National Sports

TORONTO — Brad Marchand was the centre of attention heading into Saturday. The Bruins captain had a relatively quiet night by his standards — until the game landed on his stick.

OTTAWA — Things haven’t gone as well for Anton Forsberg as he would like this season, but Saturday night the Ottawa Senators goaltender was at his finest stopping 39 shots in a 2-0 NHL victory over the Seattle Kraken.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens fought back from an early 3-0 deficit, but could not make up for the bad start, falling to the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 in overtime on Saturday.

OTTAWA — Marko Stojkov's goal at 4:36 of overtime gave the visiting Flint Firebirds a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa 67's in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday at TD Centre.

BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — Louis-Charles Plourde scored twice, Olivier Ciarlo made 22 saves and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar blitzed the visiting Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5-0 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Saturday.

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Scottie Scheffler made two eagles on Saturday in his round of 7-under 65 that gave the No. 1 player in the world another chance to win the Hero World Challenge.

MONT-TREMBLANT, Que. — More than a decade into her decorated career, Federica Brignone still managed to accomplish a lot of firsts on Saturday.

WINNIPEG — Morgan Barron celebrated his 25th birthday in style. The forward scored the game-winning goal as the Winnipeg Jets snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday afternoon.

STAVANGER, Norway — Canadian Ted-Jan Bloemen won the silver medal today in the 10,000-metre race at the ISU speed skating World Cup. The Calgary native achieved the silver after two fourth place finishes in the 5,000-metre event.

DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates — Canada's women won two of three games Saturday to advance to the Cup quarterfinals of the Emirates Dubai 7s.