National Sports

TORONTO — NABA welterweight champion Samuel Vargas of Toronto won an ill-tempered, lopsided 10-round decision over Argentine Gabriel Adrian Pereiro on Saturday night.

MONTREAL — A controversial no-goal call in the third period helped spark the Canadiens' come-from-behind victory over Ottawa.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Aleksander Barkov finished off the Toronto Maple Leafs with his first NHL hat trick. Barkov scored at 3:24 of overtime to complete the hat trick and give the Florida Panthers a 4-3 victory over the Maple Leafs on Saturday night.

Edmonton Oilers defenceman Oscar Klefbom underwent surgery to repair broken bones in his left pinky finger and will be sidelined indefinitely, the team announced Saturday.

CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. — Ottawa's Rachel Homan has knocked off defending champion Jennifer Jones to earn her place back in the National final.

VICTORIA — Vincent Riendeau won the men's 10-metre event, while Jennifer Abel posted a decisive victory in the women's three-metre on Saturday at the winter nationals diving competition. Riendeau, from Pointe-Claire, Que., scored 486.

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — Evan McEachran won his first career gold medal in men's slopestyle at the Dew Tour on Saturday. The 21-year-old from Oakville, Ont., finished atop the podium with a score of 187.34 points, ahead of American Alex Hall (184.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — The German doubles team of Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken walked off the track at Mount Van Hoevenberg as World Cup race winners, again. Russia's Roman Repilov won the men's race, again.

Friday's Games NHL Ottawa 4 Detroit 2 Winnipeg 4 Chicago 3 (OT) Edmonton 4 Philadelphia 1 New Jersey 5 Vegas 4 (OT) Pittsburgh 5 Boston 3 Arizona 4 N.Y. Rangers 3 (OT) Washington 6 Carolina 5 (SO) St.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Once the rough stuff was out of the way, the Calgary Flames settled in and clamped down on the Minnesota Wild. The surprise leaders of the Pacific Division, the Flames have proven this season to be feisty and flexible.