Dvorsky, who has five points (four goals, one assist) in 18 games this season, played just 6:36 and didn't see the ice again after the 13:48 mark of the second period, playing just nine shifts.
"Just to play faster, play with more conviction," St. Louis coach Jim Montgomery on what he wants to see. "He's not played to the standard that we want our players to play with and when that happens, you risk the chance of being sat, and that's what happened. It's part of everyone's career. It happens to everybody."
Dvorsky had started the season as the team's third-line center but of late, has been playing on the wing with Connor McMichael at center and Pavel Buchnevich on right wing.
He's scored in two of the past five games but his average ice time on the season is 11:48, down from 14:20 last season and played just nine shifts in the game Tuesday (three in the second), but the Blues believe they can still develop the No. 10 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft.
"He's a good hockey player. We all know that. We've all seen it," Montgomery said. "There's a big reason why we believe he's a huge part of our future here is because he's an outstanding young man, he's great to coach with. He's really good to deal with and he wants to be a hockey player. It's going to come. Sometimes it just doesn't happen as quickly as we all want it to."
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 18, 2026: Giancarlo Stanton #27 of the New York Yankees bats during the eighth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Yankee Stadium on April 18, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images) | Diamond Images/Getty Images
The Big Lead | Lou Landers: It was always going to be a long shot the other way, but Brian Cashman confirmed yesterday that the team will not be releasing DH Giancarlo Stanton ahead of his final year under contract. The Yankees are on the hook for another $15 million, while the Marlins will pay the remaining $10 million for 2027 (as well as the $10 million owed for the 2028 buy-out). While Cashman did leave room for himself to make a move midseason, the expectation is for Stanton to be in Tampa for spring training…whenever that is.
Some other rapid-fire notes from Cashman’s session with the media at the GM meetings:
As Jake wrote yesterday, Max Fried had surgery to remove a bone spur in his throwing elbow. He is expected to recover in time for spring training (again, whenever that is).
Coaching staff news: infield coaches Luis Rojas and Dan Fiorito will be back, as will the already-confirmed-to-return Matt Blake’s assistants, Desi Druschel and Preston Claiborne. James Rowson is considered a free agent and the Yankees have not yet decided how they’ll handle the hitting coach staff in 2027. They need to figure out a bench coach too, as Brad Ausmus’ deal is over and he might take a job with the Astros anyway.
Cashman said that they will aim to give Aaron Judge more DH time in 2027, even if Judge himself is not particularly enthusiastic about that. That doesn’t mean he’ll be the primary DH, just that they know they can’t expect to put him in the outfield every day at this point and keep him healthy for a full 162.
New York Post | Mark W. Sanchez: The AL Cy Young Award will be handed out tonight, and the odds on favorite is of course Cam Schlittler. The Yankee right-hander led the Junior Circuit in fWAR, ERA, xERA, and placed second in both FIP and xFIP, and only Michael Wacha threw more innings. Dylan Cease had an excellent year for himself but it really should be Cam atop most of the voters’ ballots, and indeed his best contemporaries in Yankee history are among the best hurlers to ever put on pinstripes. It was a disappointing 2026 for many reasons, but Schlittler sure wasn’t one of them.
Baseball Prospectus | Smith Brickner ($): It’s prospect time, as BP updates their organizational lists now that the season is complete. Former PSAer Smith is on the assignment, noting that the Yankees boast a pitching rich system, and while they don’t seem to have much in terms of high-ceiling future stars, but there are plenty of high-floor future contributors. The team also has a habit of turning prospects into trade deadline acquisitions, which is itself a form of value.
FanGraphs | Matthew Roberson: Speaking of the successes of the past season, Brent Headrick. The Yankees found yet another stellar reliever from a pile of stuff, with the reliever and his devastating splitter one of Aaron Boone’s best weapons in a strong bullpen. Headrick was ridden hard for 81 appearances, and relievers are never to be counted on season over season, but if can come close to repeating 2026 he’ll be one of the most valuable relievers in the sport.
BBWAA: Will Venable of the White Sox was named the AL Manager of the Year last night, joining three-peat NL Manager of the Year Pat Murphy of the Brewers in the honors. Yankees manager Aaron Boone finished fifth, garnering one second-place vote and one third-place vote.
Sports Illustrated | JP Hoornstra: A melancholy happy trails to Bob Boone, the middle man in the Boone family baseball dynasty, who passed away Monday night at the age of 78. Boone played more than 2,200 games in the majors, winning seven Gold Gloves for his work behind the plate and capturing a World Series ring with the 1980 Phillies. He remains the Angels’ all-time leader in postseason average. He later managed for the Royals and Reds, where he got to be his son’s skipper, and won a second ring in the front office for the 2019 Nationals. Bob is of course the father of Aaron Boone and former MLBer Bret Boone (as well as the son of All-Star Ray Boone). Our best goes out to the Boone family and loved ones.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Dawson Mercer and Kyle Connor each scored twice to lead the Winnipeg Jets to an emotional 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night.
The game marked the return of former Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck to Winnipeg for the first time since his trade to the Devils, although he did not play. Instead, Jake Allen started in net and stopped 21 shots for New Jersey.
Former Devils netminder Nico Daws made 19 saves for Winnipeg.
Cody Glass and Jesper Bratt scored for the Devils.
The victory extended Winnipeg’s win streak to four games, and halted New Jersey’s at five games.
After Mercer gave the Jets a 3-2 lead on the power play at 11:58 of the third period, Connor sealed the outcome with an unassisted empty-net goal.
The Devils, who trailed 2-0 after the first period, tied the game in the second period with a pair of goals 44 seconds apart. Bratt scored at 1:14 on a setup from Arseny Gritsyuk from behind the net. Jack Hughes also assisted to extend his point streak to six games.
Glass tied the game at 1:58 when he deflected Jonathan Kovacevic’s shot past Daws.
Connor scored during a two-man advantage at 15:06 of the first period when he deflected Cole Perfetti’s pass past Allen. Mark Scheifele also assisted, moving him into a second-place tie with Dale Hawerchuk in assists in franchise history with 550.
