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CALGARY — Led by Noah Hanifin, Calgary's defence went on the offence on Thursday leading the red-hot Flames to a fifth straight victory.

OTTAWA — Matt Murray won two Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins, but Thursday he was on the opposite end of their attack as a member of the Ottawa Senators.

MONTREAL — The Martin St. Louis effect didn’t give the Montreal Canadiens a first win since Jan. 18 but Montreal’s new interim head coach liked the fight his new team gave him.

HOUSTON (AP) — Gary Trent Jr. scored a season-high 42 points, and the Toronto Raptors pushed their season-high winning streak to eight games with a 139-120 victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday night.

BOISBRIAND, Que. — The Acadie-Bathurst Titan were carried to a 5-2 win after a dominant second period against the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The long wait to be voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame is finally over for several deserving candidates.

ERIE, Pa. — Christian Kyrou had the game-winner and an assist as the Erie Otters beat the Owen Sound Attack for their second straight win. Cedrick Guindon grabbed two goals as the Attack (19-18-1-2) fell 5-3 to their Erie counterparts.

TORONTO — Monitoring, chasing and keeping tabs on him for years, the Toronto Raptors can, at long last, say veteran forward Thaddeus Young is one of theirs. "Thaddeus is a known commodity around the NBA," Raptors general manager Bobby Webster said.

EDMONTON — With the Edmonton Oilers on the brink of a lost season and having little salary-cap flexibility available, Ken Holland had really only one option to shake up his team.

TORONTO — Andrew Harris has played football with a huge chip on his shoulder for the last 11 seasons and that's not about to change with the Toronto Argonauts.