SUNDAY SPORTS

Chris Higgins scored in the fifth round of the shootout and Roberto Luongo made 31 saves in his return from injury as the Canucks scrapped out a 3-2 win against the Flames. All 10 players on the ice dropped their gloves off the opening face-off and 188 minutes in penalties and eight game misconducts were handed out to both clubs before the first period was through.

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James van Riemsdyk scored the winner as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-3. Defenceman Jacob Trouba had his second goal of the night in overtime to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers. And the New York Rangers dropped the Ottawa Senators 4-1.

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Tomas Tatar scored and Jimmy Howard stopped all three shots he faced in a shootout, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 win over the L-A Kings. The Red Wings received a big break late in regulation when Detroit defenceman Niklas Kronwall’s shot was deflected and bounced off the net out of play, came back and struck goalie Jonathan Quick’s back, and went in to tie the game with 26.1 seconds left.

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Josh Smith and Rodney Stuckey kept the Washington Wizards from their first winning record in more than four years. Smith overcame a slow start to score 22 points and Rodney Stuckey added 20 as the Pistons beat the Wizards 104-98. The Wizards last had a winning record when they started the 2008-09 season at 2-1.

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Billed as the biggest fight between two Canadians, Jean Pascal dominated an unusually tentative Lucian Bute to win the battle of former world champions by unanimous decision in a non-title bout in Montreal. Pascal was on the attack from the outset and cut Bute in the tenth round.

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Montreal’s Eugenie Bouchard is on the court in the Australian Open in a fourth-round match up against Australia’s Casey Dellacqua. Earlier, top-seeded Serena Williams was ousted from the tournament by Ana Ivanovic in a stunning 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 upset. Williams hadn’t lost a match since August and came into the fourth round with 25 straight wins.

(CP)