AVALANCHE 6, MAPLE LEAFS 3
TORONTO (AP) — Gabriel Landeskog scored his second goal of the game early in the third period to put Colorado ahead for good in a win over Toronto.
Devon Toews, with a goal and an assist, Brock Nelson, Artturi Lehkonen and Martin Necas in an empty net also scored for Colorado. Cale Makar added two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood made 28 saves.
Darren Raddysh and Easton Cowan, with a goal and an assist each, and Jack Roslovic scored for Toronto, which has lost four games in a row and dropped six of its last seven.
Sergei Bobrovksy finished with 22 stops.
The 38-year-old goaltender — a two-time Stanley Cup champion and two-time Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL’s top netminder — has allowed three goals or more in 12 of his 13 starts since signing in free agency July 1.
Landeskog scored the go-ahead goal at 5:02 of the third, just 51 seconds after Roslovic tied the score 3-3.
Raddysh’s blast that gave Toronto a 1-0 lead was clocked at 92.89 miles per hour — the fourth fastest shot to result in a goal across the league this season, according to the NHL.
CAPITALS 3, SENATORS 2, OT
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Cole Hutson’s goal 74 seconds into overtime, set up by Alex Ovechkin, gave Washington to a win over Ottawa.
The Capitals overcame a horrid second period in which they allowed two goals and trailed 2-1.
Matt Roy and Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored for the Capitals (10-6-0). Logan Thompson made 23 saves.
Ridly Greig and Hayden Hodgson scored for the Senators (11-6-2). Samuel Ersson stopped 14 shots.
Outshot 17-2 in the second period, Washington went more than 20 minutes before registering its next shot in the third period.
The Capitals showed life on the power play and maintained control after it expired and capitalized with Hutson finding Dubois at the side of the net for a wide-open shot to tie it at 2 at 12:31 of the third.
Ersson made a big save on Jack St. Ivany with four minutes remaining to keep the game tied.
With 2:57 remaining Jakob Chychrun leveled a huge hit on Nick Cousins, but no penalty was called. Cousins needed help getting off the ice.
WILD 2, CANADIENS 1, OT
MONTREAL (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored on a power play in the opening minute of overtime and Jesper Wallstedt made 27 saves as Minnesota beat Montreal after Carey Price was inducted into the team’s ring of honor.
Bobby Brink scored in regulation for Minnesota (13-3-4). Kaprizov scored on a one-timer on the power play 21 seconds into the extra period for his 17th goal of the season.
Canadiens forward Cole Caufield was penalized for slashing as Quinn Hughes’ stick broke in the corner, sending Minnesota on the power play with 56 seconds remaining in regulation.
Nick Suzuki scored for Montreal (11-3-4), which extended its streak without a regulation loss to 11 games (8-0-3). Jacob Fowler stopped 22 shots.
Suzuki tied the game with a wild goal at 18:22 in the third period. With the goalie pulled, Caufield’s sharp-angled shot ricocheted off Wallstedt — twice — and the post before landing in the crease before Suzuki jammed it through a crowd.
After two periods without a goal, Brink broke the deadlock 2:53 into the third when he beat Fowler with a shot to the glove side on a breakaway.
PANTHERS 4, BLUE JACKETS 1
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Sam Bennett scored twice, and Florida snapped a two-game skid with a win over Columbus.
Florida notched its 12th victory in the last 13 games against the Blue Jackets.
Lars Eller and Sam Reinhart also scored. Aaron Ekblad had three assists, and Anton Lundell added two assists. Jacob Markstrom stopped 37 shots for Florida, which improved to 6-0-0 when leading after two periods.
Ivan Provorov scored for the Blue Jackets. Cam Talbot stopped 24 shots.
Bennett opened the scoring with a power-play goal off the rush at the two-minute mark of the second period, giving Florida a power-play goal in seven of its last eight games.
Eller made it 2-0 at 4:17 before Provorov cut that lead in half with 20 seconds left in the period.
Bennett restored the two-goal lead at 14:29 of the third. Matthew Tkachuk’s assist was his team-leading 23rd and extended both his assist and point streaks to five games.
BLUES 3, RED WINGS 2
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jimmy Snuggerud had a goal and an assist and his score in the third period was the winner as St. Louis beat Detroit.
Snuggerud scored on a deflection with 4:02 left. Dylan Holloway got an assist on the go-ahead goal. Pius Suter and Justin Barron also scored for the Blues, who snapped a three-game skid. St. Louis had lost five of its last seven games before Tuesday.
Moritz Seider and Andrew Copp scored for the Red Wings, who dropped their fifth straight and lost for the fifth time in six games.
Joel Hofer stopped 30 shots in the win for the Blues.
John Gibson, back in the lineup after sustaining a lower-body injury in a game against Tampa Bay on Nov. 3, had 30 saves for the Red Wings.
PREDATORS 3, KINGS 0
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Filip Forsberg scored two goals, Juuse Saros made 30 saves in his 28th career shutout and Nashville extended its winning streak to five games with a victory over Los Angeles.
Nils Hoglander had two assists and Adam Wilsby got an empty-net goal in the Predators’ opener of a five-game West Coast road trip. Saros finished his first shutout of the season with 13 saves in the third period against the Kings’ improved effort.
Anton Forsberg stopped 27 shots for the Kings, who were shut out for the first time this season. Los Angeles dropped to 2-3-0 on its seven-game homestand with back-to-back losses.
Nashville scored early in the first period when Hoglander controlled a blue-line turnover by Brian Dumoulin and eventually made a backhand pass through defenseman Cody Ceci’s legs to Filip Forsberg for his sixth goal.
Filip Forsberg scored again in the second when Hoglander flipped the puck to him from the boards for an awkward shot that surprised Anton Forsberg.
After a slow offensive start to the season, Filip Forsberg has six goals in his last eight games, including two multigoal games in the past two weeks.
