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Bruins break NHL points record with win over Capitals

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:51 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand and Tyler Bertuzzi had power play goals and the Boston Bruins broke the NHL points record with a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night in their regular-season home finale.Under chants of “We want the Cup!” the Bruins’ won their seventh straight to push their points total to 133, one more than the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens. Those Canadiens played in an era with regulation ties, with the Bruins getting 11 points this season for overtime and shootout victories.Tomas Nosek, Garnet Hathaway and Jake DeBrusk also scored for Boston in win No. 64.A night after reaching 60 goals in a season for the first time, David Pastrnak posted his 50th and 51st assists. Linus Ullmark finished with 19 saves, and left the game with just over nine minutes left with an undisclosed issue. Nick Jensen and Tom Wilson scored for the Capitals. Charlie Lindgren had 33 saves, including a one-handed, gloveless save on Pastrnak early in the third period.HURRICANES 4, ...

Flyers snap 7-game skid with 4-3 OT win over Blue Jackets

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:51 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Owen Tippett scored his second goal of the game with 15.5 seconds left in overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.James van Riemsdyk scored his 300th career goal and Joel Farabee added a score for the Flyers. Carter Hart made 28 saves.Trey Fix-Wolansky, Sean Kuraly and Liam Foudy scored for Columbus, which has lost four in a row and eight of nine.Neither team had great chances in the overtime until Tippett shot high over goalie Michael Hutchinson (35 saves) from close range with seconds left in OT. Ivan Provorov and Cam York assisted the winner.“Provy made a great pass coming into the zone,” Tippiett said. “Ideally, I was going back to him on my backhand and just opened up room to bring it back to my forehand and try to put it in there.”The game matched two of the league’s worst clubs. The Blue Jackets entered last in the Eastern Conference and tied with Chicago for...

Call-up Woll makes 46 saves, Maple Leafs beat Lightning 4-3

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:51 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Minor league call-up Joseph Woll made 46 saves, William Nylander had a goal and two assists, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Tuesday night in a preview of an opening round playoff series next week.Woll, recalled on an emergency basis from the AHL Toronto Marlies, stopped Nikita Kucherov from the low right circle during a 6-on-4 with 1:31 to play.After flying into Tampa on Tuesday, Woll was informed around six hours before faceoff that the NHL approved the transaction. Over several stints this season with the Maple Leafs, he has won five in a row after losing his debut.“It’s been a little crazy,” Woll said. “Pretty special to come out here and get the win.”Tampa Bay beat Toronto in the first round of last season’s playoffs en route to its third straight trip to the Stanley Cup Final. The Maple Leafs rested forwards Auston Matthews and Mitchell Marner, and defenseman Mark Giordano. Matt Onuska from Windsor of the OHL serve...

Metropolitan Division-leading Hurricanes beat Red Wings 4-1

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:51 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Stefan Noesen and Jordan Martinook scored early and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Tuesday night to maintain their hold on first place in the Metropolitan Division with one game remaining in the regular season.“There’s pressure all season,” Hurricanes defenseman Jalen Chatfield said. “This is fun. This is why you play. You don’t want anything handed to you.”Brent Burns and Jesperi Kotkaniemi also scored and Antti Raanta made 20 saves as the Hurricanes shed a slump that included the team’s only three-game stretch without a point this season.Carolina has 111 points, one more than the New Jersey Devils. A victory Thursday night at Florida would give the Hurricanes a division title for the third season in a row. With Tuesday’s result, the Hurricanes clinched a home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.“It’s going to be nice to start at home and get the crowd support and get it going,” Raanta said.But there’s other business firs...

Luis Arraez hits for cycle in Marlins’ 8-4 win over Phillies

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:51 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Luis Arraez became the first Miami Marlins player to hit for the cycle, going 4-for-5 with a homer, two runs scored and two RBIs in an 8-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night. Before Tuesday, the Marlins were the only active major league team to not have a cycle in their history. Miami entered the National League as the Florida Marlins back in 1992. “I had a lot of people who helped me work hard every day,” Arraez said. “I want to give this to my family and my wife, who is expecting our baby.”Arraez won the American League batting title with a .316 average as a member of the Minnesota Twins in 2022 before being traded to the Marlins in a four-player deal on Jan. 20. He’s 22 for 41 (.537) in 12 games to start the 2023 season. That is the highest batting average for any player through the first 12 games of a season since Frank Cattalanato hit .600 in 2000. “I feel healthy and I’ve felt that if I was healthy this year, I c...

