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B2 THE BULLETIN • SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2021 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD SUNDAY SOCCER Italian Serie A, Cagliari vs. Atalanta Premier League, West Brom vs. Manchester United Premier League, Arsenal vs. Leeds United Mexico Primera Division, Santos Laguna vs. Monterrey BASKETBALL Women’s college, VCU at Dayton Women’s college, LSU at South Carolina Women’s college, Northwestern at Ohio St. Men’s college, Michigan at Wisconsin Men’s college, Tulane at South Florida Women’s college, Washington at Arizona Women’s college, Georgia at Missouri Women’s college, Tennessee at Texas A&M Men’s college, Nebraska at Penn St. Men’s college, Loyola-Chicago at Drake Men’s college, Marquette at Seton Hall Women’s college, Mississippi St. at Ole Miss Women’s college, Texas at Baylor Women’s college, Maryland at Nebraska Women’s college, Alabama at Auburn Men’s college, Colgate at Army Men’s college, Oregon St. at Arizona St. Men’s college, Minnesota at Maryland NBA, Portland at Dallas NBA, L.A. Lakers at Denver GOLF PGA Tour, Pebble Beach Pro-Am PGA Tour, Pebble Beach Pro-Am HORSE RACING America’s Day at the Races HOCKEY NHL, Washington at Pittsburgh NHL, Colorado at Vegas GYMNASTICS Women’s college, UCLA at Washington TENNIS Australian Open Australian Open Phillip Island Trophy Australian Open 5:55 a.m. 6 a.m. 8:25 a.m. ESPN2 NBCSN NBCSN 5 p.m. 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. noon noon noon noon 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7 p.m. FS2 ESPNU SEC Big Ten CBS ESPNU Pac-12 SEC ESPN Big Ten ESPN2 FS1 SEC ESPN2 FS1 SEC CBSSN ESPN2 FS1 ESPN, NBCSNW ESPN 10 a.m. noon Golf CBS 11 a.m. FS2 noon 4 p.m. NBC NBCSN 1 p.m. Pac-12 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. midnight Tennis ESPN2 Tennis ESPN2 SOCCER Premier League, West Ham United vs. Sheffield United Premier League, Chelsea vs. Newcastle United HORSE RACING America’s Day at the Races BASKETBALL NBA G League, Iowa Wolves vs. G League Ignite Women’s college, Stanford at Oregon Men’s college, Virginia at Florida St. High school, Minnehaha Academy (MN) vs. Houston (TN) Women’s college, Kentucky at Florida Women’s college, Seton Hall at DePaul Men’s college, Washington at Washington St. Men’s college, Texas Tech at TCU Men’s college, Texas Southern at Jackson St. GYMNASTICS Women’s college, Nebraska at Michigan HOCKEY NHL, N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo TENNIS Australian Open Australian Open Phillip Island Trophy Australian Open 9:55 a.m. 11:55 a.m. NBCSN NBCSN 10:30 a.m. FS2 noon 4 p.m. 4 p.m. ESPNU ESPN2 ESPN 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. ESPNU SEC FS1 Pac-12 ESPN ESPNU noon Big Ten 4 p.m. NBCSN 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. midnight Tennis ESPN2 Tennis ESPN2 Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for late changes made by TV stations. SPORTS BRIEFING SOFTBALL Ducks continue hot start to season — Haley Cruse con- tinued her hot start and Jordan Dail was nearly unhittable as No. 10 Oregon earned its third straight run-rule shutout to open the season. Cruse hit a pair of two-run doubles, the sec- ond in walk-off fashion, had four RBIs and scored two runs, while Dail gave up just three hits over five innings in an 8-0 win for the Ducks (3-0) over Weber State Saturday afternoon at Grand Canyon in Phoenix, Arizona. Allee Bunker hit a two- out single to score Cruse in the first. Oregon (3-0) mounted a two-out rally in the second, with