Hideki Matsuyama and Cal’s Collin Morikawa put on a stripe show Saturday at Kapalua, Hawaii, each of them posting an 11-under 62 at the vulnerable Plantation Course that threatened to turn The Sentry into a two-man show in the PGA Tour opener.

Matsuyama had a shot at tying the course record with a long eagle attempt from just short of the 18th green. He took two putts for birdie to maintain the one-shot lead he had over Morikawa at the start of the day.

Morikawa holed a 4-foot birdie putt on the par-5 closing hole for his 62. He briefly took the lead on the front nine by starting 5 under in five holes, including a 25-foot eagle putt on the fifth hole during a display of sublime shotmaking.

Matsuyama caught him on the next hole and they were tight the rest of the way.

The 11 birdies for Matsuyama are the most he has made in a round on the PGA Tour. He was at 27-under 192, a 54-hole record on the Plantation course at Kapalua.

It was reminiscent of 2022, when Cameron Smith set the tournament record — and PGA Tour record to par — at 34-under 258. The conditions were abnormally calm that year, and this year wasn’t much different.

There was barely any wind on the western edge of Maui, and the Plantation course was built for fierce wind out of any direction. This became target practice for the world’s best player, particularly on a course with the widest fairways on the Tour.

Three years ago, Smith and Jon Rahm were tied for the lead five shots clear of everyone else. Matsuyama was one ahead of Morikawa. Thomas Detry was next at 22-under 197, one ahead of Sungjae Im, who also had a 62.

NHL

Ovechkin scores 872nd career goal in Caps’ win >> Alex Ovechkin scored his 872nd career goal to move 23 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, and the Washington Capitals beat the struggling New York Rangers 7-4 at home.

Ovechkin has four goals in five games since returning from missing the previous 16 because of a broken left leg. The 39-year-old has 19 goals this season and is on pace to pass Gretzky’s mark of 894 this spring.

Dylan Strome, Lars Eller, Andrew Mangiapane, Connor McMichael and Aliaksei Protas also scored against Jonathan Quick, who remains stuck on 399 career wins.

Tom Wilson sealed it with an empty-netter with 37.5 seconds left, and Logan Thompson made 28 saves to compensate for giving the pUck away to Chris Kreider for his goal into a wide-open net.

WILD 4, HURRICANES 0 >> Filip Gustavsson made 20 saves for his third shutout this season, Marco Rossi had four assists and the Minnesota Wild beat the Hurricanes in North Carolina.

The Wild improved to 16-5-2 when scoring first this season as Mats Zuccarello beat Pyotr Kochetkov on a slap shot for a 1-0 lead with 6:57 left in the first period.

Zuccarello, who also assisted on Joel Eriksson Ek’s tip-in goal on the power play in the second period, added an empty net goal with 3:46 remaining.

RED WINGS 4, JETS 2 >> Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond each scored power-play goals to help lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 victory over the Jets in Winnipeg that extended their winning streak to a season-high four games.

Larkin added an empty-net goal and Alex DeBrincat also scored for Detroit. Raymond and Patrick Kane contributed a pair of assists and Moritz Seider had three assists.

Alex Lyon made 21 saves for the Red Wings.

Blue Jackets 6, BLUES 4 >> Dmitri Voronkov scored two goals and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the St. Louis Blues in Ohio.

Kirill Marchenko, Adam Fantilli, Mathieu Oliver and Mikael Pyyhtia also scored for the Blue Jackets.

Men’s hockey

U.S. advances to World Juniors championship >> The United States beat Czechia 4-1 in Ottawa, Ontario to advance to today’s World Juniors gold medal game. Gabe Perreault and Ryan Leonard each recorded a goal and an assist. Goalie Trey Augustine made 26 saves. The U.S. faces Finland in today’s final.

Tennis

Rybakina defends her suspended former coach >> Sixth-ranked Elena Rybakina defended her former coach Stefano Vukov after he was provisionally suspended by the WTA as the governing body investigates a potential breach of its code of conduct.

Rybakina said this week that Vukov is rejoining her team but the WTA suspension means the Croat won’t be accredited to enter player-only areas including practice courts and training areas.

The 2022 Wimbledon champion told a press conference in Sydney that Vukov “never mistreated me” in their years working together.

“The only thing I can say is, he never mistreated me. I respect him for everything he did from the very beginning when I was (ranked No.) 200 all the way what we did,” Rybakina, 25, said.

Her current coach is Goran Ivanisevic as they prepare for the Australian Open.

Vukov told The Athletic that he “never abused anyone.”

In a statement, the WTA confirmed that Vukov “is currently under a provisional suspension pending an independent investigation into a potential breach of the WTA code of conduct.”