NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nick Blankenburg scored at 1:03 of overtime to help the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 National Hockey League victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. Zachary L'Heureux and Jonathan Marchessault also scored, and Justus Annunen made 22 saves for Nashville, which is 2-0-1 in its last three ga...

VANCOUVER - Jake Sanderson scored 15 seconds into overtime and the Ottawa Senators stretched their win streak to six straight games with a 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. It's the first time since March 2017 that Ottawa has won six in a row. Shane Pinto scored twice for the Senators (18-13-2) in reg...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens are on a season-best win streak ahead of their longest stretch away from home. Patrik Laine scored on the power play, again, and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Detroit Red Wings on consecutive nights with a 5-1 victory Saturday. Juraj Slafkovsky, Jake Evans, Emil Heineman and Bren...

WINNIPEG - Cole Perfetti and Morgan Barron knew it was time the Winnipeg Jets stopped coming slow out of the gate. The team accomplished that with a pair of first-period goals on its way to a 5-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. "We knew they were on a back-to-back and they were obviously going to be a...

MONTREAL - Patrik Laine scored on the power play again, and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Detroit Red Wings on consecutive nights with a 5-1 win Saturday. Laine found twine for the eighth time - all with the man-advantage - in nine games since returning from a pre-season knee injury. The Finnish winger beat Alex ...

WINNIPEG - Connor Hellebuyck made 19 saves for his NHL-leading fourth shutout of the season and 41st of his career to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-0 victory Saturday over the Minnesota Wild, who have lost four in a row. Cole Perfetti had a goal and two assists and Nikolaj Ehlers and Neal Pionk each scored power-play g...

TORONTO - Bo Horvat had two goals and an assist as the New York Islanders topped the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Saturday night. Maxim Tsyplakov, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Isaiah George, with his first in the NHL, and Mathew Barzal, into the empty net, also scored for New York (13-14-7), which got 27 saves from Ilya Sorokin ...

CALGARY - Matt Coronato has always been able to score goals, but it's his improved defensive game that's fuelled his breakout season. Both aspects of his game were on display Saturday afternoon as the 22-year-old right-winger had a goal and assist to lead the Calgary Flames to a 6-4 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Patrick Mahomes threw for 260 yards and a touchdown while running for a major on his ailing ankle, and the Kansas City Chiefs took a big step toward securing the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs with a 27-19 victory over the Houston Texans on Saturday. The AFC West champion Chiefs (14-1), who have...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have certainly displayed a flair for the dramatic of late. Following much the same script from a 3-2 overtime victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday, the Oilers scored a late goal to tie it and then won early in overtime, coming from behind to defeat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Saturda...

CALGARY - Jonathan Huberdeau, Connor Zary, Blake Coleman, and Matt Coronato each contributed a goal and an assist to the Calgary Flames' 6-4 win over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday. Nazem Kadri and Mikael Backlund also scored for Flames (16-11-7), which reached their holiday break with points in their last...

EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl scored 18 seconds into overtime to extend his point streak to eight games as the Edmonton Oilers overcame a slow start to win their second straight game in extra time, defeating the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Saturday. Zach Hyman and Mattias Ekholm also scored for the Oilers (20-11-2), who have wo...

TORONTO - Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews sat out Saturday night's game against the New York Islanders with an undisclosed injury. Toronto head coach Craig Berube said the 27-year-old took a cross-check to his back late in Friday's 6-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. Matthews missed nine games last month with an u...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball's leadoff position, has died. He was 65. Henderson died on Friday. The Athletics said Saturday they were "shocked and heartbroken by his passing," but did not specify a cause of ...

TORONTO - Laura Stacey scored the overtime winner for the Montreal Victoire in a 4-3 win over the host Toronto Sceptres in the Professional Women's Hockey League on Sunday. Stacey struck just 15 seconds into OT on a breakaway going forehand to backhand on Toronto goaltender Raygan Kirk. Toronto (1-0-1-3) led 2-0 and 3-...

MADRID (AP) - Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone ran down the touchline in joy while Barcelona players sunk to the turf in dismay. Super sub Alexander Sørloth struck again deep in stoppage time to hand Atletico a 2-1 comeback win at Barcelona and ensure Atletico will spend La Liga's short winter break on top of...

VANCOUVER - Senators goalie Leevi Merilainen gets his first start of the season and third of his NHL career when Ottawa visits the Vancouver Canucks. Senators head coach Travis Green wants to lighten the workload of star goalie Linus Ullmark and was excited to see the 22-year-old Merilainen in net Saturday night. Ullma...

COPPER MOUNTAIN - Two Canadian skiers have landed on the World Cup podium in freestyle halfpipe. Calgary's Brendan Mackay was a silver medallist in the men's event behind victor Alex Ferreira of the United States at Copper Mountain. Mackay, who won the season-opening halfpipe in New Zealand in September and was fourth ...

Manchester City's stunning slump deepened after losing to Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday. Goals from Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers at Villa Park consigned the four-time defending champion to a ninth defeat in 12 games in a season that is unravelling. Pep Guardiola's team has won just once during that ...

Matt Rempe of the New York Rangers has been offered an in-person hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety to discuss his boarding and elbowing of Dallas Stars defenceman Miro Heiskanen. The in-person hearing, which can be held via Zoom as opposed to a phone call, allows senior vice-president of player safety ...

TORONTO - Despite having previously traded away its first-round pick, Toronto FC managed to find some value in the MLS SuperDraft. TFC's haul produced an athletic centre back, versatile midfielder and Liberian international winger. After dealing the ninth overall selection to expansion San Diego FC last week in the dea...

SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) - Marco Odermatt finally conquered the Saslong and the Swiss standout did it in style. Odermatt put down what he called "one of my best" downhill runs on Saturday to win a World Cup race in Val Gardena as the three-time overall World Cup champion looked like back to his imperi...

INNICHEN - Canada's Reece Howden has won a second men's World Cup ski cross race this season with a victory in Italy. The 26-year-old from Cultus Lake, B.C., ran the table by finishing first in his heat, quarterfinal and semifinal to reach the four-man final. Howden's win comes after his first of the season in Arosa, S...

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) - Lindsey Vonn raced into 14th position in a super-G on Saturday to mark her return to World Cup skiing at age 40. Vonn finished 1.18 seconds behind leader Cornelia Huetter. It's the American standout's first World Cup race after nearly six years of retirement. Vonn is planning to race anot...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Aliaksei Protas and Connor McMichael each scored in the final minute of a period, Charlie Lindgren made 23 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 on Friday night to halt their losing streak at two. Lindgren was at his best in the second period, most notably a windmill save ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Matt Murray felt tingles in making sure to take in the moment during pre-game warm-ups and the national anthem before making his first NHL start in nearly 21 months. The 30-year-old, two-time Stanley Cup-winner felt an even bigger wave of emotion come over him once the fi...

CLEVELAND (AP) - Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points, Darius Garland added 16 and the Cleveland Cavaliers moved to 15-1 at home with a 124-101 win on Friday night over the Milwaukee Bucks, who played for the first time since winning the NBA Cup. Cleveland is 3-0 this season against Milwaukee, which was without All-Star g...

DETROIT (AP) - Patrik Laine scored a power-play goal with 7:58 remaining to lead the Montreal Canadiens past the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Friday night. Laine's shot from the left side broke defenceman Moritz Seider's stick and got past goaltender Cam Talbot's glove. Jake Evans scored a short-handed goal and added an as...