Sunday Sports

WORLD JUNIORS

Canada will try to bounce back from a shocking loss at the world junior men’s hockey championship today when the host country faces Germany in Ottawa. The Canadians fell 3-2 in a shootout to Latvia in their second game of the tournament after opening with a 4-0 victory over Finland. Canada will be without defenceman Matthew Schaefer after he suffered a tournament-ending injury in the game against Latvia.

WHL

BLADES 5 PATS 2

REGINA — Hudson Kibblewhite led the Blades with a goal and two assists in the win over Regina.

Saskatoon (19-10-2-2) also got goals from Colten Worthington, Misha Volotovskii, Ben Riche and Brandon Lisowsky. Blades netminder Ethan McCallum stopped 32 of 34 shots.

Zach Pantelakis and Zackary Shantz scored and Pats netminder Kelton Pyne had 20 saves for Regina (9-18-4-2).

Elsewhere in the Dub on Saturday:

RAIDERS 7 BRONCOS 5

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Tomas Mrsic led Prince Albert with a pair of goals.

Aiden Oiring, Niall Crocker, Brayden Dube, Lukas Dragicevic and Ty Meunier also scored for the Raiders (17-11-3-0) with goaltender Dimitri Fortin contributing 29 saves.

Luke Mistelbacher scored a hat trick and Carlin Dezainde had a pair of goals for Swift Current (17-15-0-1).

Broncos starter Joey Rocha stopped eight of 10 shots in the first period and Reid Dyck turned away 25 of 29 the rest of the game.

WHEAT KINGS 5 WARRIORS 2

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Carter Klippenstein and Nolan Flamand spurred Brandon to victory with a pair of goals apiece.

Marcus Nguyen also scored and goalie Alex Garrett stopped 35 of 37 shots for Brandon (16-10-3-2).

Moose Jaw (8-21-3-1) got goals from McKenzie and Connor Schmidt and 28 saves from goalie Brady Smith.

EVERETT 6 SEATTLE 1

Landon DuPont scored twice for Everett Silvertips in a 6-1 win over the win over the Seattle Thunderbirds on Saturday as the Silvertips continued to top the WHL’s Western Conference with a 27-5-2-1 record.

Carter Bear, Tyler MacKenzie, Kaden Hammell and Jesse Heslop also scored and Silvertips goalie Raiden LeGall stopped 23 of 24 shots for the win.

Nathan Pilling scored the lone goal for Seattle (11-21-2-1). T-Birds starting goalie Scott Ratzlaff stopped 27 of 32 shots before Grayson Malinoski came in to repel 10 of 11.

TIGERS 4 HURRICANES 0

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Liam Ruck scored twice and Jordan Switzer posted a 17-save shutout for the Tigers in the win over Lethbridge.

Oasiz Wiesblatt and Hunter St. Martin also scored for Medicine Hat (20-14-1-0) which was a point behind the Saskatoon Blades sitting atop the Eastern Conference.

Goalie Koen Cleaver stopped 27 of 31 shots for Lethbridge (18-12-1-1).

WILD 4 CHIEFS 3

WENATCHEE, Wash. — Dawson Seitz scored the game-winner for the Wild at 16:33 of the third period.

Wenatchee (12-17-3-1) also got goals from Evan Friesen, Shaun Rios and Miles Cooper. 

Wild starter Daniel Hauser stopped three of six shots before he was replaced at 8:34 of the first period by Brendan Gee, who stopped all 23 shots he faced.

Mathis Preston, Hayden Paupanekis and Chase Harrington scored and goalie Carter Esler stopped 22 shots for Spokane (23-12-0-0).

COUGARS 2 ROYALS 1

VICTORIA — Aiden Foster’s goal at 9:06 of the second period stood up as the winner for Prince George, which won its fourth in a row.

Hunter Laing also scored and goalie Joshua Ravensbergen made 37 saves for the Cougars (20-9-3-2).

Teydon Trembecky scored and Jayden Kraus stopped 25 shots for Victoria (17-11-3-3).

WINTERHAWKS 4 AMERICANS 3

KENNEWICK, Wash. — Winterhawks goalie Marek Schlenker made 40 saves in Portland’s sixth straight win.

Kyle Chyzowski scored the game-winner at 17:33 of the second period and Josh Zakreski, Reed Brown, Tyson Jugnauth also scored for Portland (20-12-2-0).

Max Curran scored twice and Jake Sloan once for Tri-City (19-10-2-1). Americans goaltender Nathan Preston stopped 27 shots.

BLAZERS 3 ROCKETS 1

KELOWNA, B.C. — John Szabo scored twice for Kamloops in the win over Kelowna.

Nathan Behm also scored once and Blazers netminder Dylan Ernst stopped 25 of 26 shots for Kamloops (13-18-3-0).

Rockets goaltender Jake Pilon made 45 saves and Kalder Varga scored for Kelowna (13-15-2-1).

NHL

• Alex Ovechkin’s chase for Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL scoring record is back on. Ovechkin scored an empty-net goal in his first game since fracturing his left leg in early November. His Washington Capitals beat the host Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2. Ovechkin is 25 goals back of Gretzky’s record of 894 career goals with 46 games to go in the regular season.
• An epic collapse by the Vancouver Canucks. They were up 4-1 on the Seattle Kraken with five minutes to go when the Kraken scored three unanswered goals and then won 5-4 in overtime. It was only the third time in NHL history that a team won after a three-goal deficit with five minutes to play.
• Nikolaj Ehlers is back on track for the Winnipeg Jets after a long layoff with injury. His goal and two assists were key in Winnipeg’s 4-2 win over the visiting Ottawa Senators. Ehlers missed nine games earlier this month with a lower-body injury. The Danish forward has two goals and three assists in four games since his return. 
• Jonathan Huberdeau scored twice, including an empty-net goal, and goalie Dustin Wolf made 21 saves for the Calgary Flames in a 3-1 win over the host San Jose Sharks. Nazem Kadri had a pair of assists for the Flames who resumed their regular season after the holiday break. Calgary has won two in a row and has earned at least one point from each of its last five games.

NFL

• CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow threw his third touchdown pass to Tee Higgins with 1:07 left in overtime, and the Cincinnati Bengals kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a wild 30-24 win over the Denver Broncos on Saturday. The Broncos (9-7) would have secured an AFC wild card with a victory over the Bengals. They’ll have another opportunity to earn a postseason berth when they host Kansas City next weekend. Burrow has at least 250 yards passing and three touchdowns in eight straight games, extending his NFL record.
• FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Justin Herbert threw three touchdown passes and the Los Angeles Chargers clinched their second playoff appearance in three seasons with a 40-7 victory over New England. The win also secured the fourth postseason appearance in Jim Harbaugh’s five seasons as an NFL coach, adding to the three he made during his stint with the San Francisco 49ers. The Patriots have lost six straight games, their second such losing streak of the season. They are now 2-14 the last two seasons at home.
• INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Ahkello Witherspoon made a diving interception on a deflected pass in the end zone with 37 seconds to play, and the Los Angeles Rams barely maintained command of the NFC West race with a 13-9 victory over Arizona. The Rams host Seattle (9-7) in their regular-season finale next weekend, but they could already have coach Sean McVay’s fourth division title clinched before then.

(CP)