In the NHL, the Minnesota Wild beat Chicago 6-1 in a football stadium filled with more than 50 thousand fans to run their winning streak to 4……..The Rangers got by Detroit in overtime 1-0….Pittsburgh defenseman Kris Letang up three goals in a 4-3 win over Buffalo…Tampa Bay downed Carolina 4-2…..Anaheim over Calgary 5-2 and Vancouver won over Colorado 5-1.
The Colorado Avalanche boosting their offense by picking up forward Shawn Matthias in a trade with Toronto……The Leafs get forward Colin Smith and a fourth round pick in the 2016 draft.
St. Louis goaltender Jake Allen of Fredericton has been activated from injured reserve after missing 17 games.
New Brunswick athletes win 16 medals, including 4 gold, for their best performance ever at the Canadian Indoor track and field Championships. Brady Graves of Saint John captured gold and silver running in the 3000 metres and 1500 metres. Ryan Evans of Saint John captured a bronze medal in the youth boys Pentathlon. Chris Jung of Sussex captured 2 bronze medals in the youth boys triple jump and long jump.
At the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, The Sylvie Robichaud rink of Curl Moncton, representing New Brunswick, is 1 and 2 after losing last night to P-E-I 9-8.
In the NBA, the Raptors beat Memphis 98-85 for their 8th straight win at home. Elsewhere, it was Boston 121 Denver 101…..New Orleans 111 Detroit 106….Cleveland 115 Oklahoma City 92…..San Antonio 118 Phoenix 111…..Indiana 105 Orlando 102….Charlotte 104 Brooklyn 96……Dallas 129 Philadelphia 103…..Chicago 126 Los Angeles Lakers 115 and Portland 115 Utah 111.
Denny Hamlin won the Daytona 500.
