National Sports

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Stephanie Lawton often reminds her curling team to breathe. It's a tip her three teammates took to heart when they played in their first Canadian women's curling championship last year in Sydney, N.S.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — San Jose Sharks defenceman Erik Karlsson will miss the rest of the season after breaking the thumb on his left hand in Friday’s game at Winnipeg.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane criticized the NHL department of player safety on Saturday afternoon, shortly after he was suspended three games for elbowing.

LOS ANGELES — Alejandro Pozuelo converted a penalty and rookie Ifunanyachi Achara scored for the third straight pre-season game to help Toronto FC defeat the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Saturday.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Adam Larsson scored his first goal since last February, Leon Draisaitl added an insurance goal seconds into the third period and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Florida Panthers 4-1 Saturday night.

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta 7-6 (2), 6-4 on Saturday to reach the final of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Technology and some old-fashioned ingenuity helped Emma Logan get to her first Canadian women's curling championship.

BOSTON — As well as the Bruins have played this season, one team that had consistently given them problems was the Red Wings. It took three meetings, but Boston finally figured out how to solve its issues against the NHL’s cellar dwellers.

Saturday's Games (All Times Eastern) NHL Boston 4 Detroit 1 Nashville at St. Louis Edmonton at Florida, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. San Jose at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Dallas at Montreal, 7 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Los Angeles vs.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is feeling less pressure as he prepares for his second season with the Toronto Blue Jays. Having five months of big-league experience certainly helps with that.