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Bo Horvat nets OT winner as Islanders outlast Penguins
Feb 3, 2026; Elmont, New York, USA; New York Islanders center Bo Horvat (14) celebrates his game winning overtime goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins with center Mathew Barzal (13) and defenseman Matthew Schaefer (48) at UBS Arena. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images Bo Horvat scored a breakaway goal 52 seconds into overtime Tuesday night for the New York Islanders, who overcame a trio of deficits to edge the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-4, in Elmont, N.Y.
Brett Kulak whiffed on a shot deep in the Islanders’ zone before Mathew Barzal picked up the puck and passed to Horvat, who beat Stuart Skinner for his second goal of the game.
Barzal, Matthew Schaefer and Ryan Pulock also scored for the Islanders, who snapped a two-game losing streak and moved within a point of the second-place Penguins in the Metropolitan Division. Goalie Ilya Sorokin made 31 saves.
Anthony Mantha, Egor Chinakhov, Bryan Rust and Justin Brazeau scored for the Penguins, who have lost two straight following a six-game winning streak. Skinner recorded 18 saves.
Mantha opened the scoring with a nifty assist from Brazeau, who maneuvered a one-handed pass around Adam Pelech at the goal line to Mantha, who beat Sorokin stick side with 7:51 left in the first.
The Islanders tied the score and took the lead in the final 79 seconds of the period. After Barzal’s shot glanced off Skinner’s glove, Ryan Shea tried to backhand the puck out of the crease. But the puck hit Anders Lee’s skate and deflected off Skinner’s pads before Horvat lunged past Shea and tucked home a backhanded shot.
Schaefer gave the Islanders the lead with 3.3 seconds remaining, when his shot from the high slot sailed past Skinner as he was screened by Lee.
The Penguins evened the game at 3:52 of the second. Erik Karlsson’s shot glanced off the back boards and was retrieved by Thomas Novak, who fed Chinakhov before the right winger beat Sorokin from the left faceoff circle.
Rust put the Penguins ahead in unusual fashion with 5:51 remaining in the period, when his shot from the goal line glanced off Sorokin’s glove and into the net.
Barzal tied it again with 11:23 left in the third when his shot from the high slot caromed off the far post as Skinner was screened by teammate Ilya Solovyov.
Brazeau snapped the tie just 2:03 later, when he redirected a shot by Brett Kulak before Pulock again pulled the Islanders even by scoring from just above the left faceoff circle with 4:36 remaining.
–Field Level Media
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Knicks waltz past Wizards for seventh straight victory
Feb 3, 2026; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) keeps the ball away from Washington Wizards guard Sharife Cooper (13) during the first quarter at Capital One Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images Mikal Bridges scored 23 points and Jalen Brunson added 21, fueling the visiting New York Knicks to their season-best seventh straight win, a 132-101 romp over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday.
Bridges made 8 of 10 shots from the floor to pace the Knicks to their 11th straight win over the Wizards.
Karl-Anthony Towns collected 19 points and 14 rebounds and OG Anunoby also put up 19 points for New York, which had seven players reach double digits in scoring.
The Knicks’ Landry Shamet continued his sizzling shooting from the perimeter by making four 3-pointers to highlight his 14-point performance. He sank six shots from beyond the arc in New York’s 112-100 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.
New York shot a robust 52.2% from the floor and 45.9% (17 of 37) from 3-point range. The Knicks also enjoyed a 54-40 edge on points in the paint.
All was not rosy for the Knicks, as Josh Hart and Mohamed Diawara exited the contest with ankle injuries. Hart fell on a Washington player’s foot while attempting to block a shot in the third quarter, while Diawara sustained his injury during the latter stages of the opening session.
Washington rookie Will Riley scored 17 points off the bench and Bub Carrington sank three 3-pointers to highlight his 14-point performance.
Khris Middleton scored 12 points and Marvin Bagley III and Alex Sarr added 11 apiece for the Wizards, who finished 3-2 on their five-game homestand.
New York scored the first seven points of the game and extended its lead to 21-7 after Diawara’s conversion from in close. Anunoby drained his third 3-pointer to push the Knicks’ advantage to 34-16.
New York went up 63-34 midway through the second quarter after it scored 14 straight points in a 105-second span. Towns scored eight points and Shamet sank a pair of 3-pointers during that spurt.
