National Hockey League
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 Winnipeg Jets 1
Auston Matthews scored his league-leading 24th goal of the season for Toronto who lead the North by 3 points over the Jets
Netminder Jack Campbell made 26 saves to improve to 7 & 0 on the year
The Leafs with points in their last 5 games will be at Winnipeg again tomorrow night.
Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks (ppd)
2 Canucks plus a member of the team’s coaching staff entered NHL COVID protocols.
Buffalo Sabres 6 Philadelphia Flyers 1
Linus Ullmark stopped 31 shots and the Sabres snapped an 18-game winless skid.
Colorado Avalanche 9 Arizona Coyotes 3
Joonas Donskoi had 3 goals as Colorado moved into 1st place in the West, 1 point ahead of Vegas
Los Angeles Kings 4 Vegas Golden Knights 2
San Jose Sharks 4 Minnesota Wild 2
Tonight
Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators 7 pm
Washington Capitals at New York Islanders 7 pm
Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins 7 pm
New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres 7 pm
Detroit Red Wings at Florida Panthers 7 pm
Columbus Blue Jackets at Tampa Bay Lightning 7 pm
Carolina Hurricanes at Chicago Blackhawks 8 pm
Dallas Stars at Nashville Predators 8 pm
Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden Knights 10:30 pm
The Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League suspended activities for a minimum of 14 days through following 6 additional positive COVID-19 tests.
National Basketball Association
Oklahoma City Thunder 113 Toronto Raptors 103
Gary Trent Jr had 31 points in the loss for the Raptors who have lost 4 in a row and 13 of their last 14 games
Tomorrow, the Raptors host Golden State.
Brooklyn Nets 120 Houston Rockets 108
Kyrie Irving had 31 points as the Nets take sole possession of 1st place in the Eastern Conference
Milwaukee Bucks 112 Los Angeles Lakers 97
Jrue Holiday scored 28 points for the Bucks who are 3rd in the East, 2 & 1/2 games back of Brooklyn
Utah Jazz 111 Memphis Grizzlies 107
Mike Conley had 26 points for the Jazz who lead the Western Conference by 3 games over Phoenix
Phoenix Suns 121 Chicago Bulls 116
Miami Heat 92 Indiana Pacers 87
Minnesota Timberwolves 102 New York Knicks 101
Dallas Mavericks 113 Boston Celtics 108
Portland Trail Blazers 124 Detroit Pistons 101
San Antonio Spurs 120 Sacramento Kings 106
Tonight
Philadelphia 76ers at Cleveland Cavaliers 7 pm
Washington Wizards at Detroit Pistons 7 pm
Charlotte Hornets at Brooklyn Nets 7:30 pm
Golden State Warriors at Miami Heat 8 pm
Orlando Magic at New Orleans Pelicans 8 pm
Atlanta Hawks at San Antonio Spurs 8:30 pm
Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Clippers 10 pm
WTA
at Miami
Bianca Andreescu defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4, 3-6 & 6-3
Maria Sakkari eliminated Naomi Osaka 6-0 & 6-4
Andreescu meets Sakkari in the semifinal today
Major League Baseball
( Season Openers )
Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees
Ryu (0-0) vs Cole (0-0)
1:05 pm
The Jays were 16-9 & 3 in the pre-season.
Toronto is starting the season with some injury trouble.
George Springer and pitcher Robbie Ray will begin the year on the 10-day injured list.
Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers 1:10 pm
Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox 2:10 pm
Minnesota Twins at Milwaukee Brewers 2:10 pm
Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs 2:20 pm
Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies 3:05
St.Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds 4:10 pm
Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies 4:10 pm
Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals 4:10 pm
Tampa Bay Rays at Miami Marlins 4:10 pm
Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres 4:10 pm
New York Mets at Washington Nationals 7:09 pm
Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Angels 10:05 pm
Houston Astros at Oakland Athletics 10:07 pm
San Francisco Giants at Seattle Mariners 10:10 pm
Long Term For Lindor
The New York Mets & shortstop Francisco Lindor have agreed to a $341 million, 10-year deal after acquiring him from Cleveland in the off-season
Lindor was eligible for free agency after this season and said he wouldn’t negotiate with the Mets on a long-term contract after opening day.
The 27-year-old Lindor has 2 Gold Gloves and made 4 All-Star teams in 6 seasons with Cleveland.
Woods Update ( Sort of….)
The Los Angeles County sheriff says detectives have determined what caused Tiger Woods to crash his SUV last month in Southern California.
However, the police would not release details, citing unspecified privacy concerns for the golf star.
Woods suffered serious injuries in late February when he struck a raised median around 7 a.m. just outside Los Angeles.
PGA Valero Texas Open
at TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course),
6 Canadians are in the field including Corey Conners of Listowel
Conners is the first Canadian scheduled to tee off at 9:09 am
LPGA ANA Inspiration
at Mission Hills Country Club – Dinah Shore Tournament Course
Two Canadians; Brooke Henderson of Smith’s Falls & Alena Sharp from Hamilton are entered
Henderson tees off at 10:32 am
Sharp will open at 11:38 am