The Daily Fives for January 26, 2011 from the Sports Mac

Top Five Stories From Yesterday

1. Rafael Nadal suffers an injury and ends up losing his Australian Open quarterfinal match to David Ferrer in Melbourne.

2. No. 1 Ohio State solidified its hold on the top spot with a blowout Big Ten home win over No. 12 Purdue.

3. Kendrick Perkins returns to action for the Celtics as they hand the lowly Cavaliers their 18th consecutive loss.

4. The Flyers go into the All-Star break with the most points in the NHL after another home win, this one over Montreal.

5. Slumping No. 10 Syracuse drops its third straight Big East game, getting blown out at home by Seton Hall.

Top Five Games From Yesterday

1. Florida Gulf Coast 111, Stetson 103, Triple Overtime: The Eagles started the third OT on a 10-2 run to secure the Atlantic Sun road win over the Hatters.

2. No. 23 Florida 104, Georgia 91, Double Overtime: The Gators went on a 14-3 run in the second overtime to get a big SEC East road win over the Bulldogs.

3. Sabres 3, Senators 2, Overtime: Shaone Morrisonn scored his first goal of the season to lift Buffalo to the Northeast Division road win over Ottawa.

4. Penguins 1, Islanders 0: Craig Adams scored with less than 12 minutes remaining for the only goal of the night in Pittsburgh’s home win over New York.

5. Panthers 4, Rangers 3: Mike Weaver had his second goal of the year with just over eight minutes left to give Florida the road win over New York.

Top Five Performances From Yesterday

1. Dwayne Roloson, Lightning G: Twenty-six saves for his third SO of the season and 27th of his career in Tampa Bay’s 2-0 home win over Toronto.

2. Iman Shumpert, Georgia Tech G: Twenty-two points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists in the Yellow Jackets' 72-57 Atlantic Coast Conference home win over Virginia Tech.

3. Andray Blatche, Wizards PF: Twenty-five points and nine rebounds in Washington’s 120-109 home loss to Denver.

4. Chris Pronger, Flyers D: Four assists in Philadelphia’s 5-2 home win over Montreal.

5. Jeremy Hazell, Seton Hall PG: Twenty-eight points and nine rebounds in the Pirates' 90-68 Big East road win over No. 10 Syracuse.

Five Performances That Weren’t So Good From Yesterday

1. Scott Hartnell, Flyers RW: Had a minus-two and two penalty minutes in Philadelphia’s 5-2 home win over Montreal.

2. Scott Wood, North Carolina State F: Just 2-of-7 shooting and only six points in the Wolfpack’s 60-50 Atlantic Coast Conference road loss to Clemson.

3. Beno Udrih, Kings PG: Just 3-of-13 shooting and only six points in Sacramento’s 94-89 home loss to Charlotte.

4. Brent Seabrook, Blackhawks D: Had a minus-three and two penalty minutes in Chicago’s 4-2 home loss to Minnesota.

5. Chandler Rhoads, New Hampshire G: Just 1-of-9 shooting and only six points in the Wildcats' 64-50 America East road loss to Maine.

Top Five Events To Follow Today

1. NHL: Capitals (27-14-9) at Thrashers (23-19-9), 7:00 PM: Atlanta could really use a home win here to keep pace with the top of the Southeast Division.

2. NHL: Coyotes (24-17-9) at Avalanche (25-18-6), 9:00 PM: The move for the playoffs is starting to take shape and these two teams are right in the Western Conference race.

3. NBA: Spurs (38-7) at Jazz (27-18), 9:30 PM, ESPN: The best team in the league takes continues its road trip in Salt Lake City against Utah and Deron Williams.

4. NHL: Predators (27-16-6) at Canucks (30-10-9), 10:00 PM: Vancouver welcomes Nashville to the Pacific Northwest trying to tie Philadelphia for the most points in the NHL.

5. NCAA BB: No. 4 San Diego State (20-0, 5-0) at No. 9 Brigham Young (19-1, 5-0), 10:00 PM, CBS College Sports: One of the premier regular season games left takes place in Provo.