National Sports

VANCOUVER — For Vancouver Canucks star Elias Pettersson, marking a career milestone on Saturday night was big — but getting a rookie goalie his first NHL win was bigger.

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Toronto 5 Montreal 1 Calgary 3 New York 2 (OT) Vancouver 6 Philadelphia 2 Vegas 5 Tampa Bay 4 Los Angeles 6 Arizona 5 (SO) Colorado 4 St. Louis 1 Nashville 7 Florida 3 Boston 6 N.Y.

REGINA — It was billed as the Number 1 team in the country versus the Number 1 player.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Rachel Homan's experiment got off to a winning start at the Canadian women's curling championship Saturday. Eyebrows raised when one of the most decorated skips in Canada handed another woman the broom ahead of this season.

TORONTO — Ryan O'Reilly started his day in St. Louis and ended it in Chicago. In between, one of the newest Maple Leafs made a memorable, time-zone crossing debut with the team that hopes he can help it get over an ugly playoff hump.

GUATEMALA CITY — Canada dispatched Haiti 3-0 Saturday to reach the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Championship and move within one win of qualifying for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

BARRIE, Ont. — The visiting North Bay Battalion surrendered two first-period goals, but then buckled down and rolled over the Barrie Colts 4-2 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday night.

SIMSBURY, Conn. — The Toronto Six grabbed an early lead, scored a couple power-play goals and coasted to a 5-3 Premier Hockey Federation road win on Saturday against the Connecticut Whale.

GATINEAU, Que. — Alexis Gendron was a one-man show on Saturday afternoon. Gendron scored five goals to lead the Gatineau Olympiques past the Cape Breton Eagles 8-4 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

Janine Beckie can earn her 100th cap Sunday when Canada takes on Brazil in Nashville at the SheBelieves Cup. She would probably likely to mark the milestone under different circumstances, however.