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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 6, 2025, Winnipeg, Manitoba C6 ● WINNIPEGFREEPRESS.COM SPORTS I SCOREBOARD MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2025 CURLING LACROSSE TELEVISION NBA HOCKEY NFL NHL AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-Buffalo 13 4 0 .765 525 368 e-Miami 8 9 0 .471 345 364 e-N.Y. Jets 5 12 0 .294 338 404 e-New England 4 13 0 .235 289 417 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-Baltimore 12 5 0 .706 518 361 x-Pittsburgh 10 7 0 .588 380 347 e-Cincinnati 9 8 0 .529 472 434 e-Cleveland 3 14 0 .176 258 435 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-Houston 10 7 0 .588 372 372 e-Indianapolis 8 9 0 .471 377 427 e-Jacksonville 4 13 0 .235 320 435 e-Tennessee 3 14 0 .176 311 460 WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA z-Kansas City 15 2 0 .882 385 326 x-L.A. Chargers11 6 0 .647 402 301 x-Denver 10 7 0 .588 425 311 e-Las Vegas 4 13 0 .235 309 434 NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-Philadelphia 14 3 0 .824 463 303 x-Washington 12 5 0 .706 485 391 e-Dallas 7 10 0 .412 350 468 e-N.Y. Giants 3 14 0 .176 273 415 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA x-Detroit 14 2 0 .875 533 333 x-Minnesota 14 2 0 .875 423 301 x-Green Bay 11 6 0 .647 460 338 e-Chicago 5 12 0 .294 310 370 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-Tampa Bay 10 7 0 .588 502 385 e-Atlanta 8 9 0 .471 389 423 e-Carolina 5 12 0 .294 341 534 e-New Orleans 5 12 0 .294 338 398 WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-L.A. Rams 10 7 0 .588 367 386 e-Seattle 10 7 0 .588 375 368 e-Arizona 8 9 0 .471 400 379 e-San Francisco6 11 0 .353 389 436 e—eliminated from playoffs x—clinched playoff spot y—clinched division z—clinched conference WEEK 18 Sunday Carolina 44, Atlanta 38 (OT) Chicago 24, Green Bay 22 Houston 23, Tennessee 14 Indianapolis 26, Jacksonville 23 (OT) New England 23, Buffalo 16 Philadelphia 20, N.Y. Giants 13 Tampa Bay 27, New Orleans 19 Washington 23, Dallas 19 Denver 38, Kansas City 0 L.A. Chargers 34, Las Vegas 20 Seattle 30, L.A. Rams 25 N.Y. Jets 32, Miami 20 Arizona 47, San Francisco 24 Minnesota at Detroit END OF REGULAR SEASON Saturday Baltimore 35, Cleveland 10 Cincinnati 19, Pittsburgh 17 PWHL GP WOW OL L GF GA Pt Montreal 7 3 2 1 1 19 17 14 Minnesota 8 3 2 1 2 26 24 14 New York 7 3 1 1 2 23 17 12 Ottawa 7 3 0 1 3 16 18 10 Boston 8 2 1 1 4 18 22 9 Toronto 7 2 0 1 4 18 22 7 Note: Three points awarded for a win in regulation, two for an overtime or shoot- out win and one for an overtime or shoot- out loss. Sunday At Seattle Boston 3, Montreal 2 (SO) Saturday New York 5, Minnesota 0 Monday No Games Scheduled. Tuesday Ottawa at New York, 6 p.m. MONDAY 7 a.m. (159) [418] 110 NHL Hockey New York Islanders at Boston Bruins. 9 a.m. (159) [418] 110 NHL Hockey New York Rangers at Chicago Black- hawks. 11 a.m. (159) [418] 110 NBA Basketball Charlotte Hornets at Cleveland Cavaliers. 12 p.m. (47) (171) [408] 119 NHL Hockey New York Rangers at Chicago Black- hawks. 1 p.m. (159) [418] 110 NBA Basketball Sacramento Kings at Golden State War- riors. 2 p.m. (47) (171) [408] 119 World Poker Tour WPT Choctaw - Part 2. 3 p.m. (47) (171) [408] 119 World Poker Tour WPT Choctaw - Part 3. 