National Sports

CALGARY — The surging Minnesota Wild continue to ride the coattails of their red hot goaltending. Filip Gustavsson had 31 saves Saturday night to backstop the Wild to a 3-0 victory over the Calgary Flames.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Carlos Akapo scored a goal in the 77th minute to rally the San Jose Earthquakes to a 2-1 Major League Soccer victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Sarah Bujold scored 47 seconds into overtime and the Metropolitan Riveters edged the visiting Montreal Force 2-1 in Premier Hockey Federation action on Saturday.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jon Jones ended a three-year sabbatical from the UFC, moved up to its highest weight class and then left no doubt Saturday night about his place in the sport's history.

CALGARY — Nadiia Bashynska and Peter Beaumont of Ajax, Ont., capped a successful season with the bronze medal in ice dancing on Saturday to conclude the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Maximiliano Urruti scored a goal in the 88th minute and Brad Stuver delivered a clean sheet to rally Austin FC to a 1-0 Major League Soccer victory over CF Montreal on Saturday night.

BRANDON, Man. — Conor Geekie scored three goals as the Winnipeg ICE plowed past the Brandon Wheat Kings 8-3 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday night.

WINNIPEG — Defenceman Josh Morrissey knew the Jets needed to rebound from a deflating loss to the Oilers in Edmonton the night before.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks know they're not going to the playoffs this year, but Saturday's 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs gave the team a taste of what it's like to play a meaningful game in March. “That was a good one.

VANCOUVER — The Canadian men's and women's teams experienced a roller-coaster ride Saturday that left them out of the medal hunt at the HSBC Canada Sevens Tournament despite posting a couple impressive wins.