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Ryan Poehling scored 2:29 into overtime -- a goal that required a lengthy review -- and the Anaheim Ducks pushed Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers to the brink of first-round elimination with a 4-3 victory in Game 4 on Sunday night at Honda Center.
Amen Thompson scored 23 points, Tari Eason added 20 and the Houston Rockets avoided elimination with a 115-96 rout of the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of the Western Conference playoff series Sunday night. Game 5 is Wednesday night in Los Angeles. The Rockets got their first win in the series afte
Brandon Hagel scored his NHL playoffs-leading fifth and sixth goals in the third period and the Lightning rallied to beat the Canadiens 3-2 on Sunday night in Game 4 to tie the series.
Amen Thompson scored 23 points, Tari Eason added 20 and the Houston Rockets, playing without Kevin Durant, avoided elimination with a 115-96 rout of the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of the Western Conference playoff series Sunday night at Toyota Center.
Thompson scored 23 points as the Rockets got their first win in the series after falling into an 0-3 hole despite missing Kevin Durant for a third game.
Payton Pritchard hit six of Boston’s 24 3-pointers and scored 32 points and Jayson Tatum had 30 points and 11 assists to help the Boston Celtics spoil Joel Embiid’s return from an appendectomy and beat the Philadelphia 76ers 128-96 on Sunday night for a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.
Sophia Wilson waited more than a year for this moment. The Portland Thorns forward scored her first goal since returning from maternity leave against Angel City FC at BMO Field on Saturday night, and it was the one that mattered. After 541 days since her last NWSL goal, Wilson lifted Portland to a 2
Sinia Plotz scored to begin each half and Anna Reed finished with 10 saves to lead Southern California to a 10-9 victory over California on Sunday night at the Canyonview Aquatic Center, earning the Trojans a seventh national championship in women's water polo. USC last claimed the title in 2021.
In the only other National Women's Soccer League match of the day, the visiting Utah Royals downed the Seattle Reign 3-0. In her professional soccer debut, rookie defender Carolyn Calzada provided the assist. Wilson doubled the lead in stoppage time with a left-footed blast into the side netting.