Deadspin | Devils edge Golden Knights on Jesper Bratt’s shootout goal

Deadspin | Devils edge Golden Knights on Jesper Bratt’s shootout goal

Dec 17, 2025; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone (61) controls the puck ahead of New Jersey Devils center Luke Glendening (14) during the first period at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images

Jake Allen made 36 saves and also stopped all three shootout tries to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 2-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night in Las Vegas.

Connor Brown scored a goal and Jesper Bratt scored the game-winner in the shootout for New Jersey, which moved into the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with the win.

Pavel Dorofeyev scored a late power-play goal and Carter Hart finished with 32 saves for Vegas, which had a seven-game point streak snapped.

New Jersey took advantage of a Vegas turnover in its own zone to take a 1-0 lead at the 4:50 mark of the second period. Zach Whitecloud failed to control Noah Hanifin’s clearing pass along the left boards and Brown scooped up the loose puck and then drove the net, deking Hart and then tucking a wrist shot around his left pad and inside the right post for his second goal in the last three games.

Vegas took advantage of a Juho Lammikko tripping penalty on Ben Hutton to tie it with 4:11 left in regulation. Dorofeyev roofed a one-timer from the bottom of the right circle off a Mark Stone crossing pass for his ninth power-play goal of the season, tied for second with Detroit’s Alex DeBrincat in the NHL behind Wyatt Johnston of Dallas (12).

Vegas had several chances to win it in overtime with a 4-on-3 power play after Dawson Mercer went to the box for hooking Stone with 1:53 to go, but Mitch Marner had two shots ring off the post while Stone had another shot bounce off the far post.

Bratt deked Hart and roofed a backhand to start the second round of the shootout and Allen then gloved Stone’s wrist shot. After Hart made a pad save on Dougie Hamilton’s try, Allen poke-checked the puck off Marner’s stick to seal the win. The puck caromed into the net off Marner’s skate but was quickly disallowed for a double-hit.

The Golden Knights played without leading scorer Jack Eichel (illness) and defenseman Shea Theodore (upper-body), who both missed their first games this season.

–Field Level Media

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Deadspin | Andrea Pavan ‘optimistic’ of tour return after elevator fall  Jun 12, 2025; Oakmont, Pennsylvania, USA; Andrea Pavan watches on the 14th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images   Italian golfer Andrea Pavan is hopeful he can return to the DP World Tour after finishing recovery from his three-story fall down an elevator shaft in late February.  Pavan, 37, sustained severe shoulder and multiple vertebrae fractures in the incident, which occurred at his private accommodation in Stellenbosch, South Africa, before he was set to compete in the South African Open.  “I walked back towards the elevator, I opened the door — one of those doors that get into the apartment straight away — and by the time I realized the lift wasn’t there I’d already taken a step,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live, recalling the incident.  “The next thing I know I’m just at the bottom of the elevator, luckily not unconscious but in a lot of pain and screaming for help. Somebody heard and I was somehow able to get my phone out and call my caddie, who was in the car. From then on it was just trying to survive the pain and waiting for the ambulance and all the firefighters who got me out.”  As he recovers at home after undergoing surgery in South Africa, Pavan is optimistic he hasn’t played the last professional tournament of his career, although he doesn’t yet have a clear timeline to return.   “It’s hard to say a precise goal, there’s more like steps,” Pavan said. “Around three months, we’ll see how well the bone has healed. Around six months, it’s about where complete bone healing happens and we’ll see how the joint is moving by then.  “It depends on if there are other tissues that were damaged if I need a second surgery. And there’s the possibility of necrosis when the blood flow is not sufficient for the bones. There is that risk, but so far it seems like things are positive enough.  “The shoulder is a very demanding joint. Hopefully it’s a little less than a year that I can play with a full swing but it’s just so new and such a big injury, there (are) just a lot of unknowns. But I’m hopeful and the only thing I can do is to try and improve and take it day by day.”  Pavan has won twice on the DP World Tour, with his most recent championship on tour coming in the 2019 BMW International Open. His last overall win came at the Challenge Tour’s D+D Real Czech Challenge in 2023.  –Field Level Media    #Deadspin #Andrea #Pavan #optimistic #tour #return #elevator #fallJun 12, 2025; Oakmont, Pennsylvania, USA; Andrea Pavan watches on the 14th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images

Italian golfer Andrea Pavan is hopeful he can return to the DP World Tour after finishing recovery from his three-story fall down an elevator shaft in late February.

Pavan, 37, sustained severe shoulder and multiple vertebrae fractures in the incident, which occurred at his private accommodation in Stellenbosch, South Africa, before he was set to compete in the South African Open.

“I walked back towards the elevator, I opened the door — one of those doors that get into the apartment straight away — and by the time I realized the lift wasn’t there I’d already taken a step,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live, recalling the incident.

