National Sports

AMHERST, N.Y. — The Toronto Six kicked off the new Premier Hockey Federation season with a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Beauts on Saturday. Michela Cava scored the winner on the power play with exactly one minute to play in the third period.

CALGARY — Between Matthew Tkachuk's big night offensively and Jacob Markstrom's stellar goaltending, the Calgary Flames were excellent at both ends of the ice Saturday night.

CHESTERMERE, Alta. — Brad Gushue of St. John's N.L., will face Scotland's Bruce Mouat in the men’s final of the Grand Slam of Curling's National, while Canadian Tracy Fleury takes on Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg in the women’s final.

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.