Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Monday, March 31st

Sports by Hartley Monday, March 31st, 2025

(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)

WHL:

Portland Winterhawks  5  Prince George Cougars  2  (Saturday)

Tyson Jugnauth notched a goal and three assists while Diego Buttazoni scored twice and assisted on another to help the Winterhawks tie the series 1-1 before a full house of 6,016 at CN Centre.

The power-play a big difference with Portland going 2-for-3 and P.G. 0-for 3.

The game summary is here.

Prince George Cougars  7  Portland Winterhawks  6  (OT-Friday)

Terik Parascak scored his 2nd goal of the game at 6:40 of overtime as the Cougars erased a 5-2 deficit after two periods before a hometown crowd of 5,610.

The game summary is here.

That one had everything. Game One goes to the good guys!

Recap and reaction from Mark Lamb, Aiden Foster, and Terik Parascak!https://t.co/zJy99TXTox pic.twitter.com/4Ije1j9vUt

— x – Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) March 29, 2025

The best-of-7 series shifts to Portland for Games 3, 4 and 5 on Tuesday, Wednesday and  Friday.

Games six and seven, if necessary, will be played in Prince George on Sunday, April 6th and Monday, April 7th.

Playoff schedule for the Portland-Prince George WHL series:  (All times PDT)

1 Portland @ Prince George Friday March 28  PG won 7-6 in OT
2 Portland @ Prince George Saturday March 29  Portland won 5-2
3 Prince George @ Portland Tuesday April 1 7:00 p.m.
4 Prince George @ Portland Wednesday April 2 7:00 p.m.
5 Prince George @ Portland Friday April 4 7:00 p.m.
6* Portland @ Prince George Sunday April 6 6:00 p.m.
7* Portland @ Prince George Monday April 7 7:00 p.m.
*- If necessary

The WHL Conference standings are here.

NHL: (8 Sunday games with 5 Canadian teams in action)

Winnipeg  3  Vancouver  1

The game summary is here.

The (34-27-13) Canucks, with just 8 games left, (6 home and 2 away) host the (31-37-6) Seattle Kraken Wednesday night at 7:30.

Vancouver is 6 points behind the (40-28-7) St. Louis Blues for the 2nd and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

Toronto  3  Anaheim  2
Montreal  4  Florida  2
Pittsburgh  1  Ottawa  0  (OT)

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Alex Ovechkin had a goal (and two assists) in the Washington Capitals 8-5 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday.

The 39-year-old Ovechkin has 890 career goals, 5 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record of 894.

The (47-17-9) Capitals have 9 regular season games (3 home and 6 away) remaining.

Washington will play at Boston on Tuesday (4:00) and at Carolina on Wednesday (4:00).

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There are 4 Monday games in the NHL with just one Canadian team in action as Calgary visits Colorado (5:30).

The (34-26-12) Flames are 7 points out of a playoff spot with 10 games left.

The NHL schedule and results are here or here.