National Sports

TORONTO — South African challenger Dricus (Stillknocks) Du Plessis dethroned middleweight champion Sean Strickland, winning a split decision after a five-round gruelling battle in the main event of UFC 297 Saturday night.

CALGARY — The Edmonton Oilers keep winning and rewriting record books.

TORONTO — Canadian bantamweight Jasmine Jasudavicius dominated Brazil's Priscila (Zombie Girl) Cachoeira on the ground en route to a third-round submission win Saturday night on the undercard of UFC 297. The 34-year-old from Niagara, Ont.

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Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Edmonton 3 Calgary 1 Vancouver 6 Toronto 4 Winnipeg 2 Ottawa 1 (OT) Boston 9 Montreal 4 Tampa Bay 3 Buffalo 1 Colorado 7 Philadelphia 4 Arizona 3 Nashville 2 Dallas 6 New Jersey 2 St.

MONTREAL — Toronto overcame two goals from superstar Marie-Philip Poulin and 36 saves from goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens to snap a three-game losing streak Saturday night.

RED DEER, Alta. — Rachel Homan of Ottawa will be playing in Sunday night's Grand Slam championship final at the Co-op Canadian Open.

VICTORIA — Dawson Pasternak scored three goals and teammate Justin Kipkie added a pair as the Victoria Royals defeated the visiting Kamloops Blazers 7-2 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday at Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena.

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand set a club record by scoring his 20th goal for the 11th consecutive season, Danton Heinen got his first career hat trick and the Boston Bruins rolled to a 9-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday for their fourth st

Vancouver Canucks defenceman Quinn Hughes summed up his team's 6-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday in simple fashion. "We found a way to win," the captain said after Vancouver twice gave away leads to Toronto but still emerged on top.