Rookie Bae hits 3-run homer in 9th, Pirates beat Astros 7-4

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:51 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie Ji-Hwan Bae hit a game-ending three-run homer in the ninth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Houston Astros 7-4 on Tuesday night.Pittsburgh led 4-2 entering the ninth, but Houston’s Chas McCormick hit a tying one-out, two-run double off closer David Bednar (1-0), who blew his first save opportunity in five chances.Rodolfo Castro led off the bottom of the ninth with a single against Ryan Pressly (0-2) and pinch-hitter Andrew McCutchen singled with one out before Bae drove a 2-2 changeup 403 feet to right-center for his second career homer and first walk-off hit.“When there’s pressure, I feel like I’m more concentrated,” Bae said.Bae is noted more for his speed, and he stole 30 bases last season at Triple-A Indianapolis. However, he is developing power.“There is definitely pop in there,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. “At times, he’s like every young hitter and gets a little giddy. Then he’s able to come back and tone it back down. I think it’s ...

Pens’ playoff streak in jeopardy after 5-2 loss to Chicago

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:51 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Buddy Robinson and Andres Athanasiou scored 26 seconds apart in the third period and the Chicago Blackhawks dealt the Pittsburgh Penguins’ playoff chances a significant blow in a 5-2 win on Tuesday night.Pittsburgh began the night needing wins in its last two games over Chicago and Columbus to extend the longest active playoff streak in major North American professional sports to 17 years.Instead, Petr Mrazek made 38 saves, Robinson scored just the fourth goal of his nomadic career to give Chicago a late lead and Pittsburgh finds itself on the outside of the playoffs looking in with just one game to go.The Florida Panthers clinched one of the two wild-card spots in the Eastern Conference following losses by Buffalo and Pittsburgh. The New York Islanders can eliminate the Penguins with a win or an overtime loss against Montreal on Wednesday.Evgeni Malkin’s 27th goal of the season 5:28 into the third period tied the game at 1 and seemed to swing momentum ...

1 of 2 rabbits stuck by blow darts in Arlington Co. caught

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:51 GMT

Rabbits shot with blow darts in Arlington County, Virginia. (Courtesy Animal Welfare League of Arlington)The search is on for the person behind two wounded rabbits shot by blow darts in Arlington, Virginia.The Animal Welfare League of Arlington said calls for help began coming in earlier this month for two rabbits spotted near the 800 block of N. Barton Street, a short distance from Arlington National Cemetery.More Arlington County NewsMore Virginia NewsMore Local NewsBoth rabbits had a blow dart stuck to their bodies, one with a dart stuck through the head area and the other to the side, according to the Animal Welfare League.“It’s a very sad and disappointing situation … At the Animal Welfare League, we are taking it very seriously, and we are doing what we can to find out who is doing this so that we can stop the situation,” said Chelsea Jones, spokesperson for the Animal Welfare League.“Our team right now is working to track the two rabbits that we know o...

Twins beat White Sox 4-3 in 10 innings on throwing error

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:51 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hanser Alberto’s throwing error allowed the automatic runner to score from second base and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 in 10 innings on Tuesday night.With pinch-runner Willi Castro on second, Michael Taylor put down a sacrifice bunt. Alberto’s throw to first sailed wide and Castro scored to give Minnesota the win.Twins reliever Griffin Jax (1-1) worked a perfect top of the 10th, standing Chicago’s automatic runner at third.Jesse Scholtens (0-1) was on the mound in the 10th for the White Sox, who got the game into extras after Luis Robert Jr. homered on the first pitch he saw from Minnesota closer Jhoan Duran in the ninth.Duran, who blew his first save in three chances this season, responded by striking out the next three batters.The dramatic finish capped a whirlwind day for both teams, which sent key players to the injured list. Chicago lost shortstop Tim Anderson to a knee sprain for two to four weeks. Minnesota placed Joey Gallo on the in...

AP source: ACC reaches 3-year extension deal with Phillips

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:51 GMT

The Atlantic Coast Conference has reached a three-year extension agreement with commissioner Jim Phillips, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the league hasn’t publicly announced the agreement. The extension, first reported by ESPN, would keep Phillips under contract into 2029.The league hired Phillips as the successor for the retiring John Swofford. He took over in February 2021 with a five-year contract after serving as Northwestern’s athletic director and is closing his second full season in the job.Phillips has been working to improve the ACC’s financial standing, with the league reporting record revenues yet facing a growing gap behind the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences. The ACC has a grant-of-rights agreement binding league teams to the ACC for the duration of the current ESPN deal through the 2035-36 season, and the league has been examining options such as unequal per-sc...