SEATTLE (AP) Jordan Eberle broke a tie at 7:21 of the third period and added an empty-netter in the Seattle Kraken's 5-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.
Kaapo Kakko, Eeli Tolvanen, Vince Dunn also scored for Seattle, and Dunn and Matty Beniers each had two assists. Phillip Grubauer stopped 23 shots in place of the injured Joey Daccord.
Mark Scheifele had a goal and assist for Winnipeg. Alex Iafallo and Kyle Connor also scored for the Jets, who dropped to 1-4 on a six-game trip. Connor Hellebuyck made 13 saves. Scheifele and Connor are tied for the team lead with 10 goals.
Tolvanen tied it at 3 with a one-timer from the right circle on a power play at 4:11 of the third. Beniers then found the open Eberle near the crease for an easy deflection. With 1:55 left, Eberle scored his team-leading seventh goal into the empty net.
Eberle also scored twice Oct. 25 in Seattle's 3-2 home victory over Edmonton.
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) Dustin Wolf made 16 saves for his first shutout of the season and fourth overall in the Calgary Flames' 2-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.
The Flames ended a three-game losing streak. At 5-12-2, they are last in the NHL with 12 points - two ahead of Buffalo and Nashville.
Blake Coleman scored at 5:46 of the second, beating goalie Yaroslav Askarov with a high shot following a turnover by defensemen Sam Dickinson and Philipp Kurashev.
Wolf made three straight saves in a flurry midway through the third period, including two from Macklin Celebrini, and made four stops in the final minute after Askarov was pulled for an extra attacker. Samuel Honzek added an empty-netter with five seconds remaining.
Askarov stopped 34 shots. The Sharks dropped to 8-7-3. They had won four in a row.
The Flames had a 13-1 shots advantage in first and it was 27-6 after two.
Sharks winger Jeff Skinner left early in the first with an apparent left leg injury sustained while racing Rory Kerins for the puck at the boards.
BC Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke was the big winner on Thursday night, taking home the George Reed Most Outstanding Player and Most Outstanding Canadian at the CFL Awards.
It's the second time Rourke had won the Most Outstanding Canadian award, doing so also in 2022 and it's his first George Reed Most Outstanding Player award.
Voting was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and all nine CFL head coaches.
Rourke was second in both passing yards (5,290) and touchdowns (31) but was the CFL's top rushing quarterback (564 yards, 9.2-yard average, 10 TDs) as B.C. finished the regular season with six straight wins to claim second in the West Division with an 11-7 record.
Bo Levi Mitchell of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats was also a finalist for Most Outstanding Player award for a second straight year. He led the CFL in pass attempts (626), completions (428), yards (5,296) and touchdowns (a career-best 36), and was the only quarterback to start all 18 regular-season games as the Ticats (11-7) finished first in the East Division.
Defensive lineman Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund of the Montreal Alouettes was the other finalist for the Most Outstanding Canadian award. The six-foot-one, 250-pound Adeyemi-Berglund, of Dartmouth, N.S., recorded a career-best 11 sacks along with 29 tackles (one for a loss), two fumble recoveries and a special-teams tackle.
Adeyemi-Berglund will finish his season playing in the Grey Cup as Montreal faces the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday.
Blue Bombers' Vaval double dips at CFL Awards
Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive back Trey Vaval double dipped at the CFL Awards on Thursday, taking home the Most Outstanding Rookie and Most Outstanding Special Teams Player awards.
Vaval received the honour at the CFL's awards banquet.
Voting was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and all nine CFL head coaches.
The five-foot-11, 163-pound Vaval led the CFL in punt returns (75) and yards (957) with a touchdown while returning two kickoffs for scores -- the most in the league.
He was also tops in missed field goal returns (six), yards (391), longest return (128) and touchdowns (one).
Veteran kicker Lirim Hajrullahu of the Toronto Argonauts was also a finalist for the Most Outstanding Special Teams Player. The 35-year-old from St. Catharines, Ont., made 57-of-64 field goals, including a CFL-record 12 from 50-plus yards (on 15 attempts) and a league-best 25-of-30 from 40-plus yards.
Linebacker Devin Veresuk of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats was also a finalist for the Most Outstanding Rookie. The six-foot-two, 240-pound Windsor, Ont., native — taken second overall in the 2025 CFL draft — posted 67 tackles, three special-teams tackles, two sacks and an interception.
The interception was a 36-yard pick-six in his first pro start, a 35-17 win over Montreal on June 27.Roughriders' Hardrick takes home Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman
Jermarcus Hardrick of the Saskatchewan Roughriders has his first CFL top lineman award.
Hardrick was honoured during the CFL awards banquet Thursday night.
Voting was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and all nine CFL head coaches.
Hardrick anchored a Riders front line that helped quarterback Trevor Harris pass for 4,549 yards and A.J. Ouellette run for 1,22 yards.
Saskatchewan's offence also finished second overall in net yards (382.6 per game) as the franchise finished atop the West Division for the first time since 2019.
Brandon Revenberg of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats was also a finalist. He helped quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell lead the CFL in passing (5,296 yards) and touchdowns (a career-best 36), and running back Greg Bell rush for 1,038 yards as the Ticats (11-7) finished first in the East Division.
Lions' Betts wins Most Outstanding Defensive Player
Defensive end Mathieu Betts of the B.C. Lions is again the CFL's top defensive player.
Betts received the honour Thursday at the league's awards banquet.
Voting for the award was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and all nine CFL head coaches.
Betts, who posted a CFL-high 15 sacks this season, also won the award in 2023.
He added 42 tackles (two for loss), four forced fumbles and a fumble recovery this year.
Hamilton's Julian Howsare was also a finalist. He finished second to Betts with a career-best 13 sacks while also recording 43 tackles, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
Barnes finished with 10 rebounds, eight assists and five blocked shots. The Raptors shot 56% from the floor and made 12 3-pointers to win for the sixth time in seven games.
Quickley shot 5 of 7 from 3-point range and had six assists. Jakob Poeltl added 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting and had seven rebounds.
Donovan Mitchell had 31 points after getting a night off Wednesday in Miami. Nae'Qwan Tomlin added 18 for Cleveland.
The Raptors were coming off a 119-109 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday and took advantage of the Cavaliers playing a back-to-back. Cleveland beat Miami 130-116 Wednesday night and was without All-Star Darius Garland (toe) and Lonzo Ball (rest).
Mitchell had six rebounds, six assists, two steals and hit 15 of 17 free throws after getting a rest day against the Heat.
Toronto led 67-54 at halftime, but Cleveland whittled the lead down to 90-85 by the end of the third quarter. The Cavaliers kept the Raptors in reach until Quickley hit a pair of 3-pointers sandwiched around RJ Barrett's floater to push the lad to 118-105.