5 p.m. (159) [418] 110 World Poker Tour WPT Choctaw - Part 4. 6 p.m. (47) (159) (171) [408] [418] 119 110 NBA Basketball Phoenix Suns at Philadelphia 76ers. (Live) (147) (170) [401] 112 College Football FCS Division I Championship: North Da- kota State vs. Montana State. (Live) 6:30 p.m. (289) (13) (168) (22) [423] [400] 111 NBA Basketball Milwaukee Bucks at Toronto Raptors. (Live) 7 p.m. (29) (181) [410] 114 UFC Reloaded UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski. 9 p.m. (47) (159) (171) [408] [418] 119 110 NBA Basketball Miami Heat at Sacramento Kings. (Live) 10 p.m. (29) (181) [410] 114 World Poker Tour WPT Choctaw - Part 4. 12 a.m. (159) [418] 110 NBA Basketball Phoenix Suns at Philadelphia 76ers. 2 a.m. (159) [418] 110 NBA Basketball Miami Heat at Sacramento Kings. 5 a.m. (159) [418] 110 NBA Basketball Phoenix Suns at Philadelphia 76ers. Note: All listings subject to change. EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OL GF GA Pt Toronto 41 26 13 2 129 113 54 Florida 40 24 14 2 135 124 50 Boston 42 20 17 5 111 131 45 Tampa Bay 37 20 15 2 137 105 42 Ottawa 38 19 17 2 112 111 40 Montreal 39 18 18 3 117 132 39 Detroit 39 17 18 4 107 126 38 Buffalo 40 14 21 5 122 137 33 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OL GF GA Pt Washington 39 26 10 3 145 104 55 New Jersey 42 24 15 3 134 107 51 Carolina 40 24 14 2 135 114 50 Pittsburgh 41 17 17 7 125 152 41 Columbus 40 17 17 6 137 145 40 Philadelphia 40 17 18 5 123 144 39 N.Y. Rangers 39 18 20 1 113 123 37 N.Y. Islanders 40 15 18 7 108 128 37 WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OL GF GA Pt Winnipeg 41 27 12 2 147 104 56 Minnesota 40 25 11 4 121 107 54 Dallas 38 24 13 1 123 95 49 Colorado 40 24 15 1 137 130 49 St. Louis 41 19 18 4 114 123 42 Utah 39 17 15 7 113 118 41 Nashville 40 13 20 7 98 123 33 Chicago 40 13 25 2 102 137 28 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OL GF GA Pt Vegas 39 27 9 3 139 105 57 Los Angeles 38 23 10 5 118 96 51 Edmonton 39 24 12 3 128 109 51 Vancouver 38 18 12 8 116 121 44 Calgary 39 18 14 7 105 120 43 Anaheim 39 17 18 4 101 118 38 Seattle 40 17 20 3 116 127 37 San Jose 42 13 23 6 110 149 32 Sunday N.Y. Rangers 6, Chicago 2 Carolina 4, Pittsburgh 3 (OT) N.Y. Islanders 5, Boston 4 (OT) Toronto 3, Philadelphia 2 (OT) Anaheim 4, Tampa Bay 1 Saturday Washington 7, N.Y. Rangers 4 San Jose 3, New Jersey 2 Detroit 4, Winnipeg 2 Columbus 6, St. Louis 4 Minnesota 4, Carolina 0 Toronto 6, Boston 4 Montreal 2, Colorado 1 (SO) Dallas 3, Utah 2 (OT) Los Angeles 2, Tampa Bay 1 Vegas 3, Buffalo 1 Edmonton 4, Seattle 2 Nashville 4, Calgary 1 Friday Florida 3, Pittsburgh 2 (SO) St. Louis 4, Ottawa 0 Chicago 4, Montreal 2 Edmonton 3, Anaheim 2 Nashville 3, Vancouver 0 Monday Washington at Buffalo, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Montreal, 6:30 p.m. Florida at Colorado, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Seattle, 9 p.m. Tuesday Carolina at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m. Columbus at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. Dallas at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m. Edmonton at Boston, 6 p.m. Ottawa at Detroit, 6 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m. Nashville