{allcanada} Farabee and Gridin score shootout goals in the Flames' 2-1 victory over the Blues

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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) Joel Farabee and rookie Matvei Gridin scored in a shootout to give the Calgary Flames a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night.

Connor Zary scored early in the first period for Calgary, and Devin Cooley stopped 26 shots.

Dylan Holloway tied it for St. Louis early in the second. Joel Hofer made 31 saves.

After Farabee scored in the second round of the shootout to give Calgary a 1-0 lead, coach Ryan Huska turned to Gridin after Jimmy Snuggerud was stopped, and Gridin won it with a shot over Hofer's glove.

The unlikely star performer of the opening 40 minutes was St. Louis video coach Elliott Mondou, with the Flames having three goals waived off after Blues' coach's challenges.

St. Louis had won eight consecutive games against Calgary,

Blues: At Vancouver on Saturday night.

Flames: Host Florida on Friday night.

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{allcanada} Barrett and Ingram help Raptors cruise past Bulls

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CHICAGO (AP) — RJ Barrett scored 23 points, Brandon Ingram had 18 and the Toronto Raptors pounded the Chicago Bulls 139-109 on Wednesday night for their third consecutive win.

Toronto shot 57% (48 for 84) from the field and put seven players in double figures in the opener of a five-game trip. Scottie Barnes had 18 points and seven rebounds, and Ja'Kobe Walter also scored 18.

The Raptors led by as many as 38 while completing a sweep of their three-game season series against the Bulls.

Matas Buzelis scored 19 points for Chicago, which lost for the third time in four games. Collin Sexton had 14 in his return from a left leg injury.

Bulls guard Josh Giddey was held to nine points, three assists and no rebounds. The 23-year-old Giddey had been on a tear, posting five triple-doubles while averaging 19 points, 12 assists and 11.7 rebounds over his previous seven games.

Toronto put together a fast start, shooting 60% on its way to a 72-45 lead at the break. Barrett scored 14 points in the first half, and Ingram had 13 on 6-for-6 shooting.

Chicago closed to 53-41 on Sexton's three-point play with 5:20 left in the second quarter, but Toronto responded with a 17-2 run. Barrett's reverse layup made it 70-43 with 1:08 left.

The sluggish Bulls shot 38.5% in the first half and committed 11 turnovers, leading to 20 points for the Raptors.

Jakob Poeltl finished with 17 points and a team-high eight rebounds for Toronto. Sandro Mamukelashvili also scored 17.

Up next

Raptors: At the Denver Nuggets on Friday night.

Bulls: Host the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night.

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{allcanada} Ovechkin scores his 922nd goal and Hutson scores in his debut as the Caps beat the Senators 4-1

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WASHINGTON (AP) Alex Ovechkin scored his 922nd goal and Cole Hutson scored his first to lead the Washington Capitals past the Ottawa Senators 4-1 on Wednesday night.

Ovechkin is a goal shy of 1,000 - if his 77 postseason tallies are included.

The Capitals are still six points out of a playoff spot with time running out, but this was an encouraging night for the franchise. Hutson made his NHL debut less than a week after the end of his season at Boston University, and the 19-year-old defenseman showed off his smooth skating and stickhandling throughout the night, finally scoring into an empty net with 25.7 seconds remaining.

It was the 40-year-old Ovechkin who opened the scoring in the second period when Rasmus Sandin's pass bounced off his right skate past goalie Linus Ullmark. That momentarily gave Ovechkin sole possession of the team lead in goals this season with 25, but then Tom Wilson beat Ullmark later in the period for his 25th.

Ovechkin has led the Caps in goals in all 20 seasons of his career, sharing the top spot only once - with T.J. Oshie in 2016-17.

With Ullmark pulled, Tim Stutzle poked the puck past Capitals goalie Logan Thompson with 2:41 left in the third to spoil the shutout, but Aliaksei Protas scored into an empty net for Washington just over a minute later. Then Hutson did likewise, to the delight of a home crowd that had been practically cheering his every move.

Ovechkin's goal was the 450th of his career at home, moving him past Gordie Howe into sole possession of second place behind Wayne Gretzky (492).

Although Gretzky lost his career mark for regular-season goals to Ovechkin last season, he's the only player who has reached 1,000 with the playoffs included. He finished with 1,016.

Ottawa remained five points out of a playoff spot after losing in regulation for just the third time in 16 games.

Senators: Host the New York Islanders on Thursday night.

Capitals: Host New Jersey on Friday night.

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{allcanada} Canada's Draxl outlasts Britain's Clarke in second-round qualifier at Miami Open

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MIAMI — Canada's Liam Draxl outlasted Britain's Jay Clarke 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in a second-round qualifying match Wednesday at the Miami Open.

Draxl, from Newmarket, Ont., completed the victory in two hours 36 minutes to earn a berth in the main draw of the Masters 1000 tournament.

He will play Quentin Halys of France in the first round.

Felix Auger-Aliassime and Gabriel Diallo, both from Montreal, are also entered in the main draw along with Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont.

Victoria Mboko of Burlington, Ont., and Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., are in the women's singles draw.

Competition continues through March 29.

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