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Valeri Nichushkin scores twice, Avalanche beat Blue Jackets 4-1 for fourth win of the season

Valeri Nichushkin scored two goals, Scott Wedgewood stopped 22 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Thursday night. Nichushkin scored in the second period on a tip-in and added an empty-net goal with just under two minutes left to cap the Avalanche's fourth win in five games (4-0-1) to open the season. Colorado's Cale Makar scored in the second period to reach 434 points, third-most by a defenseman through 400 games in NHL history behind Bobby Orr (508) and Paul Coffey (475).

Bo Horvat has a hat trick as the Islanders beat the Oilers 4-2 for their 1st win this season

Bo Horvat tied it short-handed in the second period, scored the go-ahead goal on the power play and finished off the hat trick with an empty-netter with 8.1 seconds left to help the New York Islanders pick up their first win of the season by rallying to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Thursday night. Seven seconds after Trent Frederic high-sticked Matthew Schaefer, Horvat beat Stuart Skinner with 4:46 left to bring fans — some of whom were booing the home team earlier — to their feet. Mat Barzal had the Islanders' first goal and the primary assist on Horvat's game-winner, while David Rittich stopped 30 of the 32 shots he faced at the other end of the ice in his Islanders debut.

Battle in south Yuba tonight: Marysville visits Wheatland in key D-VI test; stat darlings revealed in SJS

Tonight the featured game in the mid-valley is a Pioneer Valley League battle out in Yuba County at Sohrakoff Field on the campus of Wheatland Union High: Marysville visits the Pirates out in south Yuba in the one of three remaining regular season games left for both teams. Both are 2-1 in the PVL and still fighting for playoff and bowl bids in the newly-established Sac-Joaquin Section playoff ...

Dodgers down Brewers to take 3-0 series lead

The Los Angeles Dodgers moved to within one win of returning to the World Series on Thursday, defeating the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven playoff series.Only one team -- the 2004 Boston Red Sox -- has ever overturned a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven Major League Baseball playoff series.
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