National Sports

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball said only five days remain to salvage March 31 openers and a full season, telling locked out players that games would be canceled if a labor contract is not agreed to by the end of Monday.

BRANDON, Man. — Despite a four-goal second period rally from the Saskatoon Blades, the Brandon Wheat Kings won 6-5 in overtime on Wednesday for a fifth straight win.

MONTREAL — Confidence couldn’t possibly be higher in the Montreal Canadiens locker room. Seven games into Martin Louis' tenure as interim head coach, the Canadiens have found their first winning streak of the season.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Corey Perry became the 103rd NHL player to reach 400 goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Wednesday night.

DALLAS (AP) — Tyler Seguin scored 54 seconds into overtime on a play that required a review, and the Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Wednesday night.

TORONTO — The CFL Players' Association has filed a written notice to bargain with the CFL and its member clubs. The union made the announcement Wednesday.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps are hoping their momentum has staying power as they head into another Major League Soccer season.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will have to continue waiting for Canadian offensive lineman Liam Dobson. The six-foot-three, 330-pound offensive lineman was selected in the 23rd round of the USFL draft Wednesday by the New Orleans Breakers.

NEW YORK (AP) — The final scores are in, and NBC is no doubt happy to put the Beijing Winter Olympics in the rear-view mirror. The games reached an average combined audience of 11.

WOLVERHAMPTON, United Kingdom — While Canada leaves the Arnold Clark Cup on the back of a 1-0 loss to an impressive Spain side, coach Bev Priestman saw plenty of positives for the Olympic champions.