SUNDAY SPORTS: SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!
SUPER BOWL
Brock Purdy’s journey from Mr. Irrelevant to Super Bowl starting quarterback is one of the main subplots of Sunday’s Super Bowl. Purdy’s San Francisco 49ers take on the Patrick Mahomes-led Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII Sunday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
But a handful of other late NFL draft picks and players who weren’t drafted have made big contributions to the 49ers and Chiefs this season. Kansas City’s Nick Allegretti and Isiah Pacheco were selected in the seventh round, while San Francisco’s Jake Brendel and Tashaun Gipson went undrafted.
The 49ers are favoured by 2-points at our betting partner Bet Regal. Kickoff is at 6:30 pm ET on CBS.
NHL
PANTHERS 4 AVALANCHE 0
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 35 saves in his third shutout of the season, and the Florida Panthers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-0 on Saturday night.
Elsewhere in the NHL on Saturday:
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RED WINGS 4 CANUCKS 3 (OT)
DETROIT (AP) — Jake Walman converted a penalty shot 23 seconds into overtime, lifting the Red Wings to the victory.
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SENATORS 5 MAPLE LEAFS 3
OTTAWA, ONT. (AP) — Shane Pinto had a goal and two assists, and Ottawa beat Toronto in a game that ended with Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Reilly cross-checking Ridly Greig for firing a slap shot into an empty net.
Greig scored with 5.1 seconds left, racing down the middle and firing a slap shot from short range into the empty net. As the Ottawa player headed back up the boards toward the bench, Reilly hit him high with the cross-check.
Toronto sent out enforcer Ryan Reaves for the final faceoff, but the officials quickly jumped in to prevent a brawl.
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CAPITALS 3 BRUINS 0
BOSTON (AP) — T.J. Oshie scored his 299th career goal, Charlie Lindgren stopped 18 shots and Washington snapped a six-game losing streak.
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PREDATORS 5 COYOTES 4 (OT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan McDonagh scored 1:36 into overtime, and Nashville snapped a three-game losing streak.
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JETS 2 PENGUINS 1
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves, and Winnipeg stopped a five-game losing streak.
Nino Niederreiter and Mark Scheifele scored to help Winnipeg avenge a 3-0 loss in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.
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HURRICANES 1 DEVILS 0 (OT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sebastian Aho scored 3:40 into overtime to give Carolina the win. Aho knocked a rebound of a Martin Necas shot out of mid-air and past New Jersey goalie Vitek Vanecek. It was Aho’s 11th career overtime goal, extending his franchise record.
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FLYERS 3 KRAKEN 2
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sean Couturier scored the go-ahead goal for Philadelphia early in the third period.
Scott Laughton and Ryan Poehling also scored for the Flyers, who have won all three of their games since the All-Star break. Philadelphia entered the break on a five-game losing streak.
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LIGHTNING 4 BLUE JACKETS 2
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Brandon Hagel had a goal and two assists, and Tampa Bay stopped a two-game slide. Nicholas Paul had a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots. Anthony Cirelli and Steven Stamkos also scored.
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BLUES 3 SABRES 1
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Joel Hofer stopped 33 shots, Jake Neighours scored twice and St. Louis got the win on the road.
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STARS 3 CANADIENS 2
MONTREAL (AP) — Tyler Seguin scored twice and Matt Duchene had two assists, lifting the Stars to the win.
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FLAMES 5 ISLANDERS 2
NEW YORK (AP) — MacKenzie Weegar recorded his first career hat trick, and Calgary extended its season-high win streak to four games.
Jonathan Huberdeau and Blake Coleman also scored for the Flames. Jacob Markstrom finished with 35 saves and an assist in the third game of a four-game road trip.
Semyon Varlamov made 19 saves in his 600th NHL game, but the Islanders’ two-game winning streak was snapped. Brock Nelson and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored for New York.
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KINGS 4 OILERS 0
LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Rittich stopped 27 shots for his first shutout in nearly three years, Quinton Byfield had two goals and an assist and Los Angeles gave Jim Hiller a victory in his first game as an NHL head coach.
Hiller was named interim coach for the rest of the season after Todd McLellan was fired on Feb. 2. The Kings had only three wins in their last 17 games going into the All-Star break.
Pierre Luc-Dubois and Trevor Lewis also scored for Los Angeles. Rittich got his fifth career shutout, and his first since Feb. 22, 2021, at Toronto when he was with the Calgary Flames.
