LOCAL SPORTS
Maritime League: The Pictou County Weeks Crushers got the win 4-1 over the Western Capitals in Summerside. The teams meet again at the Wellness Centre for Game 2 of their opening-round series tonight – puck drops at 7.
U15: In the opening games of their playoff series, the Wearwell Bombers defeated the Truro Bearcats 1-0, while the Novas lost at home 1-0 to the Western Hurricanes. The Bombers and Bearcats tangle in Game 2 of their series beginning at 11 am at the Wellness Centre.
U16 AAA: The Cabot Highlanders lost Game 1 of their series, falling 6-1 to the Voyageurs. Game 2 will be at Noon at the Al MacInnis Sports Centre in Port Hood.
U18 Major: The Halifax Macs shut out the CB West Islanders 4-0 to sweep their best of five series. Meanwhile, the Weeks Majors are moving on the face the Macs after winning their series against Steele Subaru with a 7-0 shutout in Game 4.
Junior B: It’s Game 2 of the Bulldogs/Scotians division final series in Trenton tonight at 6. The Bulldogs won their first match on Friday at the Arena.
Rural League: It’s Game 2 of the finals between the Heatherton Warriors and the County Outlaws tonight at the Arena. The Warriors lead 1-0. Puck drops at 7:30.
NATIONAL SPORTS
Elias Pettersson, Conor Garland and Pius Suter had a goal and assist and the Vancouver Canucks beat the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 6-2. Quinn Hughes, Tyler Myers and Nils Aman also scored for the Canucks, who moved into the West’s second wild-card spot, two points up on the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues.
Vincent Trocheck scored twice in the third period, Igor Shesterkin made 18 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and the New York Rangers leapfrogged the Columbus Blue Jackets with a 4-0 victory for the second Eastern Conference wild-card playoff spot. Daniil Tarasov made 18 saves for the Blue Jackets, who lost their third straight.
Tristan Blackmon scored a goal in the 51st minute and unbeaten Vancouver didn’t allow a shot on goal as the visiting Whitecaps beat F-C Dallas 1-0 for their fourth Major League Soccer win in a row. The Caps are just the seventh team in M-L-S history to win their first four regular-season games.
Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 48 points and the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Detroit Pistons 113-107. Gilgeous-Alexander added six assists and three steals for the Thunder, who won for the ninth time in 10 games. Tobias Harris led the Pistons with 18 points.
American J-J Spaun survived a wild, windy and round-wrecking Saturday at The Players Championship. His two-under-par 70 has given him a one-shot lead over American Bud Cauley. Rory McIlroy, Akshay Bhatia and Corey Conners of Listowel, Ontario, are four shots behind. Two-time defending champion Scottie Scheffler bogeyed two of his last three holes and was seven shots behind.
The Minnesota Vikings have acquired restricted free-agent running back Jordan Mason from the San Francisco 49ers and rewarded him with a two-year deal worth up to 12-million dollars (U-S). Two people familiar with the deal confirmed the trade that sends a 2026 sixth-round pick to San Francisco on Saturday. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because neither team had announced the move.
Saturday’s Scoreboard
NHL
Vancouver 6 Chicago 2
Montreal 3 Florida 1
Ottawa 4 Toronto 2
Buffalo 4 Vegas 3 (SO)
Pittsburgh 7 New Jersey 3
Washington 5 San Jose 1
Tampa Bay 6 Boston 2
Carolina 5 Philadelphia 0
N.Y. Rangers 4 Columbus 0
Los Angeles 1 Nashville 0 (OT)
St. Louis 5 Minnesota 1
PWHL
Boston 5 Ottawa 2
NBA
Washington 126 Denver 123
Boston 115 Brooklyn 113
Oklahoma City 113 Detroit 107
Memphis 125 Miami 91
Houston 117 Chicago 114
Milwaukee 126 Indiana 119
San Antonio 119 New Orleans 115
Golden State 97 New York 94
MLB Spring Training
St. Louis 9 Toronto 5
L.A. Dodgers 5 Yomiuri Giants 1
Houston 6 Miami 4
Atlanta (ss) 7 Boston 3
Pittsburgh 15 Baltimore 5
Detroit 2 Philadelphia 2
N.Y. Yankees 7 Tampa Bay 7
San Francisco 6 Seattle 2
Texas 4 Athletics 3
Chicago White Sox (ss) 2 Colorado 1
Kansas City (ss) 13 Cincinnati 7
Milwaukee (ss) 8 Athletics 0
Milwaukee (ss) 4 L.A. Angels 0
San Diego 8 Seattle (ss) 3
Cleveland 7 Kansas City (ss) 5
Arizona 9 Chicago White Sox (ss) 8
Washington 4 N.Y. Mets 1
Minnesota 4 Atlanta (ss) 0
MLS
Vancouver 1 FC Dallas 0
Chicago 2 Toronto FC 1
CF Montréal 0 D.C. United 0
Orlando City 2 New York 2
Austin FC 1 Los Angeles FC 0
Charlotte FC 2 Cincinnati 0
New York City FC 2 New England 1
Minnesota 3 Sporting Kansas City 3
Real Salt Lake 2 Houston 1
St. Louis City 1 Seattle 0
Columbus 1 San Diego FC 1
Colorado 2 San Jose 1
Sunday’s Games (All times Eastern)
NHL
Vegas at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Dallas at Colorado, 3:30 p.m.
Anaheim at St. Louis, 6 p.m.
Edmonton at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m.
Utah at Vancouver, 8 p.m.
Winnipeg at Seattle, 9 p.m.
PWHL
Minnesota at New York, 7:30 p.m.
NBA
Orlando at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas, 1 p.m.
Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 3:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.
Toronto at Portland, 6 p.m.
Charlotte at L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m.
Utah at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Milwaukee, 9 p.m.
MLB Pre-Season
Chicago Cubs at Yomiuri Giants, 6 a.m.
Baltimore (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Baltimore (ss) at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss) at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Washington at West Palm Beach, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Tampa Bay (ss) at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:07 p.m.
Houston vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.
St. Louis vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:10 p.m.
Athletics vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Seattle vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Arizona vs. San Diego (ss) at Peoria, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:10 p.m.
San Diego (ss) vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
MLS
Nashville at Philadelphia, 2:25 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Portland, 4:45 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta, 7 p.m.