National Sports

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A.J. Greer and Anton Lundell scored 4:10 apart in the third period helping the Florida Panthers recover after squandering a two-goal lead to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Friday.

Friday's Scoreboard NHL Columbus 5 Calgary 2 Vancouver 4 Buffalo 3 (OT) Vegas 4 Winnipeg 3 Edmonton 4 Utah 3 (OT) Philadelphia 3 N.Y. Rangers 1 Minnesota 3 Chicago 2 Florida 6 Carolina 3 Washington 5 N.Y.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored 1:18 into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Utah Hockey Club 4-3 on Friday night.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Mike McEwen remains perfect at the Kioti National after taking an 8-1 victory over Winnipeg's Reid Carruthers on Friday. McEwen, who's also from Winnipeg, scored three in the first end and never trailed.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brett Howden's second goal of the game late in third period proved to be the winner as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Friday night.

MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 26 points, Tyler Herro added 23 and the Miami Heat beat the Toronto Raptors 121-111 on Friday night. The Heat were 21 of 54 on 3-pointers in the game, the third-most attempts from beyond the arc in franchise history.

VAL-D'OR, Que. — Florent Houle scored the game-winning goal late in the third period and the Sherbrooke Phoenix climbed their way back from a two-goal deficit to beat the Val-d'Or Foreurs 7-5 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Friday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Adam Fantilli scored twice and the Columbus Blue Jackets extended their points streak to five games with a 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames in a chippy game that included six fighting majors.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Conor Garland scored twice including the winning goal 3:59 into overtime to lead the Vancouver Canucks in a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. Garland also had an assist in the comeback victory.

TORONTO — In the end, John Herdman saw the writing on the wall and walked away from it.