National Sports

TORONTO — The Winnipeg Jets weren't worried about performing in front of a national television audience on a Saturday night against the only other Canadian team heading to the playoffs.

BOSTON — The race for the top seed in the Eastern Conference is getting more interesting.

PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan knew the Stanley Cup hangover was coming.

VANCOUVER — It was a wild ride with a dangerous swerve toward hitting the ditch, but goaltender Thatcher Demko couldn't stop grinning the whole game.

TORONTO — Kevin Pillar had been thinking about stealing home since he saw video of a Pittsburgh Pirates prospect do it in a spring training game last week.

DETROIT — Out of the playoffs and sinking fast with one win in 14 games a week ago, the Detroit Red Wings could have embraced tanking to bolster their chances in the NHL draft lottery. Instead, they launched a winning streak.

GOLD COAST, Australia — More than 6,600 athletes and officials will converge on the Gold Coast for the 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games, the multi-sports event for 71 countries and territories of the British Commonwealth held every four years.

BOSTON — Nick Holden has only been in Boston for about a month, and he's already learned that he needs to keep his stick on the ice when he's playing with David Krejci.

SAN ANTONIO — Steve Nash was an unsung Canadian kid who got one significant U.S. basketball scholarship offer. Jason Kidd was an Oakland hoops prodigy ticketed for superstardom from childhood.

Friday's Games NHL Toronto 5 N.Y. Islanders 4 Carolina 4 Washington 1 Tampa Bay 7 N.Y. Rangers 3 Colorado 5 Chicago 0 Anaheim 2 Los Angeles 1 (OT) Vegas 4 St.