THIS DAY IN SPORTS 1994 — Wayne Gretzky scores his 802nd goal, passing Gordie Howe as the greatest goal-scor- er in NHL history. The Los Angeles Kings center scores in the second period for his 62nd NHL Numbers Game record. Antelope Valley Press, Tuesday, March 23, 2021 C3 National Hockey League results | Monday Rangers 5, Sabres 3 Senators 2, Flames 1 game series between the teams. NEW YORK — Chris Kreider scored twice, OTTAWA, Ontario — Chris Tierney scored Nedeljkovic, an Ohio native, stopped 19 including the tiebreaking goal in the third the tiebreaking goal late in the third period shots for his second shutout this season and period, and the New York Rangers beat and Filip Gustavsson stopped 35 shots beat Columbus for the third time. Buffalo for the Sabres’ franchise record- in his first NHL start, leading Ottawa past Islanders 2, Flyers 1, OT tying 14th straight loss. Calgary. PHILADELPHIA — Anthony Beauvillier Kaapo Kakko also scored twice and Tierney scored his fourth of the season, scored on a wraparound 3:41 into overtime Adam Fox had a goal and two assists as and first in 30 games, at 17:24 of the to give the Islanders to a victory over the Rangers won for the fourth time in six third. That was enough for Gustavsson, Philadelphia. games (4-1-1) by beating the Sabres for the who helped Ottawa to its first win in three 10th time in the last 13 meetings. Artemi games and fourth in six games this season Ilya Sorokin made 36 saves and increased Panarin had three assists and Ryan Strome against Calgary. Ryan Dzingel also scored his club-record streak for a rookie to added two. for Ottawa. eight straight victories. Oliver Wahlstrom Keith Kinkaid stopped 16 shots to Johnny Gaudreau scored for Calgary, also scored for the East Division-leading improve to 3-1-1 this season. which fell to 4-3-0 under head coach Darryl Islanders. New York has won 11 of 13. Rasmus Asplund, Dylan Cozens and Jeff Sutter. Jacob Markstrom had 21 saves. Oskar Lindblom scored for the slumping Flyers, who lost for the eighth time in 12 Skinner scored for Buffalo, which fell to Hurricanes 3, Blue Jackets 0 0-12-2 to match the NHL’s longest skid COLUMBUS, Ohio — Martin Necas scored games. since the Sabres went 0-14-0 midway in his 100th NHL game, Alex Nedeljkovic Wild 2, Ducks 1 through the 2014-15 season. earned his second career shutout and Edmonton at Montreal, ppd. Carter Hutton started and made two saves Carolina defeated Columbus to snap a Colorado at Arizona, late before leaving 2:51 into the game after the three-game losing streak. St. Louis at Vegas, late Associated Press Rangers’ Julien Gauthier slid hard into him. Brady Skjei added his first goal of the WINNER — The New York Rangers’ Chris Kreider (20) scores the winning Dustin Tokarski came on and finished with season and Jesper Fast also scored to help Winnipeg at Vancouver, late goal in the third period on a power-play against the Buffalo Sabres’ Dustin 33 saves. the Hurricanes improve to 1-0-2 in a four- Kings at San Jose, late Tokarski (31) on Monday in New York. Planner National Basketball Association results | Monday Thunder 112, Timberwolves 103 entered the game for the Thunder hit at trip of the season with a victory over with 18 points and nine rebounds, MINNEAPOLIS — Shai Gilgeous- least one 3-pointer. Only center Moses the Cleveland Cavaliers. while Collin Sexton had 15 points and COMING UP IN THE VALLEY Alexander scored 31 points and the Brown didn’t convert from beyond the Buddy Hield added 19 points and seven assists. ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE Oklahoma City Thunder relied on arc, but he contributed 17 rebounds. Richaun Holmes had 17 points and 16 Charlotte at San Antonio, late ■ M Basketball: Friday vs. Bakersfield, 5 p.m. strong 3-point shooting to beat the Kings 119, Cavaliers 105 rebounds for the Kings, who went 3-3 on Boston at Memphis, late ■ W Basketball: Friday vs. Bakersfield, 3 p.m. Minnesota Timberwolves. CLEVELAND — De’Aaron Fox scored their 10-day trip. Harrison Barnes made Indiana at Milwaukee, late ■ W Volleyball: Friday at Bakersfield, 3 p.m. The Thunder set a season high with 30 points, Tyrese Haliburton had a a late run at a triple-double with nine Toronto at Houston, late ■ M Soccer: Friday vs. Bakersfield, 3 p.m. 21 3-pointers in just 37 attempts