TAMPA -- Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper stared up at the Jumbotron as an emotional tribute video highlighted Steven Stamkos's 16 years with the franchise.

Near the opposing bench stood Stamkos, now a member of the Nashville Predators, returning to Tampa for the first time in another uniform.

"I was thinking about how soft I've gone in my elder years. I just start welling up," said Cooper on Monday night, after his team's 3-2 overtime win. "How do you fit 16 years into a two-minute video? It almost doesn't feel right. It was extremely well done. But in the end, it doesn't matter how well you do it. You'll never do it justice."

Stamkos is the Lightnings' all-time leader in games (1,082), goals (555) and points (1,137). He's a superstar who grew the sport in Tampa and was a fixture in the community.

But Stamkos, 34, and the Lightning parted ways after last season when they couldn't come to terms on a new contract, after an impasse that was both public and contentious. The Tampa Bay captain signed a four-year, $32-million contract with the Predators. The Lightning would replace Stamkos on their top line with free-agent winger Jake Guentzel, who is four years his junior.

Monday night offered Stamkos his first chance to reconnect with Lightning fans since leaving for Nashville.

"I don't think it's goodbye. I think it's more of a 'thank you, see you later' type of thing," he said after the game. "It was pretty emotional. You see where it all began as an 18-year-old kid. Where I grew up from a boy to a man and a Stanley Cup champion. A husband, a father, a son. Most of my life has been here."

Fans roared as Stamkos skated out for warmups, as signs in support of the former Lightning star papered the glass. A few fans had messages critical of Tampa Bay management for not getting a deal with Stamkos done. But most took the moment to celebrate his accomplishments with the team.

Stamkos said there was a comfortability being back at Amalie Arena, albeit in a different locker room. But it was surreal to have long-time friends become his on-ice enemies.

"It's weird. I have dinner with some of the guys last night and it's like I never left, right? That's just the bond that you have. And then you get on the ice, there's the competitive nature in both sides that comes out, so there's not much chitchat. Then you see each other right after the game and it's like we were just back to last night," he said. "So that's the life of an athlete. It's cliche that there's no friends on the ice, and you're obviously not looking to kill anyone out there, but you want to win just as bad as they want to win."

Around seven minutes into the first period, the scoreboard lit up with photos of a young Stamkos in his hockey gear. Lightning fans rose to their feet as the tribute began: a two minute montage of Stamkos's journey from No. 1 overall pick in 2008 through Tampa Bay's four conference titles and two Stanley Cup championships with Stamkos as their captain.

The electronic scoreboards around the rink lit up with his career stats, his awards and accomplishments, the slogan "Forever 91" and thank you messages. At the conclusion of the video, the spotlights hit Stamkos, who skated from the Predators' bench ---where Nashville players were engrossed by the video tribute -- to the middle of the rink, raising his stick to the fans as the arena projected his No. 91 on the ice, as has become tradition when former Lightning stars return to Tampa on new teams.

When play began again, Lightning fans loudly chanted "Steven Stamkos" in honor of their former captain.

"It was pretty cool when the crowd started chanting his name," said defenseman Victor Hedman, one of Stamkos' closest friends on the Lightning. "And then they cheered when he got those two [assists]."

Stamkos helped the Predators finally hit the scoreboard in the second period after the Lightning built a 2-0 lead on goals by Brayden Point and Mitchell Chaffee in the first period. Ryan O'Reilly scored a power-play goal with Stamkos getting the secondary assist -- just his second point in nine games with the Predators. The Tampa fans went from booing the announcement of the goal to cheering Stamkos's name for having helped create it.

The cheers were a little more muted when Stamkos set up the game-tying goal by Gustav Nyquist just over eight minutes later for his third point on the season, although many Lightning fans still cheered loudly when his name was announced. The only boos Stamkos received during the game was in overtime, when the Predators patiently controlled the puck rather than attacking offensively.

Tampa Bay won the game on Nick Paul's OT winner.

"Obviously a pretty weird, pretty emotional night. But once the tribute happened, you kind of settle into the game and then you focus on what you need to do to help your team win," said Stamkos. "And it just came up a little short tonight."

The night provided the fans the chance to show their appreciation for Stamkos. But the Predators forward admitted that he can't quite turn the page on his time in Tampa and his departure from the Lightning.

"I don't know when that moment comes. If it comes. If it doesn't come. When you're in this place for so long and have the memories, I mean, I don't think you can ever really completely turn the page. That's probably the reality," he said. "I dunno. We'll see. I'll let you know if that day comes, but I don't think you completely turn the page."

Michigan quarterback Jack Tuttle announced Monday that he is medically retiring from football.

