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NEW YORK (AP) – Anders Lee and Bo Horvat scored power-play goals and New York beat Edmonton.

Simon Holmstrom scored his league-leading fifth short-handed goal and Ilya Sorokin stopped 30 shots as the Islanders snapped a two-game skid.

Leon Draisaitl scored for Edmonton and Stuart Skinner made 17 saves in the Oilers’ third straight loss.

Elsewhere in the NHL:

BOSTON (AP) – Kirill Kaprizov scored his second goal of the game at 2:54 of overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 National Hockey League win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.

FLYERS 3 DEVILS 2 (OT)

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Owen Tippett stole the puck in the Devils zone and scored at 3:25 of overtime to help Philadelphia beat New Jersey and extend its point streak to nine games.

BLACKHAWKS 3 AVALANCHE 2

CHICAGO (AP) – Tyler Johnson snapped a third-period tie and rookie Connor Bedard had two assists, helping Chicago beat Colorado to snap a 4-game slide.

COYOTES 4 SENATORS 3

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – Michael Kesselring scored with 3:33 remaining to cap a four-goal comeback and Arizona spoiled the return of Ottawa interim coach Jacques Martin.

HURRICANES 6 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Michael Bunting had a goal and two assists, Brady Skjei added a goal and an assist, and Carolina matched its highest-scoring output of the season.

RANGERS 5 MAPLE LEAFS 2

TORONTO (AP) – Mika Zibanejad scored twice and Igor Shesterkin made 31 saves as the New York Rangers beat Toronto. Auston Matthews scored twice for Toronto, and William Nylander had an assist to stretch his point streak to nine games. Martin Jones stopped 31 shots as the Maple Leafs snapped a nine-game point streak (6-0-3).

CANUCKS 5 PREDATORS 2

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Elias Pettersson and Pius Suter each had a goal and an assist to lead Vancouver. Nils Hoglander, Nils Aman and Teddy Blueger also scored and Casey DeSmith made 26 saves for the Canucks, who are 6-0-1 over their last seven games. Quinn Hughes and Ilya Mikheyev each had two assists.

KINGS 4 SHARKS 1

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist as Los Angeles beat San Jose for another big road win. David Rittich made 14 saves in his Kings debut and nearly completed the shutout.

LIGHTNING 6 BLUES 1

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov had two goals, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves and Tampa Bay beat St. Louis.

BLUE JACKETS 9 SABRES 4

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Kirill Marchenko scored three consecutive goals for his second career hat trick, and Columbus beat spiralling Buffalo.

WORLD JUNIORS

MALMO, Sweden – Fraser Minten of the Saskatoon Blades had two goals and an assist as Canada defeated Denmark’s under-25 team 8-0 Tuesday in a tune-up game ahead of the word junior hockey championship.

Seventeen-year-old Macklin Celebrini added a goal and two assists for Canada, while Denton Mateychuk scored twice.

Jordan Dumais, Brayden Yager, Easton Cowan also scored for Canada. Mathis Rousseau and Samuel St-Hilaire combined to make 15 saves for the shutout.

William Rorth and David Grubak split goaltending duties for Denmark and combined for 32 saves on 40 shots.

Canada, the two-time defending world junior champion, opens the 2024 tournament Dec. 26 against Finland in Gothenburg, Sweden.

MLB

Right-handed reliever Trevor Gott finalized a 1.5 million-dollar, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics. The deal brings the veteran pitcher back to the Bay Area, where he once was closer for the San Francisco Giants. The 31-year-old Gott spent last season pitching for the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets, going 0-and-5 with one save, 62 strikeouts and 19 walks over 64 games.

NBA

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant’s 25-game suspension stemming from social media antics with handguns has ended. Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins returned Morant to the lineup against the Pelicans in New Orleans tonight. Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James offered his support ahead of Morant’s return. He posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, “Welcome back. Go be Great again.”

(Canadian Press)