Aleksander Barkov put away the shootout winner to lift the Florida Panthers over the Vancouver Canucks 2-1. Sam Reinhart’s power-play goal forced overtime for Florida. Alex Chiasson scored for Vancouver, which is struggling with a COVID-19 outbreak. Starting goaltender Thatcher Demko, backup Jaroslav Halak , captain Bo Horvat and high-scoring forwards J.T. Miller and Conor Garland are all out because of the virus.
Fred VanVleet rescued the Toronto Raptors from an embarrassing loss to the Washington Wizards last night. VanVleet hit a tiebreaking three-pointer with 59 seconds to play after Toronto blew an 18-point lead to beat Washington 109-105. Rookie Scottie Barnes scored a career-high 27 points, while VanVleet scored 21 and had 12 assists for the Raptors.
Nelly Korda has a one-shot lead over Gaby Lopez and Danielle Kang in the L-P-G-A’s Tournament of Champions. Korda had seven birdies at Lake Nona for a 66 yesterday. Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ontario, is in a tie for fifth three shots back of Korda.
Roger Sloan of Merritt, B-C, is three shots back of the leader at The American Express heading into today’s third round. Patrick Cantlay is atop the leaderboard at 14 under with a one-stroke advantage over Tom Hoge.
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime has advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open. He downed Britain’s Dan Evans in straight sets on Saturday at the Grand Slam event. The 21-year-old Canadian’s next opponent will be the winner of the third-round match between Russia’s Andrey Rublev and Croatia’s Marin Cilic.
Friday’s Scores
NHL
Carolina 6 N.Y. Rangers 3
Pittsburgh 5 Columbus 2
N.Y. Islanders 4 Arizona 0
Dallas 5 Detroit 4 (OT)
Minnesota 5 Chicago 1
St. Louis 5 Seattle 0
Florida 2 Vancouver 1 (SO)
Anaheim 5 Tampa Bay 1
NBA
Charlotte 121 Oklahoma City 98
L.A. Clippers 102 Philadelphia 101
L.A. Lakers 116 Orlando 105
Atlanta 110 Miami 108
Portland 109 Boston 105
Toronto 109 Washington 105
Milwaukee 94 Chicago 90
Brooklyn 117 San Antonio 102
Utah 111 Detroit 101
Memphis 122 Denver 118
Golden State 105 Houston 103
Saturday’s Games (All Times Eastern)
NHL
Philadelphia at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Winnipeg at Boston, 3 p.m.
Arizona at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Carolina at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Colorado, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Washington, 7 p.m.
Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
Chicago at Minnesota, 9 p.m.
Calgary at Edmonton, 10 p.m.
Tampa Bay at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
NBA
Sacramento at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
Indiana at Phoenix, 9 p.m.