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Kraken score 3 third-period goals in 5-2 win over Utah | Sports

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken scored three goals in the third period to finish off a 5-2 win over the Utah Hockey Club on Monday. Jaden Schwartz broke a 2-2 tie with 12:38 remaining, Matty Beniers made it a 4-2 game a few minutes later with his sixth goal of the season, and Jared McCann finished it off with an empty-net goal with 1:49 left in a fight-filled first meeting between Seattle and Utah. Logan Cooley gave Utah a 1-0 lead on a first period power-play goal, but Yanni Gourde tied it for Seattle with 1:54 remaining, and Andre Burakovsky tipped one in 51 seconds later to give the Kraken the lead. Utah’s Alexander Kerfoot snuck one past Kraken goaltender Phillip Grubauer with 59 seconds left in the second period to tie the game at two apiece. Grubauer finished with 28 saves, while Utah’s Karel Vejmelka had 28. Recent Kraken acquisition Kaapo Kakko had two assists in his first home game. Takeaways Utah: Utah’s offense has struggled lately, scoring two goals or fewer in each of its past three games. Utah has won just two games this season where it scored fewer than three goals. Kraken: Seattle seems to

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Jokic, Westbrook both have triple-doubles in Nuggets’ 132-121 win over Jazz | Sports

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 36 points, 22 rebounds and 11 assists to lift the Denver Nuggets to a 132-121 win over the Utah Jazz on Monday night. Russell Westbrook also had a triple-double with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists and finished 7 for 7 from the field with zero turnovers. Jamal Murray also had 10 assists — the Nuggets had 38 as a team — to go along with 20 points. Jordan Clarkson scored 24, and Collin Sexton had 22 for the Jazz (7-24), who have lost three in a row. Utah led 66-64 at the break, but Denver outscored the Jazz 34-23 in the third to build some separation. Both teams were missing a starting forward. Denver’s Aaron Gordon sat out with a right calf strain and Utah’s John Collins missed his fourth straight game with a hip bruise. Takeaways Nuggets: Denver struggled again when Jokic was on the bench. Once he returned in the fourth quarter, he immediately hit a 3-pointer and found Westbrook for a dunk and his 10th assist a couple minutes later. Jazz: Utah played four rookies — Kyle Filipowski, Isaiah Collier, Brice Sensabaugh and Cody Williams — with

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