Somewhat sparse summer work for Carson Jacobs keeps him near the bottom of our Top 100. | (Photo by Hannah Bachman/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images)
Carson Jacobs Right-Handed Relief Pitcher 6´9´´ 215 pounds Age: 26 2025 South Side Sox Top 100 Prospect Ranking71 2026 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 86 2026 High Level Birmingham (AA) Age relative to high level -0.6 years SSS rank among all right-handed relievers in the system 15 Overall 2026 season stats 2-2 ⚾️ 32 games (7 finishes) ⚾️ 43 2/3 IP ⚾️ 3.71.ERA ⚾️ 62 K ⚾️ 43 BB ⚾️ 1.695 WHIP ⚾️ 0.7 WAR
If you’re jumping center against 6´9´´behemoth Carson Jacobs, you know what you’re in for. Facing him in the batter’s box, against a reach that releases the ball close enough to tickle your chin, is another matter entirely.
Jacobs has used his height to great advantage in his year-and-change in the White Sox system. The White Sox ignored his stats at the baseball hotbed of North Dakota State University in 2023 (2-5, 34 innings, 6.62 ERA) and snapped him up immediately after the draft as a UDFA. With no inhibitions, the club put the tall righty right to work, and its confidence paid off handsomely, as Jacobs busted out 6 1⁄3 innings while allowing just one earned run.
Despite that small sample size greatness, it’s only fair the White Sox packed Jacobs back up for a repeat ACL tour to start 2024 — and it was only fair Jacobs murdered ACL batters once more (3.22 ERA in 22 1⁄3 innings, plus his first pro save). From there, Jacobs did time in both Kannapolis and Winston-Salem, ending the year with a sparkling 2.37 ERA over 31 games. With 19 of those games being finishes, it’s clear the White Sox want to slot Jacobs in as a setup/closer short man.
While Jacobs had been killing it through his first two summers with the Sox, 2025 turned out to be another matter entirely. The righty’s peripherals held steady, except for one key spot: Hitters caught up to him, with a dramatic increase in hits per nine (5.7 H/9 in 2024, up to 8.4). That’s a worrying sign, as Jacobs was age-appropriate for High-A, where he pitched all but two of his games.
One bright spot for the reliever is that the White Sox thought highly enough of him in spite of a rough 2025 to send him on an audition to the Arizona Fall League. There, Jacobs saw action in eight games to a 4.50 ERA — and he was lucky to get away with just that, having walked 11 batters for a 16.5 BB/9.
Jacobs tasted Double-A for two games in 2025, and jumped right back to Double-A for 2026. And, back with the Barons, he was used somewhat sparingly. He never spent time on the IL, at least officially, but didn’t even make his season debut until the end of April. And in spite of relieving all year, his rest between appearances often more closely resembled a rotation arm, sitting for upwards of a week between games.
When he was on the mound, Jacobs was stingier with contact, but offset that with a wild streak that raised his overall WHIP. Bottom line, though, Jacobs improved his ERA, with run prevention that should see him get time in Charlotte in 2027, if not when camp breaks then soon after.
The Ottawa Senators' 3-2 overtime loss to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night at the Canadian Tire Centre was overshadowed by a devastating hit on Nick Cousins from former Senator Jakob Chychrun.
With about three minutes remaining in regulation, Cousins was trying to control the puck in his own zone when it became tangled in his skates. Focused on recovering possession, he never saw Chychrun coming.
The Capitals defenceman delivered a thunderous bodycheck that sent Cousins flying. The Senators forward absorbed the blow from Chychrun, and the back of his head then struck the glass. At that point, he appeared to lose consciousness before then landing face-first on the ice.
I've covered this league for a long time and I don't think I've ever seen another hit quite like it.
Cousins was down on the ice for a couple of minutes and slowly left the ice under his own power, but with plenty of assistance and concern from trainers and teammates.
Chychrun originally got a major, but after video review, they decided he wouldn't be penalized.
That had many Ottawa fans upset, and their frustration grew two minutes later. They had to watch Fabian Zetterlund go to the box with under a minute left in regulation in a tie game for the horrifying sin of putting the puck over the glass.
Many fans had to be thinking about the play that just left a player injured on the ice and somehow it's flipping a puck over the glass that the NHL has zero tolerance for.
Fans of all teams took to social media to argue the case. Was it a clean hit or a dirty one?
There's no question the collision was violent and hard to watch, but that doesn't necessarily make it illegal.
The important question is whether Cousins' head was the main point of contact and whether that contact was avoidable. Depending on the slow motion angle you look at, you can probably talk yourself into either verdict.
The fact of the matter is this. If a player as big as Chychrun comes to hit you, shoulder to chest, and you have no idea he's coming, it's like getting hit by a bus. Every part of your body is going to react violently to that kind of impact, including your head. That doesn't necessarily mean the head was the initial point of contact.
Chychrun doesn't have a history of being a dirty player and while it might not seem like it from the result, he appears to let up before contact. You can see from the snow flying up from his skate blades that he was putting the brakes on.
Cousins was vulnerable, struggling to regain control of the puck with his head down. But it's still a violent game and being in a vulnerable position doesn't make you ineligible to be checked.
On the other hand, the NHL has made it clear that players delivering hits have a responsibility to avoid illegal contact with an opponent's head.
It seemed like an aggressive choice by Chychrun to be pinching on that play. It's a 2-2 game with 3 minutes left as Cousins starts to break out. Based on the game circumstances, that's not the ideal time for a defenseman to make a deep pinch like that.
But Chychrun read the play and saw that the Senators had four players down near their own goal line, and realized he could jump up and pressure Cousins without taking an unnecessary risk.
The fact that no penalty was called doesn't settle the debate. The NHL's Department of Player Safety can still review hits after games and issue supplemental discipline.
Sens fans are also debating whether someone should have immediately fought Chychrun, which is the kind of thing you see all the time after much lesser hits than this one.
But what isn't debatable is the frightening result. Cousins' health is the biggest thing right now, far bigger than any hockey debate.
After the game, Travis Green provided a succinct update to reporters.
Book tour will still go ahead but with changes this week’s schedule
Khawaja evasive when questioned on ABC’s 7:30 Report
Usman Khawaja’s promotional book tour has been subject to “adjustments” after the former Australia Test batter was grilled about certain claims on the ABC’s 7.30 Report.
