In the NHL, Jake Allen made 26 saves and Paul Stastny scored twice to help St. Louis beat Toronto 5-1…. Matt Read netted the tiebreaking goal early in the third period to lead Philadelphia to a 3-1 win over Montreal…..Patrick Kane scored a goal and had an assist in Chicago’s 4-3 win over Arizona to snap a three game losing streak…..Chris Kreider scored 3:56 into overtime to give the New York Rangers a 2-1 win over Buffalo….Elsewhere, it was Nashville 2 Edmonton 0…..Ottawa 5 Tampa Bay 2…..Winnipeg 4 Dallas 3 and San Jose 4 Vancouver 1 with Patrick Marleau scoring the 500th goal of his career.
Pittsburgh’s Conor Sheary, who has 17 goals as a linemate with Sidney Crosby, will be out of action from 4 to 6 weeks with an upper body injury. Penguins center Evgeni Malkin is out indefinitely with a knee injury and forward Matt Cullen remains out with a broken foot.
The Saint John Sea Dogs are in Halifax tonight and tomorrow afternoon play in Cape Breton.
The Saint John Sports Hall of Fame committee is now accepting nominations for the 2017 induction. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Saint John Sports Hall of Fame has been honouring local sport legends since 1987 with framed sketches enclosed in glass cabinets lining the walls of Harbour Station. Nomination forms are available online at www.saintjohn.ca/shof or by calling 658-4521. The deadline for submissions is April 21, 2017. An induction ceremony will take place in the fall.
Former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay and former Montreal Expo Vladimir Guerrero will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
There’s basketball action tonight at Harbour Station with the Saint John Riptide hosting Cape Breton. Tipoff is at 7:00.
In the NBA, it was Washington 116 Los Angeles Lakers 108….Atlanta 113 Houston 108…..San Antonio 102 Philadelphia 86 and Golden State 133 Los Angeles Clippers 120.