“The next thing I know I’m just at the bottom of the elevator, luckily not unconscious but in a lot of pain and screaming for help. Somebody heard and I was somehow able to get my phone out and call my caddie, who was in the car. From then on it was just trying to survive the pain and waiting for the ambulance and all the firefighters who got me out.”


As he recovers at home after undergoing surgery in South Africa, Pavan is optimistic he hasn’t played the last professional tournament of his career, although he doesn’t yet have a clear timeline to return.

“It’s hard to say a precise goal, there’s more like steps,” Pavan said. “Around three months, we’ll see how well the bone has healed. Around six months, it’s about where complete bone healing happens and we’ll see how the joint is moving by then.

“It depends on if there are other tissues that were damaged if I need a second surgery. And there’s the possibility of necrosis when the blood flow is not sufficient for the bones. There is that risk, but so far it seems like things are positive enough.

“The shoulder is a very demanding joint. Hopefully it’s a little less than a year that I can play with a full swing but it’s just so new and such a big injury, there (are) just a lot of unknowns. But I’m hopeful and the only thing I can do is to try and improve and take it day by day.”

Pavan has won twice on the DP World Tour, with his most recent championship on tour coming in the 2019 BMW International Open. His last overall win came at the Challenge Tour’s D+D Real Czech Challenge in 2023.


–Field Level Media

#Deadspin #Andrea #Pavan #optimistic #tour #return #elevator #fall">Deadspin | Andrea Pavan ‘optimistic’ of tour return after elevator fall  Jun 12, 2025; Oakmont, Pennsylvania, USA; Andrea Pavan watches on the 14th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images   Italian golfer Andrea Pavan is hopeful he can return to the DP World Tour after finishing recovery from his three-story fall down an elevator shaft in late February.  Pavan, 37, sustained severe shoulder and multiple vertebrae fractures in the incident, which occurred at his private accommodation in Stellenbosch, South Africa, before he was set to compete in the South African Open.  “I walked back towards the elevator, I opened the door — one of those doors that get into the apartment straight away — and by the time I realized the lift wasn’t there I’d already taken a step,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live, recalling the incident.  “The next thing I know I’m just at the bottom of the elevator, luckily not unconscious but in a lot of pain and screaming for help. Somebody heard and I was somehow able to get my phone out and call my caddie, who was in the car. From then on it was just trying to survive the pain and waiting for the ambulance and all the firefighters who got me out.”  As he recovers at home after undergoing surgery in South Africa, Pavan is optimistic he hasn’t played the last professional tournament of his career, although he doesn’t yet have a clear timeline to return.   “It’s hard to say a precise goal, there’s more like steps,” Pavan said. “Around three months, we’ll see how well the bone has healed. Around six months, it’s about where complete bone healing happens and we’ll see how the joint is moving by then.  “It depends on if there are other tissues that were damaged if I need a second surgery. And there’s the possibility of necrosis when the blood flow is not sufficient for the bones. There is that risk, but so far it seems like things are positive enough.  “The shoulder is a very demanding joint. Hopefully it’s a little less than a year that I can play with a full swing but it’s just so new and such a big injury, there (are) just a lot of unknowns. But I’m hopeful and the only thing I can do is to try and improve and take it day by day.”  Pavan has won twice on the DP World Tour, with his most recent championship on tour coming in the 2019 BMW International Open. His last overall win came at the Challenge Tour’s D+D Real Czech Challenge in 2023.  –Field Level Media    #Deadspin #Andrea #Pavan #optimistic #tour #return #elevator #fall

Deadspin | Call it a comeback? Deshaun Watson reportedly leading Browns’ QB competition  Quarterbacks Deshaun Watson, Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel practice together at the Browns mini camp in Berea on April 21, 2026.   A competition to be the QB1 in Cleveland has a comeback candidate in the lead, according to the Plain Dealer.   Deshaun Watson currently is ahead of Shedeur Sanders in an ongoing competition under first-year head coach Todd Monken, per the report.   Watson, 30, emerged from the first minicamp of Monken’s tenure with a grasp on the starting spot but Monken did not make an official announcement or declare a “leader” at this stage of the offseason. Monken said he hopes to have a better read on the QB pecking order by the end of the June 9-11 minicamp, a final on-field team session prior to July training camp.  Watson did not play last season while recovering from an Achilles injury and two corrective surgeries. His health issues have been one of the few constants during Watson’s time with the Browns, who acquired him from the Houston Texans in a 2022 trade.   In three seasons in Cleveland, Watson has never started more than seven games. He has produced 19 touchdown passes and 12 interceptions while being sacked 70 times in 19 total games.     Sanders has been upbeat in his first full offseason as a pro after Monken was positive about how he felt about the former Colorado quarterback during pre-draft evaluations before the 2025 draft. The Browns, then coached by Kevin Stefanski, selected Dillon Gabriel in the third round before taking Sanders two rounds later.   Sanders had seven touchdowns, 10 interceptions and was sacked 23 times in 2025. He was given a shot as the starter after Joe Flacco was benched (and traded to the Cincinnati Bengals) and Gabriel took over.   The Browns drafted another quarterback — former Boise State and Arkansas passer Taylen Green — with the 182nd overall pick last week. Green is viewed as a developmental prospect posing no immediate threat to the competition to start in 2026, but his tools are intriguing. At 6-foot-5, 230 pounds, Green wowed at the NFL Scouting Combine with a 4.36 40-yard dash and a 43.5-inch vertical jump.  –Field Level Media   #Deadspin #Call #comeback #Deshaun #Watson #reportedly #leading #Browns #competitionQuarterbacks Deshaun Watson, Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel practice together at the Browns mini camp in Berea on April 21, 2026.

