National Sports

VANCOUVER — Felipe Martins says the Vancouver Whitecaps' poor start won't necessarily define their season.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Joe Pavelski lost a couple of teeth, had stitches in his lip and his mouth was still bloody long after taking Brent Burns' point shot right off his chin .

TORONTO — Robyn Silvernagle scored a 7-4 victory over Jennifer Jones during the fifth round-robin draw of the Players' Championship Wednesday night. Silvernagle, from North Battleford, Sask.

Wednesday's Games NHL Playoffs First Round Columbus 4 Tampa Bay 3 (Columbus leads series 1-0) N.Y. Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) (N.Y. Islanders leads series 1-0) St. Louis 2 Winnipeg 1 (St.

Wednesday's Games NHL Playoffs First Round Columbus 4 Tampa Bay 3 (Columbus leads series 1-0) N.Y. Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) (N.Y. Islanders leads series 1-0) St. Louis 2 Winnipeg 1 (St.

WINNIPEG — Pat Maroon figures his grandfather was watching him from heaven when he set up Tyler Bozak's winning goal in the St. Louis Blues' 2-1 playoff victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Josh Bailey didn't have much time to think when he saw the puck on the side of the crease after Mathew Barzal's try hit the left goalpost in overtime.

LOS ANGELES — Ralph Lawler called his 3,229th and last regular season game for the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Columbus Blue Jackets rebounded from a dismal start to stun the team that had the NHL's best regular-season record.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors will face the Orlando Magic in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal between the second-seeded Raptors and No. 7 Magic will start Saturday or Sunday in Toronto.