In the NFL, Tom Brady threw for two touchdowns as New England earns a first round bye in the playoffs with a 33-16 win over Tennessee….Carolina improved to 14 and 0 with a 38-35 win over the New York Giants on a last second field goal……Pittsburgh scored 21 unanswered points in the second half for a 34-27 win over Denver……Green Bay stayed atop the N-F-C North with a 30-20 win over Oakland and last night, N-F-C West leading Arizona ripped Philadelphia 40-17. In other play, it was Minnesota 38 Chicago 17…..Atlanta 23 Jacksonville 17…..Houston 16 Indianapolis 10….Washington 35 Buffalo 25…..Kansas City 34 Baltimore 14…..Seattle 30 Cleveland 13….San Diego 30 Miami 14 and Cincinnati 24 San Francisco 14.
In the NHL, Ryan Spooner scoring the winner in the shootout to give Boston a 2-1 win over New Jersey…..The Bruins are now just one point back of the Canadiens…..Washington beat the Rangers 7-3….Jonathon Toews scored in overtime to give Chicago a 4-3 win over San Jose……Detroit doubled up on Calgary 4-2…..Florida over Vancouver in a shootout 5-4 and Tampa Bay beat Ottawa 5-2.
The Saint John Sea Dogs will have two players vying for gold at the 2016 World Junior Championship with Thomas Chabot for Canada and Jakub Zboril for the Czech Republic. The Sea Dogs have dealt defenceman Jason Bell to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan and forward Julien Tessier to Chicoutimi for future draft picks.
In the NBA, the Raptors are now 17 and 12 after losing to Sacramento 104-94. Elsewhere, it was Minnesota 100 Brooklyn 85….Miami 116 Portland 109….Cleveland 108 Philadelphia 86….Milwaukee 101 Phoenix 95…Atlanta 1-3 Orlando 100 and New Orleans 130 Denver 125.
