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Brendan Gallagher had two goals and an assist, and the Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 on Saturday night for their third straight win. Max Domi and Tomas Tatar each had a goal and two assists as the Canadiens (40-28-7) moved three points ahead of idle Columbus in the race for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. Artturi Lehkonen, Andrew Shaw and Paul Byron also scored. “That’s our team identity right there to be resilient and to be consistent,” Domi said....

With two goals in the Sharks’ 4-1 win Saturday over the Coyotes, Burns raised his season total to 27, putting him on pace to finish the season with 37. No defenseman has done that since Paul Coffey scored 48 goals with the Oilers in the 1985‑86 season. MORE: Burns’ new contract puts him among NHL’s highest-paid In this era of historically low scoring, Burns’ numbers would be impressive for even the top forwards in the NHL, let alone a 6-6, 230-pound defenseman who logs 24 minutes of ice time a night and spends a majority of his offensive zone time almost 60 feet away from the goal....

Commissioner Greg Sankey even introduced Bielema at SEC Media Days on Wednesday with the tagline, “Thank you for leadership … he’s becoming a TV star … Bret Bielema.” MORE: Bielema’s best idea yet — SEC-Big Ten challenge Bielema doesn’t have Spurrier’s delivery and never will, but his stream-of-consciousness style remains a hit. It’s funny. Bielema can entertain, and he did that on several occasions in front of reporters: Indirect jab at Nick Saban: “You don’t have to ask me if we’re going to suspend anybody for the first game....

WWE hall of famer Bret Hart recently took part in a Facebook Q & A session. Here are few top questions and answers. Who should end The Undertaker‘s streak: “Joe Henning (Michael McGillicutty)” Fitting match for the Undertaker to go out on:“Lets just say at WM 50 (he probably meant 30) – Undertaker loses streak to Joe Henning … and he is pinned with the PerfectPlex at the 59 minute mark....

When the former Green Bay Packers quarterback speaks Saturday night at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he will do so like he played — spontaneously. “Who the hell knows?” Favre told reporters Friday at McKinley High School. MORE: Seven stats that put Brett Favre in a class of his own Favre is one of eight people to be enshrined at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It was his improvised style of play that led to some remarkable plays, but also led to Favre retiring as the NFL’s all-time leader in interceptions....

“I thought the film was done, I thought I was off the hook. I’m in Sundance, I thought, I can sell the movie,” director Doug Liman said during a Q&A at the festival last week, before adding that new tips started pouring within half an hour of the film screening on Friday. “Justice,” directed by Liman and produced by Amy Herdy, focuses on allegations made against the Trump-appointed Justice by Deborah Ramirez, a former classmate of Kavanaugh at Yale....

No. 10 Notre Dame used DeShone Kizer and Malik Zaire in a 50-47 double-overtime loss at Texas on Sunday night. Everybody knew that was coming. What we didn’t know is that Kelly would stick with an every-other series rotation with Kizer and Zaire instead of riding the hot hand early, and put the Irish in a corner just one week into the season. MORE: Texas needed this win | Six crazy plays from OT...

In a post shared on Mumsnet Tuesday, the soon-to-be bride, under the username Bells2810, explained that she’s marrying her fiancé in what she hoped would be a very intimate ceremony. However, her mother, who is helping her pay for the wedding, wants a say in the guest list. According to the post, the couple is planning to get married at a small venue, with an absolute maximum of 50 guests....

Lydia Evans-Hughes needed police help to get her to the altar after the vintage car she was taking to the church broke down on the side of a busy road. The 29-year-old in her wedding gown cut a striking sight on the side of the road with her parents, Yvette and Alan Fletcher, as they cursed the car which in her words had “given up the ghost,” after only five miles....

