Schedule for Thursday, December 29th

2017 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship At Montreal Denmark vs. Czech Republic, 1 p.m. Finland vs. Sweden, 5;30 p.m. At Toronto Russia vs. United States, 3:30 p.m. Latvia vs. Canada, 8 p.m.

2017 Spengler Cup Quarter-finals Hradec Kralove vs. Canada, 9 a.m. Davos vs. Yekaterinberg, 2:15 p.m.

NHL Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Montreal at Florida, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Columbus at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m. Detroit at Ottawa, 8 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Arizona, 9 p.m. Anaheim at Calgary, 9 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

AHL San Diego at Texas, 8:30 p.m.

OHL

Sudbury at North Bay, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Peterborough, 7:05 p.m. Sault Ste. Marie at Saginaw, 7:05 p.m. Kitchener at Windsor, 7:05 p.m. Niagara at Barrie, 7:30 p.m.

PJHL EHC Dubendorf at Mount Forest, 8 p.m. Hanover at Mitchell, 8 p.m.

NBA Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Boston at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Utah, 9 p.m. Toronto at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.