National Sports

SASKATOON — Egor Sidorov scored the natural hat trick and his netminder Austin Elliott stopped 30 of 32 shots as the Saskatoon Blades knocked off the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds 4-2 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday night.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors were not exactly at their best defensively on Saturday. Their shooting struggles didn't help either.

NEW YORK (AP) — Casey Cizikas and Anthony Beauvillier scored first-period goals and Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves as the New York Islanders snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Saturday night.

BOSTON (AP) — The NHL-best Boston Bruins haven’t lost back-to-back games all season, and they wanted to keep it that way.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Keegan Messing struggled to keep his emotions in check all week, but when he struck his final pose on Saturday, his face finally crumpled in a teary smile.

DENVER (AP) — Mikko Rantanen, Artturi Lehkonen and Alex Newhook each scored twice, Pavel Francouz made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Colorado Avalanche routed the Ottawa Senators 7-0 on Saturday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aaron Ekblad scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period and the Florida Panthers beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Saturday night.

KINGSTON, Ont. — Nick Lardis scored the first and last goal for his team on Saturday night as the visiting Hamilton Bulldogs beat the Kingston Frontenacs 4-1 in Ontario Hockey League action.

CHICOUTIMI, Que. — Andrei Loshko, Maxim Masse and Emmanuel Vermette each scored twice as the Chicoutimi Sagueneens defeated the visiting Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 7-4 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Saturday.

HONOLULU (AP) — Hayden Buckley started and ended the back nine at Waialae with eagles Saturday for a second straight 6-under 64, giving him a two-shot lead and creating some separation going into the final round of the Sony Open.