National Sports

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin's first speed race weekend of the women's World Cup season went so well, she believes it might make her even faster in her core technical events, too.

LA VILLA, Italy (AP) — Lucas Braathen might be just the type of personality that skiing needs to join Marco Odermatt among the younger generation taking over the sport.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Canada's Maggie Mac Neil closed out the FINA World Swimming Championships in style on Sunday by setting a world record in the women's 100-metre butterfly. Mac Neil, from London, Ont., finished in 54.

ST. STEPHEN, N.B. — Forward Shane Wright will serve as Canadian captain at the upcoming IIHF World Junior Championship.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Erik Gustafsson recorded his first career hat trick to steal the spotlight from Alex Ovechkin’s latest pursuit of hockey history and help the Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 Saturday night.

VANCOUVER — Missing key pieces wasn't about to keep the Winnipeg Jets down on Saturday.

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Ottawa 6 Detroit 3 Boston 4 Columbus 2 Anaheim 4 Edmonton 3 Tampa Bay 5 Montreal 1 Washington 5 Toronto 2 Carolina 5 Dallas 4 (OT) N.Y.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Sloan Stanick scored twice as the Prince Albert Raiders defeated the visiting Spokane Chiefs 5-3 on Saturday. Carson Latimer, Landon Kosior and Ryder Ritchie added goals for the Raiders.

MONTREAL — Brandon Hagel had a three-point performance as the Tampa Bay Lightning began a four-game road trip with a decisive a 5-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin called for fans to throw hats on to the ice to celebrate a three-goal performance not from him but rather one of his least likely teammates to pull that off.