National Sports

TORONTO — Sam Bennett continues to prosper from his Four Nations Faceoff experience with Canada and the absence of stud Florida Panthers teammate Matthew Tkachuk.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jesper Bratt had a goal and two assists for his second straight three-point game and the New Jersey Devils rallied to beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Thursday night.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Rudy Guimond stopped all 26 shots he faced as the Moncton Wildcats blanked the Cape Breton Eagles 3-0 on Thursday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Camilo Villegas was on the phone the day before The Players Championship trying to sort out his swing with a coach who is in Singapore caddying at a LIV Golf event.

HAMAR — Canada's Brooklyn McDougall, Beatrice Lamarche and Ivanie Blondin won silver in the women's team sprint Thursday to open the ISU world speedskating championship.

BUENOS AIRES — Canada rebounded from a painful one-run loss to Argentina to defeat Brazil by seven wickets Thursday at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier.

TORONTO — The Montreal Victoire have acquired forward Kaitlin Willoughby from the Toronto Sceptres in exchange for defender Anna Kjellbin.

NEW YORK — Calgary Flames forward Connor Zary has been given a two-game suspension for elbowing Vancouver Canucks defenceman Elias Pettersson, the NHL said Thursday.

DUNEDIN — Daulton Varsho hit a two-run homer to power the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles in pre-season play Thursday at TD Ballpark.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A father in Missouri was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Thursday for shooting and wounding a St. Louis youth football coach over his son’s playing time while 9- and 10-year-olds practiced nearby.