DENVER (AP) — Martin Necas had two goals and an assist, Jonathan Drouin and Logan O’Connor also sored, and the streaking Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-0 on Thursday night for their fourth straight win.
Mackenzie Blackwood made 23 saves for his third shutout with Colorado and fourth overall this season. Cale Makar had two assists.
O’Connor and Necas scored goals 1:32 apart early in the second, Necas added a power-play goal later in the period, and Drouin had another on a man-advantage in the third.
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NEWARK, NJ – There were two Sweet 16 games in Newark, NJ on Thursday night, but there was no question that the nightcap between Duke and Arizona was the main event. Ultimately, it was the Blue Devils that kept rolling right into the Elite Eight with a 100-93 win over the Wildcats.
Duke hasn’t lost a game since February 8, and they are currently favored to win the National Championship. Arizona put up a fight, but it’s hard to beat the best team in the country. Oh, and that team happens to also have the best player.
NEWARK, NJ – There were two Sweet 16 games in Newark, NJ on Thursday night, but there was no question that the nightcap between Duke and Arizona was the main event. Ultimately, it was the Blue Devils that kept rolling right into the Elite Eight with a 100-93 win over the Wildcats.
Duke hasn’t lost a game since February 8, and they are currently favored to win the National Championship. Arizona put up a fight, but it’s hard to beat the best team in the country. Oh, and that team happens to also have the best player.
Josh Giddey heaved a buzzer-beating 47-foot 3-pointer from half-court to cap perhaps the wildest finish in the NBA this season, giving the Chicago Bulls a 119-117 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.
Maryland men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard was noncommittal about his future with the Terrapins after they were eliminated by Florida on Thursday in the Sweet 16.
Led by Mark Sears, Alabama broke the 35-year-old record for 3-pointers in an NCAA tournament game Thursday night, making 25 in a 113-88 victory over BYU in an East Region semifinal.
Juan Soto had a chance to deliver tying runs in his much-anticipated Mets debut on Thursday, but he struck out swinging with two outs in the ninth inning to end the Astros’ 3-1 win.
MIAMI — Hyped as the most appealing starting pitchers’ matchup of opening day, Paul Skenes outlasted Sandy Alcántara but neither was involved in the decision of the Miami Marlins’ 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.
Pittsburgh’s Skenes is the reigning NL Rookie of the Year. Alcántara, the veteran Marlins right-hander who won the NL Cy Young Award in 2022, missed last season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
Skenes struck out seven over 5 2/3 innings of two-run ball.
LOS ANGELES − It wasn’t a domestic season-opener Thursday at Dodger Stadium, it was a Hollywood premier.
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ homer opener against the Detroit Tigers, culminating with a 5-4 victory, belonged on the big screen, not on a grass field in front of a frenzied sellout crowd of 53,595.
There was Shohei Ohtani homering for the second time this season, with Hollywood stars Tom Hanks, Mary Hart and Rob Lowe celebrating as if they just won an Oscar.