CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Dustin Wolf made 26 saves, Jonathan Huberdeau ended a scoring drought and the Calgary Flames beat the surging Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Thursday night.
The Flames handed the Wild their first regulation loss since Nov. 6. Minnesota was 10-0-2 during the run.
After 14 games without a goal, Huberdeau struck first for Calgary in the second period. Matt Coronato, Connor Zary and Rasmus Andersson scored in the third, with Andersson icing it with an empty-netter.
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The Lions improved their playoff chances and the Cowboys’ postseason hopes took a big hit.
The Dallas Cowboys knew it was a longshot, but that’s not the headspace professional athletes operate in. Heading into their bye in Week 10, the club had lost an embarrassing home game to the lowly Arizona Cardinals, dropping their record to 3-5-1.
The team made a deadline trade that drew attention away from the malaise, and then they ran off three straight wins, including taking down both Super Bowl teams. The wins kept long offs of making the playoffs alive, setting up this Week 14 matchup with the sliding Detroit Lions in a matchup of teams trying to keep their seasons alive.
This part of the ACC-Notre Dame stats series is focused on team-level stats.
Offense
Points Scored
The Irish would’ve been ranked first in the ACC for points scored per game. The team averaged 42 points per game during the 2025-26 season. Pitt (8-4) was a ways off at #2 with 35.1 points scored per game. Stanford (4-8) sat at the bottom of the conference with only 18.8 points scored per game.
Total Yards
Notre Dame would be ranked third in the ACC for total offensive yards earned per game. The team recorded an average of 458.
The Tennessee Titans returned to the practice field Thursday afternoon to continue preparations for their Week 14 matchup with the Cleveland Browns. While most players returned to full participation, they were once again without multiple key contributors battling injuries.
Starters Lloyd Cushenberry (foot) and Jalyn Armour-Davis (Achilles) both sat out practice for the second consecutive day, and their status for the weekend remains in doubt. All the other injured Titans were a full go.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Madina Okot had 23 points and 13 rebounds and No. 3 South Carolina outlasted No. 22 Louisville 79-77 on Thursday night in the ACC/SEC Challenge.
After blowing a second-half lead a week ago against Texas in the Players Era Championship, the Gamecocks (8-1) found themselves in a fight against the Cardinals (7-3).
Okot, a 6-foot-6 senior, had 13 points and 10 rebounds in the second half. Her layup with 1:33 left put the Gamecocks up for good, 76-75.
Okot hit the first of two free throws with eight seconds left to put the Gamecocks up two.
The Detroit Lions beat the Dallas Cowboys in a 44-30 shootout on Thursday Night Football to open Week 14. The Lions took a 10-3 lead late in the first quarter on a Jahmyr Gibbs touchdown run, and that was the lowest scoring quarter of the game. Detroit took a 27-9 lead early in the third quarter, but the Cowboys fought back and had their chances. They cut the lead to as little as three points, but couldn’t get a stop when they needed it late.
Both teams entered this game on the outside looking in for the wild card race.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Adam Fantilli tied it with 1:31 left in the regulation with his second goal of the game, Kirill Marchenko had the shootout winner and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-5 on Thursday night.
Marchenko also scored in the second period when the teams combined for six goals. Five of them were on the power play, the most in an NHL period since 2018.
Ivan Provorov and Kent Johnson also scored for Columbus.
LeBron James had a chance to extend his record double-digit scoring streak but opted to pass the ball, setting up Rui Hachimura’s winning 3-pointer at the buzzer Thursday night against the Raptors.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Julius Randle had 28 points and nine rebounds, carrying Minnesota on a quiet night from Anthony Edwards, and the Timberwolves beat the New Orleans Pelicans 125-116 on Thursday night.
Edwards finished with just 11 points in 31 minutes. He scored a season-high 44 points on Tuesday in Minnesota’s 146-142 overtime victory in the opener of the two-game set.
Naz Reid added 19 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Timberwolves, who won their fourth straight. Rudy Gobert had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Donte DiVincenzo also had 15 points.