THURSDAY EYE-OPENER

Ryan Miller wishes he could play the Oilers every night. Miller made 28 saves to improve to 11-0 all-time against Edmonton as the Canucks beat the Oilers 5-4. Radim Vrbata had a pair of goals for Vancouver, which is 4-0 this season against its division rival.

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Cam Talbot stopped all 31 shots that came his way while Kevin Klein and Rick Nash supplied the offence as the New York Rangers blanked the Philadelphia Flyers 2-nothing. Steve Mason stopped 32 shots for Philadelphia, which lost its third straight.

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The Toronto Raptors are taking advantage of their games at Air Canada Centre. DeMar DeRozan scored 21 points and Kyle Lowry added 18 as the Raptors improved to 7-1 at home with a 96-92 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. At 9-2 overall, Toronto leads the Eastern Conference.

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Kobe Bryant had 29 points, Wesley Johnson made key free throws down the stretch and the Los Angeles Lakers took advantage of Dwight Howard’s absence in a 98-92 victory over the Houston Rockets. It was the second consecutive win for the Lakers following a 1-9 start.

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Canadian content was in full force around the NBA. Pickering, Ontario’s Corey Joseph had 10 points as San Antonio beat Cleveland 92-90, Kamloops, B-C’s Kelly Olynyk chipped in nine points and four assists for Boston in a 101-90 win over Philadelphia, and Vaughn, Ontario’s Andrew Wiggins put up 12 points as Minnesota beat New York 115-99.

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Sixteen Pennsylvania congressmen are demanding the NCAAA release all documents related to a 2012 consent decree that required Penn State to pay $60 million dollars and imposed a football bowl ban and other penalties over the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. The House members released a letter urging the NCAA to remove all remaining sanctions against the school.

(Canadian Press)