Tuttle, a seventh-year senior, played in two games for the Wolverines this season, with one start.

During the offseason, Tuttle underwent surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing arm. Tuttle said the arm "didn't fully recover" and that he continued to have "ongoing issues" with it.

Tuttle also said he recently suffered the fifth concussion of his career. He said that "brought forth the painful truth: that I need to start prioritizing my health."

Tuttle began his career at Utah, then transferred to Indiana, where he backed up Michael Penix Jr. (who later transferred to Washington, leading the Huskies to the 2023 national championship game against Michigan).

In 2023, Tuttle transferred to Michigan, where he backed up J.J. McCarthy and was part of the Wolverines' undefeated national title team.

But injuries torpedoed Tuttle's opportunity to win Michigan's starting job during the preseason. Davis Warren initially was named the starter before he was replaced by Alex Orji.

Tuttle finally got his opportunity on Oct. 5, relieving Orji during a 27-17 loss at Washington. Tuttle started the following week in a 21-7 defeat to Illinois.

He finished the year with 306 passing yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.

The Wolverines started Warren again in Saturday's 24-17 victory over Michigan State.

Tuttle said he plans to pursue a role in coaching.

The Wolverines (5-3) face No. 1 Oregon on Saturday.

DALLAS -- Utah Jazz forward Taylor Hendricks exited Monday's 110-102 loss to the Dallas Mavericks after suffering a fractured right fibula and dislocated ankle, the team announced.

Hendricks will return to Utah with the team for further testing Tuesday, Jazz coach Will Hardy said after the game.

Hendricks, 20, is expected to miss the remainder of the season, sources told ESPN.

"That's hard to stomach," Hardy said of Hendricks' injury. "He's put in a lot of hard work. He's a great kid, and so we're really just trying to focus on him, his health, keeping him up, his spirits up as he begins the road of his recovery. But these are the moments in sports that suck."

He collapsed suddenly without any contact with 5:59 remaining in the third quarter. His lower right leg was turned gruesomely to the outside.

Medical personnel immediately brought a stretcher out to the court. Hendricks wore a protective boot on his right foot and used crutches when he exited the American Airlines Center after the game.

The Jazz announced after the game that further updates on Hendricks' status would be provided "when appropriate."

The 6-foot-9 Hendricks, the No. 9 pick in the 2023 draft, is an important part of the Jazz's rebuilding project. He profiles as an outstanding defender, drawing the assignment on Dallas superstar Luka Doncic on Monday night.

Hendricks averaged 7.3 points and 4.6 rebounds as a rookie and moved into the starting lineup on a regular basis this season after working to become significantly stronger during the summer.

"This is far from over for him," Hardy said. "This is a pause button for Taylor. You can see [his work paying off] even in the early parts of this season. You can see the flashes, you can see where this could be going with him, and that's a credit to him."

NEW YORK -- Walker Buehler pitched five scoreless innings, Freddie Freeman belted a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers continued to act like the deeper, better, more sound team in this World Series, beating the New York Yankees 4-2 on Monday night to take a commanding 3-0 series lead. Now, to somehow win it all, the Yankees will have to become the second team ever -- after the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 American League Championship Series -- to win four consecutive games with their season on the line in a best-of-seven series.

The Dodgers applied the pressure immediately. Shohei Ohtani, playing through a slightly dislocated left shoulder, drew a four-pitch walk to start the game. Two batters later, Freeman, playing through his own set of injuries throughout October, lined a two-run homer into the short porch in right field. It was Freeman's third home run in a stretch of six at-bats, immediately after going 32 consecutive postseason at-bats without so much as an extra-base hit. A sold-out Yankee Stadium fell silent -- and Buehler kept it that way.

"The talk [early on] was about Clarke Schmidt," Freeman said in his postgame, on-field interview on Fox. "A lot of us have not faced him, so there was a lot of emphasis on game-planning. ... And obviously, when you come into a road park, you want to strike early and quiet down the crowd. And we were able to do that in the first inning."

Buehler allowed just two hits and two walks while striking out five, generating six swings and misses on his fastball -- his most since 2021. The 2024 season had been a struggle for Buehler. He returned from a second Tommy John surgery without his overpowering fastball, struggled through a 5.38 ERA in 16 regular-season starts, dealt with a hip injury midway through it and constantly had to reinvent himself along the way. But Buehler found an effective curveball while throwing four scoreless innings against the New York Mets in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series and finally got his lively fastball back in the World Series, a stage where he has dominated.

