Matt Boldy scored with 29 seconds left in overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a 3-2 win over the visiting Dallas Stars to level their best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series at 2-2 on Saturday evening in St. Paul, Minn.

Brock Faber had a goal and an assist, Marcus Foligno also scored and Jesper Wallstedt made 43 saves for the Wild, who dominated the series opener 6-1 before losing two in a row, including Game 3 at home in double-overtime.

Jason Robertson and Miro Heiskanen scored goals, Matt Duchene and Mikko Rantanen had two assists each, and Jake Oettinger made 40 saves for the Stars.

Minnesota won despite going 0-for-4 on the power play while Dallas was 2-for-2. Game 5 is set for Tuesday night in Dallas.

Hurricanes 4, Senators 2

Logan Stankoven’s power-play goal midway through the third period broke a tie for Carolina, which never trailed in defeating host Ottawa to eliminate the Senators from the playoffs.

The Hurricanes completed a four-game sweep in the first-round Eastern Conference series. Sebastian Aho scored two empty-net goals, and Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist for Carolina. Seth Jarvis had two assists and Frederik Andersen made 25 saves.

Drake Batherson had a goal and an assist for Ottawa, and Dylan Cozens scored. Linus Ullmark stopped 26 shots.

Penguins 4, Flyers 2

Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist as visiting Pittsburgh stayed alive with a victory over Philadelphia in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.

Rickard Rakell also scored a goal and set up another for Pittsburgh, which had been outscored 11-4 while dropping the first three games of the series. Penguins coach Dan Muse opted to start Arturs Silovs in net instead of Stuart Skinner, and Silovs responded with 28 saves in a crisp performance.

Denver Barkey and Travis Konecny scored for Philadelphia, which will have another chance to win the best-of-seven series Monday when the teams reconvene for Game 5 in Pittsburgh. Dan Vladar, playing with a right arm injury, turned aside 17 shots for the Flyers.

–Field Level Media

Alex Bonetig scored his first career MLS goal in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage to lift the visiting Portland Timbers to a 2-1 victory over reeling San Diego FC on Saturday night.

Kevin Kelsy also scored his second goal of the season much earlier for Portland (3-5-1, 10 points), which earned its first away points of the season in a fifth attempt.

James Pantemis made only three saves in the victory, but two were crucial interventions: a 79th-minute denial of Lewis Morgan when the match was still tied, and another stop of Anders Dreyer in the final minutes of second-half stoppage time after Bonetig’s winner.

That was enough to secure a satisfying win for a Timbers side that was eliminated by San Diego from the 2025 MLS Cup playoffs in a tightly contested first-round series.

Dreyer scored from the penalty spot for his team-lead-tying fifth goal before halftime, but he couldn’t prevent SDFC (3-5-2, 11 points) from falling to a club-record fifth consecutive defeat.

San Diego captain Jeppe Tverskov departed in the 81st minute with an apparent injury.

Portland may have thought it missed an opportunity in the 83rd minute when Antony somehow missed wide on an open net after goalkeeper Duran Ferree rashly sprinted off his line in a poorly timed challenge outside the penalty area.

But the visitors kept pushing and were eventually rewarded for their resilience on a corner kick.

The initial delivery failed to reach a Timbers attacker, but the hosts couldn’t clear. Bonetig eventually reached it in a frenetic scrap, and he powered in a low finish past Ferree from about 8 yards.

Kelsy created the turnover that led to his 26th-minute opener, pressuring Tverskov into a giveaway inside his own half.

From there, he slalomed past defender Christopher McVey before dragging a low finish past Ferree into the bottom right corner.

San Diego FC received their route back into the game only five minutes later when referee Jon Freemon spotted a handball in the penalty area on defender Brandon Bye.

Dreyer stepped up and dispatched his PK into the bottom right corner as Pantemis dove in the opposite direction.

–Field Level Media

After nearly two full slow-paced rounds in the UFC Vegas 116 main event from the Meta APEX Saturday night, former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling found an opening with under a minute left in Round 2 against Youssef Zalal. But it was only the beginning of Sterling’s relentless pace.

Several submission attempts, including a fourth-round rear-naked choke opportunity in the closing minutes from Sterling, led to a unanimous decision win across 25 minutes, 49-45, 49-45, 49-45. Sterling (26-5 MMA, 18-5 UFC) was comfortable in all areas against his former training partner, but his objective for the rest of his career is simple.

“(Alexander) Volkanovski, you know I’m coming for that ass,” Sterling said, calling for a featherweight title shot.

Zalal (18-6-1 MMA, 8-4-1 UFC) was classy in defeat.

“I’ve come back before and I’ll come back again,” Zalal said, crediting Sterling’s efforts.

Sterling snapped Zalal’s eight-fight unbeaten streak, predicting that with a bit more five-round experience, the Moroccan competitor will find himself fighting for a championship.

The co-main event saw UFC women’s bantamweight contender Joselyne Edwards of Panama move a step closer to a title shot with a unanimous decision victory over Brazil’s Norma Dumont, sweeping the scorecards 29-28, 29-28, 30-27. Edwards (18-6 MMA, 9-4 UFC) had little trouble with Dumont (13-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC), extending her win streak to five. Dumont fell just short of a four-year unbeaten run, having won her previous six outings before taking her first loss since May 7, 2022.

In the lightweight division, Rafa Garcia of Mexico halted Alexander Hernandez’s four-fight winning streak, earning a unanimous decision 29-28, 29-28, 30-27. Garcia (19-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) has won three in a row, keeping the fight on the feet, taking Hernandez’s best punches while giving back his own at a much higher rate. Hernandez (18-9 MMA, 10-8 UFC) had not lost since April 6, 2024.

Bantamweight Davey Grant of England earned a unanimous decision against UFC debutant Adrian Luna Martinetti, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, in an entertaining all-around affair. Grant (18-8 MMA, 9-7 UFC) has won five of his last seven fights, while Luna Martinetti (17-2 MMA), who hails from Ecuador, had not lost since Sept. 20, 2017.

At bantamweight, Brazil’s Raoni Barcelos squeaked out a split-decision win against Montel Jackson, taking two of the three judges’ scorecards, 29-28, 28-29, 29-28. Barcelos (22-5 MMA, 11-4 UFC) extended his winning streak to five, dating back to Feb. 24, 2024. On the other side, Jackson (15-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) has lost back-to-back fights since his six-fight winning streak which spanned March of 2021 until last October.

Heavyweight Ryan Spann delivered a blitzing right hand to send Brazilian Marcus Buchecha to the canvas, finishing the fight by KO at 2:10 of Round 2 to open the UFC Vegas 116 six-fight main card with what became the only finish. Spann (24-11 MMA, 10-6 UFC) has won back-to-back fights and three of his last four. Buchecha (5-3-1 MMA, 0-2-1 UFC), a seasoned grappler, remains winless in the promotion.

-Field Level Media