Good morning. The Ducks keep scoring. They put five past Edmonton on Thursday, their sixth straight game with five or more, and held on 5-4 for their third straight win. Only one other NHL team since 1993-94 has done that. In Detroit, rookie Trevor Connelly scored with under two minutes left, and the Golden Knights won 2-1 for their second straight win. UCLA and San Diego State’s women are both 2-0. Tonight, the Ducks play the second game of a back-to-back in Calgary, the Lakers host Portland, UCLA’s men host North Florida, and Hawaii opens the Rainbow Classic. Let’s get into it.
🚨 HEADLINES
🏒 Six straight. The Ducks scored five again and beat Edmonton 5-4 for their third straight win — Zach Cavanagh.
🏒 1:58 left. Trevor Connelly’s third-period goal, his third in three games, beat Detroit 2-1 — Derek Hegna.
🏈 “Enjoying the process.” Aaron Donald on a Rams season that hasn’t gone as planned — Eric Lambkins II.
🏀 Career high. Sienna Betts scored 17 in her first start as No. 11 UCLA beat UC Irvine 78-42 — Jack Haslett at Pauley Pavilion.
🏀 25 for Martinez. San Diego State’s women beat North Texas 73-57 in front of 3,900 students — Eric Evelhoch at Viejas Arena.
🥊 Dec. 19. Devin Haney and Liam Paro will unify welterweight titles at Chase Center — Michael Huezo.
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📋 SCOREBOARD — THURSDAY
🏒 NHL: Ducks 5, Oilers 4 · Golden Knights 2, Red Wings 1
🏀 WBB: UCLA 78, UC Irvine 42 · San Diego State 73, North Texas 57 · San Francisco 85, Hawaii 79 (OT)
🏒 FIVE, AGAIN AND AGAIN
The first period in Edmonton had 41 penalty minutes. Drew Helleson’s hit sent Connor McDavid’s knee into the post, Vasily Podkolzin fought Helleson, and Podkolzin’s fighting major gave the Ducks a power play. Cutter Gauthier scored on it, his ninth goal in four games and his league-leading ninth power-play goal.
Edmonton went up 2-1 in the second. Then Pavel Mintyukov scored his first two goals of the season, both in the second period, and Beckett Sennecke scored to make it 4-2 after two. Sennecke added a power-play goal early in the third for 5-2. Edmonton scored twice late, the last with 45 seconds left, and Laurent Brossoit made 23 saves to hold on. Mintyukov finished with a goal, an assist and a fight.
Zach Cavanagh writes that the Ducks are the second NHL team since 1993-94 to score five in six straight games, after the 2021-22 Maple Leafs. They have 34 goals in that span. Gauthier has a power-play goal in four straight games, tying Teemu Selanne for the second-longest such streak in franchise history, and Jackson LaCombe tied Scott Niedermayer’s franchise record with an assist in his eighth straight game. The Ducks are 8-7-1 and play at Calgary tonight, then debut their Hometown Remix jerseys against Pittsburgh on Sunday.
GO DEEPER
› Zach Cavanagh: Ducks score 5 in 6th straight, hold off Oilers for 3rd straight win (The Sporting Tribune)
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🏒 THE ROOKIE KEEPS DELIVERING
Trevor Connelly scored in the third period for the third straight game. Detroit took the lead in the third, Braeden Bowman tied it a little more than two minutes later, and with just under two minutes left Connelly beat a defender and scored past Daniil Tarasov. Vegas won 2-1. Derek Hegna writes that Carter Hart made 25 saves, maybe his best game of the season. Connelly is tied for the NHL rookie lead with seven goals. The Golden Knights close their trip Sunday at Buffalo.
Aaron Donald is still having fun. Eric Lambkins II writes that the Rams (4-4) haven’t had the season Donald came out of retirement for. Myles Garrett has missed most of the year, though he returned to practice this week, and Jaylen Watson is out for the season. Donald, who tried and failed to scoop and score on a Justin Herbert fumble against the Chargers, has been at the front of the line in scoop drills since. The Rams play at Washington on Sunday.