The Knicks extended their lead to 88-56 early in the third quarter on the strength of a 10-2 run. The margin never dropped below 27 points thereafter.
–Field Level Media
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LPGA commish to players: 'I'm sorry' for how TOC was shortened
A ball sits in a sand trap Wednesday, June 18, 2025, during the IHSAA boys golf state final at Prairie View Golf Course in Carmel. LPGA commissioner Craig Kessler apologized Tuesday for how the season-opening Tournament of Champions was cut short over the weekend in Orlando.
Amid frigid temperatures at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, the LPGA allowed the event’s pro-am to continue on Sunday. The fourth and final round of the pro tournament was delayed, and eight players ultimately teed it up before the round was canceled.
The event was shortened to 54 holes, and Nelly Korda, who led after three rounds, was declared the winner.
In addition to confusion over play on Sunday, Kessler also heard questions about why the fourth round wasn’t postponed until the following day. The next tour event, the Honda LPGA Thailand, doesn’t begin until Feb. 19.
Kessler addressed a memo to the player, writing in part, “I made the decision to limit the event to 54 holes, worried that our athletes might be injured given the way record overnight low temperatures hardened the course. While the decision was a tough one and ran counter to prior statements we shared, I made a judgement call. With the benefit of hindsight, there were clearly other ways we should have managed the situation.
“I recognize this decision, and others we made in real time, were confusing and disappointing to our fans. And our communication around the decision wasn’t clear or timely enough. Your frustration is valid — I own that, and I’m sorry.”
He added plans for similar scenarios in future tournaments:
“Establishing clearer principles for play decisions in challenging situations, including strengthening weekly contingency planning.
“Communicating faster, more clearly, and with better real-time information.”
Runner-up Amy Yang of South Korea, who finished three strokes back of Korda, said on Sunday, “I wish I played final round, you know, give myself a little chance. But it was playing very cold out there. I got here early warming up for 10:00 a.m. resume, and the greens weren’t playable … so, yeah, I could understand that we couldn’t compete for the fourth round.”
–Field Level Media
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Defensive improvement is top of mind for Utah, Arizona State
Jan 31, 2026; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Oklahoma State Cowboys guard Kanye Clary (1) looks for the play against Utah Utes guard Terrence Brown (2) during the second half at Jon M. Huntsman Center. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-Imagn Images Arizona State and Utah are showing an ability to score but struggling to stop opponents from getting baskets.
Due to those struggles both teams find themselves residing near the bottom of the Big 12 heading into Wednesday’s contest in Salt Lake City, when Arizona State attempts to avoid a third straight loss and Utah hopes to stop its own three-game slide.
Arizona State (11-11, 2-7 Big 12) has allowed at least 80 points in six conference games so far and its 80.1 points allowed are 14th in the conference.
The Sun Devils are coming off Saturday’s 87-74 home loss to top-ranked Arizona when they faded after an evenly-played opening half. Arizona State was outscored 49-36 in the final 20 minutes and shot 41.5%, marking its third-worst showing in conference play.
“We just weren’t able to stand up to the challenge on the interior, whether that meant stopping their drive or getting a big defensive rebound when we needed to,” Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley said.
Arizona State is led by Maurice Odum’s 17.1 points, and he scored 15 on Saturday. Odum had a 33-point showing in a 14-point win over Cincinnati on Jan. 24 but is 11-of-29 from the floor in his past two games.
Utah (9-12, 1-7) is averaging 79.5 points but allowing a league-worst 81.5. The Utes have five double-digit conference losses, including an 81-69 setback at Oklahoma State on Saturday which prompted coach Alex Jensen to criticize the selfishness of his team.
“Too many guys are in their own world,” Jensen said. “Too many guys start the game thinking about just scoring. We didn’t pass, and then, obviously, that hurts our defense. But there’s also other ways to be selfish: guys not talking, guys not being ready to shoot, like that. That’s a way to be selfish, as well, but we need to do a better job.”
The Utes allowed 48.5% shooting, the seventh time they allowed at least 48.5% in conference games.
Utah is hoping to get another productive showing from Terrence Brown, whose 22.1 points per game are third in the Big 12.
Brown scored 20 points on Saturday and is 38-for-69 (55.1%) over his past four games.
–Field Level Media
Knicks waltz past Wizards for seventh straight victory
LPGA commish to players: 'I'm sorry' for how TOC was shortened
