In the NHL:
John Tavares scored his ninth goal of the season as Toronto downed New Jersey 6-1.
Elsewhere, Winnipeg beat Colorado 5-2 and the Rangers fell to Detroit 3-2 in overtime.
At the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge:
Team Canada Red fell to Finland 5-2 in the semifinals while Russia downed Sweden 6-4.
The bronze-medal game takes place at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and the gold-medal game is at 7:30 p.m.
In the placement games, Team Canada Black beat Team Canada White 5-3 and the United States fell to the Czech Republic 2-1.
In Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action:
The Saint John Sea Dogs lost to Sherbrooke 6-2.
Robbie Burt and Jérémie Jacob scored for the Sea Dogs.
In junior hockey action:
The St. Stephen Aces fell to Grand Falls 4-3 in overtime.
Everett Hicks had a pair of goals for St. Stephen while Andrew Antle also scored.