at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 9 p.m. Vegas at San Jose, 9:30 p.m. NHL SCORING LEADERS Not including Sunday’s games GP G A Pts Nathan MacKinnon, Col40 14 51 65 Leon Draisaitl, Edm 39 29 30 59 Mikko Rantanen, Col 40 23 34 57 Mitch Marner, Tor 40 14 42 56 Nikita Kucherov, TB 34 17 37 54 Connor McDavid, Edm 36 15 39 54 Kyle Connor, Wpg 41 22 30 52 Jack Eichel, Veg 39 11 41 52 Kirill Kaprizov, Minn 34 23 27 50 Cale Makar, Col 40 13 36 49 Jesper Bratt, NJ 42 14 34 48 Jack Hughes, NJ 42 15 32 47 Mark Scheifele, Wpg 41 23 23 46 Sam Reinhart, Fla 40 22 24 46 Martin Necas, Car 39 15 31 46 Zach Werenski, Clb 40 12 33 45 SUNDAY TORONTO 3, PHILADELPHIA 2 (OT) First Period 1, Philadelphia, Foerster 12 (Risto- lainen, Cates), 3:24. 2, Toronto, Knies 15 (Matthews, Tanev), 4:02. 3, Toronto, Ekman-Larsson 2 (Lorentz, Dewar), 18:52. Penalties—McCabe, TOR (Roughing), 19:54; Hathaway, PHI (Interference), 19:54; Hathaway, PHI (Fighting), 19:54; McCabe, TOR (Fighting), 19:54. Second Period 4, Philadelphia, Laughton 9 (Ristolainen, Couturier), 11:08. Penalties—Tippett, PHI (Hooking), 3:00; Knies, TOR (Tripping), 8:57; Kampf, TOR (Holding), 16:08. Third Period No Scoring Penalties—Domi, TOR (Elbowing), 5:13. Overtime 5, Toronto, Rielly 5 (Matthews, Tavares), 2:25. Penalties—None. Shots on goal Philadelphia 14 9 7 3—33 Toronto 13 5 5 1—24 Goal — Philadelphia: Fedotov 4-4-2. To- ronto: Hildeby W,3-1-0. Power plays (goals-chances) — Philadel- phia 0-3; Toronto 0-1. Attendance — 18,554 (18,819). N.Y. RANGERS 6, CHICAGO 2 First Period 1, Chicago, Bertuzzi 14 (Bedard), 5:37. 2, N.Y. Rangers, Brodzinski 3 (Lindgren, Fox), 15:12. 3, N.Y. Rangers, Borgen 2, 18:22. Penalties—Trocheck, NYR (Tripping), 1:13. Second Period 4, N.Y. Rangers, Chytil 9 (Berard, Fox), 3:28. 5, N.Y. Rangers, Smith 8 (Lindgren, Zi- banejad), 9:54. 6, N.Y. Rangers, Trocheck 11 (Panarin, Lafreniere), 15:16. 7, Chicago, Kaiser 1 (Nazar, Brodie), 18:00. Penalties—None. Third Period 8, N.Y. Rangers, Chytil 10 (Miller, Ber- ard), 8:36. Penalties—Vaakanainen, NYR (Cross Checking), 19:46; Smith, CHI (Slash- ing), 19:46. Shots on goal N.Y. Rangers 14 11 9—34 Chicago 6 7 14—27 Goal — N.Y. Rangers: Domingue W,1-0- 0. Chicago: Soderblom L,6-10-1. Power plays (goals-chances) — N.Y. Rangers 0-0; Chicago 0-1. Attendance — 18,819 (19,717). N.Y. ISLANDERS 5, BOSTON 4 (OT) First Period 1, Boston, Koepke 7 (Kastelic, McAvoy), 3:01. 2, N.Y. Islanders, Horvat 11 (Pulock, Pa- geau), 3:22 (sh). 3, N.Y. Islanders, Pulock 2 (Pelech, Bar- zal), 5:33. Penalties—N.Y. Islanders bench, served by Engvall (Delay of Game), 3:01. Second Period 4, N.Y. Islanders, Lee 17 (Romanov), 4:11. 5, Boston, Brazeau 10 (Peeke), 10:18. Penalties—None. Third Period 6, N.Y. Islanders, Lee 18 (Pulock), 3:41. 7, Boston, Pastrnak 16 (Geekie), 4:35. 8, Boston, Pastrnak 17 (Zadorov, Zacha), 12:44. Penalties—None. Overtime 9, N.Y. Islanders, Horvat 12, 3:10. Penalties—None. Shots on goal N.Y. Islanders 12 17 7 1—37 Boston 9 9 8 4—30 Goal — N.Y. Islanders: Sorokin W,12-13- 4; Boston: Korpisalo OTL,7-4-2. Power plays (goals-chances) — N.Y. Is- landers 0-0; Boston 0-1. Attendance — 17,850 (17,565). CAROLINA 4, PITTSBURGH 3 (OT) First Period 1, Pittsburgh, Hayes 5 (O’Connor), 3:47. 