NEW YORK (AP) - Ilya Sorokin gave the New York Islanders the type of elite goaltending they needed facing one of the NHL's top teams while in the thick of a playoff chase, making 26 saves to beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Thursday night. Sorokin was lock...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Evan Bouchard scored at 3:10 of overtime, shortly after Edmonton killed off a Vegas penalty, and the Oilers defeated the Golden Knights 4-3 in a game Thursday night with playoff implications. The Oilers extended their lead for second p...

VANCOUVER - Darcy Kuemper stopped all 19 shots he faced and the Los Angeles Kings blanked the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 on Thursday. It was the veteran goalie's third shutout of the season and the 39th of his NHL career. His last came on Dec. 6 against th...

CALGARY - Mikael Granlund capped off his hat trick scoring on the power play with one second remaining in overtime on Thursday to give the Anaheim Ducks a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames. Granlund has seven goals during a four-game goal streak that...

ATLANTA (AP) - Texas junior Rex Maurer defended his title in the 400-yard individual medley at the NCAA swimming and diving championships, and the Longhorns held the team lead after Day 2 on Thursday. Texas has 215.5 points, followed by Florida with 20...

LOS ANGELES - An Ontario man has pleaded guilty to running a drug-trafficking operation that U.S. officials say brought hundreds of kilograms of meth and cocaine worth up to US$17 million from the United States into Canada. The U.S. Attorney's Office f...

WINNIPEG - Nathan MacKinnon scored his 47th and 48th goals of the season to propel the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. Jack Drury scored his career-high ninth goal of the season for the NHL-leading Avalanche (48-...

HOUSTON (AP) - Paul Waring felt he had been giving away shots and he was in position to do that again Thursday in the Houston Open. Instead, the Englishman made a great escape for par and opened with a 7-under 63 for a one-shot lead over Gary Woodland....

OTTAWA - Ben Kindel scored the shootout winner to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators Thursday night. The win allowed the Penguins (36-20-16) to maintain their hold on third in the Metropolitan Division, while the Senator...

MONTREAL - Zachary Bolduc scored the winner with his first goal since Dec. 23, and the Montreal Canadiens edged the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Thursday night. Jayden Struble - with his first of the season - also scored and Jakub Dobes made 25 saves a...