National Sports

SOPRON, Hungary — It wasn't pretty, nor easy, but Canada's women's basketball is going to Paris for the upcoming Olympic Games.

PLANICA, Slovenia — Canada claimed a second gold medal at the world under-23 cross-country ski championship with Sunday's victory in the mixed relay. Whitehorse's Derek Deuling, Jasmine Drolet of Rossland, B.C., Mac Hollman of Thunder Bay, Ont.

DRESDEN, Germany — Felix Roussel earned gold to spearhead a second straight three-medal day for Canada in World Cup short track speedskating action on Sunday. The Sherbrooke, Que., native won the men's 500 metres in a time of 40.078 seconds.

BAKURIANI, Georgia — Canada's Marielle Thompson won her third consecutive World Cup women's ski cross gold medal on Sunday. The victory caps a two-gold weekend in Georgia for the Whistler, B.C., native.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For at least one night, the Los Angeles Kings got the momentum they were looking for after a coaching change.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 35 saves in his third shutout of the season, and the Florida Panthers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-0 on Saturday night.

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Los Angeles 4 Edmonton 0 Ottawa 5 Toronto 3 Calgary 5 N.Y. Islanders 2 Dallas 3 Montreal 2 Detroit 4 Vancouver 3 (OT) Winnipeg 2 Pittsburgh 1 St.

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Bogdans Hodass scored at 4:41 of overtime as the Medicine Hat Tigers rallied from a 4-1 deficit to edge the visiting Red Deer Rebels 5-4 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday at C-op Place.

OTTAWA — Few would expect an empty-net goal to be the highlight of the Ottawa Senators' 5-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night, but Ridly Greig made it one to remember. With 5.

WINNIPEG — Connor Hellebuyck was brilliant as he backstopped the Winnipeg Jets to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night. Hellebuyck stopped 35 of 36 shots as Winnipeg snapped a five-game losing streak.