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NHL roundup: Stars sink Predators in OT, win 8th straight
Feb 28, 2026; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Stars left wing Jason Robertson (21) celebrates with his teammates after he scores the game winning goal against the Nashville Predators during the overtime period at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Jason Robertson’s goal 1:47 into overtime capped a comeback and gave the host Dallas Stars a 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.
Wyatt Johnston had a goal and an assist and Nathan Bastian also scored for the Stars, who trailed 2-0 with less than four minutes left in the second period. Jake Oettinger stopped 25 shots in Dallas’ eighth win in a row.
Michael Bunting and Steven Stamkos scored the goals for the Predators, who led 2-0 but are now 1-1-2 in their last four. Luke Evangelista had two assists and Juuse Saros made 22 saves.
With his team-leading 33rd goal of the season, Robertson converted a cross-crease pass from defenseman Miro Heiskanen for the OT winner.
Rangers 3, Penguins 2 (SO)
Vincent Trocheck scored in the first round of the shootout as New York snapped a five-game losing streak by rallying for a victory over visiting Pittsburgh.
Trocheck scored the only goal of the shootout when he cut from the lower edge of the left circle, and his shot beat goalie Stuart Skinner to the glove side.
The Rangers chipped away at a 2-0 deficit after allowing goals to Anthony Mantha and Ryan Shea in the opening three minutes of each of the opening two periods.
Mika Zibanejad started the comeback with a power-play goal with ten minutes remaining in the second period and Taylor Raddysh tied it 2:57 into the third.
Flyers 3, Bruins 1
Philadelphia scored back-to-back goals to start the third period and held on to defeat the visiting Boston, snapping the Bruins’ eight-game point streak (5-0-3).
Travis Konecny and Jamie Drysdale both scored and assisted on each other’s goals for Philadelphia, which got 26 saves from Dan Vladar and has won two of its three games since the Olympic break.
Boston’s Charlie McAvoy extended his point streak to nine games with a third-period goal that cut the hosts’ lead to 2-1. Jeremy Swayman made 14 saves.
Sharks 5, Oilers 4
Shakir Mukhamadullin scored the game-winner on a slap shot midway through the third period as San Jose defeated visiting Edmonton.
Michael Misa had a goal and an assist, and 12 different players recorded points for the Sharks, who ended a five-game losing streak, their second longest of the season. Yaroslav Askarov made 20 saves for San Jose.
Connor McDavid, the NHL’s leading scorer, led Edmonton with three assists, while Evan Bouchard had a goal and two assists and Connor Ingram stopped 28 shots.
Islanders 4, Blue Jackets 3 (OT)
Simon Holmstrom scored with 3:12 left in overtime for visiting New York, which remained perfect in the extra session and earned another comeback win by beating Columbus.
Anders Lee, Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Scott Mayfield also scored for the Islanders, who trailed 2-0 before earning their fourth straight win and improving to 8-0 in games decided in overtime. Three of New York’s last four victories have been of the comeback variety. Goaltender Ilya Sorokin made 27 saves.
Isac Lundestrom, Mason Marchment and Adam Fantilli scored for the Blue Jackets, who have lost two straight (0-1-1) following a seven-game winning streak. Jet Greaves recorded 22 saves.
Devils 3, Blues 1
Jacob Markstrom made 25 saves as New Jersey snapped its five-game losing streak with a win over host St. Louis.
Timo Meier, Dougie Hamilton and Nico Hischier scored for the Devils and Luke Hughes earned an assist in his first game since Jan. 19. He had been sidelined with an upper-body injury.
Pavel Buchnevich scored for the Blues, who lost for the ninth time in 11 games. Jordan Binnington stopped 30 of 32 shots in defeat.
Avalanche 3, Blackhawks 1
Cale Makar scored twice, Gavin Brindley also had a goal, and Colorado beat Chicago.
Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 14 shots and Nathan MacKinnon and Martin Necas had two assists each for Colorado, which bounced back from a disappointing home loss to Minnesota on Thursday night. The Avalanche have an NHL-best 87 points.
Connor Bedard scored and Spencer Knight made 32 saves for Chicago, which has lost eight of its last nine. The Blackhawks are averaging just 1.5 goals in those eight losses.
Hurricanes 5, Red Wings 2
Taylor Hall and Shayne Gostisbehere each finished with a goal and two assists as Carolina extended its winning streak to five games with a victory over Detroit in Raleigh, N.C.
Frederik Andersen finished with 27 saves, while Jackson Blake, Sebastian Aho and Eric Robinson also scored as the Hurricanes extended their point streak to 12 games (9-0-3).
Simon Edvinsson and Patrick Kane scored for the visiting Red Wings. Cam Talbot made 31 saves in the loss.
