National Sports

CHICAGO — Five different players found the back of the net and Philippe Desrosiers made 22 saves in the Manitoba Moose's 5-1 triumph over the Chicago Wolves Saturday in the American Hockey League.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews summed up life under the microscope in hockey's biggest market with a few succinct sentences. "The highs can get real high here," he said Saturday. "And the lows can get real low.

WINNIPEG — Defensive lineman Jake Thomas was glad the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were in an early slugfest and then knocked off the Montreal Alouettes 31-21 on Saturday.

UTICA, N.Y. — Nolan Foote's power-play goal in the third period led the Utica Comets past the Toronto Marlies in American Hockey League action Saturday.

MONTREAL — The Vegas Golden Knights hadn’t scored on the power play since June 6, but their man advantage clicked Saturday and two power-play goals were the difference in a 5-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens.

WINNIPEG — Ilya Sorokin earned his first night off of the season. Sorokin stopped all 24 shots he faced for his league-leading third shutout of the season to backstop the New York Islanders to a 2-0 win over the Winnipeg Jets Saturday night.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Amir Miftakhov stopped all 29 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season to lead the Syracuse Crunch past the Laval Rocket 4-0 in the American Hockey League on Saturday.

CLEVELAND — Jake Lucchini scored the only goal in a shootout to lead the Belleville Senators past the Cleveland Monsters 3-2 in the American Hockey League on Saturday.

SUNRISE, Fla.

The Laval Rouge et Or and the Montreal Carabins will play for the Dunsmore Cup yet again this year after both teams earned victories in RSEQ semifinal action on Saturday in Canadian university football.