National Sports

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks know their margin of error has been whittled away. If the Canucks want to make the playoffs, they can't afford another loss like the 1-0 defeat it suffered to the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.

Thursday's Scoreboard NHL N.Y. Islanders 2 N.Y. Rangers 1 Toronto 3 Carolina 2 Dallas 4 Montreal 3 (OT) Philadelphia 5 Nashville 4 Washington 7 Columbus 2 Pittsburgh 3 St. Louis 2 (SO) Buffalo at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers finally showed what they could look like playing a complete game.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Rafael Nadal defeated Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (0), 5-7, 6-4 Thursday to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open in a match featuring obscenities, underhand serves, a point penalty and smashed rackets.

TORONTO — Erik Kallgren just had a week he'll never forgot. And it doesn't appear to have fazed him one bit.

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Matvey Petrov scored the game winner at 19:34 of the third period to lead the North Bay Battalion to a 2-1 victory over the Mississauga Steelheads in the Ontario Hockey League on Thursday.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Patrick Guay scored a hat trick as the Charlottetown Islanders blanked Moncton, to stretch their lead in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Eastern Conference on Thursday. Guay has 38 goals on the season.

MONTREAL — John Klingberg's late overtime winner secured a 4-3 road win for the Dallas Stars over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Canada's Adam Hadwin remembered Thursday why patience is so important to the way he plays. It's about knowing when to attack for the 34-year-old from Abbotsford, B.C., and even a little bad judgement worked in his favour.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Navy sailor and convicted killer testified Thursday that Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife asked him and another man to kill the former NBA player nearly 12 years ago in Atlanta.