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Penguins score four in second to handle Hawks
Jan 29, 2026; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Penguins center Ben Kindel (81) celebrates his goal with goaltender Stuart Skinner (74) and center Evgeni Malkin (71) at the bench against the Chicago Blackhawksduring the second period at PPG Paints Arena. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Connor Dewar scored twice and his teammates added four goals in the second period as the Pittsburgh Penguins skated away with a 6-2 victory over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.
Dewar posted his second two-goal game in his last five as the Penguins extended their winning streak to five. Anthony Mantha added one goal and two assists while Ben Kindel and Ryan Shea contributed one goal and one assist apiece.
Noel Acciari and Blake Lizotte earned assists on both of Dewar’s tallies.
Arturs Silovs made 18 saves for his second straight win.
Connor Murphy scored for the second time in five games and Connor Bedard scored as well for the Blackhawks, who fell for the fourth time in a row. Frank Nazar assisted on both.
Arvid Soderblom denied the Penguins 38 times, but the Blackhawks goalie faced 40 or more shots for the fourth time this season.
The four-goal second period decided the game. The Penguins’ last three came in a four-minute span late.
Kindel’s 11th goal of the season put the Penguins up 2-1 with 14:06 left in the second. The rookie has scored three goals in back-to-back games after going without any goals in 19 straight.
Egor Chinakhov made it 3-1 with 4:30 to go for his ninth of the season. Six have come in the 14 games he’s played for Pittsburgh since being acquired from Columbus. Evgeni Malkin assisted, the fourth time he’s set up his fellow Russian linemate.
Mantha added to the lead 31 seconds later, then Shea finished the barrage with 30 seconds remaining in the period.
Pittsburgh put 23 shots on goal in the second period. The Penguins’ 44 shots were their most since getting 47 against Anaheim on Dec. 9.
Murphy gave Chicago the lead midway through the first period, with Nazar and Ryan Greene assisting. Dewar tied it up less than two minutes later.
Chicago captain Nick Foligno skated only two shifts before leaving the game midway through the first period.
–Field Level Media
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Minnesota, Washington chase reset as skids collide
Feb 1, 2026; University Park, Pennsylvania, USA; Minnesota Golden Gophers head coach Niko Medved reacts from the bench during the second half against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Bryce Jordan Center. Mandatory Credit: Matthew O’Haren-Imagn Images Minnesota will look to break out of a slump when it travels to Seattle on Saturday for a Big Ten tilt against Washington.
At this point, watching game film has left Minnesota coach Niko Medved feeling stuck in a loop.
Kind of like Bill Murray’s character, TV weatherman Phil Connors, in the 1993 classic “Groundhog Day.”
Only Medved is watching his Golden Gophers, a different type of burrowing rodent.
“It’s kind of the same movie,” said Medved, referring to a 67-62 loss to visiting Maryland last Sunday in which his team allowed the final seven points. “We just had to find a way to get a few more stops down the stretch, and we still would have found a way to get out of here with a win, and we just couldn’t.”
Minnesota (11-13, 4-9 Big Ten) has lost eight of its past nine games, the only win in that stretch a 76-73 upset of No. 10 Michigan State on Feb. 4.
“Just look at our entire schedule over the whole season,” Medved said. “The margin for error is really, really small. We have to play one way and have to play with a certain edge regardless of our opponent.”
Washington coach Danny Sprinkle can relate. The Huskies (12-13, 4-10) have lost three in a row, including a 63-60 decision Wednesday against Penn State — the Nittany Lions’ first Big Ten road victory of the season.
“It was a game that you have to win at home,” Sprinkle said. “We can’t have some of our best players playing like that from an energy standpoint and a production standpoint if you’re going to win. They made plays. We didn’t.”
Senior Cade Tyson leads Minnesota with 19.4 points per game and shoots a team-best 38.5% from 3-point range. Washington is paced by freshman Hannes Steinbach, who averages 17.6 points and 11.4 rebounds per game.
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Wisconsin blitzes No. 10 Michigan State, fells another top-10 foe
Feb 7, 2026; Bloomington, Indiana, USA; Wisconsin Badgers guard Nick Boyd (2) rebounds the ball against the Indiana Hoosiers during the first half at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Mandatory Credit: Robert Goddin-Imagn Images Nick Boyd had 29 points and John Blackwell added 24 to pace Wisconsin to a dominant 92-71 victory over No. 10 Michigan State in a Big Ten Conference matchup Friday night in Madison, Wis.
It was the second consecutive top-10 victory for Wisconsin (18-7, 10-4 Big Ten), which won at No. 8 Illinois 92-90 in overtime Tuesday. The Badgers are also the only team to have beaten Michigan, currently No. 2 in the country.
Wisconsin’s Nolan Winter had 10 points and 11 rebounds for his 12th double-double of the season. The Badgers had 38 rebounds to match the Spartans, who entered second in the nation with a 13.1 rebound margin.
Wisconsin went in front 67-45 with 13:10 left on consecutive 3-pointers by Blackwell and Boyd. The Spartans (20-5, 10-4) got no closer than 17 points the rest of the way for their third loss in four games.
Coen Carr had 19 points and Jeremy Fears Jr. added 14 points, along with 12 assists on Michigan State’s 24 field goals. Fears entered No. 1 in the country with 9.1 assists per game.
Wisconsin, 13-2 at home, improved to 16-0 this season when scoring at least 80 points. The Badgers hit 15 of 35 shots from deep, improving to 15-2 when making at least 10 3-pointers.
Wisconsin had a 28-14 edge in points in the paint and 19-8 advantage in second-chance points.
Wisconsin hit 7 of its first 10 3-pointers to open a double-digit lead midway through the first half.
Austin Rapp drained a 3-pointer from the top left to cap a 15-0 run that put the Badgers up 32-14 as Michigan State went scoreless for more than 5 1/2 minutes.
Michigan State pulled within 36-27 by hitting three consecutive 3-pointers, the latter two by Jordan Scott (11 points).
Boyd capped a 20-point first half with his fourth 3-pointer to give Wisconsin a 51-34 lead at the break. The Badgers shot 57.6% in the first half, including 10 of 17 beyond the arc.
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Tyson Fury's comeback fight to take place at Tottenham's stadium
Oct 9, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Deontay Wilder (red/black trunks) is knocked out by Tyson Fury (black/gold trunks) during their WBC/Lineal heavyweight championship boxing match at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images Tyson Fury’s return to the boxing ring will take place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The former heavyweight champion’s April 11 bout against Arslanbek Makhmudov was announced last month, but the venue wasn’t revealed until this week.
Fury, a 37-year-old Manchester, England, native, hasn’t fought since losing back-to-back matches in 2024. He lost his title belts in a split decision against Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk that May in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, then dropped a rematch to Usyk in a unanimous decision at the same venue seven months later.
Those were the first two career defeats for Fury (34-2-1).
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was the site of Fury’s last title defense, on Dec. 3, 2022, against fellow Briton Derek Chisora. Fury won his next fight, vs. former UFC heavyweight champ Francis Ngannou, in Riyadh on Oct. 28, 2023, before taking the two defeats the following year.
Makhmudov (21-2) will be fighting in England for the second straight time. The 36-year-old Russian defeated David Allen by unanimous decision in Sheffield last October.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in addition to being home of a Premier League soccer team, plays host to two NFL games per season.
The Fury-Makhmudov fight will be shown on Netflix.
–Field Level Media
Minnesota, Washington chase reset as skids collide
Wisconsin blitzes No. 10 Michigan State, fells another top-10 foe
