National Sports

WINNIPEG — Nikolaj Ehlers quickly shook off the suggestion that he is now the Wayne Gretzky of Denmark.

HALIFAX — Alex Mercier scored twice as the visiting Moncton Wildcats defeated the Halifax Mooseheads 5-1 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League play on Sunday.

WINNIPEG — Dylan Samberg scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period to help the Winnipeg Jets to a 7-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday at Canada Life Centre.

RIYADH — Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe defeated Taiwan's Hao-Ching Chan and Russia's Veronika Kudermetova 7-6 (6), 6-4 in their opening round-robin match Sunday at the WTA Finals.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Red Bull driver Max Verstappen took a major step toward securing his fourth straight F1 title by winning the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday, despite starting 17th, and increasing his lead over McLaren's Lando Norris with three more r

NEW YORK (AP) — Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui won the women's race at the New York City Marathon on Sunday, pulling away from defending champion Hellen Obiri in the final mile.

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — AJ Greer scored his first goal for Florida early in the third period, Aleksander Barkov and Niko Mikkola each had assists in their homeland, and the Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 4-2 on Saturday to finish a two-game sweep in

Saturday's Games CFL Playoffs Division Semifinals Toronto 58 Ottawa 38 Saskatchewan 28 B.C. 19 --- NHL Vancouver 3 San Jose 2 Ottawa 3 Seattle 0 Pittsburgh 3 Montreal 1 St.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Pius Suter scored his second goal of the game with 25.7 seconds left, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Saturday night.

LANGLEY, B.C. — Cameron Schmidt scored three goals and Mazden Leslie had a goal and assist as the Vancouver Giants whipped the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors 6-2 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday at Langley Events Centre.