The Yankees had a chance to score in the fourth, when Anthony Volpe lined a two-out single to left field, but Giancarlo Stanton was thrown out trying to score from second base. Teoscar Hernandez made a perfect one-hop throw to nail Stanton, who is among the slowest players in the sport. Just before that, Mookie Betts made a sprawling catch in right field to rob Jazz Chisholm Jr. Two innings later, Tommy Edman, who had made a perfect read to score on Betts' base hit in the third inning, stretched to record a forceout at second base.

The Yankees made one last gasp at the very end, when Alex Verdugo lined a two-run homer off Michael Kopech with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to cut the deficit in half. But Kopech came back to retire Gleyber Torres on a slow groundout. The Dodgers -- plagued by injuries to their starting pitchers throughout the regular season, navigating through ill-timed injuries to Freeman and Ohtani in October -- are now one win away from their first championship in four years.

"I've been able to work on my swing, and that's the key," Freeman said. "Just being able to find my cue, and I've been seeing the ball pretty good."

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Connor McDavid left the Edmonton Oilers' game at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night after getting injured on the first shift.

McDavid was chasing the puck past the Blue Jackets blue line when he tripped over Zach Werenski's extended stick and slid into the boards skates first.

Bracing himself with his left arm, McDavid landed awkwardly and headed to bench as soon as he got up, 37 seconds in.

The Oilers said he would not return with what they called a lower-body injury.

The undisputed best player in hockey is coming off leading Edmonton to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final and earning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP despite losing to the Florida Panthers.

McDavid had 10 points in the team's first nine games this season.

Despite not yet taking the court this season, Philadelphia 76ers star big man Joel Embiid has already picked up a technical foul.

The league handed out the technical on Monday, one day after Embiid waved a towel from the bench during a free-throw attempt by Indiana Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard at the same end of the court.

The incident occurred with 16.4 seconds left in overtime and Philadelphia leading 114-111.

Embiid's actions came during Nembhard's first free throw, which he missed. Nembhard made the second free throw, but Indiana fell 118-114.

No foul was called during the game.

Embiid, 30, has been sidelined due to left knee injury management. He appeared in just 39 games (all starts) for the 76ers last season, averaging 34.7 points, 11.0 rebounds and 5.6 assists.

Embiid's next chance to play will be on Wednesday, when Philadelphia hosts the Detroit Pistons.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Paolo Banchero tied the Orlando Magic record for points in a half on Monday night, scoring 37 in the first two quarters against the Indiana Pacers.

Banchero, the league's rookie of the year two seasons ago and an All-Star last year, was 13-of-17 from the field in the half. He also had seven rebounds and six assists, becoming the first player with 35 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in a first half since play-by-play was first tracked in 1996-97.

The Pacers starters combined for 37 points in the first half.

Banchero's 37 points tied the mark set by Tracy McGrady, also in the first half, for Orlando against Denver on March 9, 2003.

McGrady also owns the franchise's single-game scoring record, with 62 against the Wizards on March 10, 2004.

Banchero's career-high entering Monday is 43 points, set Jan. 3 against Sacramento. There were four first-half performances of 37 or more points last season -- two by Phoenix's Devin Booker, one by Karl-Anthony Towns (then of Minnesota, now of New York) and one by Dallas' Luka Doncic.

ESPN Research and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

NEW YORK -- Freddie Freeman tied George Springer's record of homering in five straight World Series games, hitting a two-run drive off the New York Yankees' Clarke Schmidt in the first inning to put the Los Angeles Dodgers ahead 2-0 in Game 3 on Monday night.

Seeking its second title in five years, the Dodgers entered with a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Shohei Ohtani, playing two days after partially separating his left shoulder, walked on four pitches leading off. After Mookie Betts flied out, Freeman drove a high cutter with a 1-2 count about five rows deep into the lower deck in right field.

Freeman became the third player to homer in the first three games of a World Series after Hank Bauer in 1958 and Barry Bonds in 2002.

He homered in Atlanta's last two games against Houston in the 2021 World Series, and he has connected in all three games of this one. An eight-time All-Star and the 2020 NL MVP, the 35-year-old Freeman has seven RBIs in the Series.

Freeman sprained his right ankle on Sept. 26 against San Diego while trying to avoid a tag at first base by the Padres' Luis Arráez and missed the Dodgers' last three regular-season games.

His game-ending, 10th-inning grand slam in Game 1 on Friday night, which gave the Dodgers a 6-3 win, was his first home run since Sept. 16. He followed Teoscar Hernández for back-to-back homers in the third inning of Game 2.

Springer homered in Games 4 through 7 in 2017 as the Astros beat the Dodgers for the title, then hit another in the 2019 opener against Washington.