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Bumpy road for Devils leads to matchup with Kraken
Dec 27, 2024; Newark, New Jersey, USA; Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov (52) makes a save on New Jersey Devils center Nico Hischier (13) during the second period at Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images So far, the New Jersey Devils’ West Coast swing has been a disaster.
The Devils are 0-4-0 on their six-game road trip and 0-3-0 out west heading into Monday’s game at the Seattle Kraken. They’ll have one more road game remaining, Thursday at the New York Rangers, before returning to home ice.
New Jersey’s latest loss, 3-2 on Saturday at San Jose, came when it surrendered the go-ahead goal with 25 seconds remaining.
“When we play hard and we play with structure and purpose, we’ve shown we’re a good team,” Devils coach Sheldon Keefe said. “We’ve also shown that when we don’t, we’re not a good team.”
Nico Hischier and Paul Cotter scored for the Devils, and goaltender Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves.
“We’re frustrated,” said Hischier, the Devils’ captain, who turned 26 on Saturday. “Obviously, we’re going through a rough stretch right now. We’ve got to stick together because when you do, you grow together and come out on the other side.”
The Devils have won just once since the NHL’s holiday break, defeating visiting Carolina 4-2 on Dec. 27. Their skid started the next night with a 5-2 loss at Carolina.
Then they fell 3-2 on Tuesday at Anaheim, 3-0 Wednesday at Los Angeles and 3-2 Saturday at San Jose.
“The structure is off because we’re not working, we’re not skating, we’re not connected as a result,” Keefe said. “When you’re just off by one stride, this is the NHL, if you’re off by one stride, hanging around on offense or you swing away, you expose the game unnecessarily.
“It opens up the game for the opposition and you’re less likely to get the chances the other way,” Keefe continued. “A lot of why we’re not scoring is connected to the fact we’re not defending properly. We’re not defending hard enough. You get what you deserve.”
The Kraken are wrapping up a four-game homestand on which they’re 1-1-1 after Saturday’s 4-2 defeat to Edmonton, which was playing the second half of a back-to-back.
Chandler Stephenson and Jaden Schwartz scored as Seattle nearly rallied from a three-goal deficit, but the Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl, the league’s leading goal-scorer (29), clinched the game with an empty-netter.
Goalie Philipp Grubauer, making his fourth consecutive start for the injured Joey Daccord (upper body), kept the Kraken in the game with 28 saves. But Seattle fell behind 2-0 in the opening 5:18 and never fully recovered.
“Not good enough,” Kraken coach Dan Bylsma said of his team’s start to the game. “Early on, a little too much standing around, watching their good players and not putting enough bodies on guys.
“It’s mentally hard to look up and be down one, two goals and continually trying to mount the comeback. That talk about the start of the game, it’s not critical to get the first goal of the game, but we’ve got to have that mindset where we’re coming out to get the first goal and get the lead in the game.”
The Kraken have made a habit of late comebacks recently, including in Vancouver on Dec. 28 when they became just the third team in NHL history to win after rallying from a three-goal deficit in the final five minutes of regulation in a regular-season game.
“We’ve got to get better starts. It’s tough coming back all the time in this league,” said Schwartz, who has seven points (five goals, two assists) over the past six games. “It’s good to be able to do it and put ourselves in position to tie it up again. But especially with them playing (Friday) night, we’ve got to be sharper off the start, be on our toes, be aggressive instead of watching them and being on our heels.”
Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson left the game late in the second period with an upper-body injury Saturday and didn’t return.
“We have to see how it reacts at this point in time,” Bylsma said about Larsson’s prognosis.
–Field Level Media
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Manchester City look to extend win streak, take on Everton
[Subscription Customers Only] Jun 30, 2025; Orlando, Florida, USA; Manchester City forward Erling Haaland (9) celebrates scoring their second goal with midfielder Rodri (16) during a round of 16 match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup at Camping World Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Lee Smith-Reuters via Imagn Images Manchester City will try to keep pace with Premier League front-runner Arsenal on Monday night when they pay a visit to an Everton side still on the fringes of the European picture.
City (21-5-7, 70 points) will begin the day six points back of Arsenal with two matches in hand after the Gunners dispatched Fulham 3-0 on Saturday. The Cityzens won’t be even on games played until May 13, when they make up a postponed match against Crystal Palace that was delayed because of City’s triumphant League Cup run.
As a result, there continues to be the appearance of a chase, although the teams would finish level on points if they win out.
Manager Pep Guardiola insists it shouldn’t matter.
“It’s normal, so it’s the calendar,” Guardiola said on Friday. “Sometimes you play first. Sometimes behind. It is what it is. So, nothing changes in these stages, and you know exactly what you have to do.”
City have won six in a row in all competitions, the last three by a single goal: A 2-1 home league win over the Gunners on April 19, a 1-0 league victory at Burnley three days later, and a 2-1 FA Cup semifinal triumph over Southampton on April 25.
Erling Haaland scored once in both league fixtures to bring his EPL-leading total to 24. In the FA Cup semifinal, Jeremy Doku and Nico Gonzalez scored inside the final 10 minutes to complete a late rally.
