Red Wings win record 21st in row at home

NHL: The Detroit Red Wings won an NHL-record 21st straight home game, beating the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Tuesday night.

Henrik Zetterberg and Brad Stuart scored midway through the first period for the Red Wings, who broke the mark of 20 set by the Boston Bruins during the 1929-30 season, and matched by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1976.

In the NHL’s seven seasons with a shootout to eliminate tie games, Boston won 14 straight at home during the 2008-09 season. That was the longest streak until Detroit’s current run of dominance.

Joey MacDonald made 20 saves, filling in again for the injured Jimmy Howard, and was 32.8 seconds away from his third NHL shutout.

• Seventh shutout for Lundqvist: Henrik Lundqvist made 42 saves for his NHL-leading seventh shutout of the season, and the visiting New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 3-0 to widen the gap between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference.

The Rangers won their fourth straight game and opened a nine-point lead over Boston in the East.

Earlier in the day, the Bruins signed defenseman Johnny Boychuk to a three-year contract extension worth $10.1 million.

Lin hits buzzer beater for surging Knicks

Nba: Jeremy Lin made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with less than a second to play to cap his finishing flurry of six straight points, and the visiting New York Knicks rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors, extending their winning streak to six games.

The NBA’s first American-Taiwanese player, Lin had 27 points and a career-high 11 assists in his first game since being named Eastern Conference player of the week.

The season-high Toronto crowd of 20,092 roared as Lin drained a pull-up jumper from the top with half a second to play, giving the Knicks their first lead since the opening quarter.

Toronto’s Rasual Butler airballed his attempt at the buzzer.

Amare Stoudemire returned from a four-game absence with 21 points and Tyson Chandler had 13 for New York.

• Heat win third in three days: At Indianapolis, LeBron James scored 23 points and Dwyane Wade added 16, leading Miami to a 105-90 rout over Indiana to become the first NBA team in 33 years to win three road games in three days.

Phoenix last won three on the road in three days, in 1979. Miami is also the first team in 42 years to win each of those three games by at least 10 points.

• Spurs win eighth straight: Tim Duncan had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and the visiting San Antonio Spurs overcame a spirited Detroit rally to beat the Pistons 99-95 for their eighth consecutive victory.

Detroit trailed by 15 in the fourth quarter but came back to take the lead behind Ben Wallace, the veteran big man who set a record by appearing in his 1,055th career game – the most for an undrafted player since the NBA-ABA merger.

• Wizards rout Blazers: Nick Young scored a season-high 35 points, John Wall added 29 points and nine assists, and the visiting Washington Wizards beat the Portland Trail Blazers 124-109 for their third straight road win.

Nicolas Batum tied a career high with 33 points for the Blazers (15-14), who lost All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge to an ankle injury early in the game.

Clemson upsets No. 22 Virginia

College basketball: Andre Young and Tanner Smith scored 13 points each and Clemson held No. 22 Virginia to its second-lowest point total this season in a 60-48 victory at Clemson, S.C.

The Tigers (13-12, 5-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) took control with an 18-9 run over the final eight minutes to give the Cavaliers (19-6, 6-5) their second straight loss. Virginia looked out of synch with outside threat Joe Harris of Chelan, Wash., playing in a cast after breaking his left hand in a loss to North Carolina last Saturday. Harris came in averaging 12 points a game, but was limited to two points on 1-of-5 shooting.

• TCU knocks off No. 11 UNLV: Hank Thorns scored eight of his 32 points in overtime for TCU, which overcame an 18-point deficit to beat UNLV 102-97 in Fort Worth, Texas.

It was the first win for TCU (15-10, 5-4 Mountain West) over a ranked team since February 2007. UNLV fell to 22-5, 6-3.

Chiefs retain Zorn as QBs coach

NFL: Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel announced the remainder of his staff , which includes quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn, who was passed over for the offensive coordinator position.

Brian Daboll was hired recently to run the offense, which led many to question whether Zorn would be back. He was retained along with assistant head coach Maurice Carthon, tight ends coach Bernie Parmalee, strength coach Mike Clark, wide receivers coach Nick Sirianni and nearly the entire defensive staff.

Jack Bicknell Jr. was hired to coach the offensive line and Jim Bob Cooter was brought in as the offensive quality control coach. Tom McMahon and Derius Swinton will handle special teams.

• Rams name GM: The St. Louis Rams hired Les Snead as their new general manager, bringing in another front-office veteran as they try to get out of the NFL cellar. Snead spent the past 13 years with the Atlanta Falcons, the last three as director of player personnel.