six straight batters reaching base in a three-run frame. Mya Felder hit a solo home run, UO’s first of the season, to make it 5-0 after three. The Ducks loaded the bases with one out in the fifth and cashed in with three runs to ice the game. Dail scattered three hits and a walk and needed just 59 pitches over five innings in her first start of the season. Oregon faced host GCU at 6 p.m. Pacific. GOLF Spieth carries Pebble Beach lead into final round — One swing put Jordan Spieth closer than ever to ending a long and mystifying slump, and served as a reminder that he still has a long road ahead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Two shots behind with three holes to play Saturday, Spieth holed out with an 8-iron from 160 yards for eagle on the 16th hole, the start of a stunning turnaround that sent him to a 1-under 71 and a two-shot lead going into the final round. Daniel Berger helped out by going from a share of the lead to two shots be- hind when his tee shot on the par-5 18th was out-of-bounds by mere inches and led to a double bogey. The timing was ideal for Spieth, who has been without a victory in his last 79 events since he won the 2017 British Open at Royal Birkdale. Spieth was at 13-under 203 with plenty of contenders right behind. — Bulletin wire reports POWERBALL The numbers drawn Saturday night are: 20 28 33 63 68 20 As listed at oregonlottery.org and individual lottery websites NASCAR Cup Series DAYTONA 500 Lineup After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday At Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.50 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1, (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet. 2, (24) William By- ron, Chevrolet. 3, (10) Aric Almirola, Ford. 4, (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet. 5, (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota. 6, (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota. 7, (6) Ryan Newman, Ford. 8, (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford. 9, (22) Joey Logano, Ford. 10, (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota. 11, (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet. 12, (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet. 13, (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet. 14, (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford. 15, (99) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet. 16, (7) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet. 17, (34) Michael Mc- Dowell, Ford. 18, (36) David Ragan, Ford. 19, (77) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet. 20, (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet. 21, (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet. 22, (17) Chris Buescher, Ford. 23, (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford. 24, (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford. 25, (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota. 26, (19) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota. 27, (41) Cole Custer, Ford. 28, (53) Joey Gase, Ford. 29, (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet. 30, (14) Chase Briscoe, Ford. 31, (43) Erik Jones, Chevrolet. 32, (15) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet. 33, (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet. 34, (42) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet. 35, (51) Cody Ware, Ford. 36, (38) Anthony Alfredo, Ford. 37, (52) Josh Bilicki, Ford. 38, (78) BJ McLeod, Ford. 39, (33) Austin Cindric, Ford. 40, (16) Kaz Grala, Chevrolet. Failed to Qualify 41. (96) Ty Dillon, Toyota. 