Justin Faulk scored the go-ahead goal 5:56 into the third period

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A dominant defensive effort and two first-half goals by senior midfielder Chelsea Drennan propelled No. 14 South Carolina to a 3-0 win over UNCG in its non-conference finale at Stone Stadium on Thursday night. The victory kept the Gamecocks (7-0-1) unbeaten and pushed their winning streak to seven matches, while the Spartans fell to 3-5-1 on the year.South Carolinas defense continued its remarkable form, limiting UNCG to three shots and zero attempts on target. The Gamecocks put 10 shots on goal, and finished the contest with a 28-3 advantage in the statistical category. Carolina attempted all 10 of the matchs corner kicks, while senior center back Kaleigh Kurtz totaled two assists on the night.Each of the games three goals came in the first half for the Gamecocks, who moved to 4-1-0 all-time against the Spartans with the win. Junior midfielder Dominique Babbitt opened the scoring in the 12th minute after senior forward Sophie Groff sent a shot into the box. Her ball in deflected off a Spartan defender and fell to the feet of Babbitt, who buried a shot into the back of the net from the top of the box. The goal marked the first of the season for Babbitt and her second overall.In the 26th minute, Carolina doubled its lead with the first of two goals involving Kurtz and Drennan. Kurtzs throw into the top right corner of the box found Drennan, who used her head to flick the ball into the left side of the net past UNCG goalkeeper Chloe Buehler. The pair hooked up for an identical scoring play in the 37th minute, as Drennan again connected on a pass from Kurtz and sent a header past Buehler. Her two scores on Thursday gave Drennan four goals in 2016, the most the midfielder has tallied in a season.The Gamecocks held the majority of possession throughout the match and nearly found the back of the net less than 10 minutes into the contest. Junior midfielder Lindsey Lanes attempt from distance in the eighth minute hit off the post, and senior center back Paige Bendell saw her header saved minutes later. Bendell was one of six Gamecocks to put a shot on frame.South Carolina redshirt freshman goalkeeper Hunter Peifer remained perfect on the season with the win, improving to 3-0-0. Buehler tallied seven saves for the Spartans, who lost on the road for the first time this season. Robert Parish Jersey . Paul Pierce couldnt believe he missed at the end. Young scored a season-high 26 points to spark a huge effort from the leagues most productive bench, and Los Angeles beat the Brooklyn Nets 99-94 on Wednesday night after blowing a 27-point lead. Raymond Felton Jersey . LOUIS -- Heading into the final stretch of the season, the issues for the Chicago Bears banged-up defence only seem to be getting worse. https://www.cheaphornets.com/655l-nicolas-batum-jersey-hornets.html . - Blake Griffin had 30 points and 12 rebounds, J. 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Scott Darling stopped 33 shots, upping his record to 7-2-2.Artemi Panarin had two assists and Anisimov had one as Chicago got even with New York following a 1-0 overtime loss at home to the Rangers last Friday.Jesper Fast scored for the Rangers and Antti Raanta, starting for the fourth straight game, made 24 saves. Raanta had won three consecutive starts, including shutouts in the last two. New York had won four of its last five.Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews was activated from injured reserve earlier in the day after missing nine games with an upper-body injury.CAPITALS 4, ISLANDERS 2NEW YORK -- Matt Niskanen scored two goals in the third period to lift Washington over New York for its fifth straight victory.Brett Connolly and Justin Williams also scored for the Capitals (18-7-3).Following a five-game winning streak, the Islanders have dropped their last two. New Yorks 11-12-5 record is the worst in the Metropolitan Division.Brock Nelson and Nikolay Kulemin scored for the Islanders, and Jaroslav Halak made 34 saves.HURRICANES 8, CANUCKS 6RALEIGH, N.C. -- Justin Faulk scored the go-ahead goal 5:56 into the third period and Carolina rallied from three goals down to beat Vancouver.Jeff Skinner had two goals, with his second starting Carolinas wild comeback. The Hurricanes scored six goals in the third -- including four in a 4:40 span -- to erase a 5-2 deficit.Ron Hainsey and Victor Rask scored 24 seconds apart before Faulk put Caroliina back up with a wrist shot that clicked off Nikita Tryamkin on its way past Ryan Miller.ddddddddddddJordan Staal added an insurance goal with 7:22 left, and Brandon Sutter made it 7-6 with 5:50 to play before Lee Stempniak scored an empty-netter with 57.6 seconds remaining.Sven Baertschi had two goals and an assist for the Canucks. Baertschi, Alexandre Burrows, Markus Granlund and Ben Hutton all scored during Vancouvers four-goal second period.Sebastian Aho scored an early goal for Carolina and Michael Leighton made 13 saves in relief of Cam Ward, who stopped 15 shots.Miller made 24 saves but was pulled after Faulks goal in favor of Jacob Markstrom.SABRES 6, KINGS 3BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Jack Eichel scored two goals in 2:08 of the second period and assisted on another to lead Buffalo past Los Angeles.Ryan OReilly and Brian Gionta also scored for the Sabres during a four-goal flurry in a 6:13 span of the second.Eichel set up Evander Kane for an insurance goal late in the third and Sam Reinhart scored into an empty net in the final minute.Kyle Okposo assisted on three of Buffalos goals, giving him 11 points in his last 10 games and a team-high 21 points this season. Okposo played after missing Mondays practice due to illness.Robin Lehner made 13 of his 30 saves in the third period and won for just the second time in his last 11 starts.Jeff Carter scored twice for the Kings, and Anze Kopitar had the other goal. Peter Budaj made 16 saves before being replaced by Jeff Zatkoff in the second period.The Kings have lost three of four and have not won in Buffalo since Feb. 21, 2003. ' ' '