National Sports

Los Angeles Kings coach Todd McLellan described the offensive prowess of Edmonton Oilers stars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl as “as close to unstoppable right now” as anyone in the NHL.

Thursday's Games NHL Boston 3 Buffalo 2 Columbus 5 Detroit 4 N.Y. Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) Philadelphia 5 Carolina 3 Florida 5 Anaheim 4 (OT) Vancouver 6 Nashville 3 St.

Thursday's Games NHL Boston 3 Buffalo 2 Columbus 5 Detroit 4 N.Y. Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) Philadelphia 5 Carolina 3 Florida 5 Anaheim 4 (OT) Vancouver 6 Nashville 3 St.

DALLAS — Jamie Benn used a lesson from his youth baseball days to help score the tiebreaking goal Thursday night. Benn backhanded the winner with 4:21 left, and the rolling Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 after blowing a three-goal lead.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Tyson Barrie and rookie Pierre Engvall came through to help new Toronto Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe get a win in his NHL coaching debut.

St. Louis defenceman Vince Dunn set the tone for the Blues with a crunching hit that drew a retaliation penalty. "I think it energized everybody in the whole city of St.

NASHVILLE — The Vancouver Canucks hurt the Nashville Predators with their power play. Again. Bo Horvat scored one of Vancouver’s five power-play goals, and the Canucks beat Nashville 6-3 on Thursday night to stop a three-game slide.

CALGARY — Brandon Banks is forever grateful to June Jones. When Banks broke into the CFL in 2013 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, he was used predominantly as a kick returner by then head coach Kent Austin.

CALGARY — Brandon Banks is the CFL's outstanding player. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats receiver captured the honour for the first time Thursday at the CFL awards banquet in voting conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and nine league head coaches.

CALGARY — Montreal Alouettes linebacker Henoc Muamba captured the CFL's top Canadian award Thursday night. Muamba received the honour at the CFL's awards banquet in voting conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and nine league head coaches.