Carey Price made 28 saves including an outstanding stop in overtime and Paul Byron scored in the fifth round of the shootout to give Montreal a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers and coach Claude Julien his first win in his second go round with the Canadiens…….Jake Gardiner scored at 2:29 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs got by Winnipeg 5-4…Auston Matthews had three assists…..Sydney Crosby scored the go ahead goal on a deflection in the second period and Evgeny Malkin added an insurance goal in the third period in Pittsburgh’s 3-1 win over Carolina…..Chicago got a hat trick from Jonathon Toews in a 5-3 win over Minnesota…..In other play, it was the Islanders 3 Detroit 1…..Calgary 6 Nashville 5 in overtime……Tampa Bay 4 Edmonton 1 and Los Angeles 2 Colorado 1.
The Saint John Sea Dogs are back home tonight, hosting the Acadie-Bathurst Titan starting at 7:00. Equipment Manager David “DK” Kelly will return to the bench tonight. He has been away from the Sea Dogs since late October to receive treatment for a rare form of thyroid cancer. The Sea Dogs have unveiled their playoff ticket packages.
The Los Angeles Lakers have named Hall of Famer Magic Johnson as their new president of basketball operations to turn around the struggling franchise while firing longtime general manager Mitch Kupchak. The Lakers haven’t made the playoffs since 2013 and have the third worst record in the NBA.
