SUNDAY SPORTS: BATTLE OF FLORIDA ROMP

NHL

PANTHERS 9 LIGHTNING 2

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett each had two goals and two assists as Atlantic Division-leading Florida won its franchise-record 11th consecutive road game by routing Tampa Bay 9-2.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves and set a team-record with his eighth straight road victory. Carter Verhaeghe had two goals and an assist and Brandon Montour had a goal and two assists. Kevin Stenlund and Gustav Forsling also scored for Florida.

Brandon Hagel and Brayden Point scored for the Lightning, who had an eight-game home winning streak halted. Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed six goals on 22 shots before replaced by Jonas Johansson (six saves) to start the third.

Elsewhere in the NHL on Saturday:

KINGS 5 BRUINS 4 OT

BOSTON (AP) — Brandt Clarke scored on a breakaway with 27 seconds left in overtime for his first career goal and the Los Angeles Kings rallied to beat the slumping Boston Bruins 5-4 on Saturday.

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MAPLE LEAFS 9 DUCKS 2

TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews had his second straight hat trick to push his NHL-leading goals total to 48 and added two assists for a career-high five points in Toronto’s victory over Anaheim. Matthews broke a tie for the Toronto record for hat tricks in a season with six, passing Reg Noble (1917-18), Babe Dye (1924-25) and Darryl Sittler (1980-81).

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DEVILS 6 FLYERS 3

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Devils captain Nico Hischier had two goals and an assist, including the second-fastest goal to start an outdoor game, and New Jersey never looked back in beating Philadelphia before 70,328 fans at MetLife Stadium.

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BLACKHAWKS 3 SENATORS 2

CHICAGO (AP) — Jason Dickinson scored the tiebreaking goal off a rebound of his own shot with 1:52 remaining and Chicago snapped an eight-game losing streak with a win over Ottawa. Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist in his second game back from a broken jaw. Nick Foligno, one of Bedard’s linemates, also scored. Petr Mrazek stopped 40 shots, including 21 of 22 in the second period.

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OILERS 4 STARS 3 (OT)

DALLAS (AP) — Evan Bouchard scored his second goal 30 seconds into overtime, and seven seconds into a power play, to lift Edmonton to a win over Dallas. Corey Perry had a goal and an assist and Derek Ryan also scored for the Oilers. Connor McDavid had an assist, giving him 13 in the last five games.

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RED WINGS 5 FLAMES 0

CALGARY, Alta. (AP) — James Reimer stopped 38 shots to lead Detroit past Calgary.

Jacob Markstrom started in goal for the Flames. But he was pulled at 6:41 of the second period after allowing four goals on 12 shots. Dan Vladar then made eight saves in relief for the Flames, who’ve lost three straight games and six of their last seven at home.

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PREDATORS 5 BLUES 2

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Filip Forsberg and Ryan O’Reilly each had a goal and assist while goalie Juuse Saros registered 35 saves, lifting Nashville to a victory over St. Louis.

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SABRES 3 WILD 2 (OT)

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Dylan Cozens tied it with 37 seconds left with goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen off for an extra attacker and Henri Jokiharju scored 1:29 into overtime to give Buffalo a victory over Minnesota.

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CAPITALS 4 CANADIENS 3

MONTREAL (AP) — Aliaksei Protas and Anthony Mantha each had a goal and an assist as Washington defeated Montreal. T.J. Oshie and Sonny Milano also scored for the Capitals, who won for only the second time in 10 games. Alex Ovechkin had an assist but fell just short of tying his career-high seven-game goal streak.

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HURRICANES 3 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Seth Jarvis and Stefan Noesen scored in the first seven minutes of the third period to lift Carolina over Vegas.

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JETS 4 CANUCKS 2

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Gabriel Vilardi had two goals and an assist, Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves and Winnipeg beat NHL-leading Vancouver. Mark Scheifele had a goal and three assists, and Sean Monahan scored his first goal for Winnipeg following a trade from Montreal. The Jets improved to 33-14-5.

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BLUE JACKETS 4 SHARKS 3

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Boone Jenner scored with 12.9 seconds left as Columbus edged San Jose in a matchup of last-place teams.

WHL

Swift Current, Sask. – The Regina Pats fell 6-2 to the Swift Current Broncos on Saturday inside the InnovationPlex.

The Pats and Broncos were tied up 2-2 after the opening period of play. Ty Coupland scored on the power play to put the Broncos up 3-2 early in the second, and Mathew Ward added insurance, scoring twice one minute apart late in the period, as the Broncos lead 5-3 after two.

The Broncos had two leads slip away from the in the first period. First, Zach Moore tied things up at one, and then Anthony Wilson tied the game at two late in the opening frame.

Luke Mistelbacher led the way offensively for the Broncos, recording three points (1G-2A) all while Reid Dyck made 19 saves for his fifth straight victory. Dawson Gerwing tallied two assists, and Ward scored twice as the Broncos won their third straight game.

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(ReginaPats.com)

SCOTTIES

Defending champion Kerri Einarson and her Gimli, Manitoba, teammates are among three 2-0 teams in Pool A after three draws at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary. Selena Sturmay of Alberta and Saskatchewan’s Skylar Ackerman are also unbeaten. There are four teams in Pool B, including Jennifer Jones of Manitoba, with 1-and-oh records. Jones is playing her 18th and final Scotties tourney.

NBA

Stephen Curry was on a roll — and it was barely enough to beat WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu. And fittingly, he won by three. The Golden State star and NBA’s all-time three-point king beat Ionescu 29-26 in the Steph versus Sabrina competition at All-Star Saturday night, the first such him-versus-her event of its kind at the league’s weekend showcase.

Last season’s All-Star Game played out in a way that the NBA hopes to never experience again. Nobody was interested in defence and almost nobody was watching the game, at least according to T-V ratings. So, the league sent a message: Make the All-Star Game better. They’ll give it a shot tonight, when the NBA’s mid-season showcase game returns to Indianapolis for the first time in nearly four decades.

(Canadian Press)