National Sports

STOCKTON, Calif. — The Abbotsford Canucks were dealt their fourth regulation loss of their inaugural American Hockey League season Saturday following a 2-1 defeat to the Stockton Heat.

CHICAGO — Five different players found the back of the net and Philippe Desrosiers made 22 saves in the Manitoba Moose's 5-1 triumph over the Chicago Wolves Saturday in the American Hockey League.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews summed up life under the microscope in hockey's biggest market with a few succinct sentences. "The highs can get real high here," he said Saturday. "And the lows can get real low.

WINNIPEG — Defensive lineman Jake Thomas was glad the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were in an early slugfest and then knocked off the Montreal Alouettes 31-21 on Saturday.

UTICA, N.Y. — Nolan Foote's power-play goal in the third period led the Utica Comets past the Toronto Marlies in American Hockey League action Saturday.

MONTREAL — The Vegas Golden Knights hadn’t scored on the power play since June 6, but their man advantage clicked Saturday and two power-play goals were the difference in a 5-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens.

WINNIPEG — Ilya Sorokin earned his first night off of the season. Sorokin stopped all 24 shots he faced for his league-leading third shutout of the season to backstop the New York Islanders to a 2-0 win over the Winnipeg Jets Saturday night.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Amir Miftakhov stopped all 29 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season to lead the Syracuse Crunch past the Laval Rocket 4-0 in the American Hockey League on Saturday.

CLEVELAND — Jake Lucchini scored the only goal in a shootout to lead the Belleville Senators past the Cleveland Monsters 3-2 in the American Hockey League on Saturday.

SUNRISE, Fla.