NHL – National Hockey League

Last Night

Winnipeg Jets 3, Detroit Red Wings 0

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Montreal Canadiens 2 – OT

Jets 3, Red Wings 0 – Connor Hellebuyck stops 33 shots, Jets beat Red Wings 3-0

Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves for his second shutout of the season and Andrew Copp scored twice in the Winnipeg Jets’ 3-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night. Kyle Connor added an empty-net goal in Winnipeg’s first game since a 7-1 loss in Colorado a week ago and just its fourth since Dec. 19. The Jets, who dressed six players on emergency recall, had seven postponements during that stretch. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 29 shots for Detroit. The Red Wings were shut out for the fifth time this season.

Blackhawks 3, Canadiens 2 – OT – Kurashev, Blackhawks sink NHL-worst Canadiens in OT

Philipp Kurashev scored 2:24 into overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2. Montreal, a defending Stanley Cup finalist, has dropped five straight and is 1-9-3 in its past 13 games. The Canadiens are 7-24-5 overall and fell behind Arizona for the worst record in hockey when the Coyotes beat Toronto on Wednesday. Dominik Kubalik and Patrick Kane also scored for Chicago, which won its third in a row. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 27 shots. Jeff Petry and Mike Hoffman scored for Montreal, and Sam Montembeault stopped 28 shots.

Saturday

Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings, 7:00 p.m.

Anaheim Ducks at Chicago Blackhawks, 8:30 p.m.

NHL – Ovechkin, McDavid, Draisaitl headline NHL All-Star roster

Washington star Alexander Ovechkin and high-scoring Edmonton teammates Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl headline the rosters for the NHL All-Star Weekend announced Thursday. Selected for the eighth time, Ovechkin led voting in the Metropolitan Division to earn the captaincy for the Feb. 4-5 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The event features a three-game tournament played in a 3-on-3 format, with 11-man teams from each of the league’s four divisions. A player will be added to each team through Last Men In voting that ends Monday night.

NFL – National Football League – Super Wild Card Weekend

Saturday

Las Vegas Raiders at Cincinnati Bengals, 4:30 p.m.

New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills, 8:15 p.m.

Sunday

Philadelphia Eagles at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1:00 p.m.

San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboys, 4:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh Steelers at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:15 p.m.

Monday

Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams, 8:15 p.m.

NFL – Bears interview Kelly, Browns exec Adofo-Mensah for GM job

The Chicago Bears interviewed front-office executive Champ Kelly and Cleveland Browns vice president of football operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah for their general manager job. Kelly has worked for the Bears the past seven years, as director of pro scouting from  2015 to 2016 and director of player personnel since 2017. He was with Denver from 2007 to 2014, rising from college scout to assistant coordinator of college and pro scouting. Kelly was a receiver and defensive back at Kentucky from 1998 to 2001. Adofo-Mensah comes with an analytics background over nine years in the NFL. He spent the past two seasons under Browns GM Andrew Berry after working in San Francisco’s research and development department from 2013 to 2019. Adofo-Mensah played basketball at Princeton.

NBA – National Basketball Association

Tonight

Toronto Raptors at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m.

Phoenix Suns at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m.

Golden State Warriors at Chicago Bulls, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

Chicago at Boston, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday

Golden State at Detroit, 1:00 p.m.

NBA – Bol fails physical, trade between Pistons and Nuggets halted