National Sports

VAL d'ISÈRE, France (AP) — A flawless second run helped Lucas Braathen win the first World Cup slalom of the season on Sunday for the third victory of his career.

SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) — Wendy Holdener had a lengthy wait for her first slalom victory. The Swiss skier made it two out of two on Sunday. And this time she didn’t have to share top spot.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Marcus Nguyen scored the winner, Dante Giannuzzi stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout and the Portland Winterhawks escaped with a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds on Saturday.

VANCOUVER — Filip Gustavsson stopped 35 shots for his first NHL shutout and Connor Dewar broke the Vancouver Canucks' back with a short-handed goal as the Minnesota Wild used a 3-0 victory to end a two-game losing skid.

LONDON, Ont. — Landon Sim led the way with two goals as the London Knights cruised past the Peterborough Petes 5-2 on Saturday night. George Diaco and Easton Cowan each had a goal and an assist.

QUEBEC — Evan Courtois scored the game-winning goal at 17:01 of the third period as the Shawinigan Cataractes edged the Quebec Remparts 3-2 on Saturday.

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QUERÉTARO CITY, Mexico — The Brampton Honey Badgers are off to a rough start at the Basketball Champions League Americas.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Canada's Rachel Homan and Kerri Einarson are set to clash for the women's title at the Grand Slam of Curling's Masters event.

TORONTO — Although Mitch Marner was the hero on Saturday, he shared the spotlight with William Nylander.