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Tim Thomas took a relaxed attitude toward a start that was looking dicey.
He wound up making 27 straight saves after giving up two early goals, and the Boston Bruins ended the St. Louis Blues' team-record point streak at 21 home games with a 4-2 win on Wednesday night.
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It might have been one of the uglier 18-point wins in the long history of Iowa State basketball.
At this time of year, the Cyclones will take them any way they can get them.
Scott Christopherson and Melvin Ejim each scored 17 points and Iowa State pulled a...

Erik Karlsson is closing in on some team records in Ottawa. The Senators are closing in on a playoff spot.
Karlsson and Milan Michalek each had three points Wednesday and the Ottawa Senators defeated the Washington Capitals 5-2.
John Carlson and Mathieu Pe...

Elijah Johnson scored 21 points and Tyshawn Taylor made key plays down the stretch to help No. 4 Kansas fight off a late run by Texas A&M for a 66-58 victory Wednesday night.
Kansas (23-5, 13-2 Big 12) led by as many as 21 points in the second half before a big run b...

Outsmarted, outhustled and even outrebounded for most of the game, Michigan State snapped back to stun Minnesota.
But in between laments about his team's performance, Spartans coach Tom Izzo offered his due praise. Sometimes, the most important wins aren't pretty at all....

Not much heat from the Hawks for Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks. That's likely to change Thursday night when it's Lin vs. LeBron in Miami.
Lin had 17 points and nine assists, sitting out most of the fourth quarter in a rare easy game during his remarkable run, and th...

Kyle Lowry had a scraped right forearm, a sore right ankle and a smile on his face after the Houston Rockets pulled out a grinding victory over his hometown team on Wednesday night.
Lowry scored 13 points and converted two crucial three point-plays in the final two minut...

A rare triple-double was all well and good for Joakim Noah. More important for him was this: the Bulls got another big win.
Noah had 13 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for the first triple-double by a Bulls center in roughly 35 years, and Chicago pounded the Milwaukee...

All Times Eastern National Basketball AssociationOklahoma City 119, Boston 104 FToronto 103, Detroit 93 FIndiana 102, Charlotte 88 FNew Orleans 89, Cleveland 84 FSacram...

Brad Marchand scored twice and Tim Thomas stopped 30 shots to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-2 win over St. Louis on Wednesday, ending the Blues' team-record point streak at 21 home games.
Chris Stewart and Ryan Reaves scored for the Blues on the first five shots of the g...