National Sports

DETROIT (AP) — Thomas Greiss made 40 saves to assure the lead the Detroit Red Wings took early in the second period stood up in a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.

Laurier's defence scored two touchdowns en route to a 22-0 blanking of host McMaster in U Sports football Saturday. Defensive back Ryan Long returned a 45-yard fumble recovery and linebacker Patrick Burke Jr.

BELLEVILLE, Ont. — Jake Lucchini scored twice as the Belleville Senators captured a 4-1 win over the Laval Rocket in AHL action Saturday night. The win was redemption for Belleville, which dropped a season-opening 6-2 loss to Laval on Friday night.

OTTAWA — The third time was the charm for Matthew Shiltz. Shiltz threw one touchdown pass and ran for another while David Cote kicked three field goals to lead the Montreal Alouettes to a 27-16 win over the Ottawa Redblacks on Saturday.

TORONTO — Josh Ho-Sang and Brett Seney both scored twice to lead the Toronto Marlies to a 5-1 victory over the Manitoba Moose in the AHL opener for both teams Saturday. Joey Anderson had the other goal for Toronto.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Playing a man down and without its top scorer, Real Sociedad turned to a 21-year-old reserve player to score a clutch goal that was good for a three-point lead of the Spanish league.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson and Artuu Ruotsalainen scored in a shootout to give the Buffalo Sabres a 2-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday. Buffalo improved to 2-0 following a 5-1 win over Montreal on Thursday night.

CHICAGO (AP) — Candace Parker isn't anticipating another rout that would complete the perfect ending to her homecoming by bringing the city of Chicago and the Sky their first WNBA title.

MONTREAL — Sunusi Ibrahim’s leaping header in the final minute kept CF Montreal's playoff hopes alive in a 2-2 draw with the visiting Philadelphia Union on Saturday.

There seemed to be no route to goal for Mohamed Salah when he received the ball at a standing start just inside the area with three opponents around him.