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Lundeström's third goal trims St. Louis' lead to 4-3 with 4:44 left, but Zach Sanford scores an empty-netter from deep in St. Louis' end with 80 seconds left and the Ducks fall to 0-5-2 in their last seven games.

Examining Dennis Schröder's impact, Markieff Morris starting and LeBron James' defensive effort.

After hitting .190 last season, Ohtani retooled his entire offseason workout routine, including facing live pitching before the start of spring training. He had hits in his first two at-bats of his first game of the spring.

A day after Rengifo drew a bases-loaded walk and had an opposite-field hit, Maddon said he thinks "the sky's the limit" for the utility infielder if he can maintain that approach at the plate

Now 21, he's grown accustomed to his surroundings and gotten over the culture shock after arriving from Sweden

The Lakers blow out Golden State without much exertion, but they'll need that same offensive firepower when the real games begin.

The theme, though, was balance: Nobody on the team scored more than James’ 19 points, but eight Lakers had at least nine points.

In just eight minutes, Jones helped show things the Lakers they’d been missing, including three rebounds and two blocks. Though he’s been on the team for three days, Jones’ first minutes had the feeling of a missing link being uncovered.

Angels pitchers gave up just two hits in a 5-2 victory over the Giants in the Cactus League opener for both teams at Scottsdale Stadium.

'We just thought as an organization it was time to give him another shot,' Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. Henrique scored the tying goal in an eventual 4-3 overtime loss to Vegas on Saturday.

Trout has hit second and third at various times in his Angels' career, and Joe Maddon is still undecided about where he'll hit this year.

The last-place Ducks certainly weren't outplayed by the West Division-leading Golden Knights.

Slow starts have been nonstarters for the Kings this season, as they moved to 1-8-1 when trailing after the first intermission and 0-7-0 when trailing after two periods this season.

Long-time friends each played in their 700th game in the NHL when they took the ice to face the Vegas Golden Knights.

Ohtani has barely pitched the past two seasons after undergoing Tommy John surgery, but his workouts early in the spring have been encouraging