National Sports

DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — Ayrton Martino scored twice and added two assists as Canada East beat Canada West 5-1 on Sunday at the world junior-A challenge.

EDMONTON — It was a win that the Buffalo Sabres really wanted to go out and get for head coach Ralph Kreuger. Colin Miller scored in overtime as the Sabres emerged with a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan — Canada's Ivanie Blondin captured two gold medals Sunday at a long-track speedskating World Cup event.

PHILADELPHIA — This victory over the Toronto Raptors didn’t feel as good as it should have to the Philadelphia 76ers because of their shaky finish.

WINNIPEG — Nikolaj Ehlers isn't about to trade the ice for a boxing ring, but he was pumped about dropping the gloves during the Winnipeg Jets' 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Viktoria Rebensburg meshed her giant slalom skills with speed she's always had in Lake Louise, Alta., to claim Sunday's season-opening super-G.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Mike Norvell was the first coach Florida State interviewed for its football vacancy and though the search took school administrators around the country, they kept coming back to the man running Memphis’ program.

LONDON — A club-record eighth successive Premier League victory for Leicester. An eighth straight game scoring for Jamie Vardy.

SHANGHAI — The Canadian women's short-track relay team ended a five-year gold-medal drought Sunday by winning the relay race at the ISU speedskating World Cup.

Saturday's Games NHL Philadelphia 4, Ottawa 3 Vancouver 6, Buffalo 5, OT Colorado 4, Boston 1 Carolina 6, Minnesota 2 Tampa Bay 7, San Jose 1 Toronto 5, St. Louis 2 Florida 4, Columbus 1 Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 3 Nashville 6, New Jersey 4 Dallas 3, N.