National Sports

CHICAGO (AP) — Brady Skjei's scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 6:53 left in the the third period, and the Nashville Predators rallied to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Friday night.

EDMONTON — Stuart Skinner made 27 saves for his fifth career shutout and Evan Bouchard and Mattias Ekholm each had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a two-game losing skid with a 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi had chances at goals time and time again, only to keep being denied. Turns out, all he needed to do was deliver the right pass at the right time.

TORONTO — Toronto rookie Jamison Battle received a loud ovation from the remaining Raptors fans at Scotiabank Arena on Friday after he fouled out in less than 15 minutes of playing time.

Andrew Gibson knocked in the game-winning goal at 17:20 of the second period as the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds edged the Ottawa 67's 3-2 Noel Nordh and Brady Martin also scored for Sault Ste.

TORONTO — Scottie Barnes had 27 points, five rebounds and four assists as the Toronto Raptors held on for a 115-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday. Jakob Poeltl scored 19 points with nine rebounds and four blocks for Toronto (1-1).

Joshua Fleming earned a shutout as the Acadie-Bathurst Titans defeated the Cape Breton Eagles 2-0. David-Alexandre Coulombe scored the game-winning goal, while Colby Huggan added an empty-netter.

HALIFAX — Deanna Stellato-Dudek felt the pressure of competing as a world champion at home. The boisterous Canadian crowd only added to it as she and Maxime Deschamps took the ice on Friday night.

The New York Rangers signed winger Alexis Lafrenière to a seven-year contract extension Friday. The deal is worth $52.15 million, according to a person with knowledge of the contract.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tomas Hertl and Keegan Kolesar scored a minute apart to give Vegas the lead, and the Golden Knights beat the Ottawa Senators 6-4 on Friday.