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11:52 PM on Thursday, April 9

Nathan MacKinnon scored his career-high 52nd goal of the season into an empty net and had two assists to help the Colorado Avalanche clinch the NHL’s top seed for the postseason with a 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames

11:21 PM on Thursday, April 9

Logan Stankoven had two goals and an assist, helping the depleted Carolina Hurricanes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-2

10:55 PM on Thursday, April 9

Alex Iafallo, Josh Morrissey and Jonathan Toews scored as the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2, keeping their playoff hopes alive

10:37 PM on Thursday, April 9

Kevin Durant scored 29 points and the Houston Rockets extended their winning streak to eight games with a 113-102 win Thursday night over the Philadelphia 76ers, who were missing Joel Embiid after he had an appendectomy

10:36 PM on Thursday, April 9

Anthony Kay allowed three hits in 5 2/3 innings to pick up his first major league victory since July 2021 as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0

10:24 PM on Thursday, April 9

Cole Caufield became the first Montreal player to score 50 goals in a season in more than three decades and Juraj Slafkovsky scored a tiebreaker with just over a minute remaining as the Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in a fight-filled game Thursday night

10:11 PM on Thursday, April 9

Eduardo Rodríguez outdueled Nolan McLean in a rematch of the World Baseball Classic final Thursday night, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-1 win over the New York Mets

10:09 PM on Thursday, April 9

Josh Hart scored 15 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, Jalen Brunson had 25 points and 10 assists, and the New York Knicks stayed alive in the race for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference with a 112-106 victory over Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics on Thursday night

10:07 PM on Thursday, April 9

Three days after winning its first national title since 1989, Michigan has started retooling its roster for next season

10:02 PM on Thursday, April 9

Dylan Larkin had three goals and an assist as the Detroit Red Wings kept their playoff chances alive with a 6-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers

10:01 PM on Thursday, April 9

Fabian Zetterlund scored a pair of goals and the Ottawa Senators moved closer to securing a playoff berth with a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers

9:58 PM on Thursday, April 9

Rookie Colten Ellis stopped 37 shots for his first NHL career shutout, and the Buffalo Sabres beat Columbus 5-0 to dent the Blue Jackets’ playoff chances

9:54 PM on Thursday, April 9

Obi Toppin had 26 points and nine rebounds and seven Indiana players scored in double figures as the Pacers snapped a three-game skid with a 123-94 win over the Brooklyn Nets

9:48 PM on Thursday, April 9

Leonard Miller scored a career-high 26 points and matched his career best with 11 rebounds as the Chicago Bulls eased to a 119-108 victory over the Washington Wizards to sweep a two-game set

9:42 PM on Thursday, April 9

Matthew Schaefer tied the NHL record for goals by a rookie defenseman, and the Islanders defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 on Thursday night in Peter DeBoer’s first game as New York’s coach

9:37 PM on Thursday, April 9

Brandon Ingram scored a season-high 38 points, RJ Barrett had 22 and the Toronto Raptors moved closer to clinching their first playoff berth since 2022 by beating the slumping Miami Heat 128-114

9:28 PM on Thursday, April 9

For the first time in four years, it will soon be a great day for playoff hockey in Pittsburgh

8:44 PM on Thursday, April 9

Matthew Schaefer of the New York Islanders has tied the NHL record for goals by a rookie defenseman, scoring his 23rd of the season to match Hall of Famer Brian Leetch’s mark

4:42 PM on Thursday, April 9

Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, even the fate of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran

2:32 PM on Thursday, April 9

Jayson Tatum wanted to walk off the floor as a winner in his return to Madison Square Garden