National Hockey League
Toronto Maple Leafs 7 Vancouver Canucks 3
Jason Spezza had a hat trick for the Leafs
Spezza becomes the second-oldest Maple Leafs player to ever register a 3-goal game, behind only Red Kelly
Auston Matthews added 2 goals for Toronto while Mitch Marner and William Nylander each had 3 point games in the victory
The Leafs move into 1st place in the North Division, 1 point up on Montreal
Toronto will host Vancouver again on Saturday and Monday.
Ottawa Senators 3 Montreal Canadiens 2
Rookie Tim Stutzle had a goal & 3 points as Ottawa snapped a 9 game winless streak
Winnipeg Jets 4 Calgary Flames 1
Connor Hellebuyck stopped 23 shots to get the win
New York Rangers 4 Washington Capitals 2
In the loss, Alex Ovechkin scored career goal # 709 to bypass Mike Gartner for sole possession of 7th place on the NHL’s all time goal scoring list.
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 Dallas Stars 3
Nashville Predators 6 Florida Panthers 5 (OT)
Chicago Blackhawks 6 Carolina Hurricanes 4
Arizona Coyotes 4 St. Louis Blues 3
Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders (ppd)
New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins (ppd)
Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche (ppd)
Tonight
Nashville Predators at Florida Panthers 7 pm
Boston Bruins at Philadelphia Flyers 7 pm
Detroit Red Wings at Tampa Bay Lightning 7 pm
San Jose Sharks at Anaheim Ducks 10 pm
Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights 10 pm
The NHL announced that Colorado Avalanche games have been postponed at least through February 11th as a result of Players recently entering the NHL’s COVID Protocols.
Buffalo Sabres coach Ralph Krueger tested positive for COVID-19.
The announcement comes after the Sabres had their games postponed through at least February 8th after 4 players entered the league’s COVID Protocol.
National Women’s Hockey League Semifinals
at Lake Placid, New York
Buffalo Beauts vs Toronto Six (ppd)
Boston Pride vs Minnesota Whitecaps (ppd)
National Basketball Association
Portland Trail Blazers 121 Philadelphia 76ers 105
Gary Trent Jr had 24 points for the Trail Blazers
Philadelphia falls to 16 & 7 but remains the top team in the Eastern Conference
Utah Jazz 112 Atlanta Hawks 91
Jordan Clarkson had 23 points for the Jazz who maintain their lead atop the Western Conference at 17 & 5
Los Angeles Lakers 114 Denver Nuggets 93
LeBron James led the Lakers with 27 points
The Lakers and Clippers are 17 & 6 on the year
Golden State Warriors 147 Dallas Mavericks 116
Houston Rockets 115 Memphis Grizzlies 103
Tonight
Toronto Raptors at Brooklyn Nets
The Raptors have won 2 in a row and sit with a record of 9 & 12
Currently Toronto is 10th in the Eastern Conference while Brooklyn is 3rd
Raptors Coach Nick Nurse knows Brooklyn will be a difficult club to play
7:30 pm
New Orleans Pelicans at Indiana Pacers 7 pm
Chicago Bulls at Orlando Magic 7 pm
Milwaukee Bucks at Cleveland Cavaliers 7:30 pm
Utah Jazz at Charlotte Hornets 8 pm
Washington Wizards at Miami Heat 8 pm
Minnesota Timberwolves at Oklahoma City Thunder 8 pm
Detroit Pistons at Phoenix Suns 9 pm
Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Clippers 10 pm
PGA Waste Management Phoenix Open
at Scottsdale, Arizona
Play resumes at 10:20 am ( our time ) this morning
Matthew NeSmith & Mark Hubbard share the lead after the opening round
Both players opened with an 8 under par score of 63
3 Canadians are competing
Adam Hadwin from B.C. is tied for 13th, 4 strokes off the lead
Hadwin will be in the first group of players today
Corey Conners of Listowel is tied for 37th at 2 under par
Conners will start his second round at 11:20 am
& Nick Taylor was 1 under par and sits tied for 50th going to Round 2
Taylor will start Round 2 at 4 pm.
Tennis
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime has reached the quarterfinals at the Murray River Open.
Auger-Aliassime had 14 aces as he beat Egor Gerasimov in the 3rd round of the Australian Open tune-up tournament 6-3, 3-6, 7-6
Up next, Auger-Aliassime Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals.
Leylah Annie Fernandez from Laval, Quebec was eliminated at the Grampians Trophy by # 5 seed Maria Sakkari.
Sakkari took the match 6-2, 6-2
Earlier, Fernandez defeated Sloane Stephens
Smitty & Middy
This week on Smitty & Middy the guests will include Major League Baseball Draft pick Brock Dyxhoorn from Goodrich plus MLB analyst Arden Zwelling.
Join Noah Smith & Tyler Middleton for Smitty & Middy Saturday at 10 am and Sunday at 6 pm on 560 CFOS