SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 16
National Hockey League—11 games:
Montreal Canadiens at Florida Panthers—5 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at Ottawa Senators—5 p.m.
Boston Bruins at Winnipeg Jets—6 p.m.
Dallas Stars at Edmonton Oilers—7 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at Arizona Coyotes—8 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning at New Jersey Devils—5 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers—5 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Nashville Predators—6 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Los Angeles Kings—8:30 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at San Jose Sharks—8:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs:
Regina Pat-Canadians vs Saskatoon Contacts—8 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
(Saskatoon leads the best-of-five semi-final 1-0)
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 10 games, including the Prince Albert Raiders visiting the Brandon Wheat Kings. P-A has 26 wins, 34 losses, 3 extra time losses for 53 points…good for 11th place in the Eastern Conference. Brandon has 26 wins, 30 losses, 8 extra time losses for 60 points…tied for 9th place in the East. The Raiders’ next home game is Friday, March 24th against the Moose Jaw Warriors. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
The Saskatoon Blades are off until Saturday when they host Brandon. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 45 wins, 14 losses, 5 extra time losses for 95 points…good for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference.
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Major League Baseball—14 exhibition games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays vs Baltimore Orioles–4:05 p.m. at Sarasota, Fla.
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National Basketball Association—5 games, including:
Toronto Raptors vs Oklahoma City Thunder–5:30 p.m. at Toronto.
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when Week 16 of the season starts with 2 games, including the Saskatchewan Rush visiting the Calgary Roughnecks. The Rush have 5 wins, 6 losses…tied for 4th place in the West Division. Calgary has 8 wins, 4 losses…good for 2nd place in the West. Saskatchewan’s next home game is Saturday, March 25th against Calgary. First faceoff is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
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