National Sports

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier won silver on Friday at the ISU Four Continents figure skating competition. Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the U.S. successfully defended their title with 213.

ST. LOUIS — Connor Hellebuyck wasn't in the mood to celebrate just yet. The Winnipeg goalie stopped 35 shots to help the Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 Thursday night — his second win over the defending Stanley Cup champions in five days.

OTTAWA — There’s no denying the Colorado Avalanche are a very good team, but the Ottawa Senators did themselves no favours Thursday night. The Avalanche, who hadn’t won in Ottawa since Feb.

Thursday's Games NHL New Jersey 5, Philadelphia 0 Montreal 3, Anaheim 2, OT Vegas 7, Florida 2 N.Y. Islanders 5, Los Angeles 3 Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 2 Detroit 4, Buffalo 3, SO Colorado 4, Ottawa 1 Minnesota 4, Vancouver 2 Winnipeg 4, St.

CALGARY — Mikael Granlund continues his resurgence under coach John Hynes. Granlund scored the eventual game-winner and also added an assist on Thursday to lead the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames.

EDMONTON — The San Jose Sharks showed the value of persistent play on Thursday. Timo Meier had two goals and an assist as the Sharks battled back for a 6-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Kevin Fiala and Brad Hunt each had a goal and an assist as part of Minnesota's three-goal first period and the Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Thursday night. Ryan Hartman and Zach Parise also scored for Minnesota.

MONTREAL — There were big shoes to fill on the Canadiens blue line with the absence of injured captain Shea Weber. Jeff Petry answered the call.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves have taken on yet another new look, with D'Angelo Russell on his way to join pal Karl-Anthony Towns and Canadian Andrew Wiggins heading west to the Golden State Warriors.

MIAMI — Each of the last nine NBA Finals have included either the Miami Heat or Andre Iguodala. They’d like to go there together now.