Washington beat the Columbus 4-1 to clinch the Presidents’ Trophy and home ice advantage throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs……Tampa Bay shut out Toronto 3-0…..Philadelphia got by Winnipeg in overtime 3-2 while Detroit edged Buffalo 3-2…..The Flyers are tied with the Red Wings for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Philadelphia has seven games left while Detroit has six games remaining…..Colorado got by Nashville 4-3….Anaheim downed Edmonton 2-1…It was San Jose over Los Angeles 5-2 to clinch a playoff spot and Calgary defeated Arizona 5-2.
At the World Women’s Hockey Championship in Kamloops, B-C, the U.S. defeated Canada 3-1……Canada faces Russia tonight.
In the NBA, Russell Westbrook’s 16th triple double, the most in a season since Magic Johnson had 17 in 1988-89, leading Oklahoma City to a 119-100 win over the Raptors. Elsewhere in the NBA, it was the Los Angeles Clippers 105 Boston 90….Miami 110 Brooklyn 99…Atlanta 102 Chicago 100…..San Antonio 101 Memphis 87…..Minnesota 121 Phoenix 116……New Orleans 99 New York 91….Dallas 97 Denver 88……Utah 123 Los Angeles Lakers 75 and Portland 105 Sacramento 93.
At the Canadian Senior Curling Championships, the Grant Odishaw rink of Riverside, representing New Brunswick, is 1 and 1 in men’s play after an 8-1 win over Nunavut and an 8-5 loss to P-E-I. In women’s play, New Brunswick, represented by Heidi Hanlon of Thistle St. Andrews, is 1 and 1 after a 6-5 win over Northern Ontario and a 6-5 loss to Saskatchewan.
