Tkachuk confirmed he sustained the injury playing for the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off. He skated on his own ahead of practice Tuesday, took one line rush with Claude Giroux and Tim Stutzle ...

2008 — The Houston Rockets’ 22-game winning streak comes to an end. Kevin Garnett scores 22 points and Paul Pierce adds 20 as the Celtics beat the Rockets 94-74, stopping Houston’s remarkable run.

Plus, Tom Llamas good choice to replace Lester Holt; the awards shows were pretty good, for a change; and congressional Democrats make fools of themselves ...

1945 — Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadiens ... Kevin Garnett scores 22 points and Paul Pierce adds 20 as the Celtics beat the Rockets 94-74, stopping Houston’s remarkable run.

At the time, only two other players ever had 50-goal seasons, Montreal Canadiens legends Maurice Richard and Bernie ... the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. Paul Kariya scored his 100th NHL goal ...

To cap off this busy night, Paul Coffey picked up three assists to ... This remained the record for the most goals in one season until Maurice Richard scored 50 goals in 50 games in 1944-45.