Nathan Noel scored the game winner with only 56 seconds remaining in the third period to give the Saint John Sea Dogs a 4-3 victory over the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. Noel finished up with two goals and one assist.
In the NHL, Mike Cammalleri had a goal and three assists in his return to the lineup and Jacob Josefson scored in the shootout as New Jersey edged the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4…..Pittsburgh scored 5 goals in the second period for a 5-1 win over the New York Rangers….Sidney Crosby had two goals and one assist…..Detroit got by Buffalo in a shootout 2-1…..San Jose hung on for a 2-1 win over Chicago…..Alex Ovechkin scored three goals in Washington’s 4-3 win over St. Louis….Elsewhere, it was Nashville 5 Dallas 2…..Calgary 2 Columbus 0…..Minnesota 3 Winnipeg 1….Tampa Bay 4 Philadelphia 2….Edmonton 6 Colorado 3….Vancouver 4 Arizona 1 and Los Angeles over the Islanders 4-2.
Boston defenceman Zdeno Chara did not join the Bruins for their flight to Ottawa to face the Senators tonight and coach Claude Julien said the 2009 Norris Trophy winner was doubtful for Calgary on Friday. Chara left with an unspecified injury after taking one shift in the second period during the Bruins’ 4-2 loss to the Blues TYuesday night.
In the NBA, Kevin Love scored 40 points, including a record 34 in the first quarter as Cleveland outscored Portland 137-125……DeMar DeRozan scored 21 of his 24 points in the third quarter and the Toronto Raptors broke a two game losing streak with a 115-102 win over Houston and Golden State beat up on the Los Angeles Lakers 149-106 as Stephen Curry sank 7 three pointers. In other play, it was Boston 111 Brooklyn 92….San Antonio 119 Charlotte 114….Atlanta 96 Indiana 85….Memphis 104 Philadelphia 99 (double OT)…..Phoenix 92 Orlando 87…..Detroit 107 Miami 84…..Los Angeles Clippers 124 Dallas 104…..Utah 108 Denver 83….New Orleans 117 Minnesota 96…..Golden State 149 Los Angeles Lakers 106 and Sacramento 116 Oklahoma City 101.
