National Sports

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Toronto Maple Leafs' prospect Fraser Minten was named captain of Canada's entry in the 2024 World Junior Hockey Championship on Sunday. The team, coached by Alan Letang of Renfrew, Ont.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — More than a year after it was put up for sale, Manchester United said Sunday that British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe had agreed to buy a minority stake in the storied Premier League club.

NEW YORK — Minnesota left-winger Kirill Kaprizov, New York Rangers centre Mika Zibanejad and Detroit right-winger Patrick Kane have been named the NHL's three stars of the week.

Doubles star Gabriela Dabrowski made history on more than one occasion this season to cement her place in the Canadian tennis record books.

NEW YORK (AP) — Pistons players sat in stunned silence, staring blankly ahead in their locker room after yet another loss. The worst stretch of basketball in their lives now ranks as one of the worst in NBA history.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quinton Byfield scored twice, Trevor Moore got his team-leading 16th goal, and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Saturday night.

Vancouver Canucks forward Andrei Kuzmenko got an early gift for the holidays after being restored to his team's top line. He thanked his coaches by scoring two goals in a choppy 7-4 win over the San Jose Sharks.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Craig Smith and Jani Hakanpaa scored in the final 15 seconds, rallying the Dallas Stars to a 3-2 National Hockey League victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday.

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Vancouver 7 San Jose 4 Toronto 4 Columbus 1 Ottawa 5 Pittsburgh 4 (OT) Los Angeles 5 Calgary 3 Colorado 4 Arizona 1 Dallas 3 Nashville 2 Florida 4 Vegas 2 Minnesota 3 Boston 2 New Jersey 3 Detroit 2 Tampa Bay 2 Washington 1

OTTAWA — Christmas came a couple days early for the Ottawa Senators, thanks to Tim Stutzle’s overtime winner on Saturday in a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.