National Sports

CALGARY — Dylan Larkin scored his 23rd goal and Cam Talbot made 33 saves to lead the streaking Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames, their fifth win in a row.

NHL Toronto 4 Edmonton 3 Winnipeg 5 Washington 4 (OT) Ottawa 6 Minnesota 0 Detroit 3 Calgary 1 N.Y. Islanders 3 Tampa Bay 2 (OT) Florida 5 Chicago 1 Boston 6 N.Y.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Borya Valis had two goals and an assist and Riley Heidt had a goal and three assists as the Prince George Cougars beat the visiting Tri-City Americans 5-2 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday at the CN Centre.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators aren’t going to let anyone go after their best players and let them get away with it. Saturday night the Minnesota Wild learned that the hard way.

EDMONTON — What looked like a game on cruise control ended up with a wild finish and a sigh of relief for the Toronto Maple Leafs, who held on for a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.

BARRIE, Ont. — Kashawn Aitcheson's second goal of the night, scored 40 seconds in overtime, lifted the Barrie Colts to a 7-6 Ontario Hockey League victory over the Niagara IceDogs at Sadlon Arena on Saturday.

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 877 goals and needs 18 to break the record.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored the 877th goal of his career to move 18 away from breaking the NHL record, but the Washington Capitals lost 5-4 in overtime to the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night in a showdown of the top two teams in the NHL th

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators gave their fans plenty to cheer about before leaving on a weeklong road trip and heading into their league-mandated break.

EDMONTON — Matthew Knies and Mitch Marner each had a goal and an assist as the Toronto Maple Leafs came out flying and survived a frantic finish to record a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.