MONDAY SPORTS

NFL

DOLPHINS 30 JETS 0

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – Raheem Mostert scored two touchdowns to set Miami’s single-season record with 20, Tua Tagovailoa threw for 224 yards and a score, and the Dolphins blanked the New York Jets 30-0, even without star receiver Tyreek Hill.

BILLS 31 COWBOYS 10

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) – James Cook had a career-best 179 yards rushing and scored twice as Buffalo dominated on the ground, and the Bills beat Dallas 31-10 on Sunday, ending the Cowboys’ five-game winning streak.

RAVENS 23 JAGUARS 7

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Lamar Jackson threw a touchdown pass and made the play of night when he avoided a sack and threw to Isaiah Likely near the goal line, and Baltimore beat Jacksonville to clinch a playoff berth.

BROWNS 20 BEARS 17

CLEVELAND (AP) – Joe Flacco passed for 374 yards and led Cleveland to 13 points in the fourth quarter, including Dustin Hopkins’ go-ahead 34-yard field goal with 32 seconds left, and the Browns withstood a Hail Mary on the final play to beat Chicago.

TEXANS 19 TITANS 16 (OT)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Ka’imi Fairbairn kicked a 54-yard field goal as time expired in overtime, and Houston rallied from a 13-point deficit without C.J. Stroud to beat Tennessee.

49ERS 45 CARDINALS 29

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – San Francisco clinched its second straight NFC West title, getting three touchdowns from Christian McCaffrey to beat Arizona for its sixth straight win.

RAMS 28 COMMANDERS 20

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) – Matthew Stafford passed for 258 yards and hit Cooper Kupp and Demarcus Robinson for touchdowns, leading Los Angeles past free-falling Washington.

BUCCANEERS 34 PACKERS 20

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Baker Mayfield threw for 381 yards and four touchdowns, and Tampa Bay beat Green Bay for its third straight win.

SAINTS 24 GIANTS 6

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Derek Carr passed for 218 yards and three touchdowns, and New Orleans sacked Tommy DeVito seven times in a win over New York.

CHIEFS 27 PATRIOTS 17

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – Running back Jerick McKinnon threw for one touchdown and ran for another, and Patrick Mahomes passed for 305 yards and two scores to help Kansas City beat New England.

PANTHERS 9 FALCONS 7

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Eddy Pineiro kicked a 23-yard field goal as time expired, and Carolina dealt Atlanta’s playoff hopes a huge blow in a game played in a steady downpour.

NHL

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the only goal in the shootout to lead the Washington Capitals to a 2-1 National Hockey League victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night.

Elsewhere in the NHL on Sunday:

DUCKS 5 DEVILS 1

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Adam Henrique scored three goals for his first career hat trick and Anaheim snapped a five-game losing streak.

CANUCKS 4 BLACKHAWKS 3

CHICAGO (AP) – Brock Boeser, Ilya Mikheyev and Dakota Joshua scored in the middle period, and Vancouver beat depleted Chicago. The last-place Blackhawks lost their fourth straight game and dropped to 4-13-1 in their last 18.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 6 SENATORS 3

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Jack Eichel and Ivan Barbashev each had a goal and an assist, and Logan Thompson came off the bench to make 20 saves as Vegas beat Ottawa.

AVALANCHE 6 SHARKS 2

DENVER (AP) – Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and two assists to extend his point streak to 15 games, and Colorado beat San Jose.

WHL

CALGARY – Maxim Muranov scored once and added two assists, Calgary scored four goals in the first period, and the Hitmen coasted to a 7-4 victory over the visiting Swift Current Broncos in Western Hockey League action on Sunday.

Elsewhere in the WHL on Sunday:

Edmonton, Alta. – The Regina Pats earned four of a possible six points this weekend to close off the first-half schedule, falling 3-2 in overtime to the Edmonton Oil Kings on Sunday inside Rogers Place.

Jaxsin Vaughan and Borya Valis scored for the Pats while Madden Mulawka made 27 saves in his Regina Pats debut. The Pats finish their first-half schedule 3-1-1-1 over their last six games while also picking up four of six points over their three-in-three weekend in Alberta.

Going into the Christmas break, the Pats are now 13-16-2-2 with 30 points which is just two points back of the eighth and final playoff spot.

CURLING

Joel Retornaz (zhoh-EL’ rih-TOR’-naz) and his top-ranked Italian rink edged Scotland’s Ross Whyte 3-2 to win the men’s final at the Grand Slam of Curling’s WFG Masters in Saskatoon. Retornaz is just the sixth men’s skip in Grand Slam history to win three tournaments in a row. Earlier, Ottawa’s Rachel Homan beat Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni 8-4 in the women’s final. It’s the 14th career Grand Slam title for Homan.

(Canadian Press, ReginaPats.com)