October 20 scoreboard: Detroit rallies; NHL produces three overtime finishes

NBA — Opening night

Detroit Pistons 121, Boston Celtics 113. After falling behind by 22, Detroit scored 23 consecutive fourth-quarter points and swung a 99-89 deficit into a 112-99 advantage. Jalen Duren and Cade Cunningham scored 22 apiece, with Cunningham adding eight assists; Duncan Robinson scored 21. Paul George led all scorers with 38 points and five steals for Boston, while Derrick White and Payton Pritchard each had 17. [NBA-1]

Philadelphia 76ers 106, New York Knicks 100. Philadelphia turned a four-point halftime deficit into an 83-76 lead by winning the third quarter 29-18. Tyrese Maxey had 28 points, five assists, three steals and three blocks. Jaylen Brown scored 19, LeBron James had 14 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, and Joel Embiid supplied 13 points, 11 rebounds and six assists. Jalen Brunson led New York with 21; Karl-Anthony Towns had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Embiid's three-pointer made it 99-95 with 3:31 left, and Maxey's dunk restored a six-point margin with 1:52 remaining. [NBA-2]

Oklahoma City Thunder 116, San Antonio Spurs 104. The Thunder broke the game open with a 31-16 second quarter and led 65-44 at halftime. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 32 points, six rebounds, four assists, three steals and three blocks; Jared McCain scored 20. Stephon Castle led San Antonio with 24, while Dylan Harper added 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists. After Castle cut the gap to seven with 4:18 left, McCain hit a three, Gilgeous-Alexander made a pull-up jumper and Isaiah Hartenstein scored in the lane. [NBA-3]

NHL — All 11 Tuesday games

San Jose Sharks 4, Montreal Canadiens 3, overtime. Montreal built a 3-1 lead on goals by Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovský and Cole Caufield after Macklin Celebrini opened the scoring. Michael Misa and Tyler Toffoli tied it in the third, and Celebrini scored again 2:13 into overtime. Alex Nedeljkovic made 31 saves for San Jose; Jakub Dobeš stopped 26 for Montreal. [NHL-1]

New Jersey Devils 4, Colorado Avalanche 3. Luke Evangelista, Declan Chisholm, Arseny Gritsyuk and Jesper Boqvist scored for New Jersey. Gabriel Landeskog answered in the first, and Artturi Lehkonen scored twice in the final 3:13, including with five seconds left. Jake Allen made 31 saves for the Devils; Scott Wedgewood stopped 37 for Colorado. [NHL-2]

New York Islanders 3, Anaheim Ducks 2. Ondřej Palát, Victor Eklund and Simon Holmström scored during a five-goal first period; Frank Vatrano had Anaheim's first goal and Alex Killorn pulled the Ducks within one late in the third. Ilya Sorokin made 15 saves for New York, and Lukáš Dostál made 22 for Anaheim. [NHL-3]

Los Angeles Kings 5, Washington Capitals 2. Ryan Leonard and Cole Hutson put Washington ahead 2-0, but Adrian Kempe and Artemi Panarin tied it with goals 31 seconds apart at the end of the first. Erik Gustafsson, Kempe and Scott Laughton scored in the third. Darcy Kuemper stopped 30 shots for Los Angeles; Logan Thompson made 21 saves for Washington. [NHL-4]

Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Columbus Blue Jackets 2. Jake Christiansen scored first for Columbus, then Kirill Marchenko tied it. William Nylander, Auston Matthews, Easton Cowan and Jack Roslovic made it 5-1 during Toronto's four-goal second period. Charlie Coyle scored for Columbus, and Marshall Rifai closed the scoring. Anthony Stolarz made 35 saves. Cam Talbot stopped two of three shots before leaving; Jet Greaves made 14 saves on 19 shots. [NHL-5]

St. Louis Blues 2, Winnipeg Jets 1. Jimmy Snuggerud scored in the first, Cole Perfetti tied it 32 seconds into the third, and Philip Broberg supplied the winner at 8:47. Joel Hofer made 32 saves for St. Louis; Stuart Skinner stopped 26 for Winnipeg. [NHL-6]

Dallas Stars 3, Boston Bruins 2, overtime. Matthew Poitras and James Hagens scored for Boston, but Mikko Rantanen answered each time and completed a hat trick 3:52 into overtime. Jake Oettinger made 18 saves for Dallas; Jeremy Swayman stopped 22 for Boston. [NHL-7]

Edmonton Oilers 4, Minnesota Wild 3, overtime. Joel Eriksson Ek opened the scoring, then Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Mathieu Joseph gave Edmonton a 3-1 lead. Kirill Kaprizov and Ryan Hartman tied it in the third before Evan Bouchard won it 3:32 into overtime. Devon Levi made 27 saves for Edmonton; Jesper Wallstedt stopped 28 for Minnesota. [NHL-8]

Seattle Kraken 4, Detroit Red Wings 3, shootout. Mackie Samoskevich, Ryker Evans and Brandon Montour built Seattle's 3-0 lead. Viktor Arvidsson and Lucas Raymond scored 59 seconds apart in the third, and Alex DeBrincat tied it with 17 seconds left. Frederick Gaudreau and Bobby McMann converted for Seattle in the shootout; Arvidsson scored for Detroit, with McMann providing the deciding attempt. Philipp Grubauer made 22 saves; Daniil Tarasov made 24. [NHL-9]

Carolina Hurricanes 6, Vancouver Canucks 3. Logan Stankoven, Nikolaj Ehlers and Nicolas Deslauriers each scored twice. Vancouver answered the first three Carolina goals with goals by Linus Karlsson, Jonathan Lekkerimäki and Max Sasson, but Carolina scored three unanswered in the third. Pyotr Kochetkov made 14 saves; Leevi Meriläinen stopped 38 for Vancouver. [NHL-10]

Tampa Bay Lightning 6, Vegas Golden Knights 2. Brandon Hagel and John Carlson scored for Tampa Bay around goals by Ivan Barbashev and Mark Stone. Anthony Cirelli then scored twice, followed by Victor Hedman and Nikita Kucherov, as the Lightning finished with four unanswered goals. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves for Tampa Bay; Carter Hart stopped 15 for Vegas. [NHL-11]

Coverage checkpoint

Official league schedules showed no completed MLB, NFL or MLS game on the October 20 Eastern calendar date. The three NBA and 11 NHL results above were final, with official box-score statistics available, when checked at 2:31 a.m. ET on October 21.