National Sports

ST. PAUL, Minn. — San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane criticized the NHL department of player safety on Saturday afternoon, shortly after he was suspended three games for elbowing.

LOS ANGELES — Alejandro Pozuelo converted a penalty and rookie Ifunanyachi Achara scored for the third straight pre-season game to help Toronto FC defeat the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Saturday.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Adam Larsson scored his first goal since last February, Leon Draisaitl added an insurance goal seconds into the third period and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Florida Panthers 4-1 Saturday night.

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta 7-6 (2), 6-4 on Saturday to reach the final of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Technology and some old-fashioned ingenuity helped Emma Logan get to her first Canadian women's curling championship.

BOSTON — As well as the Bruins have played this season, one team that had consistently given them problems was the Red Wings. It took three meetings, but Boston finally figured out how to solve its issues against the NHL’s cellar dwellers.

Saturday's Games (All Times Eastern) NHL Boston 4 Detroit 1 Nashville at St. Louis Edmonton at Florida, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. San Jose at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Dallas at Montreal, 7 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Los Angeles vs.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is feeling less pressure as he prepares for his second season with the Toronto Blue Jays. Having five months of big-league experience certainly helps with that.

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona's Twitter accounts were hacked after the team's 2-1 home win over Getafe in the Spanish league on Saturday.

Winnipeg Jets centre Bryan Little will undergo a procedure to repair a perforated eardrum and will miss the rest of the NHL season. He hasn't played since he was struck in the left side of the head by a teammate's shot during a game on Nov. 5.