Davis scores 41, Lakers hold off Raptors 132-131 for back-to-back wins
By Greg Beacham, The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Anthony Davis scored 20 of his 41 points in a brilliant fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Toronto Raptors 132-131 on Tuesday night to win back-to-back games for the first time in a month. LeBron James had 22 points and 12 assists for the Lakers, who went ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NHL roundup: Coach Cooper gets 500th win, Lightning beat slumping Kings 3-2 in OT
By The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Nick Perbix scored 2:03 into overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from two goals down in the third period to beat the slumping Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Tuesday night. Jon Cooper became the third-fastest NHL coach to win 500 games. Scotty Bowman (825) and Bruce Boudreau (837) were the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024
By The Canadian Press on January 9th, 2024
Tuesday’s Scoreboard NHL Toronto 7 San Jose 1 Vancouver 5 N.Y. Islanders 2 Winnipeg 5 Columbus 0 Edmonton 2 Chicago 1 Calgary 6 Ottawa 3 Florida 5 St. Louis 1 Seattle 5 Buffalo 2 Tampa Bay 3 Los Angeles 2 (OT) Arizona 4 Boston 3 (OT) Anaheim 5 Nashville 3 — AHL Ontario 4 San ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lightning coach Jon Cooper gets 500th win as Perbix scores in OT to beat slumping Kings 3-2
By The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Nick Perbix scored 2:03 into overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from two goals down in the third period to beat the slumping Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Tuesday night. Jon Cooper became the third-fastest NHL coach to win 500 games. Scotty Bowman (825) and Bruce Boudreau (837) were the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NHL roundup: Coach Cooper gets 500th win, Lightning beat Kings 3-2 in OT
By The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Nick Perbix scored 2:03 into overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from two goals down in the third period to beat the slumping Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Tuesday night. Jon Cooper became the third-fastest NHL coach to win 500 games. Scotty Bowman (825) and Bruce Boudreau (837) were the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oilers do enough to beat Blackhawks 2-1, extend win streak to 8 games
By Tim Cronin, The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
CHICAGO (AP) – Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl scored goals as the Edmonton Oilers extended their NHL win streak to eight games with a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night. The Oilers also won eight straight from Nov. 24 to Dec. 12. The current streak started Dec. 21 with a 6-3 victory ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL roundup: Giants prevail in shootout to clip Raiders 6-5
By The Canadian Press on January 9th, 2024
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – The visiting Vancouver Giants blew a 5-3 lead late in the third period, but got a goal from Tyson Zimmer in the sixth round of the shootout to salvage a 6-5 victory over the Prince Albert Raiders in Western Hockey League action on Tuesday night. Mazden Leslie, Tomis Marinkovic, Samuel Honzek, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flames catch fire in third period, burn Senators 6-3
By Darren Haynes, The Canadian Press on January 9th, 2024
CALGARY – Yegor Sharangovich and Blake Coleman each scored two goals and the Calgary Flames scored four unanswered goals in the third period to defeat the Ottawa Senators 6-3 on Tuesday night. Noah Hanifin with a goal and two assists also had a big night for Calgary (18-18-5) with Connor Zary also scoring. Nazem Kadri ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canucks whip Islanders 5-2 for third-straight road win
By Allan Kreda, The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Filip Hronek and Quinn Hughes scored first-period goals and Casey DeSmith made 17 saves as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the New York Islanders 5-2 on Tuesday to complete a sweep of New York-area teams. Elias Pettersson, Tyler Myers and Dakota Joshua also scored for the first-place Canucks, who are on a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oilers beat Blackhawks 2-1 to extend win streak to 8 games
By Tim Cronin, The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
CHICAGO (AP) – Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl scored goals as the Edmonton Oilers extended their NHL winning streak to eight games with a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night. The Oilers also won eight straight from Nov. 24 to Dec. 12. The current streak started Dec. 21 with a 6-3 victory ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shelton dominates as seeded players fall at Auckland Classic
By The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) – Top-seeded American Ben Shelton bucked a trend when he beat Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP Auckland Classic. The tournament has been notable so far for the attrition rate among seeds and other leading players. Fifth-seeded Chris Eubanks went out in the first ... Read More »
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