Khawaja pulled out of some radio and television spots on Wednesday, with his publisher Penguin saying that while the tour had not been cancelled entirely, changes had been made to his schedule this week.
PHILADELPHIA — Jayson Tatum scored 21 points and outplayed former Boston teammate Jaylen Brown, and Paul George hit six 3-pointers and scored 36 points in his return to Philadelphia, leading the Celtics past the 76ers 123-101 on Tuesday night.
Brown ran into early foul trouble and scored only 13 points in his first game against Boston since the 2024 NBA Finals MVP was traded over the summer to the Sixers. His head-to-head showdown with Tatum was one of the more anticipated early-season matchups with both players refusing to say much about their frosty relationship.
Tatum tried to dap up Brown before the opening tip with a tap on the shoulder and thump on the chest that his former teammate ignored. Tatum shook hands and exchanged a big hug with LeBron James.
Brown picked up two quick fouls in the first quarter and was whistled for his fourth early in the second half.
George, traded for Brown after two seasons with the 76ers, enjoyed the homecoming. He appeared to give the finger in a bowling motion near the visitor’s bench after he sank his fourth 3 of the game for a 100-82 lead that pushed the Celtics to their ninth win in 10 games.
The Sixers survived a scare late in the second half when Joel Embiid landed awkwardly and hit the court on a missed layup attempt. The oft-injured big man curled up on the court while VJ Edgecombe dunked over him.
Embiid gingerly ran down the court and hunched over as the halftime horn sounded with the Celtics up 62-51.
Embiid’s health has been a career-long issue for him, and the Sixers have declined to play him in back-to-back games. A two-time NBA scoring champion, Embiid has slumped with his shot this season, with no game worse than last Friday in Cleveland when missed all nine shots from the floor and scored only two points.
He had missed 27 of 30 (and 20 consecutive) 3-pointers entering the game. Embiid missed two 3-point attempts in the first half but opened the second with his first 3 since the second game of the season.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jimmy Snuggerud had a goal and an assist and his score in the third period was the winner as the St. Louis Blues beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Snuggerud scored on a deflection with 4:02 left. Dylan Holloway got an assist on the go-ahead goal. Pius Suter and Justin Barron also scored for the Blues, who snapped a three-game skid. St. Louis had lost five of its last seven games before Tuesday.
Moritz Seider and Andrew Copp scored for the Red Wings, who dropped their fifth straight and lost for the fifth time in six games.
Joel Hofer stopped 30 shots in the win for the Blues.
John Gibson, back in the lineup after sustaining a lower-body injury in a game against Tampa Bay on Nov. 3, had 30 saves for the Red Wings.
They are amused that the San Diego Padres are flirting with the idea of adding Skubal to give them three players earning in excess of $300 million.
They smirk when mystery teams are floated in the air for Skubal at the GM meetings.
They also know the bottom line: If the Dodgers want Skubal, they can have him, providing no one absolutely blows them out of the water with an offer they don’t want to match.
And, let’s face it, nobody has done that in nearly a decade.
The Dodgers wanted Yoshiobu Yamamoto, they got him at $325 million, even though the Mets and Philadelphia Phillies were willing to go higher.
They got closer Edwin Diaz with a three-year, $69 million contract last winter, not even giving the Mets a chance to counter.
They signed first baseman Freddie Freeman away from Atlanta in 2022 with a six-year, $162 million contract.
They made sure Mookie Betts wasn’t returning to Boston in 2020 with a 12-year, $365 million extension.
Whatever the Dodgers want, they always get.
Now, despite the federal investigation into owner Mark Walter’s insurance empire, there is zero indication the Dodgers don’t want him back.
Oh sure, they’d love to dump a salary or two to make it more feasible.
They’ve got outfielder Teoscar Hernandez and his remaining $21 million salary on the trade block. If someone asks, Tyler Glasnow can be theirs, too, freeing up the $30 million he’s owed in 2027 with a $21.5 million player option in 2028. Just like that, $72.5 million could be coming off the books, plenty to squeeze in the two-time Cy Young winner who’ll command at least $350 million in the free-agent market.
So, when Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes was asked Tuesday if they had a meeting set up with Skubal, too, he said, “at some point soon.’’
“We know we love the player, we love the human,’’ Gomes said. “And you kind of have to let things play out to understand what that looks like, and if it’s something that we’re going to ultimately execute.”
Why wouldn’t they?
Skubal fit in perfectly after joining the Dodgers in August after being acquired from the Detroit Tigers. He was their co-ace with Yamamoto. He went 5-2 with a 2.61 ERA, and was exactly the pitcher they envisioned, and more.
“He was awesome to get to know,’’ Gomes said. “He fit in great into the clubhouse. Obviously, we know what kind of pitcher he is.
“So, for us, it’s understanding what this all looks like, as far as what does our team need? What does the contract look like? Where does he end up? I don’t know.’’
Well, considering Skubal is a native of Kingman, Arizona, a 318-mile drive to Dodger Stadium, with his parents and entire family living in Arizona, his wife’s family living in Arizona, and the Dodgers’ spring training complex a 25-minute drive from their Scottsdale, Arizona, home, there’s no reason in the world he won’t end up back in Los Angeles.
Money hasn’t stopped the Dodgers from getting everything they’ve desired since their championship run in 2020.
Why let a little investigation into finances stop them now?
“It is always easy to say, at this point in time, what is best for the team,” Gomes said. “But then as you look at the construction of your roster, it’s about making sure you’re balancing and not setting yourself up to potentially hit a slow point, or making sure you’re not doing things that disrupt what could potentially be.
“We want a very long window, and making sure that stays open.”
The Dodgers, with or without Skubal, still have a rotation featuring Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Shohei Ohtani, Glasnow and depth in Roki Sasaki, Justin Wrobleski, Emmet Sheehan and Gavin Stone.
“We do,’’ Gomes said, “have a good amount of depth in our pitching.’’
