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9:23 PM on Thursday, April 2

Connor McDavid set up Matt Savoie’s power-play goal to pad his NHL-leading points total and help the Edmonton Oilers win their season-high fifth straight game, 3-1 over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night

9:12 PM on Thursday, April 2

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Los Angeles Lakers 139-96 in a game in which NBA leading scorer Luka Doncic left due to injury

8:13 PM on Thursday, April 2

Honor Huff scored 21 points, including eight in the overtime, as the West Virginia Mountaineers took down the Stanford Cardinal 82-77 on Thursday in the College Basketball Crown

8:09 PM on Thursday, April 2

The Minnesota Wild have clinched a spot in the NHL playoffs, giving them another chance to advance in the postseason for the first time since 2015

7:44 PM on Thursday, April 2

Jake Oettinger made 22 saves for his third shutout of the season in a matchup of Team USA Olympic goaltenders and rookie Arttu Hyry had a goal in his first multipoint NHL game as the Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-0

7:40 PM on Thursday, April 2

Matt Boldy scored his 39th and 40th goals, Kirill Kaprizov added his 40th and the Minnesota Wild wrapped up a playoff spot with a 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night

7:31 PM on Thursday, April 2

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7:25 PM on Thursday, April 2

Jack Hughes had two goals and three assists and Dawson Mercer scored twice as the New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 7-3

7:11 PM on Thursday, April 2

Led by David Green's 13 points, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane defeated the New Mexico Lobos 74-69 on Thursday in the NIT

7:08 PM on Thursday, April 2

Anthony Cirelli registered his second career hat trick, Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three points, and the Tampa Bay Lightning moved into first place in the Atlantic Division after a 6-3 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins

7:03 PM on Thursday, April 2

Golden Knights goalie Carter Hart was activated off injured reserve and started Vegas’ game Thursday night against the Calgary Flames

6:59 PM on Thursday, April 2

Florida goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made 15 saves in the third period and 28 overall as the Panthers defeated the Boston Bruins 2-1

6:58 PM on Thursday, April 2

Lauren Coughlin knows Shadow Creek as well as anyone and it shows

6:56 PM on Thursday, April 2

Patrick Kane scored a pivotal goal in a needed Detroit win in the same building where he scored a Stanley Cup Final winner, Alex DeBrincat scored two goals and Lucas Raymond had one to lead the Red Wings past the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2

6:56 PM on Thursday, April 2

Logan Stankoven scored two goals in the first nine minutes, and the Carolina Hurricanes clinched a playoff berth for the eighth season in a row by beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-1

6:52 PM on Thursday, April 2

Jalen Duren had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Daniss Jenkins scored 26 and the Detroit Pistons beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 113-108 on Thursday night as both teams were without a superstar

6:30 PM on Thursday, April 2

Phoenix guard Collin Gillespie set the Suns’ franchise record for 3-pointers in a season on Thursday night

6:25 PM on Thursday, April 2

Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Knueppel walked into the postgame news conference and was greeted by a handful of television cameras blocking his path to the podium when suddenly out jumped head coach Charles Lee, who doused him with a bottle of water before embracing his star rookie

4:11 PM on Thursday, April 2

Anthony Edwards is ineligible for NBA postseason awards because he can’t reach the 65-game minimum after the Minnesota Timberwolves ruled out him out against the Detroit Pistons

3:24 PM on Thursday, April 2

Big men and bigger lineups have been standout factors for the teams that have reached the Final Four