A competition to be the QB1 in Cleveland has a comeback candidate in the lead, according to the Plain Dealer.

Deshaun Watson currently is ahead of Shedeur Sanders in an ongoing competition under first-year head coach Todd Monken, per the report.

Watson, 30, emerged from the first minicamp of Monken’s tenure with a grasp on the starting spot but Monken did not make an official announcement or declare a “leader” at this stage of the offseason. Monken said he hopes to have a better read on the QB pecking order by the end of the June 9-11 minicamp, a final on-field team session prior to July training camp.

Watson did not play last season while recovering from an Achilles injury and two corrective surgeries. His health issues have been one of the few constants during Watson’s time with the Browns, who acquired him from the Houston Texans in a 2022 trade.


In three seasons in Cleveland, Watson has never started more than seven games. He has produced 19 touchdown passes and 12 interceptions while being sacked 70 times in 19 total games.

Sanders has been upbeat in his first full offseason as a pro after Monken was positive about how he felt about the former Colorado quarterback during pre-draft evaluations before the 2025 draft. The Browns, then coached by Kevin Stefanski, selected Dillon Gabriel in the third round before taking Sanders two rounds later.

Sanders had seven touchdowns, 10 interceptions and was sacked 23 times in 2025. He was given a shot as the starter after Joe Flacco was benched (and traded to the Cincinnati Bengals) and Gabriel took over.

The Browns drafted another quarterback — former Boise State and Arkansas passer Taylen Green — with the 182nd overall pick last week. Green is viewed as a developmental prospect posing no immediate threat to the competition to start in 2026, but his tools are intriguing. At 6-foot-5, 230 pounds, Green wowed at the NFL Scouting Combine with a 4.36 40-yard dash and a 43.5-inch vertical jump.

–Field Level Media

#Deadspin #Call #comeback #Deshaun #Watson #reportedly #leading #Browns #competition">Deadspin | Call it a comeback? Deshaun Watson reportedly leading Browns’ QB competition  Quarterbacks Deshaun Watson, Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel practice together at the Browns mini camp in Berea on April 21, 2026.   A competition to be the QB1 in Cleveland has a comeback candidate in the lead, according to the Plain Dealer.   Deshaun Watson currently is ahead of Shedeur Sanders in an ongoing competition under first-year head coach Todd Monken, per the report.   Watson, 30, emerged from the first minicamp of Monken’s tenure with a grasp on the starting spot but Monken did not make an official announcement or declare a “leader” at this stage of the offseason. Monken said he hopes to have a better read on the QB pecking order by the end of the June 9-11 minicamp, a final on-field team session prior to July training camp.  Watson did not play last season while recovering from an Achilles injury and two corrective surgeries. His health issues have been one of the few constants during Watson’s time with the Browns, who acquired him from the Houston Texans in a 2022 trade.   In three seasons in Cleveland, Watson has never started more than seven games. He has produced 19 touchdown passes and 12 interceptions while being sacked 70 times in 19 total games.     Sanders has been upbeat in his first full offseason as a pro after Monken was positive about how he felt about the former Colorado quarterback during pre-draft evaluations before the 2025 draft. The Browns, then coached by Kevin Stefanski, selected Dillon Gabriel in the third round before taking Sanders two rounds later.   Sanders had seven touchdowns, 10 interceptions and was sacked 23 times in 2025. He was given a shot as the starter after Joe Flacco was benched (and traded to the Cincinnati Bengals) and Gabriel took over.   The Browns drafted another quarterback — former Boise State and Arkansas passer Taylen Green — with the 182nd overall pick last week. Green is viewed as a developmental prospect posing no immediate threat to the competition to start in 2026, but his tools are intriguing. At 6-foot-5, 230 pounds, Green wowed at the NFL Scouting Combine with a 4.36 40-yard dash and a 43.5-inch vertical jump.  –Field Level Media   #Deadspin #Call #comeback #Deshaun #Watson #reportedly #leading #Browns #competition

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