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Tuesday's Scores NHL Pittsburgh 5 Montreal 2 Vegas 4 Boston 1 Tampa Bay 3 Los Angeles 2 (OT) Philadelphia 6 New Jersey 1 Ottawa 8 Florida 2 Detroit 2 N.Y. Islanders 1 Buffalo 4 Winnipeg 2 St. Louis 4 Dallas 1 Toronto 5 Edmonton 1 Colorado 4 N.Y.

EDMONTON — Auston Matthews is creeping up on the NHL’s goal lead. Matthews scored a pair of goals as the Toronto Maple Leafs won their second game in a row, defeating the plummeting Edmonton Oilers 5-1 on Tuesday.

Connor McDavid calls the idea of potentially having to quarantine up to five weeks in China following a positive COVID-19 test at the Beijing Olympics "unsettling" as the NHL's participation at the 2022 Winter Games remains up in the air — and corona

EDMONTON — Oilers head coach Dave Tippett was placed in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol on Tuesday after Edmonton's 5-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

WINNIPEG — Forward Rasmus Dahlin and goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen exchanged compliments after they helped the Buffalo Sabres snap a seven-game winless streak with a 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.

VANCOUVER — A fourth Vancouver Canucks player has been placed in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. Defenceman Tucker Poolman left Vancouver's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets with about five minutes to go in the first period Tuesday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evan Rodrigues always had the tools. A sneaky good shot. Vision. Speed. The tricky part for the Pittsburgh Penguins forward has been putting it all together at the same time.

NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant got his 14th triple-double of his career, Patty Mills made a 3 to force overtime and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Toronto Raptors 131-129 on Tuesday night.

SUNRISE, Fla.- (AP) — Josh Norris scored two goals and Anton Forsberg made 33 saves to lift the Ottawa Senators over the Florida Panthers 8-2 on Tuesday night.

AROSA, Switzerland — Canada's Marielle Thompson and Zoe Chore won gold and bronze respectively at a ski cross World Cup event on Tuesday with Jared Schmidt finishing third in the men's final.