• Yahoo Sports

    One fateful decision summed up North Carolina's Sweet 16 demise

    Jae’Lyn Withers shot UNC's most important 3-pointer of the game when he had no business firing away. And now the No. 1 Tar Heels are going home.

  • The Canadian Press

    Dallas Stars clinch playoff spot with 3-1 win over Vancouver Canucks

    VANCOUVER — Special teams proved to be the difference in a key matchup between the Vancouver Canucks and Dallas Stars on Thursday. The Stars capitalized on their power-play chances and clinched a spot in the NHL playoffs with a 3-1 win. The Canucks struggled with the man advantage and will have to wait to secure their post-season berth. “This is the kind of hockey it’s probably going to be the rest of the way, the kind of hockey it is around the league right now," said Canucks goalie Casey DeSmi

  • The Canadian Press

    Logan Cooley has 1st NHL hat trick, Coyotes stop Predators' points streak at 18 with 8-4 win

    TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Logan Cooley had his first NHL hat trick, Clayton Keller added a goal and three assists and the Arizona Coyotes snapped the Nashville Predators’ point streak at 18 games with an 8-4 victory Thursday night. Nashville had been 16-0-2 since its last loss Feb. 15 at home against Dallas. It was the longest points streak in Predators history and the longest in the NHL this season. Arizona overcame a two-goal deficit to win its second straight and went 3-0-1 against the Predators th

  • The Canadian Press

    NHL roundup: Malkin reaches 20 goals for 15th time, Penguins edge Columbus 3-2

    PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin scored twice to reach the 20-goal milestone for the 15th time and Pittsburgh extended their mastery over Columbus with a 3-2 win on Thursday night. The Russian became the 31st player in league history to score 20 goals in 15 seasons, doing it with a pair of power-play blasts — one from the right circle, one from the left circle — that erased one-goal deficits. Drew O’Conner’s 12th goal 35 seconds into the third period put Pittsburgh in front to stay. Sidney Crosby