Sabres 6, Lightning 2
Josh Norris scored twice as Buffalo found the net four times in the first period, and the visitors easily won their third straight outing since the Winter Olympics break in a rout of host Tampa Bay.
Rasmus Dahlin hit the net and had two assists, while Zach Metsa had a goal and a helper. Tage Thompson and Alex Tuch also scored, and goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 36 saves.
Tampa Bay’s Victor Hedman tallied one goal and had an assist, and Dominic James scored. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy surrendered five goals on 14 shots in 21:54 of ice time. Jonas Johansson stopped 20 of 21 shots in relief.
Kings 2, Flames 0
Anton Forsberg made 29 saves for host Los Angeles in a shutout of Calgary.
Forsberg, who had allowed 16 goals while losing his previous four starts, posted his second shutout of the season and 10th in his 11-year NHL career. Alex Laferriere and Adrian Kempe scored for the Kings, who had lost five in a row, most recently an 8-1 drubbing against the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.
Dustin Wolf made 35 saves for the Flames, who had won two in a row and three of four.
Canadiens 6, Capitals 2
Cole Caufield scored two first-period goals and host Montreal went on to beat Washington for points in seven straight games (5-0-2).
Nick Suzuki had a goal and two assists for the Canadiens. Mike Matheson, Kirby Dach and Jake Evans also scored goals. Jakub Dobes made 27 saves and improved to 9-0-2 in his past 11 starts.
Alex Ovechkin scored both goals for the Capitals, who had won three straight. Anthony Beauvillier had two assists and Charlie Lindgren made 19 saves for Washington, which was playing the second of a back-to-back after a 3-2 home win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday.
Senators 5, Maple Leafs 2
Dylan Cozens had two goals and an assist, Drake Batherson scored twice and Ottawa defeated host Toronto.
Thomas Chabot added a goal and an assist for the Senators, who are 1-0-1 since the Olympic break. Linus Ullmark stopped 21 shots.
Morgan Rielly and William Nylander scored for the Maple Leafs, who are 0-3-0 since the break. Joseph Woll allowed five goals on 28 shots before Anthony Stolarz replaced him late in the second period and made 12 saves.
Kraken 5, Canucks 1
Jordan Eberle had two goals and an assist and Chandler Stephenson had a goal and two assists as Seattle opened a six-game homestand with a resounding victory over Vancouver.
Vince Dunn and Matty Beniers also were credited with goals for the Kraken, who snapped a two-game skid. Goaltender Joey Daccord made 27 saves and nearly scored into an empty net, but his attempt rolled just wide left of the net.
Liam Ohgren scored and Kevin Lankinen stopped 20 of 24 shots for the Canucks, who have lost five in a row and are 2-15-4 in their past 21 games.
–Field Level Media
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Ole Miss snaps losing skid at Auburn's expense
Ole Miss Rebels guard Ilias Kamardine (6) shoots a floater as Auburn Tigers take on Ole Miss Rebels at Neville Arena in Auburn, Ala. on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. Ole Miss snapped its longest losing streak since 2002-03 to crush Auburn’s seemingly slim March Madness dreams with a gutsy 85-79 Southeastern Conference road win Saturday night.
The Rebels (12-17, 4-12 SEC) had dropped their last 10 games but came alive with their second-best shooting day of the season, making 31 of 58 shots from the field (53.4%).
AJ Storr and Patton Pinkins led all scorers with 26 points apiece. Storr came off the bench for the Rebels shooting 9 for 15 from the field to go along with four assists. Pinkins made 8 of his 10 shots, including 4 for 5 from 3-point range, and Malik Dia finished with 10.
Keyshawn Hall helped lead the charge for Auburn (15-14, 6-10) with 21 points, including making 9 of his 10 free throw attempts. Tahaad Pettiford chipped in 24 points, Elyjah Freeman had 15 and Kevin Overton dropped 10.
Auburn built an early second half lead, but Ole Miss responded with a 22-4 run to blow open the game and take a 67-55 lead with 7:32 left.
The Tigers brought it close, but the Rebels never let go of the lead after that.
Ole Miss iced the game with a huge alley-oop, second-chance dunk by James Scott, who had a season-high four blocks, to stretch the lead to 78-71 with 1:11 left.
With the Help of Storr, Ole Miss’ bench dominated Auburn’s, outscoring the Tigers 28-4.
Both teams came out the gates hot with the Rebels making 7 of their first 8 shots and the Tigers making 6 of their first 8. Auburn fell behind by six early but used a 14-2 run that was capped by an acrobatic layup from Filip Jovic to pull ahead 31-25 with 4:46 left in the half.
The Rebels scored the last eight points of the half, including a layup and jumper from Storr, to take a 38-37 lead into the half.
Ole Miss was lights out in the first half making 16 of 27 shots (59.3%) and 5 of 11 from 3-point range. Dia, Storr and Pinkins each got into double digits in the first half with the latter two logging 10 points and the former with 11.