42. (13) Garrett Smithley, Ford. 43. (66) Timmy Hill, Ford. 44. (62) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet. BASKETBALL Men’s college PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Southern Cal 11 2 .846 17 3 .850 UCLA 10 3 .769 14 5 .737 Colorado 10 4 .714 16 5 .762 Oregon 7 3 .700 12 4 .750 Stanford 8 6 .571 12 8 .600 Arizona 8 7 .533 14 7 .667 Utah 6 6 .500 9 7 .563 Oregon St. 6 7 .462 10 9 .526 Washington St. 5 9 .357 12 9 .571 Arizona St. 3 6 .333 6 9 .400 Washington 2 12 .143 3 16 .158 California 2 13 .133 7 15 .318 Saturday’s Games Oregon 63, Arizona 61 UCLA 64, Washington 61 No. 20 Southern Cal 76, Washington St. 65 Colorado at California, late Utah at Stanford, late Saturday’s Box Score Oregon 63, Arizona 61 MONDAY Oregon Lottery results MOTORSPORTS The estimated jackpot is now $56 million. MEGABUCKS The numbers drawn Saturday night are: 4 25 26 38 40 44 The estimated jackpot is now $1.9 million. OREGON (12-4) Lawson 2-3 2-4 6, Omoruyi 7-14 3-4 19, Duarte 4-14 0-0 10, Richardson 2-8 0-0 4, Figueroa 5-8 0-0 13, Kepnang 3-3 1-3 7, Hardy 2-4 0-0 4, J.Terry 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25- 55 6-11 63. ARIZONA (14-7) A.Tubelis 7-11 3-4 20, Koloko 0-3 2-3 2, Akinjo 3-10 0-1 8, Kriisa 4-9 0-0 12, Mathurin 2-10 2-2 6, T.Brown 2-6 0-0 4, J.Brown 4-7 1-1 9, D.Terry 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22- 57 8-11 61. Halftime —34-34. 3-Point Goals —Oregon 7-20 (Figueroa 3-4, Omoruyi 2-4, Duarte 2-7, Hardy 0-1, J.Ter- ry 0-1, Richardson 0-3), Arizona 9-23 (Kriisa 4-9, A.Tubelis 3-5, Akinjo 2-2, T.Brown 0-1, Mathurin 0-6). Rebounds — Oregon 31 (Duarte, Figueroa 6), Arizona 26 (A.Tubelis 7). Assists —Oregon 10 (Duarte, Richardson 4), Arizona 17 (Kriisa 5). Total Fouls —Oregon 16, Arizona 11. Sunday’s Game Oregon St. at Arizona St., 4 p.m. Monday’s Game Washington at Washington St., 5 p.m. TOP 25 SCORES Friday’s Late Game No. 6 Illinois 77, Nebraska 72, OT Saturday’s Games No. 1 Gonzaga 100, San Francisco 61 No. 2 Baylor vs. No. 7 Texas Tech, ppd. No. 4 Ohio St. 78, Indiana 59 No. 19 Creighton 86, No. 5 Villanova 70 No. 9 Virginia 60, North Carolina 48 Arkansas 86, No. 10 Missouri 81, OT No. 11 Alabama 115, Georgia 82 No. 12 Oklahoma 91, No. 14 West Virginia 90, 2OT No. 13 Texas 70, TCU 55 No. 15 Iowa 88, Michigan St. 58 LSU 78, No. 16 Tennessee 65 No. 17 Florida St. 92, Wake Forest 85, OT No. 18 Virginia Tech vs. Louisville, ppd. No. 22 Loyola-Chicago 81, Drake 54 No. 23 Oklahoma St. 67, Kansas St. 60 No. 25 Rutgers 64, Northwestern 50 Friday’s Late Box Score Trail Blazers 129, Cavaliers 110 Women’s college PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Stanford 15 2 .882 18 2 .900 Arizona 11 2 .846 13 2 .867 UCLA 10 3 .769 12 3 .800 Oregon 9 4 .692 12 4 .750 Southern Cal 7 7 .500 9 8 .529 Washington St. 7 8 .467 9 8 .529 Colorado 6 8 .429 8 9 .471 Oregon St. 4 6 .400 6 6 .500 Arizona St. 4 7 .364 9 7 .562 Utah 4 12 .250 5 12 .294 Washington 2 10 .167 5 10 .333 California 0 10 .000 0 13 .000 Friday’s Late Game No. 10 Arizona 60, Washington St. 51 Saturday’s Game No. 5 Stanford 83, Oregon St. 58 Sunday’s Games Washington at No. 10 Arizona, 11 a.m. Washington St. at Arizona St., 11:30 a.m. Southern Cal at Utah, 3 p.m. No. 8 UCLA at Colorado, ppd. California at Oregon St., ppd. Monday’s Game No. 5 Stanford at No. 11 Oregon, 4 p.m. TOP 25 SCORES Saturday’s Games No. 14 South Florida 67, Tulsa 46 No. 17 Gonzaga 67, Santa Clara 50 Oklahoma 72, No. 19 West Virginia 71 No. 23 South Dakota St. 82, Oral Roberts 60 No. 25 Missouri St. 73, Illinois St. 72 NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Phila. 