National Sports

MONTREAL — Carey Price stopped all 27 shots for his fourth shutout of the season as the Montreal Canadiens blanked the New York Islanders 4-0 on Thursday to remain in the thick of the playoff race in the Eastern Conference.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Two months after he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Mike Mussina still had a hard time believing his good fortune.

NEW YORK — The NHL has suspended Ottawa Senators forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau for one game for boarding Vancouver Canucks defenceman Ashton Sautner. The incident occurred at 16:23 of the second period of the Canucks' 7-4 win over Ottawa on Wednesday.

SILKEBORG, Denmark — Chelsea Carey's Canadian rink stayed in the playoff hunt with a 9-6 win over Russia's Alina Kovaleva on Thursday at the world women's curling championship.

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Toronto Blue Jays were defeated 13-6 by the Philadelphia Phillies in spring training action on Thursday as the team was dealt a battery of bad news on the injury front.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The World Video Game Hall of Fame fielded thousands of nominations for the Class of 2019 from more than 100 countries, hall officials said Thursday after narrowing the field to 12.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors say all-star guard Kyle Lowry will miss a second straight game with a sprained right ankle when the Oklahoma City Thunder visit Scotiabank Arena on Friday night. The team made the announcement Thursday on Twitter.

Erik Brannstrom hadn't heard any rumblings ahead of the NHL trade deadline. A first-round pick of the Vegas Golden Knights, the 19-year-old was monitoring the trickle of moves as 3 p.m. ET on Feb. 25 approached when that all changed.

Montreal lightweight John (The Bull) Makdessi climbs into the Octagon on Saturday for the 16th time.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Nic Petan to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$775,000. The Maple Leafs acquired the 23-year-old in a Feb. 25 trade deadline deal with the Winnipeg Jets.