Why not make it unstoppable, making sure that the Dodgers’ early postseason departure, being swept by the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS, never happens again in the near future? It made no difference to them that they were eliminated by the eventual World Series champions. The pain was so unbearable that Gomes couldn’t even watch the entire World Series with the Brewers beating the Tampa Bay Rays in five games.
“No, it doesn’t take any sting away,’’ Gomes said. “You just don’t feel good if you don’t win. So, you’re in this stage of like, 'Man, that kind of stinks.'
“I tried to watch the first couple of games, and then after that, I was like, 'This is painful. It’s too painful. I think I’ll just check the box score for it.'"
The Dodgers haven’t endured the pain of losing a free agent they coveted since making a last-ditch bid for Bryce Harper in 2019. They offered a four-year, $180 million contract before being out-bid by the Phillies with a 13-year, $330 million deal.
There’s no reason to believe it will happen again.
The Dodgers want the man.
Skubal wants to return to the Dodgers.
When the flirting ends, and the bids stop, Skubal should be in a Dodgers uniform.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Dawson Mercer and Kyle Connor each scored twice to lead the Winnipeg Jets to an emotional 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night.
The game marked the return of former Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck to Winnipeg for the first time since his trade to the Devils, although he did not play. Instead, Jake Allen started in net and stopped 21 shots for New Jersey.
Former Devils netminder Nico Daws made 19 saves for Winnipeg.
Cody Glass and Jesper Bratt scored for the Devils.
The victory extended Winnipeg’s win streak to four games, and halted New Jersey’s at five games.
After Mercer gave the Jets a 3-2 lead on the power play at 11:58 of the third period, Connor sealed the outcome with an unassisted empty-net goal.
The Devils, who trailed 2-0 after the first period, tied the game in the second period with a pair of goals 44 seconds apart. Bratt scored at 1:14 on a setup from Arseny Gritsyuk from behind the net. Jack Hughes also assisted to extend his point streak to six games.
Glass tied the game at 1:58 when he deflected Jonathan Kovacevic’s shot past Daws.
Connor scored during a two-man advantage at 15:06 of the first period when he deflected Cole Perfetti’s pass past Allen. Mark Scheifele also assisted, moving him into a second-place tie with Dale Hawerchuk in assists in franchise history with 550.
Mercer opened the scoring at 7:54 when his snap shot from the faceoff circle beat Allen.
The Jets came out energized by the crowd booing and taunting Hellebuyck to express their anger and jumped to a 2-0 lead.
It took the Devils 13 minutes before they got a shot on net in the third period.
Up next
Devils: Host the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.
Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes speaks with members of the media during MLB's general manager meetings in Las Vegas. (John Locher / Associated Press)
Standing outside of a packed conference room, half a day into General Managers meetings, Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes said none of his conversations leading up to or since arriving in Las Vegas had painted a clear picture of how the free agent or trade markets would play out over this month.
The Dodgers are going to take a “business as usual” approach to the offseason, prepared to react whenever those markets reveal themselves. But even if Gomes and president of baseball operations Andrew Freidman aren’t ready to predict how threat of a lockout — expected to go into effect when the current CBA expires on Dec. 1 — will affect their offseason, it will surely color this transaction window.
The Dodgers don’t have any gaping holes to fill this winter, but they still need to fortify their roster if they hope to reclaim their spot at the top of the league.
The Dodgers have already hired former Marlins hitting coach Pedro Guerrero to fill the only opening on their coaching staff, and made their first offseason acquisition, claiming infielder Christian Cairo off waivers from the Mets on Monday.
Their most pressing needs are their bullpen and bench, areas that often draw less fanfare. But the Dodgers also have a track record of splashy offseason moves.
Here are takeaways from Gomes’ media availability Tuesday:
Dodgers engaged with Tarik Skubal’s camp
Tarik Skubal during Game 1 of the NLCS. (Ashley Landis / AP)
As Freidman said they would, the Dodgers have remained in contact with southpaw Tarik Skubal’s camp, Gomes confirmed Tuesday. And they expect to have a meeting “at some point,” Gomes said.
Skubal is the top free agent available this offseason and is sure to garner interest from all the heavy hitters. The Mets have a meeting scheduled with him next week, according to multiple reports.
The Dodgers’ pitch started when they acquired him at the trade deadline this year. But it’s unclear just how aggressive they will be in pursuit of a reunion.
“I think a lot of it is continuing to see what this all looks like,” Gomes said. “He was awesome getting to know. He fit in great into the clubhouse. Obviously, we know what kind of pitcher he is. So for us, it’s understanding what this all looks like, as far as what does our team need? What does the contract look like? Where does he end up? I don’t know.
“We know we love the player, we love the human, and you kind of have to let things play out to understand what that looks like, and if it’s something that we’re gonna ultimately execute.”
Japanese phenom Shoki Oda on the Dodgers’ radar
Oda, 18, plans to go straight from high school baseball to the United States, foregoing a stint in Nippon Professional Baseball. He’s begun meeting with major-league teams.
“He’s super talented, really projectable, fun to watch him throw,” Gomes said. “I know our international guys have watched him closely, and you know, I’m not sure how that all shakes out exactly. But we think really highly of him.”
Asked if he’d had a visit with the Dodgers, Gomes said with a smile: “Potentially.”
Dodgers looking for Miguel Rojas replacement
Who can fill Miguel Rojas' shoes? (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Rojas has already begun the transition into his player development role with the Dodgers, working with Dodgers prospects in the Arizona Fall League. But now the Dodgers have to fill the hole his retirement left on the roster.
New-addition Cairo adds depth to the infield group and like Rojas is a right-handed hitter.
“He has really good bat-to-ball (skills), good defensively in a bunch of different spots,” Gomes said. “Our scouts have flagged him as somebody that they really liked, and makeup was really strong.”
Veteran utility player Kiké Hernández also entered free agency. But in a similar situation last year, the Dodgers brought him back on a one-year deal.
“Kiké’s been such a huge part of what we’ve done in the past, and we’ll continue to have those conversations,” Gomes said. “But what that looks like right now, I have no idea.”
