The San Jose Sharks reclaimed a share of the NHL lead with a 2-1 overtime win over the St Louis Blues on Wednesday.
Dany Heatley scored on a breakaway four minutes into overtime to give San Jose its ninth victory in 10 games, drawing level with Chicago on 63 points.
Andy McDonald gave St Louis the lead, but Patrick Marleau tied it on a power-play goal with 7:09 left in regulation. Sharks goalie and Evgeni Nabokov made 28 saves.
SABRES 5, LIGHTNING 3
In Buffalo, New York, Buffalo scored three times in just over two minutes at the start of the game to set up a win over Tampa Bay, boosting its lead in the NHL’s Northeast Division.
Tyler Myers, Jochen Hecht and Clarke MacArthur gave Buffalo its quickest ever start to a game at 3-0 after 2:11, and Ryan Miller made 36 saves in his 300th NHL game to hold off Tampa Bay’s comeback attempt.
In other NHL action it was:
• Wild 4, Flames 1
• Islanders 3, Avalanche 2
• Rangers 5, Stars 2
• Flyers 6, Maple Leafs 2
Robinson Cano spent 17 seasons playing in the MLB in front of all kinds of baseball fans, but he said there is something special about his stint with the Mexican Baseball League’s Diablos Rojos. He is not alone. The league last week opened its 100th season, aiming to keep an impressive growth in attendance that began after the national team’s surprise run at the 2023 World Baseball Classic, and is already surpassing some first-division soccer clubs. After finishing third in the 2023 tournament, many casual fans, some of them soccer enthusiasts disappointed after Mexico were eliminated in the first round in the 2022
Noelvi Marte on Sunday had seven RBIs and hit his first career grand slam with a drive off infielder Jorge Mateo, while Austin Wynn had a career-high six RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds scored their most runs in 26 years in a 24-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Marte finished with five hits, including his eighth-inning homer off Mateo. Wynn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off catcher Gary Sanchez. Cincinnati scored its most runs since a 24-12 win against the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999, and finished with 25 hits. Baltimore allowed its most runs since a 30-3 loss to
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