Pittsburgh Penguins forward Pascal Dupuis has a blood clot in one of his lungs and is expected to miss at least six months. The clot was discovered after Dupuis, who’s 35, complained of discomfort in his chest.
Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid suffered a broken right thumb against St. Louis and will miss the next six to eight weeks.
Just two games in the NHL last night, Cam Talbot made 31 saves as the Rangers blanked Philadelphia 2-0 and Vancouver got by Edmonton 5-4.
The Sea Dogs are ranked sixth among junior teams in the country.
The Red Sox have made a contract offer to free agent pitcher Jon Lester when he met with the team’s owners earlier this week and are also preparing to make an offer to free agent third baseman Pablo Sandoval who earlier turned down a contract offer to stay with the Giants.
In the NBA, San Antonio scored three points in the last 18 seconds of the game for a 92-90 win over Cleveland with LeBron James turning the ball over with just 1.9 seconds left……Kobe Bryant scored 29 points as the Los Angeles Lakers won their second straight, 98-92 over Houston. The Eastern Division leading Raptors improved to 9 and 2 with 96-92 win over Memphis as DeMar DeRozan scores 21 points for Toronto. In other play, it was Indiana 88 Charlotte 86…..Los Angeles Clippers 114 Orlando 90….Boston 101 Philadelphia 90……Dallas 105 Washington 102…..Milwaukee 122 Brooklyn 118 (OT)…..Phoenix 88 Detroit 86…..Minnesota 115 New York 99 and Denver 107 Oklahoma City 100.