2, Pittsburgh, Bunting 12 (Karlsson, Rust), 5:08. Penalties—Lizotte, PIT (Cross Check- ing), 17:58. Second Period 3, Carolina, Jarvis 10 (Aho), 4:15. 4, Carolina, Chateld 4 (Aho, Jarvis), 12:45. 5, Carolina, Jarvis 11 (Svechnikov, Staal), 16:18. Penalties—Martinook, CAR (Tripping), 8:32; Jaaska, CAR (Interference), 16:50; Pittsburgh bench, served by Bunting (Too Many Men on the Ice), 18:12. Third Period 6, Pittsburgh, Karlsson 4 (Grzelcyk, Ra- kell), 1:51. Penalties—Joseph, PIT (Tripping), 2:34; Chateld, CAR (Delay of Game), 16:59. Overtime 7, Carolina, Aho 13 (Orlov, Necas), 1:30. Penalties—None. Shots on goal Pittsburgh 5 5 9 0—19 Carolina 9 13 5 3—30 Goal — Pittsburgh: Nedeljkovic OTL,6- 6-4; Carolina: Tokarski W,3-1-0. Power plays (goals-chances) — Pitts- burgh 0-3; Carolina 0-3. Attendance — 18,891 (18,680). SATURDAY DETROIT 4, JETS 2 First Period 1, Detroit, Larkin 15 (Seider, Raymond), 6:25 (pp). Penalties—Morrissey, WPG (Hooking), 1:58; Iafallo, WPG (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 5:31; Johansson, DET (Inter- ference), 15:52. Second Period 2, Detroit, Raymond 16 (Kane, Seider), 4:33 (pp). 3, Winnipeg, Morrissey 4 (Niederreiter, Scheifele), 5:48. Penalties—Gustafsson, WPG (Tripping), 3:33. Third Period 4, Detroit, DeBrincat 17 (Kane), 7:14. 5, Winnipeg, Ehlers 12 (Namestnikov, Pionk), 16:45. 6, Detroit, Larkin 16 (Raymond, Seider), 19:31 (en). Penalties—DeBrincat, DET (Slashing), 11:43. Shots on goal Detroit 17 3 9—29 Winnipeg 7 10 6—23 Goal — Detroit: Lyon W,8-5-0. Winnipeg: Hellebuyck L,24-6-2. Power plays (goals-chances) — Detroit 2-3; Winnipeg 0-2. Attendance — 14,527 (15,321). TORONTO 6, BOSTON 4 First Period 1, Toronto, McCabe 1 (Marner, Tanev), 3:29. Penalties—Knies, TOR (Holding), 12:12. Second Period 2, Toronto, Knies 12 (Matthews, Marner), 3:37. 3, Boston, Geekie 9 (Coyle, Zacha), 3:49. 4, Boston, Frederic 6 (McAvoy), 18:44. Penalties—Nylander, TOR (Tripping), 15:15; Lindholm, BOS (High Sticking), 15:35. Third Period 5, Toronto, Knies 13 (Tavares, Marner), 3:43. 6, Boston, Pastrnak 14, 4:17. 7, Toronto, Knies 14 (Matthews, McCabe), 5:28. 8, Toronto, Marner 14 (Knies), 17:55 (en). 9, Boston, Pastrnak 15 (Zacha), 18:10. 10, Toronto, Matthews 12 (Marner, Knies), 19:29 (en). Penalties—Geekie, BOS (High Sticking), 10:59. Shots on goal Boston 9 12 9—30 Toronto 11 10 8—29 Goal — Boston: Swayman L,13-13-3. Toronto: Woll W,13-6-0 (30-26). Power plays (goals-chances) — Boston 0-2; Toronto 0-2. Attendance — 18,996 (18,819). MONTREAL 2, COLORADO 1 (SO) First Period 1, Colorado, Rantanen 23 (Makar, MacKinnon), 9:01 (pp). Penalties—Caueld, MTL (High Stick- ing), 4:01; Newhook, MTL (Slashing), 7:43; Colton, COL (Interference), 12:10. Second Period No Scoring Penalties—Matheson, MTL (Tripping), 15:52. Third Period 2, Montreal, Caueld 21 (Suzuki, Hut- son), 13:25. Penalties—Lehkonen, COL (High Stick- ing), 2:34; Dach, MTL (Tripping), 3:13; Guhle, MTL (Holding), 18:16. Overtime No Scoring Penalties—Toews, COL (Cross Check- ing), 1:32; Anderson, MTL (Cross Checking), 1:32; Lehkonen, COL (Inter- ference), 2:03. Shootout Montreal wins 2-0 Montreal 2 (Caueld G, Dach G); Col- orado 0 (Drouin NG, Rantanen NG). Shots on goal Montreal 4 8 10 2—24 Colorado 8 5 7 3—23 Goal — Montreal: Dobes W,2-0-0. Col- orado: Blackwood SOL,12-10-4. Power plays (goals-chances) — Montreal 0-3; Colorado 1-5. Attendance — 18,087 (18,007). NASHVILLE 4, CALGARY 1 First Period No Scoring Penalties—Svechkov, NSH (Hooking), 14:10; Marchessault, NSH (Slashing), 17:41. Second Period 1, Nashville, O’Reilly 10 (Svechkov, Forsberg), 4:21 (pp). 