National Sports

Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur will have a national funeral to be held May 3, Quebec's premier said Sunday.

CALGARY — With the playoffs looming, Dillon Dube continues to heat up for the Calgary Flames as a secondary scoring threat.

Saturday's Games (All Times Eastern) NHL Carolina 3 New Jersey 2 (OT) Buffalo 5 N.Y. Islanders 3 Pittsburgh 7 Detroit 2 Boston 3 N.Y.

RED DEER, Alta. — Riley Ginnell scored 7:16 into overtime to give the Brandon Wheat Kings a 2-1 victory over the Red Deer Rebels Saturday, evening up their first-round WHL playoff series at 1-1.

Robert Church scored four goals and assisted on four others to lead the Saskatchewan Rush to a 17-14 win over the San Diego Seals Saturday in the National Lacrosse League. The loss was San Diego's (9-7) fifth straight.

OTTAWA — For a kid from Arizona, it doesn’t get much bigger than scoring the game-winning goal on a night that honoured one of the game’s biggest legends.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Maximiliano Urruti scored two first-half goals, Sebastian Driussi added his league-leading sixth after halftime and Austin FC cruised to a 3-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in MLS play on Saturday.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Montour scored 2:26 into overtime and the NHL-leading Florida Panthers extended their winning streak to a franchise-record 13 games by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Saturday night.

OTTAWA — There was an abundance of Montreal Canadiens jerseys at Canadian Tire Centre Saturday night, and while most had the name of Price, Suzuki and Caufield on them many were thinking about Guy Lafleur.

AVONDALE, La. (AP) — Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele played the back nine in 8-under 28 and shot a 12-under 60 in best-ball play Saturday to shatter the Zurich Classic three-round record at 29 under and stretch their lead to five strokes.