SUNDAY SPORTS

BRIER:  Saskatchewan’s Steve Laycock of Saskatoon was 1-1 on the opening day of the Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary.  Laycock opened with a 7-5 loss to Newfoundland’s Brad Gushue before rebounding with a 7-4 win over Manitoba’s Reid Carruthers in the evening draw.

Saskatchewan is idle until tonight when they face NWT in Draw 5 at 9:30 pm on TSN.

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NHL:  Tomas Tatar broke a tie with a power play goal midway through the third period to give Detroit a victory over the Nashville Predators. Tatar carried the puck toward the Nashville net and fired a backhander that deflected off Predators defenceman Roman Josi’s stick and past goalie Pekka Rinne. Tatar leads the Red Wings with 25 goals.

In other NHL finals;

– Carey Price made 30 saves for his sixth shutout of the season as Montreal topped Toronto 4-0. David Desharnais had two goals for Montreal, which has won four in a row and 14 of 19.

– Mike Hoffman scored a power-play goal to break a tie midway through in Ottawa’s 4-2 win over slumping San Jose. Hoffman also scored an empty net goal to help the Senators to their fifth straight win. San Jose has lost eight straight home games.

– Michael Del Zotto’s short-handed goal early in the third period lifted Philadelphia to a 4-2 victory over the Rangers. J.T. Miller and John Moore tallied for New York, which lost in regulation for the first time in 11 games.

– Cory Schneider made 33 saves for his fourth shutout of the season in New Jersey’s 2-0 win over Columbus. The Blue Jackets have lost five in a row.

– Paul Stasny’s goal with under six minutes to go lifted St. Louis to a 2-1 win over Edmonton. Stasny also had an assists.

– Justin Fontaine’s second period goal broke a tie and Minnesota went on to beat Colorado 3-1. The Wild are making a playoff push with points in 15 of their last 20 games.

– Jay McClement scored two goals in Carolina’s 5-3 win over the Islanders. John Tavares scored his 30th goal of the season for the Islanders. The Hurricanes have won three straight.

– Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand each had a goal and an assist in Boston’s 4-1 win over Arizona. The Coyotes have lost nine in a row.

– Scottie Upshall scored the go-ahead goal with 5:58 left in the Panthers’ 5-3 victory over Buffalo. Jaromir Jagr had three shots on goal in his first game since being acquire in a trade from New Jersey earlier this week. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 47-14.

NHL TRADES

 – Washington has acquired defenceman Tim Gleason from Carolina in exchange for defenceman Jack Hillen and a draft pick. The 32-year-old Gleason has 140 career points in 710 NHL games with Los Angeles, Carolina and Toronto. Both players are scheduled to be unrestricted free agents this summer.

Elsewhere:

– Chicago has acquired centre Antoine Vermette from Arizona for a first-round pick this year and defensive prospect Klas Dahlbeck. The 32-year-old Vermette has 13 goals and 22 assists in 62 games this season.

– Florida has acquired forward Dany Heatley and a third-round pick in this year’s draft from Anaheim for forward Tomas Fleischmann. The deal comes two days after the Panthers got 43-year old Jaromir Jagr from New Jersey for a pair of draft picks. Fleischmann had 27 goals for Florida three seasons ago, and 27 goals in 180 games since. Heatley was scoreless in six games with Anaheim, and hasn’t been in the NHL since December.

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MLB TRAINING CAMPS:  Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale has a fracture in his right foot and may miss opening day. The left-hander suffered the injury at his home Friday. He’s expected to be sidelined for at least three weeks.

The 25-year-old Sale was 12-4 with 208 strikeouts and a 2.17 ERA last season, finishing third in the American League Cy Young Award voting.

In other training camp news;

– Tampa Bay reliever Ronald Belisario has fractured his non-throwing shoulder in a swimming pool accident and is not expected to be ready for the start of the season. The team says Belisario will be sidelined indefinitely. The Rays right-hander injured his left shoulder getting out of a pool in Venezuela last month.

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NBA:  The Toronto Raptors are on a season-high five-game losing skid. Tim Hardaway Junior had 22 points to lead the New York Knicks to a 103-98 win over the visiting Raptors. Former Toronto star Andrea Bargnani had 19 points and Alexey Shved added 15. Lou Williams led Toronto with 22 points.

(CP)