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VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks saw their losing streak extended to a season-high four games as the Utah Mammoth earned a 4-1 win on Friday.Â

Mikhail Sergachev, Nick Schmaltz and Kevin Stenlund scored for the Mammoth (14-12-3), while John Marino added a short-handed empty-net goal with 36 seconds remaining. Karel Vejmelka followed up his first shutout of the campaign Wednesday with a 31-save performance at Rogers Arena.

Arshdeep Bains spoiled Vejmelka’s bid for consecutive clean sheets early in the third period, tipping an Aatu Raty shot high over his shoulder for the forward’s first of 2025-26.

Kevin Lankinen made 14 saves for the Canucks (10-15-3), who sit in last in the NHL’s overall standings.

The Mammoth went 1-for-2 on the power play, while the Canucks were 0-for-3.

The officials waived off a third Utah goal with 6:16 to play in the third, ruling that Mammoth forward Dylan Guenther had made contact with Lankinen.Â

Canucks: The loss drops their home record to 3-8-1, and marks their first four-game losing streak of the season (0-3-1).

Mammoth: The Mammoth scored with the man advantage for the second-straight game despite coming into Friday with the league’s 28th-ranked power play.

With the Canucks pressing for the equalizer in the third, Vejmelka made six saves, including two on Jake DeBrusk during a Vancouver power play, then back-to-back chances from Quinn Hughes and Brock Boeser with just over five minutes remaining.

The Canucks are still looking for their first win over the Mammoth franchise after going 0-2-1 last season.

Canucks: Continue their four-game homestand against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.

Mammoth: Close out their six-game road trip against the Calgary Flames on Saturday.

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DALLAS — Wyatt Johnstonâ€s fourth career hat track included two power-play goals, giving him an NHL-best 12, and Jason Robertson had the winning goal and two assists in his 400th career NHL game as the Dallas Stars beat the Ottawa Senators 6-1 on Sunday night.

Johnston also had an assist to match a season high with four points.

Mavrik Bourque and Jamie Benn also scored for the Stars, who have won four consecutive games and are 10-1-1 in their last 12 games.

Dallas backup goaltender Casey DeSmith is 6-0-2 after making 15 saves. Dallas allowed a season-low 16 shots on goal.

Robertsonâ€s goal came 44 seconds after Jake Sanderson tied the score 1-1. Dallas outscored Ottawa 3-1 in the second period following a scoreless first.

Johnston and Robertson share the team lead with 16 goals each, tied for fourth in the NHL. Robertson has points in 10 of his last 11 games (13 goals, 9 assists) and leads Dallas with 35 points (fifth).

Linus Ullmark stopped 20 shots for the Senators, who are 3-3-0 heading into the finale of a season-long seven-game road trip.

The Stars†38 points are second most in the NHL but four behind league-leading Colorado in the Central Division.

Dallas†NHL-best power play has scored 29 times in 26 games. Last season, the Stars†29th power-play goal came in game No. 49 on Jan. 26.

Mikko Rantanen had a season-high three assists.

The Senators went 6-4-3 in November, their first winning mark in the month since 2016-17.

Stars defenceman Lian Bichsel left late in the second period with an apparent injury to his left leg. He went into the boards after getting hung up with Ottawaâ€s Fabian Zetterlund.

Senators: At Montreal on Monday.

Stars: Begin a road back-to-back on Monday against the New York Rangers.

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The good news for the Detroit Red Wings is that they picked up a point in the standings and stopped their three-game regulation losing skid on Saturday evening against the Boston Bruins.

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The bad news is that it was their fourth straight game without a victory, as they were beaten by a 4-3 final score in a shootout at TD Garden.

Bruins forward Casey Mittelstadt scored the only goal in the shootout after neither team was able to find the back of the net during overtime, while Jeremy Swayman stopped attempts from Lucas Raymond, Patrick Kane, and Alex DeBrincat.

Connor Geekie scored both goals in regulation for the Bruins, who were playing without both top forward David Pastrnak and defenseman Charlie McAvoy.

Meanwhile, the Red Wings will lament that they were unsuccessful on all five power-play opportunities they had during the contest, including one in overtime.

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Geekie’s two goals put him into a first place tie with Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon for the NHL lead with 20. He tallied in the second period after a scoreless opening 20 minutes of play, deflecting a shot past Cam Talbot following a turnover by Ben Chiarot.

