National Sports

VANCOUVER — If the Vancouver Canucks hope to still be playing hockey in the spring, they have to keep winning the close games now. Vancouver needed a power-play goal from J.T. Miller in overtime to defeat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 Saturday afternoon.

NEW YORK — Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk was fined by the National Hockey League on Saturday for cross-checking Philadelphia Flyers forward Scott Laughton. Tkachuk was fined US$2,486.

NEW YORK — Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk was fined by the National Hockey League on Saturday for cross-checking Philadelphia Flyers forward Scott Laughton. Tkachuk was fined US$2,486.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Nicole Schmidhofer and Mikaela Shiffrin made significant gains in defending their World Cup crowns finishing first and second respectively in Saturday's downhill in Lake Louise.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Anthony Joshua jumped up and down in the ring with his massive entourage, celebrating being around $70 million richer and having three world heavyweight belts back in his possession.

Kaillie Humphries’ World Cup bobsled debut for the United States was a winning one.

PHILADELPHIA — Scott Laughton responded to a jarring hit to his teammate in a big way. Laughton had a goal, an assist and a hard check in a chippy contest to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.

RUKA, Finland — Canadian moguls star Mikael Kingsbury spent a good portion of his summer testing out new tricks to unleash during competitions. He didn't need them in the season-opening World Cup.

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan — Graeme Fish earned the first individual speedskating World Cup medal of his career on Saturday, skating to bronze in the 10,000 metres. His time of 13 minutes 4.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Gayle Broughton scored with less than 30 seconds remaining to lift New Zealand to a hard-fought 17-14 win over Canada in the women's final at the Dubai Sevens on Saturday.