Saturday . . .

The Edmonton Oil Kings will be without highly touted D Mark Pysyk for the remainder of the season. Pysyk has a broken bone in his right foot and it will cost him the regular-season’s last 13 games. He was injured Jan. 31 when he blocked a shot in a 5-4 overtime victory over the visiting Prince Albert Raiders. He practised and played in five games before X-rays found the break. He finishes with 24 points in 48 games.
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The Brandon Wheat Kings will be without F Scott Glennie when they meet the Tigers in Medicine Hat on Sunday. He has been hit with a one-game suspension for an elbowing major he incurred Friday during a 3-0 victory over the Broncos in Swift Current.
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THE PLAYOFF CHASE
Teams in the running for playoff spots, showing games remaining (d — denotes division leaders, who are seeded one-two):
EASTERN CONFERENCE
(top eight advance)
d-Saskatoon (15) 39-12-3-3-84
d-Calgary (15) 39-16-1-1-80
Brandon (13) 39-16-1-3-82
Kootenay (14) 36-17-3-2-77
Medicine Hat (11) 33-20-3-5-74
Red Deer (14) 33-21-0-4-70
Moose Jaw (15) 27-22-4-4-62
Swift Current (12) 29-27-0-4-62
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Prince Albert (13) 28-25-3-2-61
Regina (12) 25-28-3-4-57
Saturday: Regina 6 at Edmonton 1; Moose Jaw 1 at Everett 5; Saskatoon 3 at Lethbridge 2 (OT); Prince Albert 1 at Red Deer 3; Medicine Hat 1 at Swift Current 4.
Sunday: Saskatoon at Kootenay; Calgary at Lethbridge; Brandon at Medicine Hat.
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
(top eight advance)
dx-Tri-City (15) 39-15-1-2-81
d-Vancouver (14) 34-20-1-3-72
x-Portland (12) 37-20-2-1-77
x-Everett (14) 36-19-2-1-75
x-Spokane (14) 34-20-3-1-72
Kelowna (12) 29-26-2-3-63
Kamloops (12) 27-27-2-4-60
Chilliwack (14) 25-27-1-5-56
x — clinched playoff spot.
Saturday: Tri-City 3 at Spokane 4 (OT); Kamloops 4 at Kelowna 3 (SO); Portland 3 at Prince George 1; Vancouver 4 at Chilliwack 2; Moose Jaw 1 at Everett 5.
Sunday: Kamloops at Tri-City; Chilliwack at Vancouver.
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SATURDAY:
In Spokane, F Kyle Beach scored three goals, including the overtime winner, as the Chiefs beat the Tri-City Americans, 4-3. . . . Beach’s second goal of the game and 39th of the season, at 2:57 of the second period on the PP, gave the Chiefs a 3-1 lead. . . . Beach has three hat tricks this season. . . . The Americans got a goal from F Sergei Drozd, his 10th, at 14:14 of the second on the PP. . . . F Johnny Lazo tied it for the Americans at 19:57 of the third. . . . Beach won it at 4:12 of OT. . . . The Chiefs have won seven of nine, while the Americans have lost three straight. . . . C Mitch Wahl had two assists for Spokane, which got a goal, his 27th, and an assist from C Tyler Johnson. . . . Spokane G James Reid stopped 43 shots. . . . Tri-City starter Alexander Pechurskiy stopped five of seven before leaving in favour of Drew Owsley, who stopped 33 of 35. . . . Attendance was 10,530. . . . The Chiefs have a 5-3 edge in the season series.
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In Swift Current, F Cody Eakin scored twice to help the Broncos to a 4-1 victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers. . . . Eakin leads the WHL with 41 goals. . . . He got No. 40 at 19:58 of the first period and No. 41 on the PP at 15:54 of the third. . . . After Medicine Hat F Zdenek Okal tied the score at 15:43 of the second, the Broncos got two goals from F Adam Lowry. He has 14. . . . The Broncos snapped a three-game losing streak. . . . The Tigers have lost five of six. . . . Broncos G Morgan Clark stopped 23 shots, while Medicine Hat’s Deven Dubyk turned aside 21. . . . Attendance was 2,243.
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In Chilliwack, the Vancouver Giants scored four straight goals and beat the Bruins, 4-2. . . . D Jesse Craige gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead on the PP at 8:30 of the first period. . . . Vancouver got the next four, with F Craig Cunningham getting it started with his 34th just 26 seconds into the second. . . . F Brent Henke, with his ninth, and F James Henry, with No. 19, scored for the Giants before the period ended and F Tomas Vincour got his 23rd early in the third. . . . Henry also had two assists. . . . Craige got his second goal at 7:52 of the third. . . . Each team was 2-for-5 on the PP. . . . Attendance was 4,070.
