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Joshua Dobbs fired a go-ahead, 6-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Powell with 20 seconds remaining, and the Minnesota Vikings pulled off a 31-28 win over the host Atlanta Falcons on Sunday afternoon. Dobbs’ last-minute heroics capped a sterling performance in which he came off the bench only five days after Minnesota (5-4) acquired him from the Arizona Cardinals. He replaced rookie starter Jaren Hall, who sustained a concussion on a scramble in the first half,

Rookie Keaton Mitchell, who hadn’t had an NFL carry before Sunday, rushed for a game-high 138 yards and a touchdown as the Baltimore Ravens trounced the visiting Seattle Seahawks 37-3 in a matchup of division leaders. Gus Edwards rushed for 52 yards and two scores, Odell Beckham Jr. celebrated his 31st birthday with a TD reception and Justin Tucker added three field goals for the Ravens (7-2), who sit atop the AFC North. Baltimore’s defense

Sam Howell threw for 325 yards as the Washington Commanders beat the New England Patriots 20-17 on Sunday afternoon in Foxborough, Mass. Howell completed 29 of 45 passes with a touchdown and an interception for Washington (4-5), which won for just the second time in its past seven games. The Commanders fell behind 17-10 with 10:14 remaining in the third quarter when New England’s Chad Ryland made good on a 43-yard field goal. But Washington

Jordan Love completed 20 of 26 passes for 228 yards and a touchdown to help the Green Bay Packers snap a four-game losing streak with a 20-3 win against the visiting Los Angeles Rams on Sunday afternoon. Aaron Jones rushed for 73 yards on 20 carries and scored a touchdown for the Packers (3-5), who held the Rams to 187 total yards and shut them out in the second half. Quarterback Brett Rypien made his

Mark Stone scored two short-handed goals and had two assists and Jack Eichel and William Karlsson also scored two goals apiece as the Vegas Golden Knights extended their season-opening point streak to 12 games with a dominating 7-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Adin Hill made 41 saves for his first shutout of the season and the sixth of his career while also improving to 6-0-1. Chandler Stephenson and

Paul Arriola and Jesus Ferreira each scored within the first 18 minutes to lead FC Dallas to a 3-1 win over the visiting Seattle Sounders on Saturday night in Match 2 of their first-round best-of-three MLS Cup playoff series. The result sets up a winner-take-all Match 3 in Seattle next Friday. Jader Obrian also scored for FC Dallas, while Jordan Morris tallied Seattle’s only goal of the match. The Sounders took a three-match shutout streak

Reilly Smith and Jake Guentzel both collected two goals and two assists and Bryan Rust scored once in a four-point outing to pace the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins to a 10-2 beating of the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. Smith and Guentzel matched career highs for points in a game. Evgeni Malkin scored twice, Vinnie Hinostroza notched one goal and one assist, and Kris Letang and Matt Nieto added singles for the Penguins, who snapped a

Thatcher Demko stopped 27 shots to record his fifth career shutout as the host Vancouver Canucks cooled off the red-hot Dallas Stars with a 2-0 victory on Saturday. The Canucks have won three straight games and six of their last seven to get off to their best start (8-2-1) since the 2005-06 season. Elias Pettersson scored his sixth goal of the season for Vancouver, which also got a marker from Pius Suter. It was Suter’s

Mikael Backlund scored twice and Martin Pospisil tallied in his NHL debut as the Calgary Flames snapped a six-game losing streak with a 6-3 victory over the host Seattle Kraken on Saturday night. Noah Hanifan, Yegor Sharangovich and Rasmus Andersson also scored for Calgary and goaltender Dan Vladar made 17 saves. Oliver Bjorkstrand, Eeli Tolvanen and Jaden Schwartz had goals for Seattle, which had won two in a row and gone 3-1-1 over its previous

Nikola Jokic had 28 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists, Michael Porter Jr. scored a season-high 27 points and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Chicago Bulls 123-101 on Saturday night. Reggie Jackson scored 16 points off the bench, Aaron Gordon had 15 points and 12 rebounds and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and reserve Christian Braun each added 10 points for Denver, which played most of the game without point guard Jamal Murray. Murray logged just 10