Auston Matthews scored twice as the Toronto Maple Leafs thumped the New York Islanders 7-1 last night. In other action Patrik Laine had his third hat trick of the season, as Winnipeg beat the Dallas Stars 5-2, Buffalo edged Ottawa 3-2, Edmonton beat Arizona 5-2 and Pittsburgh shut out Vancouver 4-0. And off the ice the Montreal Canadiens fired coach Michel Therrien and replaced him with Claude Julien Julien was fired by the Boston Bruins last week.
The Chicago Bulls beat theToronto Raptors for the 11th straight time, 105-94 last night. It’s Toronto’s 3rd straight loss. Earlier in the day Toronto made a trade acquiring forward Serge Ibaka (eh-balk-ah)from the Orlando Magic for Terrence Ross and a 2017 first-round pick.
Last night at the Tim Horton Event Centre, the Cochrane Crunch defeated the Timmins Rock 6-1.
