In the waning moments of a fourth-quarter collapse Friday against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Houston Rockets were confronted with the option of who gets the ball with the game in the balance. Throughout this season, the Rockets have been effective in spreading the wealth offensively, with Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun and Fred VanVleet all getting […]
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The Vegas Golden Knights will look to extend their season-high winning streak to six games on Sunday night when they host the Calgary Flames. The Pacific Division-leading Golden Knights enter the contest with the best home record in the NHL (14-3-0). Vegas also has excelled in games against teams in its own division (12-2-1) as
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The Toronto Raptors will aim to put a dubious record-setting game behind them when they host the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday evening. The Raptors allowed the most points in a game in franchise history on Thursday in a 155-126 road loss to the Memphis Grizzlies to drop their ninth game in a row. Frustrations reached
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The Pittsburgh Penguins have a short wait for a shot at revenge against the New York Islanders following Saturday’s 6-3 road loss. The Penguins are aware they must deliver a better performance on Sunday when they host the second half of the home-and-home series with the Islanders. “The only good thing is that we get
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The good news for the Minnesota Wild is that Kirill Kaprizov is expected to return sooner rather than later from his lower-body injury. The bad news for the Wild is that they are not sure whether Kaprizov will be back in time for their game against the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night in St. Paul,
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The Montreal Canadiens and host Tampa Bay Lightning will face each other on Sunday to complete back-to-back sets. Coach Martin St. Louis’ Canadiens arrive in downtown Tampa on an upswing after dominating the Florida Panthers 4-0 on Saturday. In his NHL debut, rookie goaltender Jakub Dobes made 34 saves and was never threatened by a
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Todd McLellan learned in his first game as head coach of the Detroit Red Wings that the team has numerous issues to fix. He’s most concerned with shoring up the defense. McLellan was behind the bench for Detroit’s 5-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday, one day after Derek Lalonde was fired as
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The Edmonton Oilers will look to rebound from a rare loss when they visit the Ducks in the second half of a back-to-back set for both clubs on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif. The Oilers are coming off a 4-3 overtime defeat to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday in a game in which Edmonton
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Rocco Becht scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak on fourth down with 56 seconds left and No. 18 Iowa State edged No. 13 Miami 42-41 on Saturday in the Pop-Tarts Bowl at Orlando, Fla. Becht also passed for 270 yards and three touchdowns as the Cyclones (11-3) overcame a 10-point deficit in the second half
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