National Hockey League
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 Edmonton Oilers 0
Zach Hyman, William Nylander and Morgan Rielly scored 1st period goals for Toronto
Michael Hutchinson stopped 31 shots for his 6th career shutout
Toronto has won 3 in a row, including back to back 3-0 blankings at Edmonton and now lead the North Division by 8 points over the Oilers
Tomorrow, Toronto & the Oilers conclude their 3 game set in Edmonton.
Ottawa Senators 5 Calgary Flames 1
Drake Batherson scored a pair of goals for Ottawa giving him a 6 game goal streak
The Senators are in Montreal tonight.
Vancouver Canucks 4 Winnipeg Jets 0
Thatcher Demko posted the shutout
The Canucks scored 3 times in the 1st period
Vancouver & the Jets meet again tonight in Winnipeg
Carolina Hurricanes 3 Florida Panthers 2 (OT)
With the point for losing in overtime, Florida leads the Central Division with 30 points, but only 2 points separate the top 4 squads in that division.
Vegas Golden Knights 5 Anaheim Ducks 4 (OT)
Max Pacioretty scored twice including the overtime winner
Mark Stone had 5 assists for Vegas who lead the West by 1 point over St Louis
St. Louis Blues 5 Anaheim Ducks 4
The Blues have played 4 more games than Vegas
San Jose Sharks 6 Colorado Avalanche 2
Tonight
Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens 7 pm
Vancouver Canucks at Winnipeg Jets 8 pm
Detroit Red Wings at Columbus Blue Jackets 7 pm
New York Islanders at New Jersey Devils 7 pm
Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers 7 pm
Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins 7 pm
Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators 8 pm
Tampa Bay Lightning at Dallas Stars 8:30 pm
Bertuzzi Busted
Former NHLer Todd Bertuzzi was arrested over the weekend in Michigan., for suspected drunk driving.
TMZ Sports reported that Bertuzzi was pulled over by police in the Detroit suburb just after midnight on Saturday, after motorists called 911 to report a car swerving.
Bertuzzi, a graduate of the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League, played 18 seasons on the NHL.
Tiley At Training Camp
Hockey Canada has invited 35 players including 5 netminders to attend the National Women’s Team Training Camp in Halifax.
Among the 5 netminders is Saugeen Maitland Lightning alumni Shea Tiley.
The camp which runs through Sunday is the second evaluation for players in preparation for the Women’s World Championship in Halifax and Truro which is scheduled for next month.
However, Nova Scotia’s government has yet to approve the world championship scheduled for April 7th-17th, plus the International Hockey Federation wants to postpone it until May.
OHL GMs Conference Call
The Ontario Hockey League has a Conference call with their General Managers today
The Conference Call is scheduled for 1 pm
The anticipation is the meeting will be fairly short and the belief is there’s been a positive upswing in terms of conducting a partial season.
A recent report suggested there would be 4 Hub Centres and a 24 game schedule implemented to begin in early April.
The meeting today is 1 month in advance of the reports’ suggested start date of April 2nd and comes almost a full year after having the operation was shut down by the coronavirus pandemic
The OHL was shutdown on March 12th of last year and there has been no game activity since.
In addition to the previous report, there have been whispers the 4 Hub centres will have to be in locations where there is an adjacent rink to the main facility.
There are almost a half dozen centres that have such a venue; Kitchener, Mississauga, Oshawa, Sarnia and Windsor.
Two of those centres though, Mississauga & Windsor have been hot spots for COVID-19.
There have also been suggestions that the schedule will be 20 games in length and will not feature a league playoff nor a Memorial Cup championship.
National Basketball Association
Philadelphia 76ers 130 Indiana Pacers 114
Shake Milton had 26 points for the 76ers
Philadelphia improves to 23 & 12 and maintains a half game lead atop the NBA East over Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Nets 124 San Antonio Spurs 113 (OT)
James Harden had a 30 point game for the Nets
New Orleans Pelicans 129 Utah Jazz 124
Zion Williamson had 26 points, 10 rebounds & 5 assists for the Pelicans
The Jazz lead the Western Conference by 3 games over the Lakers but fall to 27 & 8 on the year
Portland Trail Blazers 123 Charlotte Hornets 111
Denver Nuggets 118 Chicago Bulls 112
Cleveland Cavaliers 101 Houston Rockets 90
Dallas Mavericks 130 Orlando Magic 124
Tonight
Memphis Grizzlies at Washington Wizards 7 pm
Los Angeles Clippers at Boston Celtics 7:30 pm
Atlanta Hawks at Miami Heat 7:30 pm
New York Knicks at San Antonio Spurs 8:30 pm
Denver Nuggets at Milwaukee Bucks 9 pm
Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers 10 pm
The Toronto Raptors’ scheduled game tonight against Detroit has been postponed and tentatively rescheduled for tomorrow, due to positive COVID-19 results and ongoing tracing within the Raptors organization.
Major League Baseball Pre-Season
Toronto Blue Jays 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Alejandro Kirk & Breyvic Valera had 1st inning rbis for Toronto
Six Blue Jay pitchers gave up 3 hits over the 7 inning contest
Toronto 1-0 & 1 in 2 pre-season outings
Today
Philadelphia Phillies at Toronto Blue Jays
1:07 pm at Dunedin
Watt A Cardinal
J.J. Watt is joining the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League.
Watt he is joining the Cardinals on a 2-year, $31 million contract.