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Sports scoreboard for Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Vancouver 7 San Jose 4 Toronto 4 Columbus 1 Ottawa 5 Pittsburgh 4 (OT) Los Angeles 5 Calgary 3 Colorado 4 Arizona 1 Dallas 3 Nashville 2 Florida 4 Vegas 2 Minnesota 3 Boston 2 New Jersey 3 Detroit 2 Tampa Bay 2 Washington 1

Dec 23, 2023 10:02 PM Read more >

Stutzle scores in OT, Senators edge Penguins 5-4

OTTAWA — Christmas came a couple days early for the Ottawa Senators, thanks to Tim Stutzle’s overtime winner on Saturday in a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Dec 23, 2023 8:36 PM Read more >

Clarkson, Markkanen help Utah Jazz rally past Toronto Raptors 125-116

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors will have thoughts of Jordan Clarkson and Lauri Markkanen dancing in their heads over the NBA's holiday break.

Dec 23, 2023 8:07 PM Read more >

Matthews scores twice as Leafs beat Blue Jackets 4-1

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Auston Matthews added to his torrid stretch with two goals and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Saturday night. Matthews scored for the seventh consecutive game.

Dec 23, 2023 7:51 PM Read more >

Jazz head coach Hardy dons Canada jacket to settle bet ahead of game with Raptors

TORONTO — Utah Jazz head coach Will Hardy swallowed his national pride and publicly settled a bet with assistant coach Scott Morrison on Saturday.

Dec 23, 2023 4:38 PM Read more >

Lane Hutson scores OT winner as United States beats Canada in WJC exhibition

KUNGSBACKA, Sweden — Montreal Canadiens prospect Lane Hutson scored the overtime winner as the United States defeated Canada 6-5 in a world junior hockey championship tune-up game Saturday.

Dec 23, 2023 3:26 PM Read more >

Despite missing NHL stars, 'relentless' Canada ready to defend gold at world juniors

The under-20 men's national team will be without a handful of mouth-watering eligible NHLers when it opens the world junior hockey championship Tuesday against Finland.

Dec 23, 2023 3:04 PM Read more >

Donovan, Nelson replace Luneau, Molendyk on Canada's world juniors roster

KUNGSBACKA, Sweden — Canada added defencemen Jorian Donovan and Ty Nelson to its roster for the world junior hockey championship Saturday after losing a couple of important members of the blue line.

Dec 23, 2023 12:52 PM Read more >

Jacques Martin happy to be back in a familiar place with the Ottawa Senators

OTTAWA — History has a strange way of repeating itself sometimes.

Dec 23, 2023 10:42 AM Read more >

Attendance concerns, performance woes among many issues on domestic curling scene

Curling Canada's new chief executive officer will have a long to-do list when they take on the job next year. Danny Lamoureux is serving as interim CEO after Katherine Henderson left to become president and CEO of Hockey Canada.

Dec 23, 2023 9:16 AM Read more >