18 9 .667 Milwaukee 16 10 .615 Brooklyn 16 12 .571 Boston 13 12 .520 Indiana 14 13 .519 Charlotte 13 14 .481 New York 13 15 .464 Toronto 12 14 .462 Miami 11 14 .440 Atlanta 11 15 .423 Chicago 10 15 .400 Orlando 10 17 .370 Cleveland 10 17 .370 Detroit 7 19 .269 Washington 6 17 .261 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Utah 21 5 .808 L.A. Lakers 21 6 .778 L.A. Clippers 19 8 .704 Phoenix 16 9 .640 Portland 15 10 .600 San Antonio 15 11 .577 Denver 14 11 .560 Golden State 14 13 .519 Dallas 13 14 .481 Sacramento 12 13 .480 Memphis 10 11 .476 New Orleans 11 14 .440 Houston 11 15 .423 Oklahoma City 10 15 .400 Minnesota 6 20 .231 Friday’s Late Games Detroit 108, Boston 102 Denver 97, Oklahoma City 95 Utah 129, Milwaukee 115 Orlando 123, Sacramento 112 Portland 129, Cleveland 110 L.A. Lakers 115, Memphis 105 Saturday’s Games Phoenix 120, Phila. 111 Indiana 125, Atlanta 113 New York 121, Houston 99 Brooklyn 134, Golden State 117 Miami at Utah, late Sunday’s Games Boston at Washington, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Toronto, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Detroit, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Portland at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Orlando at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Denver, 7 p.m. Memphis at Sacramento, 7 p.m. GB — 1½ 2½ 4 4 5 5½ 5½ 6 6½ 7 8 8 10½ 10 GB — ½ 2½ 4½ 5½ 6 6½ 7½ 8½ 8½ 8½ 9½ 10 10½ 15 CLEVELAND (110) Okoro 0-1 0-0 0, Prince 2-5 0-0 4, Drummond 3-9 2-3 8, Garland 7-16 0-0 17, Sexton 8-16 8-9 25, Osman 0-1 0-0 0, Stevens 3-8 4-6 10, Windler 4-10 2-2 12, Wade 1-1 0-0 3, Allen 7-12 8-15 22, Dotson 3-8 2-2 9. Totals 38- 87 26-37 110. PORTLAND (129) Covington 1-3 0-0 3, Jones Jr. 1-2 3-4 5, Kanter 9-11 3-3 21, Lillard 7-16 6-6 20, Trent Jr. 8-12 6-6 26, Anthony 7-13 6-8 23, Giles III 2-5 2-2 6, Elleby 1-3 0-0 3, Hood 2-5 0-0 4, Little 1-3 0-0 2, Simons 4-10 4-4 16. Totals 43-83 30-33 129. Cleveland 23 29 25 33 — 110 Portland 34 39 27 29 — 129 3-Point Goals—Cleveland 8-23 (Garland 3-6, Windler 2-7, Sexton 1-2, Dotson 1-4), Portland 13-35 (Trent Jr. 4-6, Simons 4-9, Anthony 3-7, Elleby 1-2, Covington 1-3, Lillard 0-6). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Cleveland 41 (Windler 10), Portland 45 (Kanter 13). As- sists—Cleveland 20 (Sexton 5), Portland 16 (Lillard 9). Total Fouls—Cleveland 21, Portland 29. A—0 (19,393) GOLF PGA Tour Pebble Beach Pro-Am Scores Saturday Pebble Beach, Calif. Pebble Beach Course: Yardage, 6,958; Par, 71 Spyglass Hill Course: Yardage, 6,858; Par, 72 Third Round Jordan Spieth 65-67-71—203 Nate Lashley 65-72-68—205 Tom Hoge 67-70-68—205 Russell Knox 66-70-69—205 Patrick Cantlay 62-73-70—205 Daniel Berger 67-66-72—205 Jason Day 69-69-68—206 Brian Stuard 66-71-69—206 Maverick McNealy 68-69-69—206 Paul Casey 68-67-71—206 Max Homa, 69-70-68—207. Will Gordon, 66-73- 68—207. Kevin Streelman, 69-72-67—208. Cameron Tringale, 67-72-69—208. Henrik Norlander, 64-70-74— 208. Charley Hoffman, 69-72-68—209. Jason Dufner, 68- 71-70—209. Akshay Bhatia, 64-73-72—209. Tom Lewis, 66-69-74—209. Tim Wilkinson, 67-74-69—210. Scott Stallings, 69-71- 70—210. Cameron Davis, 74-67-69—210. Beau Hossler, 72-70-68—210. Cameron Percy, 67-70-73—210. Ryan Moore, 68-73-70—211. Jim Furyk, 71-69-71—211. Mat- thew NeSmith, 74-67-70—211. Brian Harman, 67-74- 70—211. Vaughn Taylor, 67-73-71—211. Troy Merritt, 71-69-71—211. Sam Burns, 72-70-69—211. John