National Sports

OTTAWA — After a 6-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes Thursday, the Boston Bruins wanted to right the ship early in their game Saturday against the Ottawa Senators. And they did.

AUSTIN, Texas — A goal by newly signed Spanish forward Jesus Jimenez gave Toronto FC a 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire in pre-season MLS play Saturday. The weather did not co-operate with cool conditions, not to mention a downpour, at St.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have added to their goaltending depth, acquirring netminder Andrew Hammond from the Minnesota Wild. The trade, announced Saturday, saw the Habs send left-winger Brandon Baddock to Minnesota.

OSAKA, Japan — Canada's women's basketball team has officially clinched a spot in the FIBA World Cup with a dominant 96-64 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in qualifying.

BEIJING — Meryeta O'Dine didn't expect her second Olympic medal would come down to a crawling contest.

BEIJING (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will find out Monday if she can skate in the Winter Olympics women's competition, which starts a day later.

EDMONTON — It didn’t take long for Jay Woodcroft to get his first NHL win as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers.

DALLAS (AP) — Jason Robertson scored at 3:10 of overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night.

Friday's Games NHL Dallas 4, Winnipeg 3 Edmonton 1, N.Y. Islanders 1 Tampa Bay 4, Arizona 3 Seattle 4, Anaheim 3 --- AHL Abbotsford 8, Manitoba 2 Ontario at Stockton, 10 p.m.

BRANDON, Man. — The Broncos needed an overtime winner to overcome the Wheat Kings on Friday night. Cole Nagy had a goal and an assist in the win for the Broncos (16-23-4-1).