National Sports

SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Félix Hamel stopped all 24 shots he faced as the Shawinigan Cataractes blanked the Gatineau Olympiques 4-0 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown returned from a one-game absence to score 31 points and fed Luke Kornet for the tiebreaking basket as the Boston Celtics beat the Toronto Raptors 120-118 on Friday night.

OTTAWA — The Hughes Brothers proved to be more than the Ottawa Senators could handle on Friday night. Add in their linemate Jesper Bratt, and forget about it.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau scored 2:56 into overtime, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 on Friday. Gaudreau tapped a rebound past Toronto goalie Ilya Samsonov, stopping a three-game slide for Columbus.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Alan Letang has seen Canada respond from adversity in the past. The country lost its opener 5-2 to Czechia at last year's world junior hockey championship on home soil before bouncing back to win a second consecutive gold medal.

DAVOS, Switzerland — Chris DiDomenico had two goals and an assist to lead Canada to a 6-3 quarterfinal victory over Kalpa Kuopio on Friday at the Spengler Cup. DiDomenico iced the win by scoring an empty-net goal with 43 seconds remaining.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Slovakia scored four power-play goals in an 8-4 victory over Norway on Friday at the world junior hockey championship.

VANCOUVER — For the second time this season the Vancouver Canucks lost to the Philadelphia Flyers. The 4-1 loss comes roughly two months after the first incident, prompting introspection from Canucks players and coaches.

TORONTO — The six-team Professional Women's Hockey League has partnered with three Canadian broadcast networks for its inaugural season starting Monday.

WASHINGTON — NHL forward Reggie Savage, who played for the Quebec Nordiques and Washington Capitals, has died of cancer at the age of 53. The NHL said on its website Friday that Savage died Sunday in Florida.