MONDAY’S GAMES HIGHLIGHTS

NHL Boldy has hat trick as Wild defeat Kraken

Matt Boldy had his second hat trick in the last five games, former Golden Knights goalie Marc-andre Fleury made 35 saves, and the surging Minnesota Wild beat the visiting Seattle Kraken 5-1.

Jake Middleton and Ryan Hartman also had goals, and Jared Spurgeon, Marcus Johansson and Joel Eriksson Ek each had two assists for the Wild. Boldy has 11 goals in nine games.

Jaden Schwartz ended Fleury’s shutout bid with 9 minutes left, scoring on a bouncing rebound that banked in off the goalie and into the net.

■ Oilers 5, Coyotes 4: At Tempe, Arizona, Leon Daraisaitl scored his 300th goal as Edmonton handed Arizona its first regulation home loss in nine games.

■ Avalanche 5, Ducks 1: At Anaheim, Calif., Nathan Mackinnon had a goal and an assist in his 700th NHL game as Colorado won its third straight.

■ Canadiens 4, Sabres 3: At Buffalo, N.Y., Michael Pezzetta scored the decisive shootout goal as Montreal avoided playoff elimination.

■ Senators 5, Panthers 2: At Ottawa, Ontario, Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist as Mads Sogaard stopped 32 shots.

■ Islanders 5, Devils 1: At New York, Kyle Palmieri had two goals and an assist to back Ilya Sorokin, who made 30 saves.

NBA Embiid sits out; Jokic, Nuggets down 76ers

Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets to a 116-111 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night as the Sixers were without big man Joel Embiid, who sat out with a sore right calf.

Embiid’s absence denied NBA fans of a showdown between

MVP front-runners. Embiid played both ends of a back-to-back at Golden State and Phoenix over the weekend, but felt discomfort at the 76ers’ shootaround in Denver on Monday morning.

■ Knicks 137, Rockets 115: At New York, Immanuel Quickley scored a career-high 40 points and Julius Randle had 26 as New York snapped a three-game losing streak.

■ Mavericks 127, Pacers 104:

At Indianapolis, Luka Doncic finished with 25 points, seven rebounds and six assists as Dallas snapped a four-game losing streak.

■ Suns 117, Jazz 103: At Salt Lake City, Devin Booker scored 24 points for Phoenix, which had lost four in a row on the road.

■ Timberwolves 119, Kings

115: At Sacramento, Calif., Jaden Mcdaniels scored 20 points and Minnesota spoiled Sacramento’s hopes of ending the longest playoff drought (16 years) in NBA history. ■ Pelicans 124, Trail Blazers

90: At Portland, Ore., Brandon Ingram scored 29 points for

New Orleans, which won its fifth straight.