Linus Ullmark makes 27 saves and the Boston Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2.
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RJ Barrett banks in winning 3 at buzzer, Knicks beat Celtics
RJ Barrett banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the New York Knicks 108-105 comeback victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night
Kaprozov scores in 4th straight, Wild beat Bruins 3-2
Kirill Kaprizov scored in his fourth straight game, Matt Boldy got a goal in his NHL debut and the Minnesota Wild snapped a five-game skid with a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins
Murray, Spurs hold off Celtics 99-97 in Popovich’s 2,000th game with San Antonio
Gregg Popovich became the first to coach 2,000 NBA games with the same team, and Dejounte Murray scored 22 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs past the Boston Celtics 99-97
Pastrnak scores tiebreaker in 3rd, Bruins beat Devils 5-3
David Pastrnak scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:49 left in the third period and the Boston Bruins beat the New Jersey Devils 5-3
Tom Caron: Twenty-two wishes for sports in 2022
From more secondary scoring for the Boston Bruins to a contract extension for Rafael Devers, these are the things Tom Caron hopes to see in the new year.
DeMar DeRozan and the Chicago Bulls have grabbed the NBA by the horns
DeRozan’s two game-winning 3s over the weekend positioned Chicago at the top of the Eastern Conference.
Former Broncos, Falcons, Giants coach Dan Reeves dies at 77
Reeves, who did win a ring as a player with the Cowboys but will be remembered mostly for a long, largely successful coaching career marred by those four defeats, died Saturday of complications from dementia.
Eric Bledsoe has big 4th quarter, Clippers hold off Celtics
Eric Bledsoe scored 10 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, hitting a key 3-pointer down the stretch, to help the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Boston Celtics 91-82 on Wednesday night
Short-handed T-Wolves snap 2-game skid, beat Celtics 108-103
Jaylen Nowell scored 29 points and Nathan Knight added 20 points and 11 rebounds, leading the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves to a 108-103 win over the Boston Celtics