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Lucas Raymond scored a similar goal in the early goings of the third period, deflecting home a shot-pass from Dylan Larkin to knot the score at one. But following a Chiarot high-sticking penalty, Geekie restored the Boston lead with a one-timed shot from the face-off circle past the glove of Talbot.

The Red Wings drew even late in regulation with Talbot on the bench after a nifty feed from Kane to Michael Rasmussen, who had a tap-in for his second goal in as many games.

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Talbot stopped 17 of 19 shots, while Swayman countered with 24 saves. Both teams will meet again on Tuesday evening at Little Caesars Arena.

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Late goals from Liam Kitching and Ellis Simms helped Coventry extend their advantage at the top of the Championship table with a 4-2 win over Middlesbrough.

The Sky Blues landed two early blows in the opening 15 minutes, going ahead through Simms†stunning top-corner strike and Kitchingâ€s header.

Boro responded through Morgan Whittaker before the break and levelled minutes after the restart with a Bobby Thomas own goal.

With the game seemingly destined for a draw, Kitching and Simms both struck within one minute of each other in the final five minutes of normal time to send Coventry 10 points clear of the Teessiders, who drop to third in the table.

Tonda Eckert made it four wins out of four as Southampton caretaker by masterminding a 3-0 victory against Leicester.

Finn Azaz scored for the third match in a row and Olabade Aluko was sent off on his first professional start, either side of Taylor Harwood-Bellis†brace of headers in a horror first half for the Foxes.

The four wins under Eckert match the number they had managed from the start of last season until Will Stillâ€s sacking.

Saints had been three points off the relegation zone when Eckert took charge and they are now two points shy of the promotion places – with the German the favourite to take the job permanently.

Derby ruined Vítor Matos†first game in charge of Swansea with a 2-1 away victory.
Joe Ward and Lars-Jorgen Salvesen struck either side of the interval as Derby climbed into seventh place.

There was late anxiety for the visitors after Ethan Galbraithâ€s sweet finish, but it was a deserved sixth win in seven games for the in-form Rams.

Matos had only taken two training sessions after leaving Portuguese second-tier outfit Maritimo on Monday to succeed the sacked Alan Sheehan.

Tonda Eckert gestures to the crowd after a fourth consecutive Southampton win. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

Former Hull forwards Jaden Philogene and Chuba Akpom returned to haunt their former club as Ipswich moved up to fourth with a 2-0 win at the MKM Stadium.

The pair and four others dropped to the bench as Ipswich made six changes from Saturdayâ€s 0-0 draw with Wrexham, but their introduction after 66 minutes was the catalyst which enlivened a dour contest.

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With his first touch, Philogeneâ€s dipping cross saw Marcelino Núñez head home in the 69th minute, while Akpom finished from close range moments later as Ipswich extended their unbeaten run to six matches.

Norwich finally brought their dismal run of home defeats to an end at the ninth time of asking – but they were still left deflated as a goal five minutes into stoppage time saw them held to a 1-1 draw by Oxford.

Having lost their opening seven Championship fixtures at Carrow Road, together with another reverse in the Carabao Cup, the Canaries looked to be heading towards a much-needed win in Phillippe Clementâ€s second game in charge.

They led going into added time courtesy of Jovon Makamaâ€s well-taken first-half effort only to let a couple of points slip through their grasp when Oxford substitute Filip Krastev netted a dramatic equaliser.

Sorba Thomas netted a bizarre brace for Stoke as the Potters moved back into the automatic promotion places with a 3-0 win over Charlton.

Thomas†pair of first-half goals from what appeared to be crosses sandwiched Million Manhoefâ€s fifth goal of the season as Mark Robins†side cruised to a first victory in three.

Daniel Jebbison scored against his former club as Preston shared a 1-1 draw with Watford at Vicarage Road. Mamadou Doumbia cancelled out his opener shortly before half-time to continue Watfordâ€s trend of coming back from behind this season.

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The Lakers won their fourth consecutive game Sunday, holding off the Utah Jazz 108-106 in Delta Center behind 33 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists from Luka Doncic.

The Lakers (12-4) nearly squandered a 10-point lead in the final six minutes and 36 seconds, allowing the Jazz to cut the lead to one with 41.3 seconds remaining on a three-pointer from Lauri Markkanen. The Utah crowd that had been cheering loudly for the Lakers finally erupted for the home team when the Finnish forward knocked down the shot.

