National Sports

Thursday's Games NFL Chicago 31 Dallas 24 --- NHL Arizona 3 Philadelphia 1 N.Y. Islanders 3 Vegas 2 (OT) N.Y.

CALGARY — It took 28 games, but Milan Lucic finally has his first goal with Calgary. Lucic's goal 3:58 into the third period ended up the winner as the Flames survived two late Buffalo goals to hang on and beat the Sabres 4-3 on Thursday.

DALLAS — The Dallas Stars didn’t want to be in overtime after blowing a two-goal lead. Joe Pavelski didn’t mind because he’d been there before. Pavelski scored on the power play 2:02 into overtime and Dallas beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2.

TORONTO — Raptors coach Nick Nurse called it "an interesting experiment." But ultimately it proved to be another opposition failure in the James Harden laboratory.

MONTREAL — Cayden Primeau did not look out of place on the Bell Centre ice. The Canadiens goaltender stopped 32-of-35 shots in his NHL debut, coming up just short in a 3-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche Thursday night.

Marco Rossi and Jack Quinn have some unfinished business with the Ottawa 67's. Ottawa led the Ontario Hockey League with a 50-win regular season in 2018-19, then won 14 straight playoff games to move two victories away from the Memorial Cup.

TORONTO — Houston coach Mike D'Antoni was philosophical Thursday in the wake of a James Harden dunk that didn't count in the Rockets' loss in San Antonio on Tuesday. "It's just part of the game.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Canada lacks a classic downhiller in women's ski racing, but speed is vitally important to the all-rounders on the national alpine team. Roni Remme of Collingwood, Ont., and Marie-Michele Gagnon of Lac-Etchemin, Que.

Former NHL player Brent Sopel says his stories on a year-old podcast about rough treatment from Marc Crawford were meant "to entertain the listener" and not to make allegations against his former coach.

TORONTO — It was pointed out to Cale Makar back in September he didn't seem at all daunted by sky-high expectations.