The NHL has finalized plans for a 56-game season that will begin on Jan. 13. The regular season is slated to end May 8 before a 16-team postseason that will run another two months.
The NHL’s second-round playoff series will resume with three games each on Saturday and Sunday after the league to postpone two days of action to protest racial injustice.
James Harden scored 42 points, Russell Westbrook had 36 and the Houston Rockets snapped Boston's seven-game win streak with a 116-105 victory over the Celtics.
The Red Sox and Dodgers finalized the on-again, off-again deal that will send Mookie Betts and David Price to to the West Coast just hours before Red Sox spring training.
The Red Sox have agreed to trade 2018 AL MVP Mookie Betts to the Dodgers. Included in the Boston packaged with Betts, is left-hander pitcher David Price.
Tuukka Rask made 25 saves for his third shutout this season and the Bruins extended their winning streak to four games with a 4-0 victory over the Canucks.
Zion Williamson had 21 points and 11 rebounds in 27 minutes, and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Boston Celtics 123-108, first victory since the rookie star joined the lineup.
Bogaerts hit a three-run homer in the first inning. Then hit another homer in the eighth giving the Red Sox a 19-3 lead, pounding their longtime rivals, the Yankees.