At the beginning of the season, with switch-hitting utility player Tommy Edman on the IL, the Dodgers had two young second basemen competing for the left-handed-hitting side of the platoon. Alex Freeland won the job, and Hyeseong Kim, in his second year of a three-year contract worth $12.5 million, made nearly three quarters of his plate appearances in Triple-A.
“Comet did not have the year that he was expecting offensively, but he has so many skills that fit us well,” Gomes said. “Diving in this offseason, to continue to chip away at the potential swing changes, and he worked on some stuff at the end of the year that he felt pretty good about after presenting a plan. He’ll continue to work through those things and hopefully he’ll take a step forward on the swing mechanics and get him into a really good place offensively.”
Important offseason for Josue De Paula
Josue De Paula warms up before Game 2 of the NLDS. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)
De Paula not only proved that his offensive skills were major-league ready last season, but also earned a spot on the postseason roster with a mature approach in high-pressure situations.
For him to claim a regular role next year, however, he’ll have to continue to progress on defense.
“He is dead set on proving that he’s going to be a really good defender,” Gomes said. “And he has a good setup in the off season with people around him that he’s going to go out and you know really get after it. And we have full confidence that he’s going to put the work in to really continue to take those steps forward and be the complete player that we all know he can be.”
The lockout will add another wrinkle. Because he’s on the 40-man roster, the Dodgers won’t be able to communicate with him during the lockout, as he works through his offseason program.
“We’re going to make sure that we’re set up in a way over this next month to continue to communicate with guys like we we normally do,” Gomes said. “And if things shake out in a way that we can’t, we’ll make sure that those conversations on the front end are had to kind of everybody put everybody on the same page moving forward.”
MONTREAL (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored on a power play in the opening minute of overtime and Jesper Wallstedt made 27 saves as the Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Tuesday night after Carey Price was inducted into the team's ring of honor.
Bobby Brink scored in regulation for Minnesota (13-3-4). Kaprizov scored on a one-timer on the power play 21 seconds into the extra period for his 17th goal of the season.
Canadiens forward Cole Caufield was penalized for slashing as Quinn Hughes’ stick broke in the corner, sending Minnesota on the power play with 56 seconds remaining in regulation.
Nick Suzuki scored for Montreal (11-3-4), which extended its streak without a regulation loss to 11 games (8-0-3). Jacob Fowler stopped 22 shots.
Suzuki tied the game with a wild goal at 18:22 in the third period. With the goalie pulled, Caufield’s sharp-angled shot ricocheted off Wallstedt — twice — and the post before landing in the crease before Suzuki jammed it through a crowd.
After two periods without a goal, Brink broke the deadlock 2:53 into the third when he beat Fowler with a shot to the glove side on a breakaway.
The 25-year-old capitalized on a turnover from Canadiens forward Josh Anderson, who came off the bench and bobbled the puck onto Brink’s stick after Montreal had spent a long stretch in Minnesota’s zone.
The game had been a goalie duel up to that point, with both Wallstedt and Fowler making their best impression of Price in the mid-2010s at the Bell Centre.
Newhook appeared to open the scoring on the power play with seven minutes left in the first period when he beat Wallstedt, but failed to beat the post. Defying all laws of physics, his shot struck the crossbar, rolled along it, then hit the post and bounced out.
Price received a nearly four-minute ovation before puck drop, as fans serenaded him with a blend of “Ca-rey! Ca-rey!” and “Olé, Olé” chants. The former Hart and Vezina Trophy winner – and the Canadiens’ all-time wins leader (361) – was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday in Toronto.
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The battle of the Jays made the headlines, but Paul George seized the spotlight in his return to Philly.
The Boston Celtics handily beat the Philadelphia 76ers 123-101 behind George’s 36 points, as he rattled off shot after shot against his former team. Boston’s depth also put on a show against the Sixers, as 8 players hit at least 1 three-pointer and 3 players (George, Payton Pritchard, and Sam Hauser) hit at least 4.
It was the first of four regular season games between Boston and Philly this year and, other than the 2023 NBA All-Star Game, the first time the Jays have faced each other as opponents. The teams’ next matchup won’t be until Jan. 21, when they will square off in TD Garden.
Boston’s starting squad included Derrick White, Jordan Walsh, Paul George, Jayson Tatum, and Neemias Queta. The team’s injury report was clear.
Philly’s starters included Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe, Jaylen Brown, LeBron James, and Joel Embiid. Adem Bona and Dominick Barlow were out with injuries.
George opened up the action for Boston with the team’s first 4 points, as he capitalized early on his advantageous matchup against Edgecombe. Less than 3 minutes into the game, we got our first glimpse of the head-to-head matchup between the Jays. Tatum was guarding Brown and forced a turnover with some fast hands, then got an easy dunk and a cutting layup on back-to-back plays.
Brown got his first points of the game on a pair of free throws about 4 minutes in, but Maxey led the way early for the Sixers, with 8 of the team’s first 12 points. Nevertheless, the Celtics had an 18-12 lead after 5 minutes and started off shooting a scalding 8-10 from the floor.
White had a nice redemption play about halfway through the quarter, where he got back in position after losing a turnover and drew a charge on Brown, who took the ball hard to the paint. The Jays starred on the next two plays, as Tatum hit a slick step back three-pointer that was followed up with a ferocious dunk by Brown.
Mitchell Robinson also put in some good work early on, battling with Embiid down low and grabbing 3 rebounds (one of which resulted in a scrappy putback) in less than 5 minutes of play time. However, he fouled Embiid on a three-pointer with less than 3 minutes to go in the quarter, which led Head Coach Joe Mazzulla to sub him out for Queta.
Luckily, Embiid hit only 1-3 free throws, and Boston rattled off a pair of layups to go up 30-21 with 26 seconds to go in the quarter, which ended with a missed Payton Pritchard three-pointer at the buzzer. The frame ended with the C’s up 30-23.
Both teams came out firing in the second quarter. Almost five minutes into the frame, the Celtics had scored 15 points and the Sixers tallied 11 of their own. Other than a lone Luka Garza bucket, all of Boston’s offense came from Pritchard and George, who were red hot to open the quarter. With 7:21 to go, the C’s had taken a 45-34 lead.