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In Edmonton, F Matt Strueby had two goals and assist to help the Regina Pats to a 6-1 victory over the Oil Kings. . . . Strueby has 31 goals this season. . . . F Jordan Eberle had a goal, his 40th, and two assists, while F Jordan Weal also had a goal, his 26th, and two helpers. . . . Eberle is one off the WHL lead in goals and is tied for the points lead, at 82, with Vancouver Giants F Craig Cunningham. . . . The Pats had lost three straight. . . . F Carter Ashton added two assists for Regina. . . . Regina G Dawson Guhle stopped 20 shots. He lost his shutout when F Garry Nunn scored his 15th at 4:49 of the second. . . . That gave Edmonton a 1-1 tie, but Regina F Kyle Mulder scored 10 seconds later. . . . Regina was 1-for-3 on the PP; Edmonton was 0-for-2. . . . Attendance was 6,022.
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In Everett, F Tyler Maxwell scored twice to help the Silvertips to a 5-1 victory over the Moose Jaw Warriors. . . . Maxwell has 29 goals this season. . . . Everett G Thomas Heemskerk stopped 26 shots. He lost his shutout at 1:32 of the first period when Moose Jaw F Quinton Howden opened the scoring with his 23rd. . . . Moose Jaw opened with Brandon Glover, who stopped 11 of 14. Jeff Bosch came on at 8:04 of the second and stopped 11 of 13. . . . Everett was 1-for-5 on the PP; Moose Jaw was 0-for-1. . . . Attendance was 6,207.
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In Kelowna, C C.J. Stretch scored two goals, including the tying score with 22 seconds left in the third period, then added a shootout goal as the Kamloops Blazers beat the Rockets, 4-3. . . . The Rockets had won 5-3 in Kamloops on Friday. . . . Stretch and F Chase Schaber scored for the Blazers in the shootout, while only F Geordie Wudrick was able to score for the Rockets. . . . Stretch has 25 goals this season. . . . The Rockets led 3-1 midway through the second period after getting PP goals from D Antoine Corbin, his fourth, and F Brett Bulmer, his 12th. . . . F JC Lipon, playing alongside Stretch and F Brendan Ranford in the absence of Jordan DePape (upper body), scored his third goal of the season at 12:22 of the second on the PP. . . . Ranford had three assists. . . . The Blazers, who lost 13 times to the Rockets last season, won the season series, 6-2. . . . The Blazers were 2-for-2 on the PP; the Rockets were 2-for-7. . . . Kamloops G Kurtis Mucha stopped 33 shots, 11 more than Kelowna’s Adam Brown. . . . Kamloops was without D Ryan Funk (ankle) and DePape, both of whom were hurt Friday. . . . Kelowna LW Brandon McMillan, who left Friday’s game after injuring his left leg/hip, was back for this one.
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In Lethbridge, F Derek Hulak scored at 4:02 of overtime to give the Saskatoon Blades a 3-2 victory over the Hurricanes. . . . Saskatoon F Marek Viedensky forced OT with a PP goal at 1:05 of the third period. . . . F Dustin Donaghy ended a 54-game drought by scoring the game’s first goal for Lethbridge. . . . F Cam Braes had a goal and an assist for Lethbridge. . . . Saskatoon G Steven Stanford stopped 18 shots to improve to 24-6-3-0. . . . G Linden Rowat stopped 29 shots for Lethbridge. . . . Each team was 1-for-5 on the PP. . . . Attendance was 3,472. . . . The Blades, who now are alone in first place overall, have won five straight.
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In Prince George, the Portland Winterhawks ran their winning streak to five with a 3-1 victory over the Cougars. . . . The Winterhawks had beaten the Cougars 5-2 on Friday. . . . Portland F Stefan Schneider broke a 1-1 tie with his 11th goal late in the second period. . . . Portland F Ryan Johansen iced it with an empty-netter. . . . F Chris Francis scored for the visitors in the first period to run his point streak to five games. D Troy Rutkowski has a six-game streak going after assisting on that goal. . . . Prince George F Parker Stanfield scored the game’s first goal at 13:14 of the first. . . . Portland G Ian Curtis, in his first start since Jan. 24, stopped 30 saves. He had been out with a shoulder injury. . . . Attendance was 1,873.
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In Red Deer, F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist to lead the Rebels to a 3-1 victory over the Prince Albert Raiders. . . . Nugent-Hopkins, the first pick in the 2008 bantam draft, has 22 goals. . . . F Daulton Siwak, the Rebels’ second-round pick in 2008, got his first WHL goal to open the scoring at 2:35 of the first period. . . . Red Deer F Brett Ferguson gave his side a 2-0 lead with his ninth goal at 2:25 of the second. . . . Red Deer G Darcy Kuemper stopped 35 shots, losing his shutout when F Craig McCallum scored his 23rd goal at 3:15 of the third on the PP. . . . Raiders G Garrett Zemlak stopped 29 shots. . . . Attendance was 5,109. . . . The Rebels have won three in row; the Raiders have lost four straight.