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Markkanen could have given the Jazz (5-11) the lead with a 17-foot shot in the key, but the midrange jumper rattled out with 11.4 seconds to go. After Doncic split a pair of free throws, the Lakers forced Jazz guard Keyonte George into a contested three at the buzzer to seal the win.

LeBron James, playing in his second game of the year, had 17 points and eight assists. Austin Reaves had 22 points, 10 rebounds and four assists.

Starting center Deandre Ayton missed the second half because of a right leg contusion. He had just two points on one-for-two shooting in the first half while Doncic still powered the Lakers to a seven-point lead.

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The guard continued to struggle with his three-point shot, missing seven of his first eight shots from beyond the arc Sunday, but again dazzled with his playmaking. He intercepted a pass, bounced the ball between Kevin Loveâ€s legs while running the fastbreak and scooped up a lob pass to Jaxson Hayes. The roar from the pro-Lakers road crowd was just as loud as anything the Jazz did.

When Doncic attracted a triple team in the paint, he fired a two-handed, no-look pass backward over his head to Marcus Smart, who knocked down a three that put the Lakers up 55-49.

The Lakers entered the game shooting 33.8% from three, ranked 24th in the league. Doncic and Reaves, the teamâ€s highest-volume shooters, have struggled the most. Reaves was one for eight from three on Sunday. Doncic was three for 12, including shots so off course that they barely grazed the rim.

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When he finally got a shot to trickle over the rim in the third quarter, Doncic held both arms out in disbelief and relief as the ball bounced up high and then through the net.

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Despite a double-double from Jalen Brunson, the Knicks defense collapsed in the fourth quarter in their 133-121 loss to the Magic in Orlando on Saturday.

Coming off their first road win of the season, the Knicks could not duplicate their performance as the Magic shot 55 percent from the field and 39 percent from three to defeat New York for the second straight time this season.

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The last time these two teams met (Nov. 12 at MSG), the Magic outmuscled the Knicks and ended New York’s five-game winning streak, 124-107. It was arguably the team’s worst loss of the season. This one is probably their second-worst.

Brunson, who injured his ankle the last time he faced the Magic and missed two games, led New York with 33 points on 12 of 21 shooting with 11 assists and three rebounds.

Unfortunately for the Knicks, they lost two rotation players in this one. Miles McBridewas questionable before the game with an illness, but was good to go after shootaround. However, the guard never saw the floor and was not seen on the bench for the whole game. Landry Shamet, who started alongside Brunson, Mitchell Robinson, Karl-Anthony Townsand Mikal Bridges, left early in the first quarter after a midcourt collision led to a shoulder injury.

The Knicks (9-6) are now 1-5 on the road this season.

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Here are the takeaways…

-The Knicks, led by Brunson, got off to a quick 11-2 start, but the shots stopped falling and the Magic got out to a 12-0 run of their own once the bench started coming in.

The Villanova trio of Brunson (14), Bridges (9) and Josh Hart (2) accounted for 25 of the team’s 29 points in the quarter. However, Hart picked up three fouls in the first in extended time with Shamet out. Towns was 0-for-4 (0-2 from three) in the first quarter.

The Magic ended the opening frame up 31-29, thanks to Desmond Bane grabbing a rebound on a missed free throw by his teammate and flipping the ball up and in for an and-one. Bane (10) and Franz Wagner (12) led the way for the Magic in the first quarter as they shot 53 percent.

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-Orlando got out to a quick 6-0 run to start, but some big threes from Jordan Clarkson helped cut the deficit in what was a back-and-forth quarter. The Knicks were up 66-64 at the half. The Knicks shot 61 percent through two quarters with Brunson doing most of the heavy lifting, scoring 23 in 18 minutes. Towns finally got on the board with six points in the second but he was a non-factor on the offensive end. Wagner led the Magic with 23 in his 17 minutes at the half, and no matter who was defending him, the Knicks had no answer.

-Clarkson began the third quarter with the starters, but it was Towns who found his offensive game. The big man scored 11 points, thanks in large part to free throws. But the Magic found offense from everyone as the Knicks found themselves down five points after three quarters.

