National Sports

ST. STEPHEN, N.B. — Forward Shane Wright will serve as Canadian captain at the upcoming IIHF World Junior Championship.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Erik Gustafsson recorded his first career hat trick to steal the spotlight from Alex Ovechkin’s latest pursuit of hockey history and help the Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 Saturday night.

VANCOUVER — Missing key pieces wasn't about to keep the Winnipeg Jets down on Saturday.

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Ottawa 6 Detroit 3 Boston 4 Columbus 2 Anaheim 4 Edmonton 3 Tampa Bay 5 Montreal 1 Washington 5 Toronto 2 Carolina 5 Dallas 4 (OT) N.Y.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Sloan Stanick scored twice as the Prince Albert Raiders defeated the visiting Spokane Chiefs 5-3 on Saturday. Carson Latimer, Landon Kosior and Ryder Ritchie added goals for the Raiders.

MONTREAL — Brandon Hagel had a three-point performance as the Tampa Bay Lightning began a four-game road trip with a decisive a 5-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin called for fans to throw hats on to the ice to celebrate a three-goal performance not from him but rather one of his least likely teammates to pull that off.

OTTAWA — Logan Morrison scored twice as the Hamilton Bulldogs downed the Ottawa 67's 3-1 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday. Cole Brown also scored for Hamilton, while Brad Gardiner scored Ottawa's lone marker.

VICTORIAVILLE — Nathan Darveau earned a shutout as Victoriaville downed the Sherbrooke Phoenix 3-0 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play on Saturday. Maxime Pellerin scored twice for Victoriaville, while Egor Goriunov added a single.

AMHERST, N.Y. — Shiann Darkangelo scored two goals, including the winner, as the visiting Toronto Six topped the Buffalo Beauts 6-4 in Professional Hockey Federation action on Saturday.