Auburn made 14 of 26 shots (53.8%) in the first half with Hall leading the way with 10 points.
This was Ole Miss’ first win over Auburn, breaking a 10-game head-to-head skid, since the Rebels pulled out an 86-84 overtime win Feb. 6, 2021.
–Field Level Media
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LAFC capitalize on red cards, blank Dynamo 2-0
Feb 28, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Los Angeles FC forward Denis Bouanga (99) shoots the ball as Houston Dynamo FC defender Antonio Carlos (3) defends during the first half at Shell Energy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Mark Delgado scored and had an assist after halftime, Stephen Eustaquio also struck from long range and visiting LAFC defeated the nine-man Houston Dynamo 2-0 on Saturday night.
Son Heung-Min had secondary assists on both goals and also drew both red card fouls from his opponents as LAFC (2-0-0, 6 points) remained perfect through four matches in all competitions under new manager Marc Dos Santos.
In first-half stoppage time, Antonio Carlos raked down Son’s Achilles area and was shown a straight red card for violent conduct. In the 76th minute when it was 1-0, Agustin Bouzat pulled down Son on the break and was ruled to have denied an obvious goal-scoring opportunity.
Hugo Lloris made two saves to keep his second clean sheet. Jonathan Bond stopped four shots for Houston (1-1-0, 3 points), which will have two weeks before its next match after a scheduled trip to New England next weekend was postponed because of delayed field installation.
Bouzat put a scare into LAFC early in the second half when he tried to catch Lloris off his line and struck the crossbar from near midfield.
But the visitors eventually had their lead in the 56th minute.
From Son’s short corner, Denis Bouanga fed the ball to Delgado above the left half of the penalty area. Delgado took a touch to his right, then unfurled a 24-yard curling effort that beat Bond to the bottom right corner.
Eustaquio — a Canada World Cup hopeful on loan from FC Porto — scored his first MLS goal six minutes after Bouzat’s dismissal on a similar sequence.
This time, it was Son who dribbled toward the penalty area from Bouanga’s short corner, then laid the ball to his right for Delgado, who spotted Eustaquio above the penalty arc.
Eustaquio took a controlling touch, then uncorked his own 25-yard strike through traffic, beyond Bond and into the bottom left corner in the 82nd minute.
Even 11-on-11, LAFC controlled affairs, holding 63% of the first-half possession, and leading 9-6 in shots and 2-1 in efforts on target before halftime.
Both LAFC efforts on goal came in the first 45 came in the same sequence, when Bouanga and Son forced consecutive saves from Bond in the 37th minute.
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Nashville, Dallas play to hard-fought scoreless draw
Feb 28, 2026; Frisco, Texas, USA; Nashville SC defender Maxwell Woledzi (3) and FC Dallas forward Logan Farrington (23) chase the ball during the first half at Toyota Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Chris Jones-Imagn Images After overwhelming their opening opposition, FC Dallas and Nashville SC played to a hard-fought 0-0 draw Saturday in Frisco, Texas.
Nashville (1-0-1, 4 points) goalkeeper Brian Schwake earned his first MLS clean sheet in the encounter, recording a pair of saves.
The team overcame playing the final six minutes plus stoppage time down a man after Matthew Corcoran earned a second yellow card for a late sliding challenge on Dallas midfielder Kaick
Dallas (1-0-1, 4 points) held the advantage in shots (10-7), shots on goal (2-1) and corner kicks (4-3). Michael Collodi made one save in net.
Dallas’ Petar Musa had the best chance of a rather uneventful first half, stopping the ball in a pocket of space outside the box and blasting it at Schwake, who stopped and held it in the 44th minute of play.
Musa had an even better opportunity in the 59th minute, linking up with his strike partner Logan Farrington on a sly one-two through Nashville’s backline, only to send the ball wide of the near post.
Farrington wound up with the ball at his feet after Joaquin Valiente’s cross took a fortuitous bounce off defender Jeison Palacios in the 70th minute, but appeared to lose his footing in tight space.
Cristian Espinoza had two wonderful opportunities in close succession halfway through the second half for Nashville, missing wide in the 75th and 78th minutes respectively.
Schwake was called upon a final time, denying substitute Anderson Julio’s long-range strike in stoppage time.
The Boys in Gold swapped out nine players who started their Tuesday night CONCACAF Champions Cup fixture against Atletico Ottawa, with only Schwake and Corcoran remaining in the starting eleven.
Valiente and Nashville defender Jordan Knight both made their MLS debuts. The match marked the two teams’ first encounter since June of 2023. The visitors were without the services of star striker Sam Surridge, who was out due to an illness.
–Field Level Media
Ole Miss snaps losing skid at Auburn's expense
LAFC capitalize on red cards, blank Dynamo 2-0
