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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Washington Capitals have been a bit inconsistent of late -- just not against the Buffalo Sabres.T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist, Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves and the Capitals beat the Sabres 4-1 on Friday night.Jakub Vrana, John Carlson and Marcus Johansson also scored for the Capitals, who have beaten the Sabres three times in 15 days, including twice during their current three-game winning streak -- Washington is 1-2-1 against all other teams since beating Buffalo on Nov. 25.Those are important because theyre almost like a little playoff series, Capitals coach Barry Trotz said of the recent games with the Sabres. Every game, because were in the same conference, theyre four-point games.Grubauer, the backup to Braden Holtby, is 4-1-1 with a 1.67 goals-against average and .940 save percentage this season. He has beaten Buffalo in his last two starts.Im seeing them back-to-back almost, Grubauer said. Not much time in between, which is really helpful.Kyle Okposo had a goal and Robin Lehner made 25 saves for Buffalo. The Sabres have lost three of their last four.I dont think we did enough to win the game, Okposo said. We just didnt have that extra jam.Buffalos penalty kill also struggled, allowing two goals. Sabres opponents have scored on the power play 19 times over the last 12 games.We have to find a way to get kills, Sabres defenseman Cody Franson said. You give teams like Washington chances on the power play, they did a good job for the most part, but the small chances we did give them, they were able to capitalize.Entering Friday, Washington was 3 for 28 on the power play in road games, ranking 26th in the NHL.The Capitals improved to 14-3-2 when scoring first and 12-1-1 when leading after two periods.Oshie gave the Capitals a 1-0 lead 6:43 into the second period when he lifted a shot from the right edge of the crease past Lehner. Jay Beagle drew two defenders into the corner and sent the puck back to a wide open Oshie for his ninth goal of the season.I feel like Im back to normal, said Oshie, who returned Wednesday after missing seven games with a lower-body injury. My legs got underneath me and I feel like its been a long time since I was out.Vrana scored his first NHL goal on a power play to make it 2-0 with 7:21 left in the second. Evgeny Kuznetsov set up the goal, skating in from the right boards and sliding a backhand to Vrana in front for the tap-in.Grubauer made 10 of his saves in the second period, including one on a point-blank shot from Sabres center Jack Eichel that bounced off the back of the goaltenders skate.The Sabres finally got a goal with 7:53 remaining when Okposo scored off a rebound on the power play.Carlson put the Capitals back up by two goals when he scored his first of the season on a power play with 5:30 remaining. Carlson collected a long, rolling rebound at the point and sent a slap shot over Lehners glove.Johansson added his 12th goal of the year into an empty net with 1:12 left.Game notes Capitals C Nicklas Backstrom went to the locker room to be evaluated for an undisclosed injury late in the first period but was able to return for the start of the second. Backstrom leads Washington with 22 points. ... D Dmitry Kulikov, D Josh Gorges and F Nicolas Deslauriers returned to the Sabres lineup. Kulikov sat out 13 games with a lower-back injury, Gorges missed three games because of a non-displaced fracture in his foot and a knee injury kept Deslauriers out for 19 games. ... Capitals D Matt Niskanen did not make the trip after sustaining an upper-body injury in Wednesdays win over Boston. ... Sabres F Derek Grant missed the game due to an illness. ... Buffalo returned D Brendan Guhle to his junior team on Friday after the 19-year-old played in the past three games. ... 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COLLEGE FOOTBALLGRAPEVINE, Texas -- The Big 12 Conference has decided against expansion from its current 10 schools after three months of analyzing, vetting and interviewing possible new members.The announcement came after a six-hour meeting with the conferences university presidents and Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.Oklahoma president David Boren said the decision was unanimous and no specific schools were discussed or voted on during the meeting.Bowlsby said his only recommendation to the board was to bring the expansion process to an end. He said that while the conference could one day re-open the subject, expansion is now off the agenda.PRO FOOTBALLLAS VEGAS -- Nevadas governor signed a bill clearing the way for a Las Vegas stadium that could be home to the Raiders, although NFL owners still need to approve the teams move from Oakland before Sin City becomes a football town.Republican Gov. 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In raw dollars, its the largest public contribution ever toward an NFL stadium, although the publics share of the total costs -- 39 percent -- is on par with stadiums in other similarly sized cities.OLYMPICSLEXINGTON, Ky. -- Thousands of people joined Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay at a candlelight vigil on a Kentucky high school track honoring Gays 15-year-old daughter, who was fatally shot over the weekend.Gay stood on the track at Lexingtons Lafayette High School where he and daughter Trinity excelled and he thanked people for showing support after the girls death early Sunday after gunfire erupted outside a restaurant in that city. 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Bruce Bell.BASEBALLTORONTO -- An Ontario judge quashed a last-minute effort to attempt to bar the Cleveland Indians from using their team name and Chief Wahoo logo during playoff games in Toronto.The legal challenge by indigenous activist Douglas Cardinal came hours before the team played the Blue Jays in Game 3 of the AL Championship Series.The long-standing logo, which appears on some team caps and jerseys, depicts a grinning, red-faced cartoon with a feather headband.Ontario Superior Court Justice Tom McEwen dismissed Cardinals application and said he would give his reasons at a later date.Monique Jilesen, the lawyer for Cardinal, earlier told McEwen that the game could be played with spring training uniforms that dont carry the name or Chief Wahoo logo.TENNISLONDON -- -Nick Kyrgios will miss the rest of the season after being suspended by the mens tour and fined an additional $25,000 for tanking a match and insulting fans in the mercurial Australians latest run-in with tennis authorities.The ATP said Kyrgios was sanctioned for conduct contrary to the integrity of the game following an investigation into his behavior during a second-round loss to German qualifier Mischa Zverev last week at the Shanghai Masters.Kyrgios gave little effort during the 6-3, 6-1 defeat, even patting easy serves over the net and turning away before his opponents serve had crossed the net.The 21-year-old Australian had already been fined a total of $16,500 for failing to give a full effort, unsportsmanlike conduct and verbal abuse of a spectator.The ATP said that, in addition to the extra $25,000 fine, Kyrgios was handed an eight-week suspension lasting through Jan. 15 -- a day before the start of the Australian Open, the years first Grand Slam tournament. 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