The same was the case in the fourth as the Knicks had a hard time keeping up with the Magic, getting down by as many as 18 points in the final frame. After sitting out most of the third due to foul trouble and being ineffective against the athletic Magic forwards, head coach Mike Brown brought in his big man but it was more of the same as Wagner continued his torrid scoring.

But it was the Knicks’ defense that let this one get away. The Magic were shooting 77 percent halfway through the fourth quarter (finished 54 percent), and three starters had season highs for points with Wagner (37), Bane (27) and Jalen Suggs (26) leading the way for Orlando. With less than three minutes remaining, Brown emptied the bench down 12 points, putting a bow on the loss.

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The Magic outrebounded the Knicks for most of the game until the benches cleared, but finished 11-9 on the offensive glass.

-With the injuries and foul trouble, Brown searched for answers off the bench. He called on Tyler Kolek and Mohamed Diawara at times, but he leaned heavily on Hart, Clarkson and Guerschon Yabusele.

Here’s how the Knicks bench performed:

• Hart: 12 points, five rebounds and two assists in 29 minutes (fouled out)

• Clarkson: 15 points, two rebounds and five assists in 34 minutes

• Diawara: zero points (0-3), two assists and one rebound in 10 minutes

• Yabusele: Four points, one rebound in 13 minutes

• Kolek: Eight points, one assist, two steals in 17 minutes

Even Ariel Hukporticame in for a play before halftime, before the benches were emptied. Pacome Dadietcame in for the final three minutes.

Game MVP: Franz Wagner

Could go to Bane, who did it on both sides of the ball, but Wagner was unstoppable and rendered Robinson unusable. Wagner finished with 37 points, six rebounds and seven assists.

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What’s next

The Knicks will continue their road trip, heading across the river to take on the Nets on Monday night at 7:30 p.m.

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PITTSBURGH — Filip Gustavsson made 19 saves for his second shutout of the season, Matt Boldy had two goals and an assist and the Minnesota Wild beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0 on Friday night for their fourth straight victory.

The Wild have three shutouts in their last six games and have eight victories and only one regulation loss in 10 games in November. Pittsburgh played its first game since beating Nashville on Sunday in Sweden to split Global Series games.

Gustavsson has recently formed a formidable goaltending tandem with fellow Swede Jesper Wallstedt, the backup who had consecutive shutouts against Calgary and Anaheim and made a career-high 42 saves Wednesday night at home in a shootout victory over Carolina.

Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov each had a goal and an assist and Marcus Johansson also scored. The Wild led 3-0 11:42 in.

Boldy opened the scoring at 3:57, the 11th straight game Minnesota has scored first. He gained control in the slot and calmly moved the puck around goalie Arturs Silovs.

Eriksson Ek scored on a power-play tip at 9:39 with 14 seconds left on Blake Lizotte’s double minor for high-sticking Jake Middleton. Marcus Johansson made it 3-0 with 8:18 left in the period on a one-timer from the right circle.

Kirill Kaprizov added his 12th of the season — and chased Silovs — with another tip at 1:09 of the second. Sergei Murashov took over in goal, stopping nine of 10 shots in his third NHL appearance. Silovs faced 10 shots.

Boldy added his second of the game and 13th of the season on a tip with 2:14 left in the second. On Wednesday against Carolina, Boldy scored in regulation and had the lone goal in the tiebreaker. He has eight goals in eight games after scoring once in the previous 10.

Wild: At Winnipeg on Sunday.

Penguins: Host Seattle on Saturday night.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Matthew Schaefer scored on a slap shot 2:08 into overtime to become the youngest player to score an overtime goal in a regular-season NHL game and the New York Islanders beat the Utah Mammoth 3-2 on Friday night for their third straight extra-time victory.

Jonathon Drouin and Emil Heineman also scored for the Islanders (10-6-2) in their fourth straight win, and Tony DeAngelo had two assists. David Rittich stopped 27 shots — including all 16 after the first period.

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Schaefer, the defenseman selected No. 1 overall in this yearâ€s NHL draft, has 15 points — most among NHL rookies. He is 18 years and 70 days old, younger than Sidney Crosby who was 18 years and 101 days when he scored an OT goal on Nov. 16, 2005.

Dylan Guenther and JJ Peterka scored for the Mammoth in the Utah franchiseâ€s 100th game. Karel Vejmelka had 18 saves.

The Mammoth are the best in the NHL in limiting shots on goal and they outshot the Islanders 29-21 as they dropped to 5-1-1 at home.