2, Nashville, O’Reilly 11 (Marchessault, Forsberg), 11:37 (pp). 3, Calgary, Backlund 8 (Andersson), 18:22. Penalties—Kuzmenko, CGY (Slashing), AHL WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OL SL GF GA Pt Gr Rapids 33 20 10 3 0 96 81 43 Texas 31 18 12 1 0 113 101 37 Chicago 29 17 10 2 0 85 81 36 Milwaukee 30 16 10 1 3 86 78 36 Rockford 31 13 14 3 1 88 96 30 Iowa 31 11 18 2 0 89 111 24 Manitoba 29 8 19 1 1 65 110 18 Sunday Hartford 5, Bridgeport 1 Hershey 5, Providence 1 Rockford 5, Chicago 3 Cleveland 4, Toronto 2 San Jose 4, Colorado 3 Manitoba 3, Calgary 2 Bakerseld at Henderson San Diego at Coachella Valley Saturday Cleveland 3, Toronto 1 Rochester 6, Bridgeport 3 WB/Scranton 5, Hartford 0 Belleville 7, Utica 2 Hershey 4, Providence 3 Laval 6, Abbotsford 2 Lehigh Valley 3, Syracuse 2 Milwaukee 2, Grand Rapids 1 Chicago 4, Rockford 0 Texas 5, Tucson 0 Coachella Valley 4, Ontario 3 Colorado 4, San Jose 2 Friday Syracuse 3, Belleville 2 Laval 2, Abbotsford 1 (OT) Lehigh Valley 4, Utica 2 Rochester 5, Springeld 2 Charlotte 3, W-B/Scranton 2 (OT) Tucson 6, Texas 3 Milwaukee 2, Iowa 1 (OT) Calgary 5, Manitoba 4 (OT) Ontario 4, San Diego 1 Bakerseld 5, Henderson 4 (OT) IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP At Ottawa PLAYOFFS Sunday CHAMPIONSHIP United States 4, Finland 3 (OT) THIRD PLACE Czechia 3, Sweden 2 (SO) Saturday SEMIFINALS Finland 4, Sweden 3 (OT) United States 4, Czechia 1 IIHF WORLD UNDER-18 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP At Vantaa, Finland PRELIMINARY ROUND GROUP A GP WOWOL L GF GA Pt United States 2 2 0 0 0 9 0 6 Finland 2 1 0 1 0 5 4 4 Sweden 2 0 1 0 1 2 4 2 Japan 2 0 0 0 2 2 10 0 GROUP B GP WOWOL L GF GA Pt Canada 2 2 0 0 0 11 3 6 Czechia 2 1 1 0 0 8 4 5 Switzerland 2 0 0 1 1 2 7 1 Slovakia 2 0 0 0 2 5 12 0 Sunday Canada 5, Switzerland 1 Czechia 6, Slovakia 3 Finland 4, Japan 2 United States 3, Sweden 0 Saturday Canada 6, Slovakia 2 Czechia 2, Switzerland 1 (OT) Sweden 2, Finland 1 (OT) United States 6, Japan 0 Tuesday Switzerland vs. Slovakia, 2 a.m. Japan vs. Sweden, 5:30 a.m. Finland vs. United States, 9 a.m. Czechia vs. Canada, 12:30 p.m. END OF PRELIMINARY ROUND CANADIAN OLYMPIC MIXED DOUBLES TRIALS At Liverpool, N.S. PLAYOFFS Saturday CHAMPIONSHIP Peterman/Gallant 8, Homan/Bottcher 7 Peterman/Gallant 310 202 00—8 Homan/Bottcher 001 020 22—7 SEMIFINAL Homan/Bottcher 8, Weagle/Epping 6 Weagle/Epping 020 101 02—6 Homan/Bottcher 201 010 40—8 Friday DRAW 16 Tran/Kleiter 8, Jones/Laing 6 (extra end) Homan/Bottcher 9, Ja.Cotter/Ji.Cotter 6 PAGE PLAYOFFS One vs. Two Peterman/Gallant 8, Weagle/Epping 5 Three vs. Four Homan/Bottcher 8, Tran/Kleiter 3 LATE FRIDAY CALGARY 5, MOOSE 4 (OT) First Period 1. Calgary, Stromgren 9 (Poirier) 8:01. 2. Calgary, Frk 8 (Honzek, Bishop) 11:35. 3. Manitoba, Jonsson-Fjallby 3 (Lund- mark, Bauer) 12:37. 4. Calgary, Hunt 7 (Klapka, Strömgren) 19:49 (pp). Penalties — Bishop Cgy (hooking) 1:15; Frk Cgy (slashing) 15:53; Bauer Mb (holding) 18:22. Second Period 5. Manitoba, Ford 5 (Conley, Anhorn) 3:37. 