam Adebayo had 18 points and 13 scored a career-high 29 points to lead and Penn State snapped a decade-long rebounds for Miami. De’Aaron Fox Virginia Tech past Virginia. skid against Wisconsin. scored 30 points for Sacramento. Aluma hit 10 of 15 shots from the Izaiah Brockington added 18 points Enes Kanter had 22 points and 11 fl oor, including two 3-pointers to help and John Harrar had 17 for the Nittany rebounds for Portland. Suns 111, Mavericks 105 the Hokies (13-3, 7-2 Atlantic Coast In Dallas, Chris Paul had 27 points Lions (6-7, 3-6 Big Ten). They had lost Hornets 126, Bucks 114 Conference) overcome a 10-point defi - 13 straight to Wisconsin. In Charlotte, N.C., LaMelo Ball and 12 assists and Phoenix rallied to cit in the second half. beat Dallas. 80, Kansas 61 scored a career-high 27 points and had Oklahoma 66, Alabama 61 In Knoxville, Tenn., Yves Pons nine assists and Charlotte handed Mil- Deandre Ayton had 18 points and 17 In Norman, Oklahoma, De’Vion Har- rebounds for the Suns, who trailed by scored 17 points and Tennessee never waukee its second loss in two nights. mon scored 18 points to help Oklahoma trailed in beating Kansas in the Big 12/ Gordon Hayward added 27 points, 15 in the second half. Mikal Bridges beat Alabama in the SEC/Big 12 Chal- and Jae Crowder each scored 14 points. SEC Challenge. Malik Monk had 18 and Cody Zeller lenge, despite playing without scoring The Volunteers (12-3) won their chipped in with a career-best 15 re- Dallas wasted a terrifi c performance Calgary Flames’ Andrew Mangiapane (88) moves in on Montreal Cana- by Luka Doncic, who scored 18 of his second straight and notched their sec- bounds. ond win against a Top 15 opponent this diens goaltender Jake Allen during fi rst-period NHL hockey game action in Giannis Antetokounmpo nearly 29 points in the third quarter, includ- Montreal, on Jan 30, 2021. (AP) ing eight straight in a 12-0 run after the season, a much-needed boost to their re- had a triple-double, fi nishing with 34 sume after COVID-19 issues scratched points, 18 rebounds and nine assists teams were tied at halftime. The Mav- No. 1 Gonzaga, No. 14 Wisconsin and for the Bucks. Milwaukee lost at New ericks dropped their fi fth consecutive also a trip to Notre Dame. Townsend, Gonzaga women Orleans on Friday night. game. Georgia Tech 76, Florida St. 65 Warriors 118, Pistons 91 The Suns played their fourth straight In Atlanta, Moses Wright scored 23 In San Francisco, Stephen Curry game without All-Star guard Devin points and Georgia Tech beat Florida scored 28 points, making six 3-point- Booker. He’s sidelined by a strained State, ending the Seminoles’ fi ve-game start fast, sink Saint Mary’s ers, and Golden State raced to an early left hamstring. winning streak. lead and beat Detroit, Rockets 126, Pelicans 112 Jose Alvarado added 21 points, and MORAGA, Calif., Jan 31, (AP): Jill drezick scored a career-high 30 points Curry shot 11 for 17, including 6 of In New Orleans, Christian Wood Michael Devoe had 19 for Georgia Tech Townsend scored 18 of her 20 points in and West Virginia beat TCU for its 8 from deep, and Golden State found a scored 27 points and Houston beat New (8-5, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference). the fi rst half, Jenn Wirth had 14 points eighth straight victory. far better offensive groove after shoot- Orleans to run its winning streak to fi ve. RaiQuan Gray had 19 points for Flor- and 14 rebounds and No. 18 Gonzaga Gondrezick was 9-of-17 shooting, ing just 38% in Thursday’s 114-93 Victor Oladipo scored 20 points and ida State (10-3, 6-2). won its 14th straight game, rolling over made all 10 of her free throws, and loss at Phoenix - including 29% from John Wall added 15 for Houston. Purdue 81, Minnesota 62 Saint Mary’s 79-52. 3-point range (11 for 38). Zion Williamson had 26 points for In West Lafayette, Ind., Brandon Cierra Walker added 11 points for BASKETBALL Kelly Oubre Jr. added 18 points. Jer- the Pelicans. Newman scored 21 of his season-high 29 the Bulldogs (15-2, 10-0 West Coast ami Grant led Detroit with 18 points. Grizzlies 129, Spurs 112 points in the second half, Trevion Wil- Conference) and Kayleigh Truong had Heat 105, Kings 104 In San Antonio, Ja Morant had 19 liams added 17 points and 14 rebounds a career-high nine assists. had a career-tying nine assists. Esmery In Miami, Jimmy Butler scored a points and 11 assists and Memphis beat Seton Hall forward Sandro Ma- and Purdue rallied to beat Minnesota. Madeline Hollard led the Gaels (5- Martinez added a career-high 23 points season-high 30 points after missing 10 San Antonio for its sixth straight victory. mukelashvili (23) goes to the bas- The Boilermakers (12-6, 6-4 Big 12, 3-8) with 15 points. on 9-of-12 shooting for the Mountain- games because of the NBA’s virus-re- De’Anthony Melton had 20 points, ket over Villanova forward Jeremi- Ten) have won fi ve of six. Coach Matt Gonzaga beat Saint Mary’s 69-36 in eers (13-2, 7-2 Big 12). lated protocols, including the go-ahead and former Spurs forward Kyle Ander- ah Robinson-Earl (24) during the Painter earned his 174th Big Ten vic- Spokane on Jan. 2. Lauren Heard scored a career-high layup with 42.1 seconds left, and the son fi nished with 16. Reserves Gorgui fi rst half of an NCAA college bas- tory, tying former Illinois coach Harry West Virginia 79, TCU 70 34 points for the Horned Frogs (7-8, Heat beat Sacramento to end a fi ve- Dieng and Desmond Bane added 15 ketball game, on Jan 30, 2021, in Combes for No. 8 on the conference’s In Fort Worth, Texas, Kysre Gon- 2-8). game losing streak. points apiece. Newark, N.J. (AP) career list.