National Sports

Vancouver Whitecaps coach Marc Dos Santos thinks anxiety got the best of his squad early in its season opener on Saturday night.

EDMONTON — Surpassing 100 points was made all that much sweeter for Leon Draisaitl by the important two points the Edmonton Oilers earned along with it on Saturday.

Saturday's Games NHL Boston 4 N.Y. Islanders 0 Los Angeles 2 New Jersey 1 (OT) Tampa Bay 4 Calgary 3 Chicago 3 Florida 2 (SO) Colorado 3 Nashville 2 Toronto 4 Vancouver 2 Ottawa 4 Detroit 3 (SO) Montreal 4 Carolina 3 (OT) Arizona 5 Buffalo 2 St.

MONTREAL — The Canadiens know they need to work on securing leads after squandering another one on Saturday. Montreal blew a three-goal lead but held on for the 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Jeff Petry's overtime winner.

TORONTO — Defenceman Martin Marincin picked the right time to hit the scoresheet.

OTTAWA — Artem Anisimov's three goals Saturday night won't count as an official hat trick, but the Senators forward is labelling it one anyway.

ACAPLUCO, Mexico — Canada's Leylah Annie Fernandez came up short in her bid to win a WTA event for the first time, losing to Britain's Heather Watson 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-1 on Saturday in the Mexican Open final.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Oswaldo Alanis scored on the last kick of the game as the San Jose Earthquakes salvaged a 2-2 draw against Toronto FC on Saturday in the MLS season opener for both teams.

KINGSTON, Ont. — Manitoba's Jason Gunnlaugson admitted he was "a little bit amped up" for his main draw debut at the Tim Hortons Brier. It made for a challenging opening game Saturday afternoon at the Leon's Centre.

TAMPA, Fla. — Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat scored on the power play and Yanni Gourde added a short-handed goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 Saturday to snap a season-high four-game losing streak.