GO DEEPER
› Derek Hegna: Trevor Connelly continues road trip to remember in Golden Knights’ win over Detroit (The Sporting Tribune)
› Eric Lambkins II: Things aren’t unfolding how Aaron Donald and the Rams envisioned, but he’s enjoying it (The Sporting Tribune)
🏀 THE WOMEN’S GAME
Sienna Betts scored 17 in her first start. She made 8 of 10 shots, and No. 11 UCLA beat UC Irvine 78-42 after opening on a 23-8 run with six first-quarter steals. UCI outscored the Bruins in the third. “Bad coaching,” Cori Close said of that stretch. UCLA held UCI scoreless in the fourth.
San Diego State pulled away in the third. Tied 30-30 at halftime, the Aztecs outscored North Texas 31-16 in the third and won 73-57. Natalia Martinez scored a career-high 25, and freshman Dionne Madjo had 15 points and nine rebounds off the bench. The crowd of 5,090 included more than 3,900 students on the annual field trip day. UTSA visits Sunday.
Hawaii nearly pulled off a comeback. The Rainbow Wahine came back from 20 down in the first quarter to lead San Francisco by 12 in the fourth, then didn’t score over the final 3:26 of regulation and lost 85-79 in overtime. Ritorya Tamilo had 27 points, 19 rebounds and six blocks. Hawaii opens at home Nov. 13 against Saint Mary’s.
GO DEEPER
› Jack Haslett: Sienna Betts hits career high in UCLA win over UCI (The Sporting Tribune)
› Eric Evelhoch: Martinez’s career high, huge third quarter spark SDSU past North Texas (The Sporting Tribune)
› Hawaii women erase 20-point deficit but fall to San Francisco in overtime (The Sporting Tribune)
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🏟️ A BUSY FRIDAY
Ducks at Flames at 5 on Prime Video, the second night of a back-to-back and the end of a three-game Western Canada trip.
Blazers at Lakers at 7 on Prime Video. Dončić has three straight 40-point games, and Portland is one of the two teams that have beaten the Lakers (7-2).
College basketball: UTSA at UNLV’s women at 6:30, with Desi-Rae Young’s No. 23 retired before tipoff; North Florida at UCLA’s men at 7:30 on BTN; and Bethesda at Hawaii at 9, opening the 60th Rainbow Classic.
Also tonight: the San Diego Wave host Utah in the NWSL quarterfinals at Snapdragon Stadium on Prime Video at 7. And the Coachella Valley Lakers, the Lakers’ renamed G League team, open at 7 at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, with Bronny James expected to play.
📌 AROUND THE MARKETS
The Lakers’ G League team moves to the desert. Ernesto Madrigal-Rodriguez writes that the former South Bay Lakers, who went 26-10 last season, now play at Acrisure Arena under new coach Alex Cerda.
Southern Section Division 1 is set. Austin Montgomery picks unbeaten Santa Margarita to beat Sierra Canyon 17-13 in the final. The first round is Friday, Nov. 13, including a Mater Dei-Centennial rematch of a 10-9 regular-season game.
A punter from Melbourne. USC’s Lachlan Carrigan made the Ray Guy Award midseason watch list, averaging 48.7 yards a punt.
GO DEEPER
› Ernesto Madrigal-Rodriguez: Coachella Valley Lakers season preview (The Sporting Tribune)
› Austin Montgomery: Southern Section Division 1 playoff preview (The Sporting Tribune)
› Michael Huezo: Devin Haney-Liam Paro welterweight unification official for Dec. 19 (The Sporting Tribune)
› USC punter Lachlan Carrigan named to Ray Guy Award watch list (The Sporting Tribune)
📺 WATCHLIST — FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
🏒 NHL: Ducks at Flames — Scotiabank Saddledome — 5:00 p.m. — Prime Video
🏀 WBB: UTSA at UNLV — Thomas & Mack Center — 6:30 p.m. — MW+
🏀 NBA: Blazers at Lakers — Crypto.com Arena — 7:00 p.m. — Prime Video
⚽ NWSL: Royals at Wave — Snapdragon Stadium — 7:00 p.m. — Prime Video
🏀 MBB: North Florida at UCLA — Pauley Pavilion — 7:30 p.m. — BTN
🏀 MBB: Bethesda at Hawaii — Stan Sheriff Center — 9:00 p.m. — MW+
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🌴 TST TRIVIA
Cutter Gauthier tied Teemu Selanne for the second-longest power-play goal streak in Ducks history. What number did Selanne wear, which the Ducks have retired?
Answer at the bottom.
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