Everton (13-13-8, 47 points) finished Saturday in 11th place, but only four points out of seventh, which currently would earn a berth in the UEFA Europa Conference League. Should City win the FA Cup, it could be the top eight English league finishers who earn a spot in Europe.
And if Everton could return to continental competition for the first time since 2017-18, it would conclude a much-improved first season at their new Hill Dickson Stadium, after bringing the curtain down on historic Goodison Park last May.
“We still believe there could be something out there for us. And we’ll keep pushing,” manager David Moyes said. “Building Everton back up is a process which I think is going to take quite a bit of time, but I think the first year or so here, we’ve certainly put decent foundations down. And hopefully we can continue to build on it.”
The Toffees are looking to avoid a third consecutive league defeat for the first time this season after a 2-1 home loss to derby rivals Liverpool on April 19 and a 2-1 away defeat at West Ham last weekend.
Beto, one of two Everton players with eight goals, departed the former contest late with a head injury and missed the latter fixture working through the league’s concussion protocol. He should be available Monday night, Moyes said.
–Field Level Media
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Yankees tee off on Orioles to win third straight in 4-game series
May 3, 2026; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) hits a two run home run in the third inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Jasson Dominguez scored the tiebreaking run in the sixth inning before hitting a two-run homer and an RBI double during a seven-run eighth as the New York Yankees pulled away for an 11-3 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Sunday afternoon.
The Yankees won for the 13th time in 15 games and beat the Orioles for the 11th time in the past 12 meetings.
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer off Baltimore rookie Trey Gibson. Ben Rice hit his 12th home run of the season in the first and doubled ahead of Judge’s 13th homer in the third.
Rice exited after the Yankees batted in the third because of a bruised left hand. The Yankees announced X-rays were negative and the first baseman is day-to-day. Rice appeared to get injured fielding a low pickoff throw from Max Fried and was replaced by Paul Goldschmidt.
Dominguez started the tiebreaking rally with a double to left field against Grant Wolfram (1-1) and advanced to third on a groundout by Austin Wells. Ryan McMahon, facing a drawn-in infield, followed with a single that first baseman Coby Mayo couldn’t handle after diving to stop it.
Dominguez started New York’s big inning with a two-run drive into the right field seats off Andrew Kittredge for a 6-3 lead. After an RBI sacrifice fly by Trent Grisham, Goldschmidt ripped a two-run single after the Yankees executed a double steal.
Following a sacrifice fly by Jazz Chisholm Jr., Dominguez added a double to left field for an 11-3 lead.
The Orioles tied it twice before losing their fourth straight and for the 12th time in 18 games.
Blaze Alexander had an RBI single in the third before getting thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double. After Judge’s 413-foot drive bounced into Baltimore’s bullpen in left field, Leody Taveras hit an RBI infield single and Tyler O’Neill scored on a double play grounder by Jeremiah Jackson in the fourth.
Fried allowed three runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings. The left-hander struck out six and walked three.
Fernando Cruz (3-0) got the final two outs of the sixth and the first out of the seventh. Brent Headrick ended the eighth by getting a double play grounder against Mayo.
Gibson allowed three runs on four hits in 4 2/3 innings during his major league debut.
The four-game series concludes Monday.
–Field Level Media
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Cam Smith drives in 2 in 10th, Astros edge Red Sox
May 3, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Houston Astros right fielder Cam Smith (11) hits a two run RBI against the Boston Red Sox during the tenth inning at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images Cam Smith had three hits, including a two-run single in the top of the 10th inning, to help the visiting Houston Astros earn a 3-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.
Smith’s two-out single came against Zack Kelly (0-2) and drove in Braden Shewmake and Jose Altuve.
Boston had the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the 10th, but Bryan Abreu got Ceddanne Rafaela to ground into a double play to end the game.
Jarren Duran hit a solo home run for the Red Sox, who stranded 13 runners and were 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Duran’s home run was his third of the season and his second of the series. He hit a three-run homer in Boston’s 3-1 victory Friday night.
Abreu (1-2) pitched two scoreless innings to get the win. He gave up one hit, walked one and struck out one.
Willson Contreras collected three of Boston’s nine hits in the loss.
Christian Walker and Christian Vazquez each had two-hit games for the Astros, who won two games in the three-game set.
Boston starting pitcher Ranger Suarez was pulled after four scoreless innings because of hamstring tightness. He gave up three hits, walked one and struck out three. Suarez threw 70 pitches.
Duran’s home run off Houston reliever AJ Blubaugh opened the scoring in the fifth. Houston tied the game in the sixth, when Walker reached on an infield single, took third on Altuve’s double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brice Matthews.
The Red Sox had a chance to win the game in the bottom of the ninth. An error on Abreu allowed Contreras to reach second with two outs in the inning, but Roman Anthony grounded out to first to end the inning.
Houston had the bases loaded with no outs in the 10th, but Altuve grounded into a 6-2-5 double play. Following a walk to Matthews, Smith delivered his two-run single.
–Field Level Media
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