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NHL: Matthews, Leafs edge Caps
Auston Matthews scored a goal in his sixth consecutive game to start the season,
Frederick Andersen made 25 saves and the Maple Leafs beat the Capitals, 4-2, in Washington on Saturday night.
Moments after Andersen made several solid saves to preserve the lead, Matthews provided an insurance score with his NHL-leading 10th goal with 1:39 to play. In Montreal, Paul Byron and Jona
than Drouin scored in the shootout as the Canadiens beat the Penguins, 4-3. In Tampa, Fla., Victor Hedman, Ce
dric Paquette and Yanni Gourde had first-period goals, and the Lightning beat the Blue Jackets, 8-2.
In Boston, David Pastrnak scored three times, giving him 101 goals in his career, and Patrice Bergeron had three assists as the Bruins kept Detroit winless with an 8-2 victory over the Red Wings.
In Philadelphia, Cody Eakin scored with 1:25 left in the game and Marc- Andre
Fleury stopped 26 shots to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 1-0 win over the Flyers.
GOLF: Langer in tie with late push
Bernhard Langer birdied three of the final four holes in Cary, N.C., for a 5-under 67 and a share of the SAS Championship lead with Gene Sauers. A day after nearly shooting his age with a 62 to match Sauers and Tom Lehman for the first-round lead, the 61-year-old Langer kept pace with Sauers at 15-under 129. In Walton Heath, England, Eddie Pepperell will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the British Masters after a 1-under 71 as he looked for his second European Tour title and a likely place in next year’s Masters. In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Gary Woodland birdied the 18th hole for a 5-under 67 to move into a three-way tie for the lead with Marc Leishman and Shubhankar Sharma after three rounds of the CIMB Classic. In Incheon, South Korea, Danielle Kang and Charley Hull shot 4-under 68s to share the lead after three rounds of the KEB Hana Bank Championship.
ETC.: Crawford keeps WBO crown
Terence “Bud” Crawford stopped Jose Benavidez with 18 seconds left in the 12th and final round to retain his WBO welterweight championship in Omaha, Neb.
Crawford had knocked Benavidez to the canvas with a powerful right hand with 46 seconds left, and then Crawford finished him off with consecutive right hands.
After referee Celestino Ruiz stopped the fight, Crawford stuck out his tongue at his fallen opponent, who had made this a personal grudge match with insults he’s directed toward Crawford for months.
After 17 seasons in the NBA, veteran small forward Richard Jefferson announced his retirement in an Instagram post that paid tribute to his slain father, who was killed in a September drive-by shooting in Compton, Calif.
Jefferson, who was the 13th pick in the 2001 draft out of Arizona, played his first seven seasons with New Jersey and also had stints with the Spurs, Bucks, Jazz, Warriors, Mavericks, Cavaliers and Nuggets.
Borna Coric upset defending champion Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 and will face Novak Djokovic in the Shanghai Masters final. The soon-to-be-No. 2-ranked Djokovic booked a final appointment after crushing No. 5 Alexander Zverev 6-2, 6-1.