The latest gameplay footage of Bright Memory: Infinite that was revealed during the Inside Xbox live stream showcased a well-polished and action-packed first-person shooter that features heavy gunplay combined with hack and slash elements and even a vehicle chase sequence. What’s impressive with this game is that it is being developed by a single individual, with audio, music, and publishing support from Playism. Additionally, Xbox’s Head of Global Portfolio Damon Baker revealed that Bright Memory: Infinite, and the rest of the games that were showcased at Inside Xbox, will be optimized for the Xbox Series X....

As the highly-anticipated derby got underway, Brighton allege that a small number of Palace supporters showed up without tickets and tried to force their way into the away end of the stadium. The incident led stewards and Sussex Police to close the gates six minutes after kickoff as around 150 Palace fans, some with valid tickets, were denied entry and escorted back to the train station. “The disorder was caused by a minority of individuals who attempted to gain entry to the stadium without tickets,” Brighton chief executive Paul Barber said on the club’s website (www....

The Israel international scored the decisive goal in Brighton’s 1-0 win over Newcastle United on Sunday, but appeared to stamp on opposition defender DeAndre Yedlin during the closing stages of the contest. Brighton 5/4 to be relegated Hemed denied the FA charge for the incident, which was missed by the match officials but caught on video, although his appeal was rejected following a review by an independent regulatory commission....

Brijbhushan and all other office bearers were elected unopposed and will serve WFI for a three-year term, a statement from the national federation said. The elections were conducted by Returning Officer, Justice R B Misra, a retired judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. I D Nanavati has been elected as the senior vice president while V N Prasood will continue to be the secretary general and Satyapal Singh Deshwal the treasurer....

The head of the family is Johnny (Paddy Considine), an aspiring actor whose liveliness and determination are but a thin curtain over a hollowed-out heart, which has never recovered from the accidental death of his son. Sarah (Samantha Morton), his wife, is equally haunted by the tragedy, but she’s the one with the strength to hold the family together when Johnny, who’s taken work as a cabdriver, comes home jobless from every audition....

His decision came soon after fellow ex-Black Caps skipper Brendon McCullum confirmed that this would be his last season playing for the Heat in the Australian Twenty20 tournament. Vettori has been coach since 2015 and will end his tenure when the season finishes. The Heat have won their last three games and remain in contention for the semi-finals. “I have loved my time at Brisbane, firstly as a player and then as coach, and the experience of being part of the growth of the BBL has been personally rewarding,” said Vettori....

Rafael Nadal, who will be playing his first official match since the US Open semi-final, headlines the field along with former World No. 1 Andy Murray, who ended last season prematurely to be completely ready and fresh for the new season. The defending champion Nick Kyrgios will be hoping for a similar performance as last year along with the Aussie No. 1 Alex De Minaur. Apart from them, Kei Nishikori, Grigor Dimitrov and British No....

British-Australian swimmer Penny Palfrey is to launch a historic attempt to swim across the shark-infested waters from Cuba to the United States, but bad weather could affect her plans. Palfrey, a 49-year-old mother of three and grandmother of two, is vying to become the first person to make the 103-mile (165-kilometer) swim across the Florida Straits without a shark cage. She is scheduled to set off after dawn Friday from the Hemingway International Yacht Club in western Havana, headed for Florida’s Key West....

MPs in the Conservative-dominated Commons voted 348 to 252 on Wednesday against preserving the protections, which sought to guarantee the right of unaccompanied child refugees to be reunited with family members in the UK after Brexit. The measure had previously been accepted under the government of Johnson’s predecessor, Theresa May. Speaking with Newsweek, Alf Dubs, a Labour member of the House of Lords (the upper house of British parliament) who fought for the child refugee protections in 2016, said he was “shocked” that British political leaders would want to drop the measure....

An investigation was underway to determine the cause of death, the Supreme Council for Delivery and Legacy, which is responsible World Cup infrastructure, said in a statement. The 40-year-old man died on Thursday at the Khalifa International Stadium, it said, without giving other details. Qatar’s efforts to become the World Cup’s first Arab host have been marred by accusations from human rights groups about abuse of workers, including that they were forced to live in squalor and to work without proper access to water and shelter in the blazing sun....