New York tied it 2-2 with 6:16 remaining when the puck went off Jonathon Drouinâ€s skate and was touched by Utah defenseman Nate Schmidtâ€s stick as it passed over the goal line. The goal was initially disallowed but reversed after video review.

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Heineman opened the scoring 7:13 into the first period — the second straight contest he notched the first goal of the game.

Peterka tied it with just under 7 minutes remaining in the first with his sixth of the season.

The Mammoth ended their seven-game power-play goal drought when Guentherâ€s slap shot went over Rittichâ€s shoulder during a 5-on-3 with 1:25 left in the opening period to take a 2-1 lead. That marked the first time this season the Islanders gave up a goal with a two-man disadvantage.

The Islanders beat Las Vegas in overtime Thursday and was in the second half or a back-to-back but matched the Mammothâ€s energy with rugged defense and deft power-play kills, squelching five of six opportunities.

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Islanders: At Colorado on Sunday for the fifth game of their road trip.

Mammoth: At Anaheim on Monday.

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SALT LAKE CITY — No. 1 overall pick Matthew Schaefer scored at 2:06 of overtime to beat the Utah Mammoth 3-2 in overtime and extend the New York Islanders‘ winning streak to four games.

With that goal, Schaefer became the youngest player in NHL history at 18 years and 70 days to score an overtime goal, surpassing Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby (18 years, 101 days).

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Schaefer took a big hit and sacrificed the body to block a shot in the second and third period respectively, grinding to help his team to victory.

“Big game. I mean, we fought back, we fought hard,” Schaefer said. “I don’t think our first was the best, but we just kept fighting, we kept getting better. So I think we deserved that win.â€

Despite a slow start to the game, the Islanders found themselves up 1-0 at 7:13 of the first thanks to another Emil Heieneman tally, scoring his eighth goal of the season — two short of his career-high.

J.J. Peterka and and Dylan Guenther scored before the end of the first, but Jonathan Drouin evened the score at 13:44 of the third after he kicked a puck toward call that Nate Schmidt put into his own net.

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That led to overtime where Schaefer did his thing.

David Rittich was phenomenal, turning aside 27 of 29.

The Islanders have now tied the Penguins in points with 22, but Pittsburgh owns the regulation wins tie-breaker — nine to seven. They sit only two points back of the Carolina Hurricanes for the second seed in the Metro.

The Islanders move on to Colorado, where they’ll battle Brock Nelson and the Avalanche on Sunday night.

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Friday’s Undisputed WWE Championship title defense was personal for Cody Rhodes when he locked up with The Vision’s Bronson Reed in “WWE SmackDown’s” main event. While Rhodes walked out of a nasty fight with Reed with his title reign intact, things are far from over — especially after Drew McIntyre emerged to become The Vision’s fourth WarGames teammate.

Some may consider Reed’s early beatdown of Rhodes a WarGames preview, as the Australian laid “SmackDown’s” world champion to utter waste. When Reed’s power seemed its most insurmountable, however, Rhodes’ signature resilience saved him, and he landed his signature, old-fashioned strikes on Reed before dodging a Tsunami. Rhodes’ follow-up Cody Cutter failed to score him the pinfall, and the fight spilled to the outside as Rhodes attempted to set-up an announce table spot.

Bron Breakker and Logan Paul lunged at Rhodes to bring the match to a screeching halt. Jimmy and Jey Uso dashed to make the save, and after laying out Paul with a One-D, the Usos began to set up for a table spot. Albany’s collective gasps stopped them in their tracks, as the recently-suspended McIntyre emerged to lay out The Usos.

Chaos only erupted from there. Rhodes attempted to reinsert himself into the fight, only to ultimately take a Tsunami as The Vision firmly cemented a victory in the WarGames build-up. “SmackDown’s” last moments saw the ringside Paul Heyman proudly bestow a contract to McIntyre, who generously accepted the offer to stand alongside Breakker, Reed, and Paul as The Vision’s fourth WarGames team member.

The Men’s WarGames teams began to form following the November 3 episode of “WWE Raw,” where Paul solidified his fickle loyalty to The Vision with a pair of brass knuckles to CM Punk. Since then, Rhodes, Punk, and both Usos have attempted to push back against Reed, Breakker, Paul, and now, McIntyre.

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