National Sports

LONDON — Pedro scored with a header in extra time for Chelsea to advance to the FA Cup semifinals with a 2-1 win at Leicester on Sunday. Chelsea next faces Southampton at Wembley Stadium after new manager Mark Hughes' side beat Wigan 2-0.

Goalie interference, which has quickly become the most talked about rule in hockey, is expected to be a focus when NHL general managers meet in Florida beginning Monday.

MEGEVE, France — Canadian freestyle ski star Mikael Kingsbury finished his near-perfect season with a win in Sunday's season-ending World Cup dual moguls event.

FALUN, Sweden — Canada's Alex Harvey capped his cross-country ski World Cup season with a second-place finish in Sunday's men's 15-kilometre pursuit. Harvey, from St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., finished the race in 35 minutes 50.4 seconds.

PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — On the night Canada's curlers lost a last-rock heartbreaker in the Paralympic semifinals, hockey player Billy Bridges was waiting up for them when they returned home to the athletes village.

GANGNEUNG,, Korea, Republic Of — Thirty-eight seconds separated Canada's Para hockey team and the gold medal the Canadians had been chasing for 12 long years. But gold went to the Americans, and heartbreak to Canada.

They're now at the top of the Bark Bracket. Very good dog, you Retrievers! In a sport full of Bulldogs, Huskies and Terriers, a new breed is suddenly ruling the NCAA basketball tournament — and beyond. All thanks to those underdogs at UMBC.

VANCOUVER — There were a couple of wrinkles to the plot, but two familiar scripts played out in the San Jose Sharks' 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks Saturday night.

Saturday's Games NHL Buffalo 5 Chicago 3 Edmonton 4 Florida 2 New Jersey 3 Los Angeles 0 Toronto 4 Montreal 0 Philadelphia 4 Carolina 2 Columbus 2 Ottawa 1 Boston 3 Tampa Bay 0 St. Louis 4 N.Y.

TORONTO — Minus their starting goalie, best player and two other regulars, the Toronto Maple Leafs did what they've done a lot lately — pick up a victory at Air Canada Centre.