National Sports

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Thatcher Demko made 31 saves to lead the Vancouver Canucks over the skidding Nashville Predators 3-1 on Tuesday night. Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser and Juho Lammikko scored in Vancouver’s second consecutive victory.

GUELPH, Ont. — Riley Piercey scored in overtime as the Flint Firebirds fended off the Guelph Storm 5-4 on Tuesday in Ontario Hockey League action.

OTTAWA — Waiting for a whistle that never came cost the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night. Michael Houser made 43 saves in his season debut, earning a win in net as the Buffalo Sabres topped the Ottawa Senators 3-1.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin fumed after he thought the referees missed a penalty call and screamed obscenities from the bench after watching the replay.

Captain Phil Berna and vice-captain Jake Thiel return from injury to bolster Canada's squad for the HSBC Spain Sevens in Malaga, but coach Henry Paul still has a lengthy list of absent players.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed American receiver/kick-returner Papi White on Tuesday. White appeared in five regular-season games with Hamilton last year, starting four.

EDMONTON — Quarterback Khalil Tate, who threw for over 6,000 yards during four seasons at Arizona, was among four players signed by the Edmonton Elks on Tuesday. Tate amassed 6,318 passing yards with 57 TDs at Arizona (2016-19).

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed American receiver Shaq Evans to a contract extension Tuesday. Evans, 30, will return for a fourth season with the Riders.

The NHL will stop testing asymptomatic players, coaches and staff who are fully vaccinated following the All-Star break in early February, saying coronavirus cases continue to decline across the league.

Toronto FC head coach Bob Bradley has added former Canadian international Paul Stalteri to his coaching staff.