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The Vancouver Canucks enjoyed a rare offensive outburst against an unlikely opponent. Six different players scored as the Canucks broke out of a long scoring slump in Vancouver with a 6-2 win over the normally stingy Minnesota Wild on Friday night. Averaging a league-low 1.67 goals a game on home ice and coming off a…

Brad Boyes’ goal drought is over, and so is the St. Louis Blues’ frustration against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Paul Kariya scored in the first period and set up Boyes’ go-ahead goal with 2:27 to go in the St. Louis Blues’ 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night. Boyes had nine goals…

Jussi Jokinen is more than a shootout specialist now. He showed he can score in bunches for the Dallas Stars — and when they really need it. Plus, he was efficient: five shots, four goals. “I’m upset I didn’t have him on the ice more,” coach Dave Tippett said after the Stars beat the Colorado…

The Yankees are waiting for Mariano Rivera. The closer, who turns 38 in two weeks, hasn’t accepted a $45 million, three-year offer from New York, and the Yankees say Rivera’s agent, Fernando Cuza, wants general manager Brian Cashman to offer a fourth season. “Brian has been talking to him off and on a couple times.

Kevin Martin was glad the Sacramento Kings didn’t waste his latest 40-point game. Martin scored a career-high 43 points Friday night in a 123-118 double-overtime victory over the New York Knicks. “It’s always good to do it and get the win, last year I got 40 and we lost (to Washington),” Martin said. Despite Martin’s…

The NBA’s most exciting team of the spring is no longer the most depressing club of the fall. After waiting longer than any other team, the Golden State Warriors finally cracked the win column Friday night — and they think a few more victories are on the way now that their whole roster finally is…

Lamar Odom had 25 points and 15 rebounds, and Kobe Bryant and Jordan Farmar made key plays down the stretch to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 103-91 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night. The Lakers trailed 74-72 with eight minutes remaining, but took control from there. Bryant went just 6-of-18 from…

Kevin Durant always dreamed of hitting a game-winning 3-pointer. In an NBA career that’s just 10 games old, the rookie forward has one to call his own. “This is what I live for,” Durant said. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Durant made a buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of the second overtime, and…

New Orleans forward David West was pleased with his career-high 40 points, but prouder that the Hornets fought through overtime to record the best start in franchise history. “I am more happy with the fact that we were able to gut this one out,” West said after his 15-footer with 8.3 seconds left in the…

The San Antonio Spurs weren’t about to give the Houston Rockets what coach Gregg Popovich considered a “double win.” Playing the Tracy McGrady-less Houston Rockets, Popovich said the Spurs entered the AT&T Center already with an advantage. If they had lost under those circumstances, “you feel doubly bad.” The Spurs beat the Rockets 90-84 Friday…

The Boston Celtics overcame a very imperfect fourth quarter to preserve their perfect season. Paul Pierce made the go-ahead layup with 25 seconds left after Boston squandered a 15-point, fourth-quarter lead, and the Celtics held on to beat the Miami Heat 92-91 on Friday night to improve their record to 8-0.

At 21 years old, Dwight Howard has already pushed Shaquille O’Neal out of a spot in the NBA record book. Howard had 21 points, 19 rebounds and replaced O’Neal as the NBA’s youngest player to reach 3,000 rebounds, leading the Orlando Magic to a 95-70 victory over the ice cold and injured New Jersey Nets…