Send- en, 70-69-72—211. Brian Gay, 70-72-69—211. Hank Lebioda, 70-70-72—212. Brendan Steele, 69- 72-71—212. Nick Taylor, 69-71-72—212. Doug Ghim, 69-72-71—212. Chez Reavie, 74-67-71—212. Vincent Whaley, 68-71-73—212. Michael Thompson, 67-74- 71—212. Matt Jones, 67-72-73—212. Chris Kirk, 69-73- 70—212. Scott Piercy, 69-74-69—212. Sebastian Cappelen, 75-65-73—213. Mark Hubbard, 66-74-73—213. Branden Grace, 71-69-73—213. Pat Pe- rez, 69-72-72—213. Kyle Stanley, 70-70-73—213. Scott Brown, 69-70-74—213. Josh Teater, 69-74-70—213. Peter Uihlein, 69-72-73—214. Rob Oppenheim, 72-70- 72—214. Ben Taylor, 68-72-75—215. Bronson Burgoon, 68- 72-75—215. Francesco Molinari, 69-70-76—215. Patton Kizzire, 69-70-76—215. Wes Roach, 71-71-74—216. C.T. Pan, 70-72-74—216. Sung Kang, 73-68-76—217. Joel Dahmen, 71-71-75—217. Ryan Armour, 70-73-74—217. Jhonattan Vegas, 72-71-74—217. Andrew Putnam, 72-70-76—218. Will Zalatoris, 69-74- 75—218. Scott Harrington, 72-71-76—219. Zack Sucher, 72-71-76—219. Joseph Bramlett, 73-70-76—219. HOCKEY NHL East GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 14 10 2 2 22 42 30 Philadelphia 13 8 3 2 18 46 41 Washington 12 6 3 3 15 44 45 N.Y. Islanders 13 6 4 3 15 32 33 Pittsburgh 12 6 5 1 13 37 44 N.Y. Rangers 13 4 6 3 11 31 34 New Jersey 9 4 3 2 10 23 26 Buffalo 10 4 4 2 10 30 32 Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 13 10 2 1 21 50 26 Florida 12 8 2 2 18 38 36 Carolina 12 9 3 0 18 43 33 Columbus 16 7 5 4 18 47 53 Chicago 16 7 5 4 18 47 49 Dallas 12 5 3 4 14 40 34 Nashville 15 6 9 0 12 36 52 Detroit 16 4 10 2 10 33 51 Daytona Continued from B1 “This is something that no one’s ever done before,” Ham- lin said. “Other guys have won championships, obviously. I would want to do something no one else has done.” Hamlin is the 8-1 betting favorite but the Daytona 500 can be a crapshoot, particu- larly in NASCAR’s condensed new schedule forced by the pandemic. Speedweeks at Day- tona International Speedway for decades spanned nearly two weeks but this year was cut to just six days. With only three practice ses- sions and the 150-mile Duel qualifying races, there is no clear indication who has cars capable of winning the Day- tona 500. Hendrick Motorsports swept the front row in qualifying with Alex Bowman and William By- ron, but Byron crashed in the qualifying race and will fall to the back in a backup car at the start of the 500. Bowman had an engine problem that will cost him the pole if the motor needs to be replaced. Chase Elliott is the reigning series champion but hasn’t had enough time to show if he’s a contender for his first Daytona 500 victory. It’s also unclear how Kyle Larson, new to the Hendrick stable this season af- ter last year’s NASCAR suspen- sion for using a racial slur, is adapting to his new team. Austin Dillon won the sec- ond duel, setting him up for a possible second Daytona 500 victory on the 20th anniversary of Dale Earnhardt’s death. Dil- lon drives Earnhardt’s famed No. 3 on grandfather Richard Childress’ team. “It would be amazing and huge for the company, RCR and all the 3 fans out there,” Dillon said. Dillon beat Bubba Wallace John Raoux/AP Bubba Wallace removes his helmet in his garage after a Daytona 500 practice session at Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday in Daytona Beach, Florida. to win his qualifying race in a dramatic finish that showed Wallace might finally have the equipment he needs to be com- petitive. Wallace is the only Black racer at NASCAR’s top level and gained a national plat- form last season for his