career-high 28 and the Sacramento points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. Utah at Chicago, late ■ Football: Saturday at Sequoias, 2 p.m. (56.8%). Eight of the nine players who Kings completed their longest road JaVale McGee paced the Cavaliers Atlanta at L.A. Clippers, late UNIVERSITY OF ANTELOPE VALLEY (NAIA) ■ Baseball: Today vs. Bethesda, 11 a.m. ■ M Soccer: Thursday vs. Benedictine, 3 p.m. COllEGE BASKETball COllEGE BASKETball NHL NASCAR NBA West Divison WESTERN CONFERENCE ■ W Soccer: Thursday vs. Benedictine, noon The AP Top 25 The AP Women’s Top 25 NASCAR Cup Series The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pacific Division Vegas 29 21 7 1 43 95 66 W L Pct GB college basketball poll, with first-place votes women’s college basketball poll, with first- Schedule-Winners in parentheses, records through March 14, Colorado 29 19 8 2 40 97 65 Feb. 9 — Busch Clash at DAYTONA (Kyle Phoenix 28 13 .683 — COMING UP IN SOCAL total points based on 25 points for a first- place votes in parentheses, records through Minnesota 30 19 10 1 39 89 76 Busch) L.A. Lakers 28 15 .651 1 place vote through one point for a 25th- March 14, total points based on 25 points St. Louis 31 16 10 5 37 96 99 Feb. 11 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 L.A. Clippers 27 16 .628 2 CLIPPERS (National Basketball Association) place vote and previous ranking. for a first-place vote through one point for a Kings 30 13 11 6 32 88 84 at DAYTONA (Aric Almirola) Golden State 22 21 .512 7 ■ Wednesday at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m., PRIME Record Pts Prv 25th-place vote and previous ranking. Arizona 31 13 13 5 31 77 92 Feb. 11 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 Sacramento 18 25 .419 11 at DAYTONA (Austin Dillon) Southwest Division ■ Thursday at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m., PRIME 1. Gonzaga (60) 26-0 1500 1 Record Pts Prv San Jose 29 11 14 4 26 83 103 Ducks 33 9 18 6 24 72 112 Feb. 14 — DAYTONA 500 (Michael W L Pct GB 2. Illinois 23-6 1415 3 1. UConn (23) 24-1 742 1 ■ Saturday vs. Philadelphia, 7 p.m., PRIME/NBA 3. Baylor 22-2 1397 2 East Division McDowell) San Antonio 22 18 .550 — 4. Michigan 20-4 1280 4 2. Stanford (5) 25-2 704 2 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Feb. 21 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 253 At Dallas 22 19 .537 ½ DAYTONA (Christopher Bell) LAKERS (National Basketball Association) 5. Alabama 24-6 1242 6 3. NC State (2) 20-2 697 3 N.Y. Islanders 33 21 8 4 46 98 73 Memphis 19 20 .487 2½ Feb. 28 — Dixie Vodka 400 (William New Orleans 18 24 .429 5 6. Houston 24-3 1145 7 4. Texas A&M 23-2 625 4 Washington 31 20 7 4 44 106 92 ■ Today at New Orleans, 4:30 p.m., SpecSN/TNT Byron) Houston 11 30 .268 11½ 7. Ohio St. 21-9 1138 9 Pittsburgh 32 19 11 2 40 100 88 5. Baylor 25-2 623 6 March 7 — Pennzoil 400 presented by Northwest Division ■ Thurs.vs. Philadelphia, 7 p.m., SpectrumSN/TNT 8. Iowa 21-8 1132 5 Boston 28 16 8 4 36 77 66 6. South Carolina 22-4 616 5 Jiffy Lube (Kyle Larson) W L Pct GB 9. Texas 19-7 993 13 ■ Friday vs. Cleveland, 7:30 p.m., SpectrumSN 7. Maryland 24-2 582 7 Philadelphia 30 15 11 4 34 94 107 March 14 — Instacart 500 (Martin Truex Utah 30 11 .732 — 10. Arkansas 22-6 895 8 N.Y. Rangers 31 14 13 4 32 94 82 8. Louisville 23-3 571 7 Jr.) Denver 25 17 .595 5½ 11. Oklahoma St. 20-8 891 12 New Jersey 29 11 14 4 26 71 90 DUCKS (National Hockey League) 9. UCLA 16-5 500 10 March 21 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Portland 25 17 .595 5½ ■ Wedn. at Minnesota, 2:30 p.m., FSW/NBCSN 12. Kansas 20-8 803 11 Buffalo 30 6 20 4 16 64 106 (Ryan Blaney) Oklahoma City 19 24 .442 12 13. West Virginia 18-9 745 10 10. Georgia 20-6 447 12 Central Division March 28 — Food City Dirt Race, Bristol, Minnesota 10 33 .233 21 ■ Friday at St. Louis, 5 p.m., PRIME 14. Florida St. 16-6 651 15 11. Arizona 16-5 440 11 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tenn. EASTERN CONFERENCE 15. Virginia 18-6 584 16 12. Indiana 18-5 432 9 Tampa Bay 31 23 6 2 48 115 73 April 10 — Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Atlantic Division ■ Sunday at St. Louis, 2 p.m., PRIME 16. San Diego St. 23-4 521 19 13. Tennessee 16-7 354 14 Carolina 31 21 7 3 45 104 78 Relief 500, Martinsville, United States W L Pct GB 17.