6. Calgary, Silye 3 (Frk, Kuznetsov) 7:53. Penalties — Kuznetsov Cgy (holding) 9:56; Ford Mb (interference) 13:13; Klapka Cgy (goaltender interference) 13:34; Anhorn Mb (interference) 15:34. Third Period 7. Manitoba, Lucius 3 (Lambert) 17:20. 8. Manitoba, Shaw 6 (Lambert, Anhorn) 18:36. Penalties — Suess Mb (tripping) 2:43; Morton Cgy (slashing) 6:02; Lambert Mb (holding) 6:46; Aspirot Cgy (interference) 10:05. Overtime 9. Calgary, Frk 9 (Bishop) 1:15. Penalties — None. Shots on goal Manitoba 9 9 9 1—28 Calgary 9 11 8 3—31 Goal — Manitoba: Kahkanen, Milic (L). Calgary: Ignatjew (W). Power plays (goals-chances) — Mani- toba 0-6; Calgary 1-5. Attendance — 3,903. WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OL SL GF GA Pt Saskatoon 37 21 12 2 2 135 118 46 Brandon 35 19 11 3 2 131 111 43 Prince Albert 35 19 13 3 0 134 134 41 Swift Current 37 19 17 0 1 137 140 39 Regina 36 10 20 4 2 99 150 26 Moose Jaw 37 10 22 3 2 114 167 25 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OL SL GF GA Pt Medicine Hat 39 22 15 2 0 153 130 46 Calgary 35 20 11 3 1 139 116 44 Edmonton 36 20 14 1 1 139 110 42 Lethbridge 35 19 14 1 1 112 111 40 Red Deer 37 15 18 2 2 96 137 34 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OL SL GF GA Pt Pr George 37 22 10 3 2 140 115 49 Victoria 38 20 11 3 4 136 127 47 Vancouver 37 19 14 4 0 141 145 42 Kelowna 35 14 18 2 1 130 138 31 Kamloops 36 13 20 3 0 117 144 29 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OL SL GF GA Pt Everett 38 28 5 3 2 173 92 61 Spokane 38 25 13 0 0 141 116 50 Portland 38 21 14 2 1 150 152 45 Tri-City 34 20 11 2 1 135 129 43 Wenatchee 36 14 18 3 1 117 132 32 Seattle 38 12 23 2 1 106 161 27 Sunday Calgary 5 Regina 2 Lethbridge 4 Edmonton 3 (SO) Wenatchee 10 Tri-City 2 Spokane 5 Kamloops 2 Saturday Brandon 5, Prince Albert 3 Saskatoon 4, Moose Jaw 2 Medicine Hat 5, Swift Current 2 Edmonton 5, Lethbridge 2 Regina 4, Red Deer 3 (OT) Prince George 3, Seattle 0 Wenatchee 6, Portland 3 Vancouver 7, Kelowna 0 Victoria 4, Everett 3 (SO) Spokane 3, Kamloops 2 Friday Swift Current 4, Medicine Hat 1 Brandon 6, Saskatoon 2 Prince Albert 3, Moose Jaw 2 (SO) Calgary 6, Red Deer 2 Edmonton 7, Lethbridge 3 Vancouver 3, Wenatchee 0 Seattle 3, Prince George 1 Kelowna 6, Kamloops 4 Victoria 2, Everett 1 (OT) Tri-City 7, Portland 6 (SO) WHL SCORING LEADERS Not including Sunday’s games G A PTS K. Chyzowski, POR 27 35 62 A. Cristall, KEL 26 34 60 G. McKenna, MH 19 41 60 L. Mistelbacher, SC 28 31 59 T. MacKenzie, EVT 26 31 57 2:46; Schenn, NSH (Cross Checking), 9:03; Kuzmenko, CGY (Illegal Equip- ment), 10:04; Jankowski, NSH (Rough- ing), 13:09; Pelletier, CGY (Slashing), 13:09. Third Period 4, Nashville, Svechkov 3, 9:19. 5, Nashville, O’Reilly 12 (Stamkos, Sis- sons), 18:33 (en). Penalties—Coronato, CGY (Fighting), 9:16; Marchessault, NSH (Fighting), 9:16. Shots on goal Nashville 4 14 10—28 Calgary 11 10 11—32 Goal — Nashville: Annunen W,9-6-0. Calgary: Wolf L,12-6-2. Power plays (goals-chances) — Nash- ville 2-2; Calgary 0-3. Attendance — 17,893 (19,289). EDMONTON 4, SEATTLE 2 First Period 1, Edmonton, Podkolzin 4 (Draisaitl, Ar- vidsson), 0:57. 2, Edmonton, J.Skinner 7 (Ryan, Ka- panen), 5:18. Penalties—None. Second Period 3, Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 10 (Kulak, C.Brown), 11:52. 