National Sports

TORONTO — The Buffalo Sabres will select first overall at the NHL Draft for the first time in 31 years after winning Saturday's lottery. Buffalo entered the lottery with the best odds at 18.5 per cent and become the 16th team to win the sweepstakes.

MONTREAL — Veteran Meaghan Benfeito and prodigy Nathan Zsombor-Murray won the mixed 10-metre synchro platform on Saturday in front of a roaring home crowd at the FINA Diving World Series event in Montreal.

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LONDON — Cory Paterson scored twice in his return from injury and Ryan Brierley was a perfect 7-for-7 on kicks as the Toronto Wolfpack extended their win streak to 10 games with a 42-10 shelling of Halifax RLFC on Saturday at New River Stadium.

TORONTO — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. walked through a virtually empty clubhouse with a baseball encased in plastic. When he got to his locker, he carefully placed it on the top shelf before giving it an admiring glance.

VANCOUVER — An American professional snowboarder has survived being buried alive by an avalanche in the backcountry near Whistler, B.C.

Canadian offensive lineman Dakoda Shepley joined the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent Saturday after being bypassed in the NFL draft. "Excited to go to work as a New York Jet!" he tweeted Saturday.

TAMPA, Fla. — Tuukka Rask tossed a broken skate blade up the ice in frustration, but hardly lost his cool. "I didn't throw it at anybody," the Boston goaltender said Saturday. "If I threw it at somebody, I'd like to apologize, but I didn't.

Laurent-Duvernay Tardif has another Canadian to speak French with in the Kansas City Chiefs locker-room. The Chiefs agreed to terms with Canadian offensive lineman Ryan Hunter on Saturday night after Hunter was bypassed in the NFL draft.

TORONTO — Greg Vanney wasn't worried about his team's fitness on Saturday following a gruelling run in CONCACAF Champions League play, he was more concerned with Major League Soccer's implementation of it's video assistant referee.