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NHL

Auston Matthews scored again, Max Domi had two goals, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Vegas Golden Knights 7-3 for their sixth straight win. Jake McCabe, David Kampf, John Tavares and Pontus Holmberg also scored for Toronto, while Martin Jones made 23 saves. Matthews stretched his goal streak to five games with 10 goals and 13 points.
Nazem Kadri scored the game-winning goal 3:56 into overtime to lead the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins. Kadri took the puck up ice on a 3-on-1 and fired a shot into the far corner past Linus Ullmark just seconds after Jakob Markstrom stopped a David Pastrnak shot on the other end. It was one of 32 saves for Markstrom on the night.
Josh Norris score two goals and the Ottawa Senators beat the Dallas Stars 4-1. Thomas Chabot and Shane Pinto also scored for Ottawa, which has won two of its last three games. Joe Pavelski scored for Dallas, which had its losing streak extended to four straight games.
Bryan Rust and Drew O’Conner scored 21 seconds apart in the second period to break open a tie game and the Pittsburgh Penguins earned a 4-1 win over the reeling Montreal Canadiens. Pittsburgh won for just the second time in its last seven games, with Kris Letang scoring twice. Mike Matheson notched his eighth goal of the season for Montreal, which has lost six of seven.
Sebastian Aho scored with 18.9 seconds left, helping Pyotr Kochetkov and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 1-0. Kochetkov stopped 44 shots in his third shutout of the season. Carolina has won four straight and six of its past seven games. Florida had won 11 straight road games, one short of tying the NHL record.
Alexis Lafreniere scored twice, Artemi Panarin had three assists and the New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 5-1 for their ninth straight win to tie their longest streak in eight seasons. Igor Shesterkin made 39 saves and picked up his first assist of the season as the Rangers moved within a win of tying their longest winning streak in franchise history.
Jared McCann had a goal and three assists, Jordan Eberle added two goals and an assist and the Seattle Kraken beat NHL-leading Vancouver 5-2, handing the Canucks their fourth straight loss. J-T Miller and Sam Lafferty scored for Vancouver, which is 3-5-and-1 since a 12-game point streak.

NBA

Scottie Barnes had 18 points and 12 rebounds, Gary Trent Junior scored 25 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Brooklyn Nets 121-93. It was Toronto’s first victory in 12 games against Atlantic Division opponents this season. Mikal Bridges led Brooklyn with 21 points as the Nets lost their first game under interim coach Kevin Ollie.
The Raptors are in Atlanta tonight to take on the Hawks in the second game of a back-to-back set in the NBA. Toronto snapped a three-game losing skid with a 121-93 blowout win over the Brooklyn Nets last night at Scotiabank Arena. It was the first game back from the all-star break for both sides. The Raptors sit four-and-a-half games back of Atlanta for the final play-in spot in the Eastern Conference.

SCOTTIES

The playoff field is set for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts today. Alberta’s Selena Sturmay will face six-time champion, Jennifer Jones of Manitoba, while defending champion Kerri Einarson takes on undefeated Rachel Homan of Ontario in the afternoon draw. Manitoba’s Kaitlyn Lawes and Kate Cameron round out the rest of the six playoff teams.

(Canadian Press)