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TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors signed centre Colin Castleton , the team announced Sunday. The length of the contract and financial details of it were undisclosed.

TOKYO — Canada fell 2-1 in its tie against Japan on Sunday, snapping its four-year streak of making the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.

TORONTO — Martin St. Louis was disappointed with the result. The Canadiens head coach also took a lot of positives — and a crucial point in the standings — from Saturday's tough ask at Scotiabank Arena.

VANCOUVER — Mats Zuccarello scored at the 2:47 mark of overtime as the Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Saturday.

VANCOUVER — Another overtime, another disappointing loss for the Vancouver Canucks. After coughing up a two-goal lead in the third period, the Canucks fell 3-2 to the Minnesota Wild in extra time on Saturday.

EVERETT — Julius Miettinen scored 5:46 into overtime as the Everett Silvertips edged the Portland Winterhawks 4-3 on Saturday in the second round of the Western Hockey League's playoffs. Everett leads the best-of-seven series 2-0.

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Islanders 3 (SO) Columbus 7 Washington 0 Carolina 7 N.Y.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Adam Fantilli scored twice and Jet Greaves stopped 22 shots for his first career shutout, leading the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 7-0 win over the Alex Ovechkin-less Washington Capitals on Saturday.

MONTREAL — As the final whistle blew and CF Montreal fell 1-0 to visiting Charlotte FC at Stade Saputo on Saturday, the sobering reality of how much work remains to be done began to set in.

VANCOUVER — Brian White wrote himself into Vancouver Whitecaps history. White became the first Whitecap player to score four goals in a Major League Soccer match in a 5-1 win over Austin FC Saturday afternoon.