Stuart Skinner made 22 saves for Edmonton, which has dropped two of three since a 16-game winning streak that was one shy of tying the NHL record.
WHL
REGINA – 12 different players got on the scoresheet, leading the club to a season-high nine goals as the Regina Pats hammered the Edmonton Oil Kings 9-4 on Saturday at the Brandt Centre.
Five different Pats players recorded three point games, as Cole Temple (2G-1A), Anthony Wilson (1G-2A), Sam Oremba (2G-1A), Tye Spencer (1G-2A) and Braxton Whitehead (3A) each had incredible nights while Ewan Huet made 25 saves for his 11th win and third straight victory.
The Pats are now 20-26-4-2 on the season with 46 points, and are five points back of the eighth and final playoff spot. The Pats have won their last two games and their last two on home ice, as well as three of their last four home games.
(ReginaPats.com)
Elsewhere in the DUB:
WARRIORS 5 HITMEN 2
CALGARY, Alta. — Brayden Schuurman and Rilen Kovacevic each scored a goal and added an assist as the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors beat the Calgary Hitmen 5-2. Cosmo Wilson, Brayden Yager and Kalem Parker also scored for the Warriors (33-16-0-2).
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BLADES 3 BRONCOS 2
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Lukas Hansen scored at 11:28 of the third period to snap a 2-2 tie and lift the visiting Saskatoon Blades to a 3-2 victory over the Swift Current Broncos.
Egor Sidorov and Brandon Lisowsky also scored for the East Division-leading Blades (39-9-2-3), who outshot the Broncos 27-26.
Brady Birnie and Clarke Caswell scored for the Broncos (26-19-4-2).
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RAIDERS 7 WHEAT KINGS 3
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Krzysztof Macias, Sloan Stanick and Niall Crocker all scored twice as the Prince Albert Raiders plowed past the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings 7-3.
Oli Chenier also scored for the Raiders (24-25-1-3), who connected for three goals on the power play.
Nolan Flamand, Brett Hyland and Dominik Petr scored for the Wheat Kings (26-20-5-1), who trailed 3-2 after the first period and 4-3 heading into the third.
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TIGERS 5 REBELS 4 OT
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – Bogdans Hodass scored at 4:41 of overtime as the Medicine Hat Tigers rallied from a 4-1 deficit to edge the visiting Red Deer Rebels 5-4 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday at C-op Place.
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BLAZERS 7 ROCKETS 3
KELOWNA, B.C. — Emmitt Finnie scored four goals as the visiting Kamloops Blazers soared past the Kelowna Rockets 7-3.
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COUGARS 9 ROYALS 6
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Zac Funk scored three goals as the Prince George Cougars defeated the visiting Victoria Royals 9-6. Borya Valis and Hunter Laing each scored twice for the B.C. Division-leading Cougars (35-15-0-2), while Ephram McNutt and Terik Parascak netted singles.
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GIANTS 7 WILD 2
LANGLEY, B.C. — Connor Levis and Kyren Gronick each scored twice and added an assist as the Vancouver Giants tamed the visiting Wenatchee Wild 7-2.
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WINTERHAWKS 4 THUNDERBIRDS 1
PORTLAND, Ore. — Gabe Klassen and James Stefan each scored twice as the Portland Winterhawks knocked off the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds 4-1.
Luca Cagnoni and Kyle Chyzowski each added two assists for the U.S. Division-leading Winterhawks (35-12-2-1), who scored two power-play goals.
Kazden Mathies scored for the Thunderbirds (18-29-2-0), who were outshot 51-18. Scott Ratzlaff stopped 47 of 50 shots for the T-Birds.
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SILVERTIPS 7 CHIEFS 6 (SO)
EVERETT, Wash. — Carter Bear and Ben Hemmerling both scored in the shootout as the Everett Silvertips outlasted the visiting Spokane Chiefs 7-6.
Hemmerling scored twice in regulation for the Silvertips (35-17-1-2), while Cade Zaplitny, Austin Roest, Niko Tsakumis and Parker Berge netted singles.
Ty Cheveldayoff, Rasmus Ekstrom, Layton Feist, Owen Martin, Berkly Catton and Hayden Paupanekis scored for the Chiefs (20-24-4-1).
(Canadian Press)
