SATURDAY SPORTS PAGE: NHL, WHL, NLL

The Toronto Maple Leafs pulled a three-team trade Friday night with the St. Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild. Toronto acquired Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari from the Blues and sent Mikhail Abramov, Adam Gaudette, a 2023 first-round draft pick, Ottawa’s 2023 third-round selection and the Leafs’ 2024 second-round choice to St. Louis. The Leafs also sent the Wild their 2025 fourth-round pick. St. Louis, in turn, will retain 50 per cent of O’Reilly’s salary and Minnesota will take on another 25 per cent of it.

FRIDAY NHL SCOREBOARD

Chicago 4 Ottawa 3 (OT)

N.Y. Rangers 5 Edmonton 4 (SO)

N.Y. Islanders 5 Pittsburgh 4

Minnesota 2 Dallas 1 (SO)

Los Angeles 6 Anaheim 3

WHL

Prince Albert, Sask. — The Regina Pats got off to a strong start but were unable to weather the storm, falling 6-5 to the Prince Albert Raiders on Friday at the Art Hauser Centre.

The Pats led 3-1 after one and 5-4 early in the third period after it was tied 4-4 after two. Connor Bedard finished the game with four points (2G-2A) to reach 50 goals and 100 points in back-to-back seasons. Alexander Suzdalev scored twice to hit 30 goals on the year while Tanner Howe rounded out the scoring for the Pats.

For the Raiders, they get their second straight win coming in comeback fashion. Brayden Dube, Carter Anderson, Ryder Ritchie, Keaton Sorensen, Grady Martin and Aiden Oiring (GWG) scored for Prince Albert while Max Hidlebrand made 32 saves.

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MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Carson Lambos, Matthew Savoie and Jonas Woo each had a goal and an assist as the Winnipeg Ice cruised to a 7-1 victory over the Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday.

Ben Zloty, Vladislav Shilo, Carson Latimer and Owen Pederson added the others for Winnipeg (42-7-1), which won its fifth consecutive game. Daniel Hauser stopped 21-of-22 shots.

Brayden Yager scored for Moose Jaw (33-18-0-3), breaking Hauser’s shutout bid at 17:09 of the third period.

Jackson Unger gave up four goals on 10 shots in the opening 14:11 before Justen Maric stopped 14-of-17 shots in 45:49 of relief.

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THUNDERBIRDS 4 AMERICANS 3 (OT)

KENNEWICK, WA. – Dylan Guenther capped a two-goal effort with the game-winning marker at 4:10 of overtime and the Seattle Thunderbirds edged the Tri-City Americans 4-3.

Sawyer Mynio and Brad Lambert also contributed for Seattle (40-9-1-1), which won its fifth in a row. Thomas Milic stopped 26-of-29 shots.

Chase Friedt-Mohr, Jordan Gavin and Ethan Ernst scored one apiece for Tri-City (25-20-5-2), which dropped its sixth straight. Tomas Suchanek made 38 saves.

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BLAZERS 7 REBELS 4

RED DEER, ALTA. – Olen Zellweger had a goal and three assists to help fuel the Kamloops Blazers’ 7-4 victory over the Red Deer Rebels, extending their win streak to seven games

Daylan Kuefler, Logan Bairos, Kyle Masters, Matthew Seminoff, Caedan Bankier and Connor Levis provided the rest of the offence for Kamloops (34-10-4-2). Dylan Ernst made 23 saves.

Kai Uchacz, Carson Birnie, Ben King and Jhett Larson replied for Red Deer (36-13-1-3). Kyle Kelsey stopped 35 shots.

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BLADES 6 ROYALS 4

VICTORIA – Egor Sidorov had two goals and two assists, Trevor Wong added two goals and the Saskatoon Blades downed the Victoria Royals 6-4.

Conner Roulette and Jake Chiasson contributed the others for Saskatoon (36-13-3-1), which extended its win streak to three games. Ethan Chadwick made 31 saves.

Jake Poole, with two goals, Carter Dereniwsky and Tanner Scott responded for Victoria (15-33-5-1). Braden Holt surrendered five goals on 17 shots in the first period before Nicholas Cristiano stopped 9-of-10 shots in relief.

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LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. – Blake Swetlikoff scored twice to lead the Lethbridge Hurricanes to a 3-1 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Brayden Edwards added the other for Lethbridge (30-18-3-3). Bryan Thomson stopped 30 shots.

Calder Anderson scored for Brandon (21-24-7), which lost its second straight game. Nicholas Jones made 22 saves.

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CHIEFS 4 SILVERTIPS 3 (SO)

EVERETT, WA. – Chase Bertholet scored the shootout winner to cap the Spokane Chiefs’ 4-3 comeback victory over the Everett Silvertips.

Cade Hayes, with two goals, and Berkly Catton scored in regulation for Spokane (11-35-2-4). Cooper Michaluk made 47 saves.

Raphael Pelletier, Austin Roest and Ben Hemmerling had a goal apiece for Everett (27-23-2-1), which dropped its second in a row. Tyler Palmer stopped 23-of-26 shots.

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NLL

The San Diego Seals fell to the Saskatchewan Rush 16-11 on Friday night at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. It was the Seals first loss on home turf this season.

The Seals struggled to find their footing early on. Forward Dane Dobbie got things started for the Seals with four goals in the first half, but the team was still unable to secure a lead over the Rush throughout the duration of the game. Despite a valiant effort to come out on top, Saskatchewan maintained their footing with a five point lead in the final quarter, ultimately coming away with a win.

Despite the loss, plenty of positive outcomes came from the night’s contest.

After Friday night’s game, San Diego transition player Brodie Merrill now sits at fifth place all time in the NLL for games played, with an impressive 267.

Dobbie is now tied for fourth place in goals scored this season after his explosive offensive run Friday night.

Additionally, defenseman Eli Gobrecht scored his first goal since 2020.

The Seals will make their debut on March 4 at Snapdragon Stadium vs. the Las Vegas Desert Dogs for the NLL Stadium Showdown.