National Sports

TORONTO — What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago the Toronto Raptors were leaning into a roster overhaul, swinging several deals to reset the franchise ahead of the 2024 trade deadline.

NEW YORK — New York Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin, Buffalo Sabres centre Tage Thompson and Ottawa Senators defenceman Jake Sanderson are the NHL's three stars of the week. Sorokin was named the first star Monday after posting a 3-0-0 record, 1.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Canadian men's curling championship will return to St. John's, N.L., next year, Curling Canada announced Monday. The 2026 Montana's Brier will be held Feb. 27-March 8 at the Mary Brown's Centre. St.

James Crawford and Cameron Alexander bring a combination of confidence and hunger to the world alpine ski championship.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Carter Verhaeghe had his fourth career hat trick, Sam Reinhart scored his 31st goal and the Florida Panthers beat New York 6-3 on Sunday night to end the Islanders’ winning streak at seven games.

SEATTLE (AP) — Yegor Sharangovich and Jonathan Huberdeau each scored on the power play in Calgary's three-goal first period and the Flames held on to beat the Seattle Kraken 3-2 on Sunday night.

VANCOUVER — A major piece of the Vancouver Canucks' lineup was missing Sunday as captain Quinn Hughes was sidelined by an undisclosed injury.

Canadian sports fans continued to voice their displeasure with the United States on Sunday, booing the American national anthem before an NHL game in Vancouver and an NBA tilt in Toronto.

ASPEN — Snowboarder Francis Jobin of Quebec City struck World Cup gold on Sunday in Aspen, Colo. The 26-year-old athlete had a score of 79.30 in the men's slopestyle event, finishing ahead of Yiming Su (78.

VANCOUVER — Alex DeBrincat scored his second goal of the night with 41.2 seconds left in overtime and the Detroit Red Wings edged the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Sunday.