National Sports

HALIFAX — Deanna Stellato-Dudek felt the pressure of competing as a world champion at home. The boisterous Canadian crowd only added to it as she and Maxime Deschamps took the ice on Friday night.

The New York Rangers signed winger Alexis Lafrenière to a seven-year contract extension Friday. The deal is worth $52.15 million, according to a person with knowledge of the contract.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tomas Hertl and Keegan Kolesar scored a minute apart to give Vegas the lead, and the Golden Knights beat the Ottawa Senators 6-4 on Friday.

REGINA — The door to first place in the CFL’s West Division is open slightly for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, but it may be firmly closed by the time they step on the field Saturday for their regular-season finale.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government is set to start its fall sitting with a focus on bills that the Opposition NDP says are aimed at catering to “fringe” elements of Smith’s United Conservative Party.

MONTREAL — As Saba Lobzhanidze slotted Atlanta United’s fifth and final penalty into the bottom corner, CF Montreal’s playoff run — and season — came to a sudden, premature end.

ALMENDRALEJO — Fighting a valiant rearguard action, Canada was seconds away from a win over World Cup champion Spain on Friday.

CALGARY — Calgary Wild FC has named Afghan-Canadian midfielder Farkhunda Muhtaj its first player signing and also announced Winnipeg Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey as an investor in the soccer club.

MONTREAL — Montreal will host a second straight Short Track World Tour event next week after the International Skating Union relocated the event from Salt Lake City.

VANCOUVER — Vanni Sartini accepts that the betting odds are against his Vancouver Whitecaps as they head into the Major League Soccer playoffs.