outspo- kenness on social justice issues. He landed multiple spon- sors through his activism and Wallace brought that funding to Michael Jordan and Ham- lin for the launch of 23XI Rac- ing. Jordan and Wallace are the only Black majority owner and driver combination in the sport, and this team has the sponsorship and support that could finally give Wallace a chance at his first Cup Series victory. Wallace expects Jordan to demand results. “He wants winning race cars, he wants a winning race driver and he took an opportunity to invest in me and he has seen something that sparked his in- terest,” Wallace said. “We’re just going to go out and do what I know how to do, not change up anything, not try too hard because of MJ or because of Denny or because of the oppor- tunity.” Pitbull is another celebrity new to NASCAR team own- ership. The entertainer signed on with Justin Marks to field Trackhouse Racing this year for Daniel Suarez, the only full-time Mexican driver in NASCAR. Pitbull views his newest en- deavor as an opportunity to promote multiple initiatives, in- cluding his message of unity. “If there’s anything we need in these times right now it is something that unites people, not divides people,” Pitbull said. “It’s about utilizing the culture, creating the culture through NASCAR to bring people to- gether.” Live Fast Racing, the third new team and one co-owned by former driver Matt Tifft and B.J. McLeod, will make its de- but in the 500 with McLeod as the driver. Derrike Cope, the 1990 Daytona 500 winner, is back for what he says will be his final race and even at 62 — the oldest driver in the field — Cope believes he’s got a shot. The race will have a notice- ably empty feeling because pan- demic restrictions have limited attendance to roughly 30,000 spectators in the grandstands. Daytona was at capacity with 101,000 in the grandstands West GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 15 9 4 2 20 52 48 Vegas 12 9 2 1 19 40 28 Colorado 11 7 3 1 15 38 24 Anaheim 15 6 6 3 15 30 39 Arizona 14 6 6 2 14 39 42 Minnesota 11 6 5 0 12 30 30 Los Angeles 13 4 6 3 11 40 44 San Jose 13 5 7 1 11 35 49 North GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 15 11 3 1 23 53 38 Montreal 15 9 4 2 20 52 39 Edmonton 16 9 7 0 18 55 52 Winnipeg 14 8 5 1 17 47 38 Calgary 13 7 5 1 15 39 34 Vancouver 17 6 11 0 12 51 66 Ottawa 16 3 12 1 7 34 64 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. Friday’s Late Games Boston 1, N.Y. Rangers 0 St. Louis 4, Arizona 1 Saturday’s Games Ottawa 2, Winnipeg 1 Vegas 3, San Jose 1 Montreal 2, Toronto 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 2 Tampa Bay 6, Florida 1 Detroit 4, Nashville 2 Chicago 3, Columbus 2, OT St. Louis 5, Arizona 4, OT Carolina 4, Dallas 3, SO Calgary at Vancouver, late Washington at Buffalo, ppd. New Jersey at Philadelphia, ppd. Minnesota at Los Angeles, ppd. Sunday’s Games Washington at Pittsburgh, noon Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, ppd. Colorado at Vegas, 4 p.m. TENNIS Australian Open Saturday at Melbourne, Australia (Seedings in parentheses) MEN Third Round — Mackenzie McDonald, United States, def. Lloyd Harris, South Africa, 7-6 (7), 6-1, 6-4. Casper Ruud (24), Norway, def. Radu Albot, Moldova, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Daniil Medvedev (4), Russia, def. Filip Krajinovic (28), Serbia, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-0. Stefanos Tsit- sipas (5), Greece, def. Mikael Ymer, Sweden, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. Andrey Rublev (7), Russia, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3. Matteo Berrettini (9), Italy, def. Kar- en Khachanov (19), Russia, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5). Fabio Fognini (16), Italy, def. Alex de Minaur (21), Australia, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Cameron Norrie, Britain, 7-5, 6-2, 7-5. WOMEN Third Round — Elina Svitolina (5), Ukraine, def. Yulia Putintseva (26), Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-0. Karolina Muchova (25), Czech Republic, def. Karolina Pliskova (6), Czech Republic, 7-5, 7-5. Jessica Pegula, United States, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-2, 6-1. Jennifer Brady (22), United States, def. Kaja Juvan, Slovenia, 6-1, 6-3. Donna Vekic (28), Croatia, def. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Elise Mertens (18), Belgium, def. Belin- da Bencic (11), Switzerland, 6-2, 6-1. Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, def. Ekaterina Alexandrova (29), Russia, 6-2, 6-4. Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Anett Kontaveit (21), Estonia, 6-4, 6-3. DEALS Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Assigned LHP Dillon Peters outright to Salt Lake (Triple-A West). Minor League Frontier League TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS — Signed OF Reshard Mun- roe, C Jhon Nunez and INF Keaton Weisz. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended F Johan Larsson from Arizona for two-games without pay for illegal contact to the head in a game against St. Louis on Feb. 12. BUFFALO SABRES — Re-assigned Fs Steven Fogarty and C.J. Smith and D Jacob Bryson from Rochester (AHL) to minor league taxi squad and G Dustin Tokarski to the Rochester active roster. SOCCER Major League Soccer ORLANDO CITY FC — Signed F Alexandre Ro- drigues da Silva (Pato) to a one-year contract pending receipt of his P-1 Visa and International Transfer Certif- icate (ITC). a year ago, several thousand more camping in the infield. Hamlin, now 40 and begin- ning his 16th season with Joe Gibbs Racing, has made signif- icant strides to leave his mark on NASCAR. His 44 career vic- tories tie him with Bill Elliott, the Hall of Fame driver and Hamlin’s childhood idol, and those statement victories have qualified him as one of the best of his generation. Hamlin has also grown off the track. He became a leader in improving communications between drivers and NASCAR, then helped organize the iRac- ing virtual series NASCAR used to remain relevant at the start of the pandemic. He sought to solidify his fu- ture in the sport by moving into team ownership, a wind- ing road full of obstacles that could have prevented Hamlin from earning a seat at the same table with Roger Penske, Rick Hendrick, Jack Roush, Gibbs, Childress and others. He pulled it off and spent the offseason building a race team. When Wallace got that No. 23 on the track at Daytona, Hamlin shed tears. “I know how much hard work it took to get to this point,” he said. “Seeing them push the car down the grid, ev- eryone in uniform, car’s look- ing great, everything looks first class — that to me is just a huge, proud moment.” Hamlin last November came up short in the winner-take- all season finale for the fourth time in his career — but has nothing to prove to anyone. “Anybody sitting on the precipice of three consecutive Daytona 500 wins, that’s akin to what Tom Brady seems to do,” said David Wilson, Presi- dent of Toyota Racing Devel- opment. “It’s a bigger story than just Denny. It’s a sporting story, and for NASCAR, for Toyota, it would be huge.”