National Sports

Eight victories in nine games over the past six months, and a best-ever No. 4 world ranking. And now just two wins stand between what's arguably Canada's strongest women's basketball team and a third consecutive Olympic Games berth.

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Tuesday's Games NHL Colorado 6 Buffalo 1 Washington 4 Los Angeles 2 N.Y. Islanders 4 Dallas 3 (OT) Tampa Bay 4 Vegas 2 Boston 4 Vancouver 0 Columbus 1 Florida 0 (OT) Montreal 5 New Jersey 4 (SO) Anaheim 3 Ottawa 2 (SO) St.

BOSTON — Banking on Mookie Betts to be the missing piece in their World Series pursuit, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally pulled off a blockbluster deal with the cost-cutting Red Sox.

CALGARY — Sharks veteran Joe Thornton reached an NHL milestone in San Jose's 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday. Thornton assisted on a pair of goals to attain a career 1,500 points in the NHL.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes were missing two of their best defencemen , not the ideal situation when facing two of the NHL's best scorers. The holes in the lineup only seemed to sharpen the Coyotes' focus.

WINNIPEG — Mikael Granlund knew it wasn't a perfect shot, but the result was. Granlund scored 1:11 into overtime to lift the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.

BOSTON — Charlie Coyle had a goal and an assist, Tuukka Rask stopped 25 shots for his third shutout this season and the Boston Bruins extended their winning streak to four games with a 4-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.

OTTAWA — As far as Jean-Gabriel Pageau is concerned, it was a toss up between his Ottawa Senators and the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.

NEWARK, N.J. — Trailing by three goals and with their playoffs hopes fading, the Montreal Canadiens reached down and found something that might spark their season.