4, Seattle, Stephenson 5, 15:56. Penalties—McDavid, EDM (Hooking), 0:24; Bouchard, EDM (Hooking), 6:01; Kartye, SEA (Hooking), 13:53. Third Period 5, Seattle, Schwartz 13 (Dunn, Kakko), 7:27. 6, Edmonton, Draisaitl 29 (Arvidsson, Bouchard), 18:02 (en). Penalties—None. Shots on goal Edmonton 10 14 8—32 Seattle 3 7 7—17 Goal — Edmonton: Pickard W,9-4-0. Se- attle: Grubauer L,5-11-1. Power plays (goals-chances) — Edmon- ton 0-1; Seattle 0-2. Attendance — 17,151 (17,151). UNITED STATES 4, FINLAND 3 (OT) First Period 1. Finland, Kiiskinen 6 (Hemming, Hyn- ninen) 7:13 (pp). 2. United States, Hagens 5 (Leonard, Perreault) 12:04. 3. Finland, Uronen 2 (Alasiurua, Hem- ming) 13:03. Penalties — Plante US (hooking) 5:56, Halttunen Fin (diving-embellishment), Leonard US (interference) 15:59. Second Period 4. Finland, Pieniniemi 2 (Ruohonen, Nurmi) 4:51. 5. United States, Svoboda 3 (Plante, Hutson) 17:38. 6. United States, Hutson 3 (Leonard, Buium) 19:31. Penalties — None. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — None. Overtime 7. United States, Stiga 1 (Buium, Ziemer) 8:04. Penalties — None. Shots on goal United States 8 15 11 6—40 Finland 13 4 5 2—24 Goal — United States: Augustine (W, 4- 0-1); Finland: Rimpinen (L, 5-2-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — United States: 0-0; Finland: 0-1. Attendance — 16,822 at Ottawa. MJHL Sunday Winnipeg Blues 6, Winnipeg Freeze 2 Steinbach 5, Neepawa 3 Niverville at Winkler Northern Manitoba at Dauphin (ppd.) Saturday Steinbach 4, Virden 2 Dauphin 4, Winnipeg Blues 1 Swan Valley 5, Waywayseecappo 2 Portage 5, Winnipeg Freeze 1 Friday Niverville 4, Selkirk 2 Swan Valley 6, Waywayseecappo 2 SUNDAY CANADA 5, SWITZERLAND 1 First Period No Scoring Second Period 1. Canada, Primerano 2, 3:51. 2. Canada, Copetti 1 (Leprohon, Soro- kan) 6:03. 3. Canada, S.Manness 1 (Cimoroni, Zablocki) 10:00 (pp). 4. Switzerland, Manetsch 1 (Huwyler) 11:01. 5. Canada, Copetti 2 (Wood, K.Man- ness) 15:38. Third Period 6. Canada, McDonald 2 (S.Manness, Ci- moroni) 4:25 (pp). Shots on goal Canada 14 25 21—60 Switzerland 2 4 5—11 Goal — Canada: Wilkinson (W, 1-0-0); Switzerland: Valentina Iseli (L). Power plays (goals-chances) — Canada: 2-3; Switzerland: 0-5. Attendance — N.A. at Vantaa, Finland. EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Boston 26 10 .722 — New York 24 12 .667 2 Philadelphia 14 19 .42410 1/2 Brooklyn 13 22 .37112 1/2 Toronto 8 27 .22917 1/2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Orlando 21 16 .568 — Miami 17 16 .515 2 Atlanta 18 18 .500 2 1/2 Charlotte 7 27 .20612 1/2 Washington 6 27 .182 13 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 31 4 .886 — Milwaukee 17 16 .515 13 Indiana 18 18 .50013 1/2 Detroit 17 18 .486 14 Chicago 16 19 .457 15 WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 23 12 .657 — Memphis 23 13 .639 1/2 Dallas 20 15 .571 3 San Antonio 18 17 .514 5 New Orleans 7 29 .19416 1/2 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 30 5 .857 — Denver 20 14 .588 9 1/2 Minnesota 17 17 .50012 1/2 Portland 12 22 .35317 1/2 Utah 9 25 .26520 1/2 PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 20 15 .571 — L.A. Clippers 20 15 .571 — Golden State 18 16 .529 1 1/2 Sacramento 16 19 .457 4 