Both sides cooled off a bit about halfway through the quarter. Maxey kept Philly’s offense chugging along, but the Celtics took a 54-40 lead with the help of a few three-pointers (2 from Sam Hauser and 1 from Hugo Gonzalez). George’s hot streak continued, as he came out of a timeout, rebounded his own miss for a bucket, then knocked down a free throw to complete the and-1 play. He also hit a three-pointer about a minute later to put the C’s up 62-47.
The Sixers scored the last 4 points of the half, leaving the Celtics with a 62-51 lead after two quarters.
At the half, George led the C’s in scoring with 17 points on 63.6% shooting from the field. He also had 4 rebounds and 1 assist.
Tatum was Boston’s second leading scorer, with 13 points, 4 rebounds and a block.
For the Sixers, Maxey led the way with 12 points, while Embiid had 9 points (entirely from free throws, as he was 0-6 from the field).
Brown had 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 3 turnovers at the half.
Embiid hit his fourth three-pointer of the season (and his first in 7 games) to open the second half, but Tatum came back and hit a three-pointer of his own soon after. Brown also tallied his fourth foul of the game early in the quarter, putting him in foul trouble early. However, it was the Sixers who came out of the half with more of a spark. With the help of a LeBron three-pointer, a ridiculous circus shot by Edgecombe to score over Queta, and a Maxey layup, Philly went on a 7-0 run to cut Boston’s lead to 69-63.
Following a Celtics timeout, Queta cut to the rim for an easy bucket on a dime from Tatum. It was Tatum’s first assist of the game. Tatum also had what might have been the play of the game soon after, as he blocked an Edgecombe layup and flew down the court for a thunderous poster dunk on LeBron. Nevertheless, the Sixers kept chipping away, and underrated Celtics killer Dean Wade hit a 26-footer to tie the game up at 76 apiece with about 4 minutes left in the quarter.
Following a timeout, the momentum changed hands again. Pritchard and Maxey went back-to-back-to-back in a three-point shooting exchange that Boston got the best of. Hauser hit another from behind the arc soon after to put the C’s up 85-79. That wasn’t the end of the three-point shooting display, though. After the Celtics forced a shot clock violation, Tatum, Maxey, and Scheierman hit 3 three-pointers in a row.
By the end of the third, the C’s had taken a 91-82 lead.
The Celtics’ shooting stayed hot as the final frame began. Pritchard started the quarter with a deep step-back three-pointer, then hit on another a couple minutes later to increase Boston’s lead to 15 points while both Maxey and Embiid were resting. George joined in on the fun and hit a pullup three-pointer of his own to give the C’s a 100-82 lead, the largest of the night.
Philly called a timeout and subbed Maxey and Embiid back into the game, but they still had a hard time breaking through the Celtics’ stifling defense. On the other hand, nothing could stop Paul George. He knocked down a sweet turnaround mid-ranger, then cooked his defender for an easy layup to put Boston up 105-82 with about 8 minutes left to go.
Brown hit his first three-pointer of the night following a Boston timeout, but George hit another 2 three-pointers soon after to give the C’s a dominant 111-87 lead with less than 6 minutes to go in the game. The Sixers subsequently emptied the bench, all but conceding the loss to Boston. The Celtics depth then finished the job and never let Philly even whiff a potential comeback.
George racked up 36 points on 63.6% shooting, including 6-11 from beyond the arc, 5 rebounds, and 1 assist.
Tatum finished the game with 21 points on 47.1% shooting, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 blocks.
Pritchard, Hauser, and Hugo Gonzalez each finished in the double-digits scoring-wise, with 18, 12, and 10 points, respectively.
The team finished the game shooting 22-49 from three-point range.
Brown had only 13 points on 44.4% shooting, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 stocks. He also had 4 turnovers and finished with a +/- of -27 for the night.
Maxey, James, and Embiid had 24, 11, and 16 points, respectively.
The Celtics will play the Toronto Raptors tomorrow at 7 p.m. in Scotiabank Arena. It will be the last game of Boston’s four-game road trip.
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The high-profile, max contract wing dropped 36 points to lead his new team to a win over his old team, just like everyone expected.
The Sixers were demolished 123-101 by the Boston Celtics thanks to a Paul George masterclass Tuesday night.
In his first game back against his old team, Jaylen Brown didn’t have the night he envisioned, putting up just 13 shooting 4-of-9 from the field, sitting for much of the second half in foul trouble.
Tyrese Maxey was the entire Sixers’ offense for too much of the night, leading the team with 24 on 8-of-12 shooting with four assists. Joel Embiid was able to get to the line but still struggled from the floor, finishing with 16 points, six rebounds and one assist shooting 2-of-9 from the floor.
LeBron James struggled as well, having 11 points on 4-of-12 shooting along with eight rebounds and five assists. George led all scorers with his 36.
The Sixers were once again without Adem Bona (neck) and Dominick Barlow (back).
Here are some thoughts at the buzzer.
First Quarter
Revenge was had on the first bucket of the game as Paul George was able to drive through Maxey for a midrange pull-up, just like everyone anticipated. He did the same over VJ Edgecombe a couple possessions later, but did foul Embiid to help the Sixers’ score their first points of the game.
Brown’s first shot against his old team was an open corner three swung to him that didn’t fall. When he got Jayson Tatum matched up on him, the crowd came to a roar, but Tatum won the first round as he was able to force a turnover with the help of a double team. As a team the Sixers had some sloppiness to start the game. Embiid had an ugly turnover trying to throw a behind-the-back pass, and they completely lost Tatum on a backdoor cut for an open layup.
Maxey got off to a tremendous start, one that the Sixers very much needed as the rest of the starters opened the game 0-of-5 from the floor. His shotmaking from all over the floor prevented the Sixers from going down into a big hole early. Desperate to make something happen, Brown did a good job to steal an outlet pass, but Derrick White was able to slide under and take a charge to discount the basket. He finally made his first field goal of the game driving by Jordan Walsh to slam it home.
