National Sports

With power and a prodigious shot, Alex Ovechkin now stands where few in the NHL have been.

PHILADELPHIA — Scott Laughton scored two goals Saturday to lead the streaking Philadelphia Flyers to an 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.

MINSK, Belarus — Canadian Lewis Irving captured a silver medal Saturday at a freestyle ski World Cup aerials competition. American Justin Schoenefeld finished first in the field but just 0.46 points ahead of Irving, of Quebec City.

MARSEILLE, France — Another week, another ATP Tour final for Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime. The 19-year-old from Montreal defeated French veteran Gilles Simon 7-5, 7-6(2) on Saturday to reach the final of the Open 13 Provence men's event.

ALTENBERG, Germany — Another world championship bronze medal for Canadians Christine de Bruin and Kristen Bujnowski.

TAZAWAKO, Japan — Canada's Mikael Kingsbury earned his 62nd World Cup victory Saturday, winning the gold medal in the men's moguls event. Kingsbury, the reigning Olympic moguls champion from Deux Montages, Que., scored 83.05 to finish in first place.

Friday's Games NHL N.Y. Rangers 5, Carolina 2 N.Y. Islanders 4, Detroit 1 St.

CALGARY — Patrice Bergeron is not showing any signs of slowing down. The 34-year-old Boston centre continued his torrid scoring on Friday night with a pair of goals to lead the red-hot Bruins to a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames.

EDMONTON — Don't count the Minnesota Wild out of the playoff picture just yet. Jared Spurgeon scored three goals as the Wild gutted out an important 5-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Former NBA player Andrew Nicholson had 16 points and seven rebounds to lead Canada's men's basketball team to an 89-72 win over the Dominican Republic on Friday in the opener of their FIBA AmeriCup 2021 qualifying tournament.