National Sports

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brandon Saad had his third career hat trick, Jordan Binnington made 20 saves for his 18th career shutout, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Friday night. Brayden Schenn also scored for St.

MONCTON, N.B. — Caleb Desnoyers scored twice and Jacob Steinman made 27 saves as the Moncton Wildcats whipped the visiting Halifax Mooseheads 3-0 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Friday at the Avenir Centre.

TORONTO — Tristan da Silva scored 25 points to power the undermanned Orlando Magic past the Toronto Raptors 106-97 on Friday. Goga Bitadze had a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds for Orlando (21-15).

LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Rachel Homan and Brendan Bottcher have advanced to the semifinals at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials after brushing Brittany Tran and Rylan Kleiter aside 8-3 in Friday's Page 3 versus 4 playoff game.

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Heat suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games on Friday and said they will seek to trade him.

CALGARY — Some people say it with flowers. Some with an engagement ring. For Keith Beggs, it was a brick surrounded by mortar and placed at Calgary's Olympic Plaza that showed his true intent for the woman who would become his wife.

When Shannon Birchard's knee injury flared up last month, it set in motion a series of events that changed the look of two teams and impacted the biggest Canadian women's curling championships of the year.

CALGARY — The chance to return to women's soccer and on the ground floor of a new venture pried Lydia Bedford away from a Premier League club.

OTTAWA — Scott Salmond and the rest of Hockey Canada's brain trust took their places in front of pictures featuring tourist sites around the nation's capital.

OTTAWA — Canada will host five major international women's hockey tournaments between 2026 and 2030, Hockey Canada and the International Ice Hockey Federation announced Friday.