Jaylen Brown comes up with the steal on the Jayson Tatum pass, Tyrese Maxey nails the triple 🎯 pic.twitter.com/EXMjdA0GIE
While he didn’t hit a jumper to break the seal, the Sixers offense came alive more with Embiid getting to the line. It’s clear he’s still trying to find that trust in his jumper again, but the way he was getting fouled in the post made him look a bit more like himself. VJ Edgecombe made a brilliant spin move to cut the lead to three.
That bucket was followed by Embiid’s second turnover of the game, a contested Maxey fadeaway, and Embiid missing two out of three from the free throw line. Maxey tried to hit Dean Wade in the dunker finishing a drive, but Wade wasn’t ready for it and dropped it out of bounds. Anfernee Simons hit a pull-up jumper to end a field goal drought that lasted over four and a half minutes and cut the Sixers’ deficit to seven points after the first.
Second Quarter
The end of the first and beginning of the second made clear the Sixers were leaning more into staggering Brown and James together, leaving the three incumbent starters together. LeBron was also scoreless in the first and hit a midrange early in the second to get on the board. He also found Simons in the corner from three, but with the Celtics scoring on four of their first five possessions of the quarter the Sixers continued to fall behind.
Nothing emphasized the Sixers’ struggles to get anything to fall like their struggles around the basket. LeBron smoked his second bunny of the game, then tried to hit Jabari Walker right by the basket, but Walker couldn’t corral it and lost the ball out of bounds. They started the game shooting 44% at the rim, which Cleaning the Glass put in just the third percentile across the league.
After a rare made basket, the Sixers were too slow getting back and conceded an open three to Sam Hauser before anyone had gotten back. Brown missing a pair of free throws followed by Hauser hitting a very contested three off the dribble made this game feel like it was starting to spiral. Coming out of a timeout, George beat Brown for an offensive rebound and drew a foul as he banked in his putback.
The combination of this game’s struggles at the rim and the season’s struggles in transition all came to a head on one play. LeBron hit Embiid with a touchdown pass and Embiid took off a little too early and missed the layup, and got his feet tangled up with George as they landed. Edgecombe was able to find the loose ball and slam it back home, but Embiid stayed on the ground for a few moments and hobbled his way through the final 30 seconds of the half. The Sixers trailed by 11 at the break.
Third Quarter
Despite that scare, Embiid was not only out there to start the second half, but he started it by making his first three-point attempt since the home opener. Maxey was able to get to the line on the Sixers next possession, but the Celtics halted any sort of momentum right there. Tatum hit a contested three over Maxey before Brown picked up his fourth foul of the night.
LeBron was also desperate for a jumper to fall and it took him two attempts in the third to finally get a three to go down. Edgecombe, who was easily one of the best Sixers on the floor so far, followed that up with a very acrobatic finish over Neemias Queta. Maxey was able to get to the basket on the next possession, cutting the lead to six and prompting a Celtics timeout.
The Sixers continued to mount momentum coming out of the timeout. Embiid was still able to get to the line and LeBron started getting downhill as well. They did a good job of not letting big Celtics baskets kill their momentum. Tatum got LeBron pretty good with a dunk and George buried another three, but the Sixers kept eating into the lead.
Wade was putting in a great night for the Sixers, and it helped that he got some threes up and buried a couple, one of which briefly tied the game up. Maxey hit a ridiculous three to keep it tied for a second, but Boston had another onslaught of their own to go back in front. One hit off the top of the backboard, but it also didn’t help that the Sixers kept leaving Hauser and Tatum wide open on the perimeter. Wade had an open three rim out to keep the Celtics up by nine.
Fourth Quarter
The Celtics drilled three more triples before the Sixers got on the board to start the quarter, prompting a timeout from Nick Nurse. The full starting five checked back into the game much earlier than normal in one last attempt to salvage the night. The first basket coming out of that timeout was George posting up Maxey, hitting his pull-up while getting fouled in the process.
George scooted past the entire Sixers defense for a layup on the following possession. Maxey appeared to have earned a trip to the line for the Sixers first points of the quarter, but Joe Mazzulla challenged the play and got it overturned. The Sixers didn’t score their first points of the fourth until the 7:37 mark when a Brown three bounced in. The Sixers waived the white flag after a couple more minutes of George burying threes on them.
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Cole Hutson’s goal 74 seconds into overtime, set up by Alex Ovechkin, gave the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.
The Capitals overcame a horrid second period in which they allowed two goals and trailed 2-1.
Matt Roy and Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored for the Capitals (10-6-0). Logan Thompson made 23 saves.
Ridly Greig and Hayden Hodgson scored for the Senators (11-6-2). Samuel Ersson stopped 14 shots.
Outshot 17-2 in the second period, Washington went more than 20 minutes before registering its next shot in the third period.
The Capitals showed life on the power play and maintained control after it expired and capitalized with Hutson finding Dubois at the side of the net for a wide-open shot to tie it at 2 at 12:31 of the third.
Ersson made a big save on Jack St. Ivany with four minutes remaining to keep the game tied.
With 2:57 remaining Jakob Chychrun leveled a huge hit on Nick Cousins, but no penalty was called. Cousins needed help getting off the ice.
Down 1-0 after the first, the Senators scored twice to lead 2-1 after 40 minutes.
Thomas Chabot set up both goals for the Senators.
On the first, Chabot kept the puck in at the blue line and fed Michael Amadio, who quickly passed it back. Chabot then found Greig in the slot, where he beat Thompson off his backhand.
Ottawa took the lead late in the period when Chabot took a pass from Stephen Halliday and put the puck through Chychrun’s legs to Hodgson for his first of the season.
The Capitals opened the scoring just 35 seconds into the game when Roy took a pass from Chychrun and fired a slap shot past Ersson for his first of the season.
Ryan Leonard played his 100th NHL game Tuesday. He has 26 goals and joins Alex Ovechkin (64), Alexander Semin (39), Dmitri Khristich (38) and Peter Bondra (29) as one of only five Capitals since 1990 to score 25 or more goals in their first 100 games.
Up next
Capitals: At the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.
Senators: Host the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday.
