Hail Mary TD pass on final play lifts Houston over West Virginia

Donovan Smith hit Stephon Johnson Jr. with a 49-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass on the game’s final play to lift Houston to a 41-39 win over visiting West Virginia on Thursday in a wild Big 12 Conference game. The scoring play came after the Mountaineers’ Garrett Greene found Hudson Clement on a 50-yard touchdown pass […]

Filip Gustavsson posts shutout as Wild defeat Panthers

Goaltender Filip Gustavsson stopped all 41 shots he faced, and the Minnesota Wild held on for a 2-0 win over the Florida Panthers in the season opener for both teams Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn. Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist and Brock Faber also scored for the Wild. Minnesota recorded […]

Stars outlast Blues in shootout for opening win

Jake Oettinger made 23 saves as the Dallas Stars earned a 2-1 shootout victory over the visiting St. Louis Blues on Thursday in the season opener for both teams. Jamie Benn scored the regulation goal for the Stars, and Jason Robertson and Matt Duchene converted in the shootout. Defenseman Tyler Tucker scored for the Blues, […]

Chiefs hold moment of silence to honor Israel victims

Before the Thursday night NFL game in Kansas City between the Denver Broncos and the Chiefs, a moment of silence was held in recognition of civilians killed in Israel-Gaza violence that began Saturday. Multiple media outlets reported that teams across the NFL would follow suit before games this weekend. More than a dozen teams released […]

Rangers crush Sabres as Peter Laviolette wins his debut

Chris Kreider scored twice and added an assist as the New York Rangers cruised to a 5-1 rout of the host Buffalo Sabres on Thursday to win the debut of new coach Peter Laviolette. Kreider scored a power-play goal in the first period and added a shorthanded goal in the third before getting an assist […]

Juuse Saros stops 23 shots as Predators blank Kraken

Juuse Saros made 23 saves as the Nashville Predators defeated the Seattle Kraken 3-0 Thursday to win their home opener in their 25th-anniversary season. Colton Sissons, Gustav Nyquist and Juuso Parssinen scored, the last an empty-netter with 1:41 remaining, as the Predators rebounded from a season-opening, 5-3 loss on Tuesday at Tampa Bay. Philipp Grubauer […]

Jack Hughes tallies twice as Devils hold off Red Wings

Jack Hughes scored twice in the second period, Dougie Hamilton netted the go-ahead goal in the third and the New Jersey Devils defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Thursday in the season opener for both teams at Newark, N.J. Vitek Vanecek stopped 32 shots for New Jersey. Erik Haula added a goal, while Jonas […]

Lexi Thompson shoots 1 over before play suspended at Shriners Open

Lexi Thompson became the seventh woman to play on the PGA Tour, shooting a 1-over par through 16 holes and finishing tied for 76th before the first round of the Shriners Children’s Open was suspended due to darkness on Thursday at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas. When play resumes at 7:45 a.m. PT on Friday, […]

Travis Konecny scores twice as Flyers top Jackets in opener

Travis Konecny scored twice and Carter Hart made 31 saves to lift the visiting Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday in the season opener for both teams. Konecny scored in the first period and added an empty-net goal just before time expired in the third. Joel Farabee tallied […]

Beau Hossler’s 62 leads field after first round at Shriners

LAS VEGAS — Beau Hossler, still searching for his first PGA Tour win in his 174th start, holds a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Shriners Children’s Open on Thursday. The 28-year-old California native shot a 9-under 62 at TPC Summerlin. Trailing Hossler by one stroke are J.T. Poston and Cameron Champ. LPGA […]