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DeSmith entered Friday’s game vs. the Flyers in relief of Tristan Jarry, before getting the starting nod on Sunday afternoon’s matinee game against the Capitals. … [Read more...] about Casey DeSmith To Start In Goal For Penguins-Capitals Game

Briefly: The Stars, whose first four games were postponed after 17 players tested positive for the coronavirus, will open their season Friday when they host the Predators. “We’re ready to play an opponent, play against somebody other than our own teammates,” Dallas head coach Rick Bowness said. “We want that excitement, we want that adrenaline going. Then we’ll manage it from there.”... Anaheim defenseman Josh Manson is expected to be sidelined for at least six weeks with an oblique muscle injury and was placed on injured reserve, the team announced on Twitter. ... The list of players placed on IR also includes Vancouver defenseman Travis Hamonic (upper-body injury), Philadelphia center Morgan Frost (dislocated shoulder) and Pittsburgh defensemen Marcus Pettersson (upper-body injury) and Juuso Riikola (upper-body injury). … [Read more...] about Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin, three teammates in COVID protocol, to miss games

10:20 a.m. Fauci says stick with recommended vaccine doses: Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Monday that people should stick with the “proper, scientifically validated” coronavirus vaccination approach: two full doses, delivered 21-28 days apart. At the Choose Healthy Life Black Clergy Conclave, Fauci urged distributors not to cut doses in half or stretch time between jabs to save Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccine resources. “We are not recommending a half dose followed by a half dose,” Fauci said, according to CNN. “It is not backed up by a correlate of protection, which we may be able to do some time, but not now,” he said. “Bottom line, stick with full dose, followed by full dose.” … [Read more...] about Coronavirus news from the Bay Area: Jan. 14-20

Tom Wilson scored twice for the Capitals. Evgeny Kuznetsov and Lars Eller both picked up their first goals of the season but Washington let leads of 3-1 and 4-2 slip away. Vanecek, who sparkled in his NHL debut last week, made 25 saves but gave up a rebound that Crosby pounced on for the winner. … [Read more...] about Sidney Crosby’s OT Goal Lifts Penguins To Comeback Win Over Capitals

Neither team created any separation amid a plodding, physical third quarter. Despite eight offensive rebounds, the Nuggets couldn’t capitalize and managed only 21 points in the period. As it generally does, most of the offense flowed through Jokic, who inevitably got physical with Utah center Rudy Gobert. Jokic had 11 in the quarter on a bevy of jumpers, but the Nuggets faced an 81-79 deficit going into the fourth. … [Read more...] about Jazz hang on late to drop Nuggets back below .500