National Sports

SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country.

VANCOUVER — Yet again, boos rained down on the Vancouver Canucks as they left the ice Tuesday night. In their first game of the New Year, old mistakes plagued the team as they dropped a 6-2 decision to the New York Islanders on home ice.

SASKATOON — Grayden Siepmann scored 53 seconds into overtime and the visiting Calgary Hitmen pulled off the comeback in defeating the Saskatoon Blades 3-2 in Western Hockey League action on Tuesday night.

EDMONTON — It didn’t take long for the Seattle Kraken to get a full measure of revenge on the Edmonton Oilers after suffering a 7-2 drubbing last Friday.

WINNIPEG — Sam Gagner showed he can make a heads-up move while playing in his 1,002 NHL career game.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mattias Ekholm, Tommy Novak and Roman Josi each had a goal and an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a 6-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs blue line regained some familiar faces playing alongside each other on Tuesday night. Toronto's 6-5 shootout loss to the St.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews reached a new career milestone and linemate Michael Bunting found his scoring touch, but the Toronto Maple Leafs still weren't happy with their final result on Tuesday.

LONDON, Ont. — George Diaco scored 2:05 into overtime to cap a late comeback by the London Knights on Tuesday in Ontario Hockey League action.

OTTAWA — Tim Stutzle hated the way he started Tuesday's game, but felt pretty good about how things ended as the Ottawa Senators blanked the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-0.