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The Toronto Maple Leafs disastrous trip in California continued. Tyler Kennedy and Patrick Marleau scored goals 11 seconds apart in the first period, and the San Jose Sharks beat the reeling Leafs 3-1. Roman Polak scored for Toronto, which lost its third straight game and for the sixth time in seven games. The Leafs also lost in LA and Anaheim on this trip.

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Earlier in the night, Sean Monahan scored and added two assists as the Calgary Flames scored three times in the third period for a 4-1 win over Arizona. Ondrej Pavelec made 46 saves to lift the Winnipeg Jets over Dallas 2-1.

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Also, Ondrej Palat scored a pair of third-period goals as Eastern Conference-leading Tampa Bay edged the Edmonton Oilers 3-2. Jean-Gabriel Pageau’s first of the season stood as the winner as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-1. And Ryan Miller made 29 saves to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-0 victory in Philadelphia.

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James Harden scored 15 of his 31 points in the Houston Rockets’ big first quarter in a 112-101 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Rockets led 40-18 after one and didn’t trail again to bounce back after a loss to Orlando on Wednesday night that snapped a four-game winning streak.

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Focusing on the PGA Tour is paying off for Paul Casey — so far. Casey made nine birdies in the first round of the Sony Open and is tied for the lead with Webb Simpson at 8-under 62. Casey is playing the Sony Open for the first time in a decade after giving up his European Tour membership.

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Canadian alpine skier Erik Guay has pushed back his return to competition and will sit out the upcoming world championships. The 33-year-old Olympian had surgery to replace cartilage and bone in his left knee in June. His hope was to be back on the slopes in January to prepare for the upcoming alpine world championships in Colorado. However, he has not progressed as expected, forcing Guay to push back the timetable for his return.

(Canadian Press)