In the NHL, Vladimir Tarasenko scored the overtime winner and Jake Allen made 31 saves as St. Louis got by Toronto 2-1…..David Pastrnak scored a pair of power play goals to help the Boston Bruins beat San Jose 6-3 in Bruce Cassidy’s first game as coach since Claude Julien was fired……Alex Galchenyuk scored at 2:13 of overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 5-4 win over Arizona. Max Pacioretty had two goals and two assists for the Habs……Sidney Crosby did not get a point in his quest for a thousand in his career but Pittsburgh defeated Colorado 4-1……….Washington won for the 11th consecutive time at home, 6-3 over Detroit……The New York Rangers won their 4th straight, 4-3 over Nashville…..Elsewhere, it was the Islanders 3 Philadelphia 1……Vancouver 3 Columbus 0…..Anaheim 5 Buffalo 2…..Ottawa 3 Dallas 2 and Los Angeles 6 Florida 3.
The Saint John Sea Dogs host Drummondville tonight at Harbour Station with a 7:00 start. The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-2 win over Acadie-Bathurst.
At the provincial men’s curling championship, the Pepsi Tankard, at Thistle St. Andrews, the James Grattan rink from the Gage Golf & Country Club is the last team without a loss after wins over Terry Odishaw and Josh Barry. Mike Kennedy of the Capital Winter Club is second at 3 and 1.
In the NBA, it was Boston 120 Portland 111…..Dallas 112 Utah 105 (OT)…..Oklahoma City 118 Cleveland 109……Houston 107 Charlotte 95 and Philadelphia 112 Orlando 111.
