In the NHL, Philadelphia won its 4th in a row, 4-2 over Toronto as Sean Couturier and Claude Giroux each scored a goal and added an assist…..Patrick Kane scored in overtime in Chicago’s 3-2 win over Florida….In a matchup of the two top teams in the league, Tampa Bay shut out St. Louis 3-0….Washington won for the 8th time in its last 10 games, 5-2 over Colorado and it was was New Jersey over Los Angeles 5-1 to snap the Kings’ 8 game winning streak….In other play, it was Edmonton 7 Columbus 2…..Buffalo 3 Ottawa 2…..Minnesota 2 Calgary 1 in a shootout and Carolina 3 Vegas 2 in a shootout.
ESPN is reporting the Boston Red Sox are one of the teams to meet with J-D Martinez who hit 45 homers last season with Detroit and Arizona, 31 of them after the All-Star break.
NBC Sports California has cut ties with Oakland A’s analyst Jose Canseco after he tweeted his thoughts regarding the number of sexual harassment cases in the news of late, claiming he had been molested by several women and never complained.
In the NBA, LeBron James had 25 points and tied a career high with 17 assists in Cleveland’s 123-114 win over Atlanta…..Elsewhere, it was New York 113 Los Angeles Lakers 109…..Denver 103 Detroit 84…..Brooklyn 103 Washington 98……Dallas 95 San Antonio 89….Philadelphia 118 Minnesota 112 in overtime and Sacramento 99 Portland 92.