Phoenix 15 18 .455 4 Sunday Oklahoma City 105, Boston 92 Charlotte at Cleveland, 6 p.m. New Orleans at Washington, 6 p.m. Utah at Orlando, 6:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Houston, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Saturday Philadelphia 123, Brooklyn 94 Indiana 126, Phoenix 108 Detroit 119, Minnesota 105 Portland 105, Milwaukee 102 Utah 136, Miami 100 Chicago 139, New York 126 Denver 122, San Antonio 111 (OT) Golden State 121, Memphis 113 L.A. Clippers 131, Atlanta 105 Friday Detroit 98, Charlotte 94 Orlando 106, Toronto 97 Boston 109, Houston 86 Oklahoma City 117, New York 107 New Orleans 132, Washington 120 Cleveland 134, Dallas 122 San Antonio 113, Denver 110 Sacramento 138, Memphis 133 L.A. Lakers 119, Atlanta 102 Monday Phoenix at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Portland at Detroit, 6 p.m. Indiana at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. Orlando at New York, 6:30 p.m. Dallas at Memphis, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Chicago, 7 p.m. Miami at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Tuesday Houston at Washington, 6 p.m. Phoenix at Charlotte, 6 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Utah, 8 p.m. Boston at Denver, 9 p.m. Miami at Golden State, 9 p.m. FRIDAY ORLANDO 106, TORONTO 97 ORLANDO (106) Banchero 6-17 8-10 23, F.Wagner 13-23 2-4 29, Carter Jr. 2-6 0-0 4, Black 0-0 1-2 1, G.Harris 5-11 2-3 14, Isaac 2-7 0-1 4, M.Wagner 10-15 0-0 21, Anthony 7-17 3-3 18, Houstan 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 45-99 16-23 114. TORONTO (97) G.Antetokounmpo 11-25 15-19 37, Mid- dleton 5-11 2-2 14, B.Lopez 5-7 2-2 14, Beasley 3-8 0-0 8, Lillard 5-17 10-10 24, Beauchamp 2-3 0-0 5, Portis 3-8 0-0 6, Connaughton 3-6 2-2 8, Jackson Jr. 0-1 0-0 0, Payne 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 38-90 31- 35 118. Orlando 37 25 26 18—106 Toronto 24 26 18 29 —97 3-Point Goals—Orlando 19-44 (da Silva 5-7, Joseph 3-5, Caldwell-Pope 3-7, Houstan 2-4, Suggs 2-5, Queen 1-1, Isaac 1-2, Anthony 1-4, Howard 1-4, Bi- tadze 0-2, Carter Jr. 0-3), Toronto 10-29 (Agbaji 3-5, Barnes 2-4, Dick 2-7, Mit- chell 1-1, Walter 1-2, Quickley 1-9, Shead 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Re- bounds—Orlando 42 (Bitadze 13), To- ronto 37 (Barnes 9). Assists—Orlando 32 (Anthony 11), Toronto 28 (Quickley 11). Total Fouls—Orlando 15, Toronto 11. A-19,278 (19,800). NLL GP W L Pct GF GA GB Buffalo 3 3 01.000 46 20 — Georgia 5 4 1 .800 56 57 — Philadelphia 4 3 1 .750 61 48 1 /2 Saskatchewan 4 3 1 .750 44 41 1 /2 Vancouver 3 2 1 .667 31 28 1 Calgary 3 2 1 .667 41 43 1 Colorado 5 3 2 .600 68 57 1 San Diego 5 3 2 .600 58 55 1 Ottawa 4 2 2 .500 35 40 1 1 /2 Rochester 6 2 4 .333 62 73 2 1 /2 Halifax 4 1 3 .250 52 55 2 1 /2 Albany 5 1 4 .200 56 52 3 Las Vegas 5 1 4 .200 52 74 3 Toronto 4 0 4 .000 29 48 3 1 /2 WEEK SIX Saturday Las Vegas 12, Albany 11 (OT) Rochester 16, Georgia 9 San Diego 6, Ottawa 5 WEEK SEVEN Friday, Jan. 10 Ottawa at Georgia, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. San Diego at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 Calgary at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Halifax at Rochester, 7 p.m. Las Vegas at Saskatchewan, 8 p.m. Albany at Colorado, 9 p.m. ;