SUNDAY SPORTS

The Victoria Royals captured a 5-0 win over the Regina Pats on Canadian Forces Appreciation Night Saturday at Save On Foods Arena.

Royals’ netminder Jayden Sittler earned his first career WHL shutout in the win. The 18-year-old goaltender turned aside all 33 shots in his second start in as many nights.

Victoria’s Travis Brown tallied two markers including a powerplay goal for the home side. Jared Dmytriw, Taylor Crunk, and Austin Carroll had the other Royals’ markers.

Regina started 15-year-old goalie Jordan Hollett in his first WHL career game where he stopped 21 of 26 shots.  Victoria went 1/1 on the powerplay, while Regina went 0/2.

The Pats saw their five game win streak snapped with the loss.  Wednesday they visit the Prince George Cougars at 9 pm on 620 CKRM.

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Montreal Canadiens 2014 first-round draft pick Nikita Scherbak of the Western Hockey League’s Everett Silvertips left Saturday’s 3-2 shootout win over the Seattle Thunderbirds on a stretcher.

Scherbak was hit in the second period by Seattle’s Keegan Kolesar and was transported to the hospital as a precautionary measure. The game was delayed 10 minutes as medical staff attended the 18-year-old forward.

The Silvertips (15-4-3) said Scherbak passed a motor test with success. The team also tweeted that Scherbak will undergo further tests for a potential back injury. Kolesar did not get a penalty on the play.

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The Montreal Canadiens, with the best record in hockey at 16-5-and-1, won for the eighth time in nine games by blanking arch-rival Boston 2-0. The Canadiens are 3-0 against the Bruins this year. Carey Price recorded his second shutout of the season by stopping 33 shots.

Andrei Markov became the fourth Canadiens defenceman to score 100 goals. Tomas Plekanec scored the other goal.

Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask fell to 3-12-3 against the Canadiens in his career. He has never beaten the Canadiens in Boston in the regular season.

In other NHL action:

– Jaroslav Halak made 27 saves, and the New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 to sweep a home-and-home series. Anders Lee scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period.

– Tyler Bozak scored a pair of third-period goals, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 in an Original Six matchup.

– Brayden Schenn, Mark Streit, Wayne Simmonds and Braydon Coburn all scored for the Philadelphia Flyers in their 4-2 win over Columbus.

– Steven Stamkos scored his 14th goal of the season and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat Minnesota 2-. That ends the Wild’s four-game winning streak.

– Buffalo nipped Washington 2-1. That’s only the sixth Sabres victory in their 21 games. Torrey Mitchell scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:42 left.

– Jamie Benn scored two first-period goals, and the Dallas Stars held on to beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4.
Zach Redmond scored his second goal of the game with 1:35 left, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3.

– Filip Forsberg scored the lone goal in a shootout, and the Nashville Predators beat the Florida Panthers 3-2.

– Chicago built a 6-0 lead after two periods and routed Edmonton 7-1. Jonathan Toews scored twice.

– Calgary rallied with two late goals and then beat New Jersey 5-4 in a shootout. Jiri Hudler got the game-winner in the shootout.

– Antoine Vermette scored in regulation and again in the shootout in Arizona’s 4-3 win over San Jose.

– The St. Louis Blues nipped the Ottawa Senators 3-2. Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 12th goal of the season.

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The Toronto Raptors followed up their 42-point blowout of the Milwaukee Bucks last night by going out on the road and beating LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 110-93. Lou Williams scored 36 points for the Raptors – including a perfect 15-for-15 from the free-throw line. James finished with just 15 points.

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The Philadelphia 76ers are still winless. Carmello Anthony scored 25 points as the New York Knicks dropped Philly to 0-and-13 with a 91-83 victory. The Sixers made the score closer with a late run, but the damage was already done as they entered the fourth quarter down 17.

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The Vanier Cup is set. The Montreal Carabins defeated the Manitoba Bisons 29-26 in the UTeck Bowl Saturday afternoon to advance to its first CIS national final while the McMaster Mauraders claimed their spot in the championship game after beating the Mount Allison Mounties 24-12 in the Mitchell Bowl. The Vanier Cup goes next Saturday.

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The Calgary Stampeders are well rested and ready to host the Edmonton Eskimos in the CFL’s West Division final. The Stamps finished first in the West and had an extra week to prepare for the Eskimos, who had to get through Saskatchewan in the West semifinal last week. Calgary’s Bo Levi Mitchell and Edmonton’s Mike Reilly are expected to start at Q-B.

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The Hamilton Tiger-Cats face the Montreal Alouettes in today’s East Division final. The Ticats are hoping to make their second straight Grey Cup appearance. Montreal is trying to get to the big game for the first time since 2010 when it hoisted the trophy after beating the Roughriders. Zach Collaros is expected to start at Q-B for the Ticats. It’ll be Jonathan Crompton for the Als.

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The Arizona Cardinals will try to improve on their NFL best 9-1 record when they face the defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks in Seattle. Arizona has won its past six games, a streak currently matched by Tom Brady and the New England Patriots – who host the Detroit Lions.

(With files from Canadian Press & VictoriaRoyals.com)