In the NHL, Alexander Burmistrov scored the winner late in the third period after serving a penalty as the Winnipeg Jets downed the Leafs 4-2…….Vladimir Tarasenko scored at 3:54 of overtime to give St. Louis a 6-5, come-from-behind win over Chicago……Sidney Crosby scored his second goal of the season to help Pittsburgh edge Vancouver 3-2 and Anaheim got by Florida in a shootout 3-2.
Sea Dogs forward Mathieu Joseph has been added to the Q League team for the 2015 Canada-Russia Series. Joseph joins teammate Thomas Chabot, who was named to the roster last month.
In the NBA, the Toronto Raptors are now 5 and 0 after a 103-98 win over Oklahoma City……Golden State is also 5 and 0 after defeating the Los Angeles Clippers 112-108…..Elsewhere, it was Indiana 100 Boston 98…..Atlanta 101 Brooklyn 87……Cleveland 96 New York 86……Houston 119 Orlando 114 (OT)…..Milwaukee 91 Philadelphia 87….Portland 108 Utah 92 and Phoenix 118 Sacramento 97.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have interviewed former Arizona manager Kirk Gibson for their managerial opening. Gibson hit that famous home run for the Dodgers in the 1988 World Series against Oakland A’s reliever Dennis Eckersley after coming off the bench and barely being able to make it around the bases that’s widely viewed as turning the series around. It was the last time the Dodgers won the World Series.
