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Nick Spaling and Rich Clune scored first-period goals, and seldom-used backup Carter Hutton made 28 saves as the Nashville Predators snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the New York Rangers 4-1 on Tuesday night.

Deron Williams scored a season-high 25 points in his return to the lineup, Brook Lopez added 24, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Boston Celtics 104-96 Tuesday night in the first matchup for Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett against their former team.

The Knicks are no longer the biggest losers in New York. The Brooklyn Nets look like the real Big Apple busts.

David Desharnais scored the tying goal with 37 seconds left in the third period and added a goal in the shootout and the Montreal Canadiens rallied for a 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday.

Timofey Mozgov had 17 points and a career-high 20 rebounds in another superb effort by the Denver bench, and the Nuggets raced by the Brooklyn Nets 111-87 Tuesday night for their seventh straight victory.

A person familiar with the negotiations says the New York Yankees were working toward an agreement with outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury on a seven-year contract worth about $153 million.

P.K. Subban made two dramatic goal-line saves and the Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 to extend their point streak to seven games.

Olli Jokinen broke a tie with 7:18 left in the third period and then netted an insurance goal moments later to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers and rookie goalie Cam Talbot on Monday night.

Geno Smith is staying put as the New York Jets' starting quarterback.

A proposal to expand the NJSIAA football playoffs in order to crown public Group champions was soundly voted down by the organization's membership on Monday morning.