National Sports

BEIJING — Canadian long-track speedskater Valerie Maltais earned a silver medal Sunday in the women's mass start competition at the Beijing World Cup. Marijke Groenewoud of the Netherlands won gold in eight minutes 27.62 seconds.

DUBAI — A Canadian comeback fell just short Sunday in a 24-22 loss to Japan in the women's seventh-place game at the Emirates Dubai Sevens.

NEW YORK (AP) — Kaapo Kaako scored a power-play goal with 24 seconds left, and the New York Rangers stopped a five-game slide by topping the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Saturday.

MONCTON, N.B. — Yoan Loshing scored the overtime winner at 3:44 for the Moncton Wildcats in a 4-3 win over the visiting Gatineau Olympiques in the Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League on Saturday.

SASKATOON, Sask. — Tyler Parr scored the shootout winner for the Saskatoon Blades in a 4-3 win over the visiting Swift Current Broncos in the Western Hockey League on Sunday.

Saturday's Scoreboard (All times Eastern) NHL N.Y. Rangers 4 Montreal 3 Pittsburgh 6 Calgary 2 Los Angeles 5 Ottawa 2 Toronto 5 Tampa Bay 3 Edmonton 4 Colorado 1 Florida 6 Carolina 0 Philadelphia 3 St. Louis 2 (OT) Washington 6 New Jersey 5 N.Y.

BARRIE, Ont. — Beau Jelsma and Riley Patterson each scored twice for the Barrie Colts in a 6-2 win over the Brantford Bulldogs in the Ontario Hockey League on Saturday.

DENVER (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist, Stuart Skinner stoped 27 shots and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 on Saturday night.

LAVAL, Que. — Marie-Philip Poulin played hero yet again Saturday night after some trial and error. The Montreal Victoire captain scored the shootout winner in a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Charge in a thrilling PWHL season-opener for both teams.

MONTREAL — Fans hoping to see the world's top woman skiers compete next week in Mont-Tremblant, Que., are out of luck after the PwC Tremblant World Cup was cancelled due to warm weather. The races were scheduled for Dec.